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NEWS ABOUT: Columbine school massacre

Columbine school massacre stories: 16 news summaries

School Suspends 1st-Grader for Cub Scout Eating Utensils

Zero-tolerance weapons policies sometimes ridiculous, say critics

Oct 12, 09 1:42 AM CDT
(Newser) - A first grader was suspended for 45 days from school for bringing a Cub Scout combined knife-fork-spoon utensil to class, triggering an uproar among parents. Zachary Christie, 6, was booted because his Newark school has a zero-tolerance policy on knives. Horrifying episodes like the Columbine and Virginia Tech shootings have... More »

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Virginia Tech • discrimination • weapon • elementary school • Columbine school massacre • knife • Boy Scouts of America • policy

Columbine Killer's Mom Had 'No Inkling' About Dylan

Her essay is first detailed comment from a parent of the killers

Oct 10, 09 4:19 PM CDT
(AP) - A rare glimpse into the behavior of a Columbine killer the morning of the attack: "I was getting dressed for work when I heard Dylan bound down the stairs and open the front door," writes his mother in O magazine. "Wondering why he was in such a... More »

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 Bomb Explodes in Home of NY Teen Columbine 'Fan'

Student's school searched after he injures himself while making device

Sep 30, 09 2:07 AM CDT
(Newser) - A Long Island teenager who apparently idolized the Columbine killers has been hospitalized after a pipe bomb he was making blew up. The boy, 17, had photos of the students responsible for the Coumbine massacre in his bedroom. He's in stable condition and will likely face charges, reports the New ... More »

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bomb • pipe bomb • Long Island • Columbine school massacre • high school students

OPINION

 Most Controversial 
 Music Videos 

Nine Inch Nails, Pearl Jam, incestuous Gainsbourgs make list

Sep 12, 09 8:14 AM CDT
(Newser) - With MTV's Video Music Awards set for Sunday (not that you'll see many videos on the channel these days), Oddee.com takes a look at some of the form’s most controversial:
  • Closer, Nine Inch Nails: To go along with the explicitly sexual lyrics, this 1994 piece includes
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entertainment • MTV • Vatican • domestic violence • Pearl Jam • Museum of Modern Art • music videos • Madonna • Nine Inch Nails • Columbine school massacre • Trent Reznor • Garth Brooks • Jay-ZTV • Charlotte Gainsbourg • Serge Gainsbourg • Closer • Jeremy • Lemon Incest • Like A Prayer • MTV Video Music Awards • The Thunder Rolls

Oprah Cans Columbine Episode

10th anniversary show set for today 'focused too much on the killers'

Apr 20, 09 2:18 PM CDT
(Newser) - Oprah Winfrey canceled an episode of her show commemorating the 10th anniversary of the Columbine shootings, set to air today, the New York Post reports. “After reviewing it, I thought it focused too much on the killers,” Winfrey said of the scrapped show in a Facebook posting. “... More »

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television • Oprah Winfrey • talk show • Colorado • anniversary • Columbine school massacre • talk-show host • school shootings

 Columbine Marks 
 10-Year Milestone 

Colorado comes together to remember victims, support survivors

Apr 20, 09 6:31 AM CDT
(Newser) - Survivors of the Columbine High School massacre will gather today to mark 10 years since two seniors killed 12 classmates and a teacher in a bullet-fueled rampage that shook the country, USA Today reports. The anniversary is an opportunity for the community to come together for the survivors, Principal Frank... More »

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school shooting • Colorado • Columbine school massacre • Eric Harris • Dylan Klebold • shooting

10 Years On, Schools Rusty on Columbine's Lessons

School security funding dries up a decade after shootings

Apr 14, 09 10:51 AM CDT
(Newser) - A decade after the Columbine shootings, much of the extra funding for school security awarded in the wake of the massacre has dried up, the Wall Street Journal finds. Cutbacks such as scrapping the “cops in schools” program have educators worried, although some say improving bonds between adults and... More »

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education • high school • school shooting • Columbine school massacre • mass shootings

Another Teen Nabbed
in Columbine-Like Plot

16-year-old sought gun used in Colorado killings

Apr 25, 08 9:04 AM CDT
(Newser) - An Indiana 16-year-old plotted a Columbine-style mass killing on September 11 and even sought the same pistol used in that attack, the AP reports. The high school student faces charges of conspiracy to commit murder when he appears in court today. Police found 100 knives in his home and say... More »

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high school • explosives • Indiana • school shooting • Columbine school massacre • murder plot • guns

SC Teen Faces WMD Charge, Life Sentence

'New Columbine' plan is federal case

Apr 22, 08 2:55 PM CDT
(Newser) - Ryan Schallenberger, the South Carolina teenager whose Columbine-style attack police say they foiled yesterday, will be charged with a federal count of attempting to use a weapon of mass destruction, the AP reports. The charge, stemming from the 10 pounds of explosives discovered by Schallenberger’s parents yesterday, carries a... More »

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high school • South Carolina • school shooting • bomb • federal prison • shooting rampage • Columbine school massacre

 SC Teen Busted in
 'New Columbine' Plot 

Student plotted school suicide bombing

Apr 21, 08 5:29 AM CDT
(Newser) - South Carolina police have foiled a student's suicide bomb attack on a high school, timed to coincide with the ninth anniversary of the Columbine school massacre, officials said. The 18-year-old senior was arrested after his parents discovered 10 pounds of explosive chemicals, a year-long journal  and detailed plans for a... More »

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high school • Columbine school massacre • Ryan Shallenberger • Virginia Tech massacre • ammonium nitrate

Finnish Killer Linked to US Teen

Massacre gunman chatted online with Philly attack plotter

Nov 13, 07 3:28 AM CST
(Newser) - The Finnish teenager who killed eight people and committed suicide last week chatted online with a Philadelphia area youth who plotted a Columbine-style assault at a suburban school. Dillon Cossey, 14, told his attorney that the Finnish youth "gave no indication he was going to do anything violent" and... More »

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high school • school shooting • Pekka Eric Auvinen • Dillon Cossey • Finland school massacre • Columbine school massacre • Eric Harris • Dylan Klebold

School Shooters Connect Online

Columbine MySpace page links Finnish gunman, US teen who planned massacre

Nov 10, 07 6:40 AM CST
(Newser) - The internet may be a training ground for teenage killers who were previously considered to be desperate loners, suggests the Times of London. Helsinki police believe that Pekka-Eric Auvinen, the Finnish 18-year-old who murdered eight fellow students before shooting himself Wednesday, had spoken in online message boards with Dylan Cossey,... More »

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14-Year-Old's Mom Arrested on Gun Charges

Supplied teen planning Columbine-style attack with weapons: cops

Oct 12, 07 1:32 PM CDT
(Newser) - A Pennsylvania woman faces multiple criminal charges after buying guns and bomb-making materials for her emotionally disturbed 14-year old son. Michele Cossey is accused of purchasing a 9mm semiautomatic rifle, a .22 rifle and handgun, and black powder for use in making grenades, CNN reports. Her son, home-schooled after withdrawing... More »

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Philly Police
Foil Teen's Plot to Attack School

Seize huge cache of weapons on display
in his bedroom

Oct 11, 07 8:51 PM CDT
(Newser) - Police near Philadelphia raided the home of a 14-year-old boy and seized an arsenal of weapons—including an assault rifle and homemade grenades, along with 30 air-powered guns—the boy apparently wanted to use in a Columbine-style attack.  The home-schooled teen said he felt bullied and tried to recruit... More »

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Philadelphia • school shooting • Plymouth • Columbine school massacre

VT Student Was at Columbine

First Columbine, now Virginia Tech: Regina Rohde has lived through both

Apr 18, 07 7:53 AM CDT
(Newser) - A veteran of the Columbine massacre has now relived that high school tragedy as a graduate student at Virginia Tech. Regina Rohde, a master's candidate in the department of fisheries and science, was a freshman at Columbine in 1999. "They're strikingly similar," Rohde says of the shootings. More »

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Virginia Tech • Regina Rohde • school shooting • Columbine school massacre • Virginia Tech shootings

32 STUDENTS DEAD AT VA TECH

Apr 16, 07 2:37 PM CDT
(Newser) - At least 32 students are dead after a gunman opened fire on a Virginia Tech dormitory and classroom building this morning. The shooter is dead; two dozen other students were wounded in the attack. “This place is in a state of panic,” one student told CNN; others report... More »

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Virginia Tech • murder • school • death • school shooting • Columbine school massacre • Virginia Tech shootings

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