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Rep. Giffords leads Tucson shooting remembrance (AP)

Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, left, accompanied by her husband, former astronaut Mark Kelly, reacts after leading the Pledge of Allegiance at the start of a memorial vigil remembering the victims and survivors one year after the Arizona congresswoman was wounded in a shooting that killed six others, Sunday, Jan. 8, 2012, in Tucson, Ariz. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)AP – After a year of struggling to re-learn how to walk and speak, U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords confidently climbed the steps on an outdoor stage on Sunday and led a crowd of hundreds in the Pledge of Allegiance, her words ringing out on a cold Tucson night just one year after she survived a gunshot to the head.


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Gabby Giffords braves first anniverary of Tucson shooting

It’s been a year since that bloody Tucson morning — a year of reflecting on lives shattered, of struggling with flashbacks and nightmares, of replaying the what-ifs before the deadly rampage that shocked a nation. And in the middle of it: one woman, Gabrielle Giffords, forging one of the most grueling journeys back of all.

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Giffords arrives in Tucson for shooting ceremonies (AP)

In this Thursday, Nov. 24, 2011 photo, U.S. Rep Gabrielle Giffords, D-Ariz. and her husband, retired Capt. Mark Kelly, serve a Thanksgiving meal to troops at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base  in Tucson, Ariz. U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords has arrived in Tucson, Ariz., to begin commemorating the one-year anniversary of the shooting that killed six people and left her and 12 others wounded, Friday, Jan. 6, 2012. (AP Photo/Matt York)AP – U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords has arrived in Tucson, Ariz., to begin commemorating the one-year anniversary of the shooting that killed six people and left her and 12 others wounded.


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After Texas school shooting, many questions loom (AP)

This 2011 photo provided by the Gonzalez family shows Jaime Gonzalez. The parents of Gonzalez are demanding to know why police officers fatally shot the 15-year-old inside his South Texas school, but police said the boy was brandishing and refused to drop what appeared to be a handgun. The weapon turned out to be a pellet gun that closely resembled the real thing, police said late Wednesday. (AP Photo/Courtesy of the Gonzalez Family)AP – On a doorstep outside a family home, a father wondered why police had to shoot his son in the hall of the boy’s middle school. In an office across town, a police chief insisted that his officers had no choice.


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Smirking cop killer apologizes for shooting death of NYPD hero

Sorry’s not good enough. The accused triggerman in the slaying of Brooklyn Police Officer Peter Figoski apologized after police nabbed him and his four accomplices.

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Mount Rainier park remains closed after shooting (AP)

In this undated photo provided by the Pierce County Sheriff's Dept., Benjamin Colton Barnes, is shown. Officials said Barnes is a person of interest in the fatal shooting of a park ranger at Mount Rainier National Park, Sunday, Jan. 1, 2012 in Washington State. (AP Photo/Pierce County Sheriff's Dept.)AP – Mount Rainier National Park remained closed Tuesday following the discovery of the body of the suspected gunman in the fatal shooting of a park ranger, an incident that has devastated the close-knit group of park workers.


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Gunman loose in national park after fatal shooting (AP)

AP – A Mount Rainier National Park ranger was fatally shot Sunday following a New Year’s Day traffic stop, and the 368-square-mile park in Washington state was closed as dozens of officers searched for the armed gunman over snowy and rugged terrain.

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