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The children who escaped last month's shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., have been welcomed with their parents at a school in a neighboring town that was overhauled specially for them.

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The father of the gunman who killed 26 people in a Connecticut school shooting has claimed his son's body.

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In response to the horrific school shooting in Newtown, Connecticut, State Senators Ray Lesniak and Shirley Turner have introduced a bill to address the issue of violence in New Jersey.  Among other things, the legislation would establish a task force to study the issue of violence and its root causes. What role, if any, the world of entertainment plays will be explored.

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As the nation paused for the one-week anniversary of the shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary School, new details emerged Friday about the gunman, Adam Lanza, who acquaintances said was able to take apart and reassemble a computer in a matter of minutes but rarely spoke to anyone.

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As the community of Newtown, Connecticut, marks one week since the deaths of 20 children in their classrooms, school officials are looking ahead to getting Sandy Hook Elementary School students back into class, in a refurbished school in a neighboring town.

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The chiming of bells reverberated throughout Newtown on Friday, commemorating one week since the crackle of gunfire in a schoolhouse killed 20 children and six adults in a massacre that has shaken the community -- and the nation -- to its core.

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U.S. Senator Frank R. Lautenberg (D-NJ) is urging Vice President Joe Biden to consider several pieces of legislation that Lautenberg has introduced or plans to introduce to address loopholes in gun safety laws. Yesterday, President Barack Obama announced that Biden will head up a national task force on gun violence.

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Three New Jersey school-based health center programs will get almost $1.5 million in Obamacare funding to expand their services to more students.  School-based health centers provide not only primary and preventive care, but also mental health and counseling services.

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