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NEWS ABOUT: school shootings

school shootings stories: 3 news summaries

iPhone App Offers
School Shooter Game

Critics wonder how, why Apple approved

Jul 20, 09 11:45 AM CDT
(Newser) - A new iPhone game that glorifies school shootings somehow got through the Apple screeners, PC World reports. “Zombie School,” from the just-as-politically-incorrect company Retarded Arts, lets players pick off “zombie” cheerleaders, principals, and quarterbacks from atop a “zombie shooting tower.” Worse, adds TechCrunch, is the... More »

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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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(Newser) - German police are still seeking some twisted motive for a suicidal teen gunman who shot dead 14 people at his former high school, but he clearly appears to have targeted girls, reports the Telegraph. Tim Kretschmer, 17, killed nine former schoolmates, eight of them girls, as well as three female... More »

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