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3 Tucson Victims Died From Gunshots to the Head
By Lisa Flam - AOL NewsThree of the six people killed in the Arizona shooting rampage that wounded U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords died from gunshots to the head, newly released autopsy reports show. Giffords aide Gabriel Zimmerman, 30, and constituents Phyllis Schneck, 79, and Dorwan Stoddard, 76, all died after being shot in the head, The Washington Post reports. Stoddard was shot twice. AP Three victims of the Tucson, Ariz., shootings, Phyllis Schneck, Dorwan Stoddard and Gabe Zimmerman, died after being shot in the head, according to autopsy reports. The three other people who perished in the Jan. 8 ...
Tucson Shooting Suspect Indicted on New Charges
By not in system - AOL NewsPHOENIX - The suspect in the Tucson shootings that critically wounded U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords was charged on new counts that include the murders of a federal judge and a congressional aide, according to an indictment released Friday. US Marshals / AP Tucson shooting suspect Jared Loughner has been indicted on new federal charges, including two counts of murder. A federal grand jury returned the 49-count indictment Thursday, charging Jared Lee Loughner in the deaths stemming from a Jan. 8 shooting at a political event held by Giffords outside a grocery store. The latest ...
Aide: Giffords Unaware of Details of Shooting
By Lisa Flam - AOL NewsU.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords recognizes her visitors and understands what's going on around her but still doesn't know exactly what happened last month when a gunman open fire, killing six people and wounding her and 12 others, her chief of staff said today. The Jan. 8 shooting in Tucson, Ariz., left the 40-year-old Arizona congresswoman with a penetrating brain injury. A member of her staff was killed, and two were wounded. Handout / AP U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords is working to regain her speaking skills as she undergoes rehabilitation in Houston. "She certainly knows that ...
Report: College on Alert for Loughner Before Giffords Shooting
By Lisa Flam - AOL NewsOfficials at Jared Loughner's former college were on the lookout for him less than two weeks before he allegedly went on the Arizona shooting rampage that killed six people and wounded 13, worried that he might come back to campus, according to a news report. Police at Pima Community College in Tucson planned to hand out Loughner's photo to staff members, instruct night officers to watch for him and order more campus checks for him, according to a series of e-mails from Dec. 28 that were obtained by The Arizona Republic under the state's public records law. The college suspended Loughner in ...
Gabrielle Giffords Mouths Song Lyrics, Including 'Happy Birthday' to Her Husband
By Christopher Weber - Politics DailyRep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.) has reached new milestones in her recovery from a gunshot wound to the head, lip-syncing songs and speaking by phone to her brother-in-law, an astronaut on the International Space Station. When family and friends sing to her, the congresswoman has been mouthing the lyrics to songs including "I Can't Give You Anything but Love, Baby" and "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star," The New York Times reported. Giffords was also videotaped lip-syncing "Happy birthday to you" as a surprise for her husband, Mark Kelly, who celebrates his birthday this ...
Congresswoman's Husband Exults, 'Gabby Survives'
By not in system - AOL NewsWASHINGTON -- Rep. Gabrielle Giffords' husband says his wife continues to improve from a gunshot wound in the head last month, saying that "Thankfully, miraculously, Gabby survives." Speaking to the National Prayer Breakfast, astronaut Capt. Mark Kelly said "I hadn't been a big believer in faith until just recently." He said he told his recovering wife that "this event, horrible and tragic, was not merely random, that maybe something good can come from this." Kelly didn't go into details about his wife's recuperation from being shot in the head at a Tucson shopping center less than a month ...
Giffords' Brain Fluid Buildup a 'Minor Setback,' but Other Risks Remain
By Mara Gay - AOL NewsThe extra brain fluid buildup that caused a rare delay in Rep. Gabrielle Giffords' impressive recovery is only a "minor setback," according to neurosurgeons, but is just one of a number of complications that could slow down the congresswoman as she heals from a gunshot wound to the head. "It always makes people who do what I do nervous when you hear someone say that someone has a 101 percent chance of surviving," Dr. David Okonkwo, director of the Brain Trauma Research Center at the University of Pittsburgh, told AOL News today in a phone interview. "The reality is that patients who sustain ...
Giffords' Husband 'Extremely Hopeful' for Full Recovery
By not in system - AOL NewsTUCSON, Ariz. -- Rep. Gabrielle Giffords' husband says he is "extremely hopeful" that the congresswoman will make a full recovery in a matter of months. Mark Kelly says at a new conference Thursday that his wife "is a fighter like nobody else that I know" and that doctors are planning to move her to a rehabilitation facility in Houston on Friday. A gunman shot Giffords in the head during her meet-and-greet with constituents on Jan. 8 outside a supermarket in Tucson. Since then, she has steadily progressed. The latest milestone was her being able to stand with assistance. THIS IS A BREAKING ...
Obama's Job Approval Rating Bounces Back, but for How Long?
By Bruce Drake - Politics DailyAfter spending much of the last half of 2010 in the doldrums when it came to his job approval numbers, the public's view of President Obama's performance has jumped into positive territory, although it is hard to tell how much of that bump is due to overwhelming praise for his response to the Arizona shootings, according to a Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll conducted Jan. 13-17. Fifty-three percent approved of the job Obama is doing while 41 percent disapproved, with 6 percent undecided. In the Journal/NBC's December poll, 48 percent approved of Obama's performance while 45 percent ...
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