Virginia Tech timeline flaws surface in mass shooting trial
A jury hears that Virginia Tech's initial 2007 mass killing timeline contained errors and underplayed threats. Officials admit missteps in warning the campus and misstatements about police leads as families seek damages in a wrongful death suit for Julia Pryde and Erin Peterson.
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Tech
Christiansburg
Virginia Tech
Seung-Hui Cho
Kenneth R. Laughery
Laughery
Rice University
Julia K. Pryde
Erin N. Peterson
State Defender
U.S. Education Department
Prydes
Petersons
Virginia Senate shelves teacher contract bill until 2013
The Virginia Senate delayed McDonnell's bid to ease firing of teachers by shelving the plan for a year. The bill would replace continuing contracts with three year deals for new hires and require regular reviews, drawing opposition from the Virginia Education Association over due process and pay concerns.
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Richmond
Virginia Senate
Bob McDonnell
Education and Health Committee
Virginia Education Association
VEA
Kitty Boitnett
Senate
Virginia
Boitnett
McDonnell
Barack Obama
Emmett Hanger
Augusta
Hanger
Mark Obenshain
Harrisonburg
Obenshain
Phillip Puckett
Russell County
Gunman opens fire at Pittsburgh clinic killing one
An armed man entered the Western Psychiatric Institute lobby at the University of Pittsburgh and opened fire, killing one and wounding six others before a campus officer or officers shot him dead. A seventh person suffered injuries but was not shot. Police and SWAT secured the area as authorities investigate.
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Ravenstahl
Donald Yealy
University’s Medical School
Gregory Brant
Brant
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
Paul Wood
Upmc Presbyterian Hospital
Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic
Oakland
Carnegie Mellon
Carlow
Chatham
Pete Finelli
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Norris Hall
Larry Hincker
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Flinchum
Robert Hall
Hineker
Jon Bolt
Boltvideo.com
Gladys Fortune
Trinity United Methodist Church
Bluefield
Puckett
Bill Carrico
Grayson County
Jill Vogel
Fauquier County
Pittsburgh
Pitt
Western Psychiatric Institute
Western Psych
Lawton Snyder
Eye and Ear Foundation
Kevin Bonner
Bonner
Turkey
Sunfish Valley Olustracan
Ohio
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