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Utah boy charged with bringing gun to school, cites fears of Newtown attack | Reuters - 1 views

  • An 11-year-old Utah boy who said he brought a gun to school to protect himself from a Newtown-style attack, then brandished the pistol at three classmates during recess, has been detained on assault and weapons charges, a school spokesman said on Tuesday.
  • The 11-year-old student at Utah's West Kearns Elementary, who was not publicly identified, has insisted he brought the gun to school to "protect himself and his friends from a Connecticut-style incident," Horsley said.
  • The boy was booked into a local juvenile detention center on Monday night on one count of possession of a deadly weapon on school property and three counts of aggravated assault. He was also suspended from school indefinitely
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Former Israeli PM: Jerusalem must be partitioned - 1 views

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    From Yahoo! News: Former Prime Minister Ehud Olmert on Sunday urged Israeli leaders to relinquish the idea of a unified Jerusalem if they truly want peace, contending in a pair of interviews that years of government neglect have kept the Jewish and Arab sectors irreparably divided. I stumbled upon this article and thought that it was relevant to what we have been doing in our Partition Plans in Days 16 and 17.
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Liberty, Equality, Hostility - NY Times Article - 0 views

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    Elise and I found this article to be a very interesting connection to the French Revolution and our class debate yesterday.
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Candidates - Election Center 2012 - Elections & Politics from CNN.com - 1 views

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    From Iowa to New Hampshire to California, an interactive look at the primary & caucus calendar. The economy, health care, education and same-sex marriage are among the issues that matter to you. The top commentators and opinion leaders in America go head-to-head to debate the campaign. I don't really know much about the candidates, so I'm not sure how accurate this source is, but I thought it was a good starting point for anyone else like me who has no idea what is going on. Enjoy!
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