Seven different Pitt on-campus buildings receive bomb threats Wednesday
Posted on 05 April 2012.
U. Pittsburgh received seven bomb threats in the span of 11 hours on Wednesday, all to different campus buildings.
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U. Pitt evacuates buildings after series of bomb threats
Posted on 04 April 2012.
On Tuesday, U. Pittsburgh evacuated five campus buildings because of general bomb threats.
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Stand Your Ground law and “Florida Loophole” ignite debate in wake of Martin shooting
Posted on 02 April 2012.
The alleged killing of Florida high school student Trayvon Martin by George Zimmerman ignited a firestorm of debate across the country surrounding “stand your ground” laws and “right to carry” gun permits.
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1998 Jerry Sandusky police report released to NBC
Posted on 25 March 2012.
In 1998, a psychologist said the incidents surrounding Jerry Sandusky met all definitions of a “likely pedophile’s pattern of building trust and gradual introduction of physical touch, within a context of a ‘loving,’ ‘special’ relationship.”
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Two students found dead in dorms within hours; believed to be unrelated
Posted on 25 March 2012.
Two students were found deceased in their residence hall rooms at Illinois State U. on Thursday night and Friday morning.
According to a press release from President Al Bowman, the two incidents were unrelated.
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Jurors find Virginia Tech negligent in campus massacre
Posted on 15 March 2012.
Jurors for the wrongful death case filed by the parents of slain Virginia Tech students Erin Peterson and Julia Pryde ruled yesterday the university had not done enough to inform the school community about the two shootings which occurred the morning of April 16, 2007.
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Lauren Spierer: ‘She’s not a poster. She’s a person.’
Posted on 02 March 2012.
Lauren Spierer is disappearing again. Nine months ago, the then-20-year-old sophomore vanished in the middle of a summer night.
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Column: Chardon shooting was tragic but preventable
Posted on 29 February 2012.
Tragedy. Terror. Confusion. Loss. These along with many other words come to mind when thinking about the Chardon High School shooting, an event that has made international news.
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Deeper issues led to Chardon High School ‘nightmare’
Posted on 29 February 2012.
Columbine High School, Case Western U., Virginia Tech, Chardon High School. All of these schools have been impacted by shootings in some shape or form, and were of different magnitudes, fatalities and motives.
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Deadly high school shooting rocks Chardon, Ohio
Posted on 28 February 2012.
A shooting at Chardon High School left two students dead, two injured but in stable condition, and one in critical condition, at the time of print Monday night.
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