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Tucson says farewell to youngest shooting victim
By Brad Poole and Tim Gaynor TUCSON, Arizona | Thu Jan 13, 2011 8:38pm EST TUCSON, Arizona (Reuters) - Hundreds of people gathered to say farewell on Thursday to a bright 9-year-old who loved to dance and play Baseball, but was gunned down when she went to learn about politics from her congresswoman. Christina Green was the youngest Victim of a Shooting Spree last Saturday that claimed six lives and left Rep. Gabrielle Giffords battling for her life. Her Funeral was the first to be held. Hund...

Tucson says farewell to youngest shooting victim
By Brad Poole and Tim Gaynor TUCSON, Arizona | Thu Jan 13, 2011 8:38pm EST TUCSON, Arizona (Reuters) - Hundreds of people gathered to say farewell on Thursday to a bright 9-year-old who loved to dance and play Baseball, but was gunned down when she went to learn about politics from her congresswoman. Christina Green was the youngest Victim of a Shooting Spree last Saturday that claimed six lives and left Rep. Gabrielle Giffords battling for her life. Her Funeral was the first to be held. Hund...

Michelle Obama sees lessons after Arizona shooting
Mrs. Obama joined her husband, President Barack Obama, at a memorial service in Tucson on Wednesday for the Victims of Saturday's attack outside a Supermarket, where a gunman killed six people and critically wounded Representative Gabrielle Giffords. Obama said Children would struggle with questions about what such an event says about the world. "The questions my daughters have asked are the same ones that many of your Children will have - and they don't lend themselves to easy answers," the fi...

A 9-year-old's death hits home for Obama
WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama is not known for showing a surplus of emotion in public, but toward the end of his Speech at the University of Arizona on Wednesday night, he paused for 50 seconds and appeared to gather himself. The audience was on its feet. Obama had just laid down a stark and powerful gauntlet, challenging the country to live up to the expectations of 9-year-old Christina Taylor Green, whose death Saturday was an emotional punch to the gut for so many people across the co...

Gabrielle Giffords wrote of her passion for Judaism and Israel
My grandfather, Akiba Hornstein, was the son of a Lithuanian rabbi. My grandfather changed his name to Giff Giffords for reasons of Anti-Semitism and moved to Southern Arizona from New York more than a half century ago. In the 1940s, he founded my family’s tire and automotive business, El Campo Tire, which grew into a successful and thriving business for 50 years, which I ran for several years before serving in the Arizona Legislature. Growing up, my family’s Jewish roots and tradit...

Palin's 10 Red Herrings (Politico)
Sarah Palin has continued and intensified the rhetorical strategy introduced by her supporters and surrogates in the wake of the Tucson tragedy. She’s offering a series of red herrings — distracting with concepts that are truthful, but irrelevant, to deflect from other issues or vulnerabilities. (The term originates with the practice of using cured fish to put Hunting Dogs off the track. 1) Free Speech: “Congresswoman Giffords and her constituents were exercising their right to...

Obama in Arizona
A little girl was buried Thursday in Tucson, Ariz. Christina Taylor Green was 9. She was an A Student, a member of her student council, born on Sept. 11, 2001, and, as a result, interested in American politics. "She saw public service as something exciting and hopeful," President Barack Obama said at a memorial service Wednesday night. "She saw all this through the eyes of a child, undimmed by the cynicism or vitriol that we adults all too often just take for granted." The ...

Michelle Obama sees lessons after Arizona shooting (Reuters)
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – First Lady Michelle Obama urged parents across the United States on Thursday to talk to their Children about the Arizona shootings and use the event to teach them a lesson about American values. Mrs. Obama joined her husband, President Barack Obama, at a memorial service in Tucson on Wednesday for the Victims of Saturday's attack outside a Supermarket, where a gunman killed six people and critically wounded Representative Gabrielle Giffords. Obama said children...

Michelle Obama sees lessons after Arizona shooting
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - First Lady Michelle Obama urged parents across the United States on Thursday to talk to their Children about the Arizona shootings and use the event to teach them a lesson about American values. Mrs. Obama joined her husband, President Barack Obama, at a memorial service in Tucson on Wednesday for the Victims of Saturday's attack outside a Supermarket, where a gunman killed six people and critically wounded Representative Gabrielle Giffords. Obama said Children would strug...

Youngest victim of US shooting buried
People hold a sign as they line the street leading to the St. Elizabeth Ann... The Funeral hearse leads a procession to St. Elizabeth Ann Seton church for... The youngest Victim of the Tucson shootings was laid to rest Thursday, a day after President 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 th...

Hundreds come out for Ariz. girl's funeral (AP)
TUCSON, Ariz. – The family of the youngest Victim of the mass shooting in Arizona held hands and paused in a moment of silence Thursday under the large American Flag recovered from Ground Zero after the 9/11 attacks, and later escorted the 9-year-old's small brown casket into the church as little girls about her age cried. Several hundred other mourners, many in white T-shirts, lined a road near the church to show support. Christina Taylor Green was born on Sept. 11, 2001, and featured i...

Youngest victim of US shooting buried
The youngest Victim of the Tucson shootings was laid to rest Thursday, a day after President 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 t...

Youngest US shooting victim laid to rest
The youngest Victim of the Arizona shootings has been laid to rest, a day after President Barack Obama hailed the nine-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 lone gunman in Tucson last Saturday, has become the heart-breaking public face of the attacks which unleashed a wave of soul-searching about America's political culture. Democratic congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, 40, was left fightin...

The Youngest Victim Is Laid To Rest
Arizona Republic: TUCSON - The family of the youngest Victim of the mass shooting in Arizona held hands and paused in a moment of silence Thursday under the large American Flag recovered from Ground Zero after the 9/11 attacks, and later escorted the 9-year-old’s small brown casket into the church as little girls about her age cried. Several hundred other mourners, many in white T-shirts, lined a road near the church to show support. Christina Taylor Green was born on Sept. 11, 200...

Michelle Obama's Advice to Parents in Wake of Tucson Shooting
First Lady Michelle Obama is offering advice to parents who are struggling to help their Children understand the horrific Tucson massacre that killed six and wounded 14, including Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.) Mrs. Obama accompanied President Obama to the Tucson memorial service for the Victims Wednesday at the University of Arizona, sitting next to Mark Kelly, the NASA Astronaut who is Giffords' husband. Her main advice: use the tragedy to teach kids about faith, compassion, hope and commun...

Arizona shooting survivors may face emotional trauma
TUCSON — Bill Badger, a retired Army colonel, had a flashback of dead and injured people on the ground a day after he was shot along with Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and 17 others Saturday. Giffords aide Pam Simon, who was shot twice while lining up people to meet her boss, is afraid to close her eyes because she sees scenes of carnage. Susan Hileman, wounded while Holding Hands with her now-dead 9-year-old neighbor, can't help blaming herself for bringing the child there. Doctors say the physi...

Merck anchors bulk of Dow's decline as stocks end lower
Arizona shooting Six people were killed and 14 others wounded, including U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords in Arizona. Merck's shares dropped 6% Thursday after the drugmaker stopped giving blood clotting drug to some Clinical Trial patients....

Obama draws 31 million TV viewers for memorial tribute (Reuters)
Los Angeles (Reuters) – Some 31 million U.S. television viewers tuned in to see President Barack Obama lead a memorial tribute to Victims of the deadly shooting rampage in Tucson, Arizona, according to TV Ratings provider Nielsen. The emotionally charged Speech, in which Obama urged Americans not to politicize a tragedy that left six people dead and 13 others wounded, drew generally high marks for his bid to balance words of consolation with a call for national unity. The seven-network t...

Obama draws 31 million TV viewers for memorial tribute
Los Angeles | Thu Jan 13, 2011 10:30pm EST Los Angeles (Reuters) - Some 31 million U.S. television viewers tuned in to see President Barack Obama lead a memorial tribute to Victims of the deadly shooting rampage in Tucson, Arizona, according to TV Ratings provider Nielsen. The emotionally charged Speech, in which Obama urged Americans not to politicize a tragedy that left six people dead and 13 others wounded, drew generally high marks for his bid to balance words of consolation with a call f...

Too Soon! Jon Stewart Ridicules Partisan Media Criticism Of Tuscon Memorial
Last night Barack Obama was the Keynote Speaker at the Memorial Service held for the Victims of the Arizona shooting tragedy that occurred last weekend, and by and large, received rave reviews from both left and right opinion media pundits. Until the next morning, in which the 24 hour News Media “conflictanator” started to find reasons to critique the previous evenings proceedings, at least in the eyes of Jon Stewart. Tonight The Daily Show opened with proper praise of the “Ins...

A letter from Michelle Obama to parents after the Tucson tragedy
From the White House: Dear parents, Like so many Americans all across the country, Barack and I were shocked and heartbroken by the horrific act of violence committed in Arizona this past weekend.  Yesterday, we had the chance to attend a memorial service and meet with some of the families of those who lost their lives, and both of us were deeply moved by their strength and resilience in the face of such unspeakable tragedy. As parents, an event like this hits home especially hard. ...

Note from First Lady Mrs. Obama
Like so many Americans all across the country, Barack and I were shocked and heartbroken by the horrific act of violence committed in Arizona this past weekend. Yesterday, we had the chance to attend a memorial service and meet with some of the families of those who lost their lives, and both of us were deeply moved by their strength and resilience in the face of such unspeakable tragedy. As parents, an event like this hits home especially hard. It makes our hearts ache for those who lost loved ...

Michelle Obama's Letter to Parents
It's an Open Letter, meaning you can choose not to read it. Dear parents, Like so many Americans all across the country, Barack and I were shocked and heartbroken by the horrific act of violence committed in Arizona this past weekend. Yesterday, we had the chance to attend a memorial service and meet with some of the families of those who lost their lives, and both of us were deeply moved by their strength and resilience in the face of such unspeakable tragedy. As parents, an event like this ...

Message from the First Lady to Parents in wake of the attack in Tuscon
Like so many Americans all across the country, Barack and I were shocked and heartbroken by the horrific act of violence committed in Arizona this past weekend. Yesterday, we had the chance to attend a memorial service and meet with some of the families of those who lost their lives, and both of us were deeply moved by their strength and resilience in the face of such unspeakable tragedy. As parents, an event like this hits home especially hard. It makes our hearts ache for those who lost loved ...

Politifact Calls Out Michelle Malkin for Dishonest Anti-Obama Smear
Wingnut queen bee Michelle Malkin gets a nice big FALSE rating from PolitiFact.com for doing what she’s done many times before — concocting an outrageous outrage out of thin air. And this might be the cheapest and ugliest one yet. Malkin tried to claim that the White House orchestrated a “branded” political event out of the Arizona mass Murder: Did the White House ‘brand’ the Arizona memorial service with a logo and slogan? The University of Arizona memorial s...