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Jared Lee Loughner and 6 other mass shooters: How the cases were resolved
Jared Lee Loughner was found competent Tuesday to stand trial and pled guilty to 19 counts, including murder, for the January 2011 shooting in Tucson in which six people were killed and 13 wounded – including then-Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D) of Arizona. In mass shootings like this where the perpetrator was not killed during the rampage, here’s how the cases have been resolved.
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Border bunglers: 10 odd smuggling attempts foiled by US agents
Drugs are just a few of the illegal products – from the exotic to the mundane – that people attempt to sneak across the US-Mexico border everyday. Here are 10 examples of creative ways people tried to sneak something past Customs.
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In Pictures: Gabrielle Giffords, political survivor
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In Pictures: Coming back to Earth
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In Pictures: Space photos of the day: Looking deeper
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Gun control, Arizona style: Guns given to the state will be re-sold
In Arizona, guns turned in at 'buyback' events will not be destroyed but instead be sold to gun dealers, under provisions of a law signed last night by Gov. Jan Brewer.
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Lawyers who defend terror suspects have thankless task. Why do they do it?
The defense team for Boston bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev includes several lawyers experienced in terrorism cases. It takes a certain kind of lawyer, it seems, to represent accused terrorists.
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Mexico: Border schools adjust to influx of English-speaking students
Thousands of children have arrived in Mexican schools from the US amid record deportations. One school in Northern Mexico is becoming a model for integrating this new student population.
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'Shame on you!' Gun vote shamed by Obama, Giffords, Maisch
'Shame' was the word of the day after the U.S. Senate failed to pass gun control legislation yesterday. A spectator in the gallery yelled out 'Shame on you!' while President Obama referred to the vote as 'pretty shameful' and Rep. Gabby Giffords wrote 'Shame on them' in an op-ed about the senators.
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Mark Kelly on gun control bill: 'We do have a problem' with many senators
The husband of former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, an advocate of stricter gun laws, warned a fellow Arizonan of repercussions at the ballot box if he votes against a gun control measure to expand background checks. A lot of senators, said Mark Kelly, want a reason 'to get to no.'
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Is the National Rifle Association beginning to lose its clout? (+video)
A major gun rights group has announced its support for a compromise Senate measure that would expand background checks on gun buyers. The National Rifle Association continues to oppose such checks even though most NRA members support them.
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Voices of Newtown: How gun violence victims became effective lobbyists (+video)
The testimony of Newtown parents and others who have lost loved ones to gun violence has become a potent political force on Capitol Hill as lawmakers debate stronger gun safety measures.
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Senate ends gun control filibuster, but GOP still skeptical of bill
In a bipartisan vote Thursday, the Senate voted to override a filibuster and proceed with debate on a package of gun control bills. But support for debate doesn't mean support for the bill.
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With threat of filibuster, does tougher gun control have a future? (+video)
Most Americans favor background checks for all gun sales, which would close a major loophole in current law. But 13 Republican senators say they'll filibuster any additional gun restrictions.
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Holmes death penalty: Decision doesn't rule out plea deal later
Holmes death penalty decision was not a surprise. 'For James Eagan Holmes, justice is death,' the district attorney said. But there are many reasons there could be a plea deal later.
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Navy SEAL accident Ariz.: Member of SEAL Team 6 killed
Navy SEAL accident Ariz.: Brett Shadle, a special warfare operator chief with the Navy's elite SEAL Team 6 died Thursday when he and another SEAL collided in midair during a parachute training exercise.
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Not guilty plea for James Holmes – but insanity option still on table
At the arraignment Tuesday for James Holmes, the Colorado shooting suspect, his lawyers said he was not yet ready to enter a plea. The judge entered the not-guilty plea on the suspect's behalf.
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Colorado gun control: Can state with pro-gun past enact new restrictions?
Colorado has a cultural history of gun ownership. It was also the site of two high-profile shootings. Five gun-control proposals are now moving through the Democratic-majority legislature.
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Democrats from rural areas face pressure from pro-gun constituents
Democratic senators from mostly rural areas in the West and South must walk a fine line between party loyalty and constituents' wishes when it comes to gun control legislation.
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Is US-Mexico border secure enough? Immigration reform could hinge on answer.What did the post-9/11 border patrol surge of manpower and equipment achieve? Understanding its successes and failures could be crucial to the new immigration reform effort.
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Arizona Prison Fight: 400 inmates brawl, 19 injured
Arizona Prison Fight: State Department of Corrections spokesman Bill Lamoreaux says the staff quickly stopped the fight that broke out Sunday morning at a minimum-security unit of the Arizona State Prison Complex in Tucson.
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Little telescope to hunt big game: hard-to-see near-Earth asteroids
Canada's NEOSSat space telescope was launched Monday atop an Indian rocket. It will monitor two groups of asteroids whose proximity to the sun makes them hard to see from Earth.
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McCain faces angry crowd, defends immigration plan
McCain faces angry crowd: Arizona is the only state with both of its senators working on immigration reform in Congress, a sign of the state's widely debated border security issues.
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Decoder Wire Which gun control measures are gaining momentum in Congress? (+video)
Bipartisan support is evident for universal background checks, stricter laws against gun trafficking, and limits on high-capacity magazines. But consensus in the GOP-controlled House will depend on what the Senate accomplishes.
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Friday's near-miss asteroid could help track more dangerous ones
Asteroid 2012 DA14 will buzz within 17,200 miles of Earth – a record for a known object of that size. While it's no threat to hit, it might help scientists find and track others that are.
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Global warming: Yet another threat to Southwest's iconic pinyon pine?
Add to the long-studied global-warming perils of drought, insects, and wildfires, a new potential threat to the pinyon pine: dramatically lower production of seed-bearing cones.
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President Obama's State of the Union address full text
The text of the State of the Union address as prepared for delivery by President Barack Obama, and provided by the press office of the White House.
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Obama's State of the Union address both bold and modest (+video)
Little in the president's State of the Union address was new – he's touched on the ideas many times before – but he didn't seem to be in a mood to bow to Republicans.
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Heroin: Small cities, even rural towns face growing problems
For many communities, the extent of heroin addiction comes as a shock. Yet efforts to confront it, including town-hall meetings and support groups, are slowly gaining ground.
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White veins of Mars: Curiosity hits 'a jackpot' in quest for wetter past
Curiosity rover has found mineral-filled fissures in the rocks of Gale Crater on Mars. Together with other evidence, the minerals suggest that the rocks were once 'saturated with water.'
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