May 22, 2013

Edition: U.S.

Empire State Building Shooting

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NYPD Sued Over Empire State Building Shooting

AP | FRANK ELTMAN | Posted 03.24.2013 | New York

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MINEOLA, N.Y. — A North Carolina college student hit by police gunfire during a shooting outside the Empire State Building argued in a lawsuit T...

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Majority Of New Yorkers Want Stricter Gun Laws

Posted 09.12.2012 | New York

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In a summer marred by shootings both on the local and national scale, a new study produced by Quinnipiac University reveals 61 percent of New Yorkers ...

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Stricter Gun Laws Remain an Ineffective Way to Address Crime

Connor Pfeiffer | Posted 11.04.2012 | Teen

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Stricter gun laws simply aren't the answer, which is why increased gun regulations nationally and at the state level aren't likely to be seen in light of recent tragedies.

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NYPD: Unclear Why Empire State Building Shooter Chose Day

AP | COLLEEN LONG | Posted 08.30.2012 | New York

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NEW YORK -- The laid off clothing designer who shot his former colleague to death outside the Empire State Building last week told his landlord he was...

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Marijuana's Effect on the Brain Makes You More Dumb?

Michael Warbux | Posted 10.28.2012 | Entertainment

Potheads are getting dumber according to tests. NO KIDDING! Who would have thought that marijuana made a person more dumb? Or watch this video on ...

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WATCH: Wounded Bystander Defends NYPD Gunfire

Posted 08.29.2012 | New York

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A bystander wounded by NYPD gunfire during Friday's shooting outside the Empire State Building is defending police conduct despite nearly being shot i...

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Funeral Set For Empire State Building Victim

AP | VERENA DOBNIK | Posted 10.29.2012 | New York

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WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. — The priest leading a funeral for the man shot by the Empire State Building said Wednesday that such brutality reflects our ...

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Gunman's Mom: NYPD Justified In Killing Son

AP | Posted 10.28.2012 | New York

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NEW YORK — The mother of the gunman in the Empire State Building shooting said she doesn't blame police for killing her son, but she still think...

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NYPD Innocent Bystander

Jeff Danziger | Posted 10.27.2012 | Politics

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Kelly Defends NYPD Gunfire During Empire State Building Shooting

AP | TOM HAYS and JENNIFER PELTZ | Posted 10.27.2012 | New York

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NEW YORK — The police shooting near the Empire State Building last week is a testament to how quickly officers can fire off 16 rounds to take do...

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Construction Worker Hailed As Hero During Empire State Shooting

Posted 08.28.2012 | Good News

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Brian Dillon, the construction worker who alerted police to the gunman outside the Empire State Building on Friday, is being hailed as a hero. Dil...

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White Guys Gone Wild?

Chandra Thomas Whitfield | Posted 10.27.2012 | Black Voices

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Sure, when tragedies of all kinds occur we all privately wonder about the race of both the assailant and the victims. My question though, is: why feed that beast? We need to remind ourselves that race does not matter, nor should it.

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Questions Still Surround Empire State Building Gunman

Posted 08.27.2012 | New York

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Questions remain surrounding the gunman who opened fire outside the Empire State buildingFriday, but some speculate Jeffrey Johnson knew he was going ...

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Do NYC Shootings Have An Effect On Tourism?

AP | JENNIFER PELTZ | Posted 08.26.2012 | New York

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NEW YORK -- New York officials proudly tout the Big Apple as the safest big city in America. But blasts of gunfire in front of crowds near some of the...

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NYPD Bullets Wounded All Nine In Empire State Building Shooting

The Huffington Post | Inae Oh | Posted 08.25.2012 | New York

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New York Police Commissioner Ray Kelly said all nine bystanders wounded in Friday's Empire State Building shooting had been hit with police gunfire, C...

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New Details Emerge On Empire State Building Gunman

AP | TOM HAYS and VERENA DOBNIK | Posted 10.25.2012 | New York

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NEW YORK — All nine people injured during a dramatic confrontation between police and a gunman outside the Empire State Building were wounded by...

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Life Without Mediation

Jeff Jarvis | Posted 10.25.2012 | Media

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I think we've become much too accustomed to mediated news, to a world sanitized for our protection. That's what makes people ask for warnings before being shown reality, even if the discussion is about murder, and even if they had to click on a link to see what I was writing about.

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Video Shows Empire State Building Shooter's Last Moments (EXTREMELY GRAPHIC)

AP | COLLEEN LONG and TOM HAYS | Posted 10.24.2012 | New York

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NEW YORK -- Police say six people wounded in a shooting outside the Empire State Building have been treated at a hospital and released. The New Yor...

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GRAPHIC: Did The NYT Go Too Far With This Shooting Photo?

The Huffington Post | Rebecca Shapiro | Posted 08.24.2012 | Media

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The New York Times posted a bloody photo during its coverage of Friday morning's shooting near the Empire State Building, causing some to wonder if th...

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Empire State Building Shooter Quiet and 'Very Lonely,' Neighbors Recall

HuffingtonPost.com | John Rudolf | Posted 08.25.2012 | New York

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NEW YORK -- A laid-off women's clothing designer killed by police after shooting his former boss near the Empire State Building was a quiet and fastid...

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A Quick History Lesson on Gun Violence

Leslie Goshko | Posted 10.24.2012 | Comedy

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I would never be so presumptuous to claim I had the answers. I don't. I make fart jokes into a microphone in the basements of grimy bars. But what I do hope is that one day, we can learn from our mistakes.

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Empire State Building Owner Disassociates Landmark From Shooting

The Huffington Post | Cavan Sieczkowski | Posted 08.24.2012 | New York

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The owner of the Empire State Building has released a statement disassociating the New York City landmark from the shooting that occurred Friday morni...

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