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Rep. Giffords Cleared to Attend Shuttle Launch
By not in system - AOL NewsHOUSTON -- Rep. Gabrielle Giffords will attend husband Mark Kelly's space shuttle launch in Florida on Friday, Kelly said, allowing the Arizona congresswoman to travel for the first time since she was flown from Tucson to Houston more than three months ago to recover from a gunshot wound to the head. In an interview with CBS' Katie Couric, Kelly said Giffords' doctors had given her permission to travel to Cape Canaveral, Fla., for the launch of Endeavour, which is scheduled for 3:47 p.m. Friday. Kelly is the commander of the shuttle mission. Handout / AP Rep. Gabrielle Giffords ...
Endeavour Crew Will Wear Giffords Bracelets in Space
By Susanna Baird - AOL NewsAstronaut Scott Kelly was orbiting Earth, halfway through his mission on the International Space Station, when he learned his sister-in-law had been shot. "When you get a phone call from the chief of the astronaut office who wants to talk to you immediately, you know it's not good news," Scott said in a NASA interview. Bill Ingalls, NASA / AP Astronaut Scott Kelly wears a blue wristband with the name "Gabby" to show his support for his sister-in-law, U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords. Members of the Endeavour crew, led by Kelly's twin, Mark, will wear the same bracelets on their next ...
Tucson Shooting Survivors Attend Loughner Hearing
By not in system - AOL NewsTUCSON, Ariz. -- Survivors of the Tucson shooting rampage came face to face Wednesday with the man accused of carrying out the attack that killed six people and wounded 13 others, including U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords. Jared Lee Loughner smiled as he entered the courtroom in handcuffs and wearing a khaki prison jumpsuit. His once-shaved head featured short, dark hair and sideburns. Two U.S. marshals stood just feet behind Loughner throughout the hearing. At least three survivors of the Jan. 8 rampage - Susan Hileman, U.S. Army Col. (Ret.) Bill Badger and Mavanell "Mavy" Stoddard - attended ...
Marshals Release Photo of Alleged Tucson Shooter
By not in system - AOL NewsPHOENIX -- The U.S. Marshals Service released a new image Tuesday of the man suspected of shooting U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, killing six people and wounding a dozen others near Tucson last month. The photo shows Jared Loughner in front of a block cinder wall, wearing a mustard colored jail uniform with a white T-shirt underneath. His hair is slightly grown out and he has a cut on his right forehead. U.S. Marshal's Office / AP The U.S. Marshal's Service released these photos of the alleged Tucson shooter Jared Loughner on Tuesday. Last week, U.S. District ...
Alleged Tucson Shooter's Reclusive Father Retreats More
By not in system - AOL NewsTUCSON, Ariz. - Randy Loughner was always reclusive. But since his son's alleged shooting rampage last month, the father has shut himself behind what one neighbor calls "an elaborate cage." In recent weeks, Loughner has built a substantial wooden enclosure, more than 6 feet high, obscuring his front door and windows. The four horizontal windows on the garage door have been papered over, the diamond-shaped openings atop the block wall to his back yard closed off with little plywood plugs. Even the white mailbox out front has been replaced by a heavy black steel one with a locked drawer. "He ...
The True State of the Union: Unsettled, and in Need of Tough Love
By Jill Lawrence - Politics DailyPresidents often use a single word to describe the state of our union, and whatever the circumstances, they usually default to "strong." That is always true in a fundamental sense, given our size, our ideals, our resilience and our incomparable military. But it's never complete. This year, if he were honest, President Obama might describe the state of the union as unsettled. The traumatic Tucson massacre has raised painful questions about how we as a nation regulate guns, handle mental illness and conduct our civic conversation. We continue to endure historically high unemployment and ...
Rep. Gabrielle Giffords' Condition Upgraded to Serious
By not in system - AOL NewsTUCSON, Ariz. -- U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords has surmounted one hurdle after another since she was gravely wounded in the Arizona shootings. Her latest was especially significant - a condition upgrade from critical to serious. Her doctors' decision Sunday was yet another sign of a remarkable recovery since she was shot in the head Jan. 8 when a gunman opened fire as she met constituents in a Tucson supermarket parking lot. Six people died and 13 were wounded, including the congresswoman. Office of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords / AP Doctors said on Sunday that Rep. Gabrielle Giffords' ...
Christina Green Organ Donation Saves Boston Girl
By Hugh Collins - AOL NewsThe family of Christina Taylor Green, the nine-year-old girl killed when a gunman opened fire on Rep. Gabrielle Giffords at a "Congress on Your Corner" event, has donated some of her organs, already saving another child's life. Some of the organs went to a little girl in Boston, CNN reported. "It was very poignant to find out. That's what Christina was all about," father John Green told CNN. "It's a blessing." Los Angeles Times / MCT The family of Christina Taylor Green, the 9-year-old killed in Tucson shootings, donated her organs to help others. Her father told CNN some of her ...
State of the Union Preview: The New Drive to Eliminate Partisan Rancor
By Walter Shapiro - Politics DailyIt began in 1983 as the congressional version of a high-school gag. Frustrated that once again they would be reduced to extras in the over-produced spectacle of a Ronald Reagan State of the Union address, House Democrats secretly plotted their revenge. When the advance text of the president's remarks circulated on Capitol Hill the day of the speech, Tip O'Neill's merry pranksters highlighted an innocuous sentence towards the end of the speech: "We who are in government must take the lead in restoring the economy." When Reagan read this line on cue, House Democrats erupted as if the ...
Opinion: 6 Unexpected Arizona Shooting Commentaries
By John Merline - AOL NewsAs night follows day, the terrible tragedy in Arizona that involved the near fatal shooting of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, D-Ariz., unleashed a flood of partisan attacks. Many on the left quickly tried to use the Tucson massacre -- which left six dead -- as an opportunity to attack heated political rhetoric on the right. Those on the right countered that no connection had been made between conservative talk and the actions of the accused shooter, Jared Loughner, adding that the left has hardly been blameless when it comes to violent political imagery. (Conservative blogger Michelle Malkin ...
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