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Ann Coulter on gun violence: 'It's a demographic problem'

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theGRIO REPORT - Right wing pundit Ann Coulter has ignited another racial firestorm with her incendiary remarks on gun violence in America...
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Gabrielle Giffords' shooter gets life sentence

Brian Skoloff and Jacques Billeaud, Associated Press
TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) - Former Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, partially blind, her right arm paralyzed and limp, came face to face Thursday with the man who tried to kill her last year, standing beside her husband as he spoke of her struggles to recover from being shot in the head...
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Eric Holder meets Tucson shooting survivors

Pete Yost, Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) - More than a dozen survivors and family members from the 2011 shootings in Tucson, Ariz., that wounded former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords have outlined for Attorney General Eric Holder their campaign to stem gun violence...
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Obama calls retiring Giffords an 'inspiration'

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WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama is praising Arizona Rep. Gabrielle Giffords as an 'inspiration' and 'the very best of what public service should be'...
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Tuskegee Airman, 90, dies in Tucson

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The Arizona Republic - Retired Lt. Col. Luke J. Weathers Jr., a member of World War II's famed Tuskegee Airmen, has died in Tucson at age 90.
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Obama at ground zero: The picture America needs to see

Mychal Denzel Smith
OPINION - President Obama's responsibility, in leadership, is to capture that energy and assure that it not become misguided and that particular history doesn't repeat itself...
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First lady says Tucson service showed 'who we are'

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WASHINGTON (AP) - Obama says her presence in settings like Tucson "gives me energy to do the next thing. It's truly a privilege for me to be doing that kind of stuff."...
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Obama and Congress pass crucial test of civility

Harriette Cole
OPINION - There were no audible outbursts. There were no caught-on-camera rolled eyes or disparaging glances...
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What you won't hear in the State of the Union

Jeff Johnson
OPINION - The predicted mixed message will give the White House room to define the real message going into this crucial legislative session and looming 2012 elections...
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Powell still bullish on Obama, not joining govt

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WASHINGTON (AP) - Powell also lamented the lack of civility in political discourse and urged Americans to display tolerance in the wake of the shooting in Tucson, Arizona...
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