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Connecticut-School-Shooting (will update)

In one of the deadliest school shootings in U.S. history, a gunman opened fire Friday in a Connecticut elementary school, killing 26 people, 20 of them children, police said.

Connecticut-Shooting-School-Safety

The principal of Sandy Hook Elementary School, the site of the shooting, had recently issued guidelines concerning school safely. We take a broad look school safety and how this most recent tragedy might changes the way we secure our schools.

US-Shooting-Survivors

For survivors of past mass killings, the shooting Friday stirred difficult memories.

Connecticut-Children's-Story

They'd done drills before. But Janet Vollmer's kindergarten class knew something was up -- and she knew she couldn't show any panic herself, even with a gunman on the loose inside her Connecticut elementary school.

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Syria-Civil-War

The United States gave the go-ahead Friday to deploy Patriot anti-ballistic missiles to Turkey along with enough troops to operate them as the heavily embattled government in neighboring Syria again vehemently denied firing ballistic missiles at rebels.

Syria-Patriots-US

U.S. troops will be in direct position for the first time to take action against the government of Syrian President Bashr al-Assad with the deployment of 400 American forces and two Patriot missile batteries in Turkey, possibly as soon as mid-January.

France-Obit-Maurice-Herzog

Maurice Herzog, a celebrated French mountaineer who was the first person to reach the top of an 8,000-meter peak, died early Friday in France, the French presidential palace announced. He was 93.

SPORT-bayern-munich-monchengladbach-bundesliga-football

Bayern Munich's hopes of taking a record lead into the Bundesliga's winter break were dented by a 1-1 draw at home to Borussia Monchengladbach on Friday.

SPORT-manchester-city-losses-football

Big-spending English club Manchester City moved a step closer to meeting European football's financial fairplay requirements on Friday despite posting a loss of almost $160 million for last season.

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Connecticut-School-Shooting

Dressed in black fatigues and a military vest, a heavily armed man walked into a Connecticut elementary school Friday and opened fire, shattering the quiet of this southern New England town and leaving the nation reeling at the number of young lives lost.