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Jared Lee Loughner federally indicted, may face death penalty

January 19, 2011

TUCSON , Ariz. -- A federal grand jury in Tucson, today returned an initial three-count indictment against Jared Lee Loughner for attempting to kill U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, and two of her aides, Ron Barbe...

Giffords gives husband a neck massage

John M. Guilfoil

January 17, 2011

Astronaut Mark Kelly, the husband of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, says his wife has improved so much that she gave him a 10-minute neck rub recently. Giffords, conscious, has been unable to speak because of a th...

Christina Green’s organs donated to young Boston girl

Blast Magazine Newsroom

January 15, 2011

Christina Green, the 9-year-old girl who was the youngest victim of the January 8 mass shooting in Tucson, Ariz., continues to amaze America. Her legacy lives on as her organs have been donated, and at least...

Report: Loughner photographed himself wearing G-string, holding gun

Eiko Watanabe

January 15, 2011

There are photos of the Arizona shooting suspect, Jared Loughner, posed with a gun, dressed only in a bright red G-string, according to CNN. Of all the photos which were shot in a mirror, some show Loughner...

High security at Arizona judge’s funeral

Eiko Watanabe

January 14, 2011

Security was tight Friday in Tucson, Ariz., at the funeral of U.S. District Judge John Roll, who served almost 40 years before he was shot and killed last weekend, along with five others, during the attempted a...

Full text of President Barack Obama’s speech in Tucson

John M. Guilfoil

January 13, 2011

As Prepared for Delivery. Source: White House Press Office. To the families of those we’ve lost; to all who called them friends; to the students of this university, the public servants gathered tonight, ...

Arizona fights back against Westboro Baptist Church

Sachin Seth

January 12, 2011

In a move that should be emulated by all state governors, Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer signed an emergency legislation last night in an effort to prevent members of Kansas' infamous Westboro Baptist Church from pick...

Police clear “person of interest” in Arizona shootings, as alleged shooter is formally charged

Beth DeMilt

January 9, 2011

TUCSON, Ariz. -- The Pima County Sheriff’s Department has found the mysterious man seen on the Safeway security videos just before the horrific shooting started. Yesterday police released a photo of the ma...

Gabrielle Giffords shot in peaceful, family neighborhood

Beth DeMilt

January 9, 2011

TUCSON, Ariz. -- The Safeway on the Southeast corner of Ina and Oracle is usually at the center of a peaceful upper-middle class neighborhood. But yesterday, on the exact spot where girl scouts can often ...

New England leaders react to Gabrielle Giffords shooting

John M. Guilfoil

January 8, 2011

Congressman Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) issued the following statement today after the shooting of Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, members of her staff and others innocent bystanders in Tuscon, Arizona: “To...

The Grand Reefer State?

Beth DeMilt

December 28, 2010

So much for conservative Arizona

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