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More money from parents = lower college grades, study finds

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Published on Tuesday, 15 January 2013 08:37

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Parents who are footing more of the college tuition bill for their children give them a better chance of graduating. But a surprising new study finds they may not be doing them any favors in another area — generous financial support appears to lead to lower grades....

New 'Practice Range' app says it's from NRA, which blamed video games for violence

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Published on Tuesday, 15 January 2013 07:51

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Just weeks after the National Rifle Association forcefully blamed violent video games for gun violence, a new shooter game is out that appears to be from the NRA.

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Passerby hears screams, finds missing 5-year-old girl

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Published on Tuesday, 15 January 2013 05:47

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Missing 5-year-old Nailla Robinson, the girl who was snatched from a Cobbs Creek, Pa., school Monday, was found safe in Delaware County overnight....

New York passes major gun control law -- first since Newtown massacre

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Published on Monday, 14 January 2013 22:25

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The New York law expands the state's existing assault weapons ban, calls for tracking of ammunition sales and addresses gun ownership by those with mental illnesses....

'Disgusting': Families of massacre victims boycott Colorado theater reopening event

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Published on Wednesday, 02 January 2013 17:17

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Some families of victims of the Aurora, Colo., theater massacre call the movie house chain's offer to attend the reopening “disgusting” and a “thinly veiled publicity ploy.”