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Descent Into Madness
CBS News: 60 Minutes investigates the shootings by Jared Loughner that wounded Gabrielle Giffords and killed several others. 60 Minutes found that Loughner's acts followed a well-worn path towards targeted violence that had been studied by the Secret Service and that he gave off many warning signals about his intentions.
Tags: Gabrielle Giffords; Tucson; shooting
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Waging important legal fights
This is a collection of a work related to important legal fights waged by The Arizona Republic , both alone and with its newsroom partner, 12News, to obtain public documents and records that were vital to telling several stories, including the Jan. 8, 2011, mass shootings in Tucson that resulted in the wounding of U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords.
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Tucson Tragedy
Within a few hours of the horrific shooting of 19 people, including Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, at a Tucson-area grocery, The Republic focused on two paramount questions in the investigative part of its coverage: What motive and circumstance drove the alleged shooter to act, and what enabled him to succeed? In the short amount of time they had, The Republic staff reached the community college where the alleged shooter had studied, contacted friends and found video and Internet postings of his.
Tags: Gabrielle Giffords; Tucson shooting; breaking news; mentally ill
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"As economy toppled, seven Arizona congressmen continued traditions of staff bonuses"
Seven congressional representatives in Arizona chose to ignore the floundering economy and reward staff members with hefty year-end bonuses at the taxpayer's expense. In 2008, those bonuses totaled $300,000. One only Arizona congressional member, Rep. Gabrielle Gifford, refused the extra money.
Tags: Rep. Rick Renzi; Arizona congressional representatives; Raul Grijalva; National Taxpayers Union; Gabrielle Gifford
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Toxic Trinkets
After national coverage of toy recalls in the United States, KVOA wanted to localize the story. Using an X-ray gun to examine toys, they found some with lead content over 600 parts per million. They then took all the toys back and did lab testing. "By using lab testing, the entire toy's paint is scraped off and dissolved in acid- then an overall reading is obtained." This resulted in some toys having different lead levels. They found that for some toys, certain parts had over the 600 ppm, but overall the toy was under the amount.
Tags: consumer reports; consumer safety; toy recall; lead content; health; children; lab testing; testing; Consumer Product Safety Commission; Gabrielle Giffords