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More Love for the Modest Heros of Tucson
Daniel Hernandez continues to charm his way into the national spotlight. Nearly a week after he helped save Rep. Gabrielle Giffords’ life during the deadly shooting rampage in Tucson, he earned the praise of President Obama during a memorial service Thursday night at the University of Arizona. In front of thousands of mourners, the president commended Hernandez for his Bravery. “Daniel, I’m sorry and you may deny it but we’ve decided that you are a hero because you ran th...

Sarah Palin To Be Interviewed on Fox News Monday
Sarah Palin will appear Monday on Fox News in her first interview since accusing critics of committing "blood Libel" for insinuating her Rhetoric may have been somehow connected to last week's shooting rampage in Arizona. A Fox executive told The New York Times that the former Alaska Governor would sit down with host Sean Hannity for an extended segment. Palin, the 2008 GOP vice Presidential Candidate, is on the Fox Payroll, often appearing as a commentator and contributor. On Wednesday, Palin ...

9-year-old AZ shooting victim laid to rest
Stumble This! Tucson, Arizona - The youngest Victim of the Tucson shootings was laid to rest Thursday, after Barack Obama hailed the 9-year-old girl as an inspiration to US politicians to heal their poisonous divisions. Christina Taylor Green, who was among six people killed by a misfit gunman last Saturday, has become the heart-breaking public face of the attacks which unleashed a wave of soul-searching about America's political culture. Hundreds of people lined the streets as her small ...

Gillibrand to describe scene in Giffords hospital room
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., will be on NBC’s “Nightly News” tonight describing the scene in Rep. Gabrielle Giffords’ Hospital room yesterday when the lawmaker opened her eyes for the first time since undergoing surgery for a gun shot to the head. Gillibrand and two other lawmakers — House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., and Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D-Fla., — were in Giffords’ Hospital room at the time. They were among a congression...

Giffords making miraculous recovery, can move arms and legs (Daily Caller)
Read more stories from The Daily Caller Giffords making miraculous recovery, can move arms and legs Military commission prepares to recommend that women be allowed in combat roles TheDC on TV: Jamie Weinstein discusses Health Care on the RT's 'Big Picture with Thom Hartmann' U.S. Chamber of Commerce will support eliminating tax Loopholes, chairman says How the Mental Health system failed Jared Loughner, despite Arizona's lenient commitment standard In a Press Conference Thursday, doctors for ...

Nosy workers fired from Ariz. hospital
Four people working for Tucson’s University Medical Center have been fired for violating patient Privacy, the Hospital said Wednesday. It is the University of Arizona-affiliated Hospital where Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.) and others have been treated since Saturday’s Safeway shooting. Continue Reading Text Size - + reset Three clinical support Staffers and one contracted nurse were fired this week for violating the hospital’s “Zero Tolerance policy on patient priv...

Obama returns to form with plea for unity
Was it a new Barack Obama who flew home from Tucson in the early hours of yesterday or the old one he had lost sight of? In 33 minutes on Wednesday night he had reminded Americans of what used to be the essence of his appeal: his conviction that politics – and leadership – should be about uniting not dividing. Moments of great tragedy become moments of opportunity for every president. But the days since the shootings in Tucson last weekend arguably demanded Mr Obama's touch especia...

Some question pep rally atmosphere at Obama speech...
AP – President Barack Obama greets Daniel Hernandez, a intern for Rep. Gabrielle Giffords who helped her after … Play Video Barack Obama Video: UMC memorial visitors watch with hope as President passes. ...

Youngest US shooting victim laid to rest
The youngest Victim of the Tucson shootings was laid to rest Thursday, after Barack Obama hailed the 9-year-old girl as an inspiration to US politicians to heal their poisonous divisions. Christina Taylor Green, who was among six people killed by a misfit gunman last Saturday, has become the heart-breaking public face of the attacks which unleashed a wave of soul-searching about America's political culture. Hundreds of people lined the streets as her small coffin was borne into the St. Elizabeth...

Michelle Obama On Tucson Shootings: Advice To Parents
WASHINGTON--A day after First Lady Michelle Obama attended a Tucson memorial for Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and other Victims of a Shooting Spree, she urged parents to use the tragedy to teach Children tolerance, prayer and compassion. As parents may struggle to explain to kids how a gunman can open fire on a crowd, Mrs. Obama offered advice through an "Open Letter to parents" posted on Thursday afternoon on the White House web site. Referring to Malia and Sasha, Mrs. Obama wrote, "the questions ...

Crowd Helps Eight Year Old Sing National Anthem when Mic Cuts Off
Wow. In what I can only describe as angelic, this eight year old little girl sings the National Anthem and despite her mic cutting off, the crowd helps her finish. This is one amazing little girl. You must login to comment. The Fox Nation is for those opposed to intolerance, excessive government control of our lives, and attempts to monopolize opinion or suppress freedom of thought, expression, and worship. Read more... We invite all Americans who share these values to join us here at Fox Nation...

Obama praised for leadership after U.S. shooting
Sheldon Alberts, Washington Correspondent, Postmedia News · Thursday, Jan. 13, 2011 TUCSON, Arizona — John Jewell did not vote for Barack Obama — and he never voted for Gabrielle Giffords either, for that matter. But as the 59-year-old Tucsonan paid silent tribute to Ms. Giffords on Thursday outside the Hospital where the Arizona congresswoman is recovering from her gunshot wound, he had a message for his president: Well done. On the day after Mr. Obama rallied Americans to beg...

Shot in the brain a week ago, now her eyes are open
Gabrielle Giffords ... the US congresswoman shot in the head but recovering well. Photo: Supplied The US lawmaker shot in the head in Arizona has made a "major leap forward" in her recovery, opening her eyes spontaneously and moving her legs and arms when asked, doctors say. Democratic congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords opened her eyes for the first time minutes after President Barack Obama visited her on Wednesday and is becoming increasingly aware of her surroundings and able to respond. "This i...

AZ GOP Official Resigns, Fearing Violence
The shooting of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords has caused a GOP district chairman in Arizona to step down. Anthony Miller, a black Republican who was chairman of Legislative District 20, told the Arizona Republic that his support of John McCain had made him unpopular with district Republicans who favored J. D. Hayworth.   “I wasn’t going to resign but decided to quit after what happened Saturday. I love the Republican Party but I don’t want to take a bullet for anyone,” sai...

Barack Obama calls for 'new era of civility' in Tucson speech
US President Barack Obama offered the American nation's condolences to Victims of the Arizona shootings at a memorial service on Wednesday night. • President Barack Obama with wife Michelle at the memorial service. Picture: Getty He also called on Americans to learn from the Tucson tragedy - in which six people were killed and more than a dozen injured, including Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, 40, by gunman Jared Lee Loughner, 22. The president said if lessons were drawn from the lives o...

I'll raise your vitriol with rhetoric!
The January 8th shooting of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-AZ) in a "Congress on Your Corner"  event in Tucson, Arizona was tragic and horrific. The outpouring of emotions from regular citizens for Rep. Giffords and the other Victims of the shooting has been nothing short of spectacular, and the good emotions FAR outweigh the bad emotions........ However, the bad thoughts are still there. Once again, the most politically polarized era has decided to show in full force. Sheriff Dupnik, seem...

Some question pep rally atmosphere at Obama speech
President Barack Obama greets Daniel Hernandez, a intern for Rep. Gabrielle Giffords who helped her after she was shot, at a memorial service in Tucson, Ariz., on the University of Arizona campus, Wednesday, Jan. 12, 2011. Some conservative commentators are criticizing the cheering and peppiness of the Arizona Mass Shooting memorial that featured President Barack Obama. Some have wondered whether it was a scripted political event, but White House spokesman Robert Gibbs said Thursday he and othe...

Rep. Giffords Recovery: Moving Legs and Arms
Like this Story? Share it: President Obama addressed a crowd of 26,000 people at a memorial in Tucson, Ariz. and urged Americans to rise above partisan differences in the wake of the shooting rampage. In addition, he made a surprise announcement that Gabrielle Giffords opened her eyes for the first time. Erica Hill talks to Bill Hileman, husband of Arizona Shooting Victim, Suzi Hileman and Daniel Hernandez, the 20-year-old intern who helped save the life of Gabrielle Giffords. Sen. Kirsten Gilli...

Michael Chabon Waxes Eloquent on Obama's Tuscon Speech
President Obama's address to the nation, delivered last night from the Tuscon, Arizona Hospital where Rep. Gabrielle Giffords is recovering from Saturday's tragic shooting, has been lauded basically across the board. The Atlantic published the reaction of Pulitzer Prize-winning Park Slope novelist Michael Chabon, however, and he voiced his initial lack of enthusiasm with the Speech. His complaint has as its origin the comment about slain 9-year-old Christina Taylor-Green, famously born on Sept...

Obama's heartfelt speech for congresswoman opens eyes
This past Wednesday, at the University of Arizona hall building, there was a Speech. Not just any ordinary speech, it was magnified because of the attention that it was getting on certain television channels, and all the media coverage. Not just that, though, the speech was for Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, the representative of  the state of Arizona. Last week, at a Safeway super market, Giffords and her staff, were practicing free speech by engaging in a movement, when a 22 year old g...

Mass Shootings and Mental Illness
Like this Story? Share it: (CBS) The events in Tucson left many of us asking - How could this happen? But we've seen this before - an unstable man, a senseless attack. It's put a spotlight on Mental Illness. In this country, 45 million adults are mentally ill. 11 million of those cases are considered serious. CBS Evening News anchor Katie Couric reports on how those who need help most are falling through the cracks. "Oftentimes, when we have tragedies like this people will say there were no w...

The REAL Reason Behind The Shooting In Arizona (ORIGINAL VIDEO)
In the wake of the Tucson, AZ Shooting Spree last Saturday, HuffPost's Senior Editor, Marcus Baram, examines how suspected-shooter, Jared Lee Loughner's violence may not simply be politically-motivated. WATCH: ...

MRC-TV: Bozell to Appear on 'Hannity', 'Fox & Friends,' C-SPAN to Discuss Media Bias Following Rep. Giffords' Shooting
MRC-TV: Bozell to Appear on 'Hannity', 'Fox & Friends,' C-SPAN to Discuss Media Bias Following Rep. Giffords' Shooting NewsBusters publisher and Media Research Center president Brent Bozell will appear on tonight's "Hannity" as well as tomorrow morning's "Fox & Friends" and C-SPAN's Washington Journal. All three appearances will focus on the media's biased coverage in the wake of Saturday's Assassination attempt on Rep. Gab...

Analysis: Blood libel claim polarises the US
THE ARGUMENT about whether America's polarised politics incited the gunman who brought carnage to Arizona has, guess what, polarised American politics. In the aftermath of the shootings and the very different reactions of President Barack Obama and his chief Republican challenger, Sarah Palin, Americans are equally divided over whether hysterical language was a factor in the shootings. A USA Toda ADVERTISEMENT y poll found Americans were evenly split when asked if Ms Palin's harsh language and...

Limbaugh, Beck, and other conservatives do not approve of how Tucson reacts
In the past 24 hours many prominent Conservatives have questioned the "tone" of the memorial service held last night in Tucson.  The event was held in honor of nineteen Victims, including six dead, of the shooting last Saturday at an event hosted by Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords (D-AZ).  Most of the reviews from "mainstream" media were positive.  President Obama gave an emotional Speech which called for the country to "live up to the Democracy" that nine-year-old victim Christi...