Surgeons say Giffords showing positive signs

Surgeons say Giffords showing positive signs
In this photo taken Wednesday, Jan. 5, 2011, Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, D-Ari... TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) - Doctors treating wounded Rep. Gabrielle Giffords provided an optimistic update Sunday about her chances for survival, saying they are "very, very encouraged" by her ability to respond to simple commands along with their success in controlling her bleeding. Surgeons said a bullet went through Giffords' head on the left side of the brain, but she is still able to respond to commands such as squeezi...

Arizona Gunman Was "on a Mission"
TUCSON, Ariz. -- The "shady individual" showed up at a public gathering for Rep. Gabrielle Giffords asking to see the lawmaker, according to event volunteer Alex Villec. Told he would have to wait his turn, the man left but returned minutes later and gunfire erupted. The man, wearing a black cap and baggy pants and shirt, rushed by a table separating him and Giffords, raised an arm, and then came shots, Villec, 19, told The Associated Press. Firing a semiautomatic weapon, the gunman targeted Gif...

Gabrielle Giffords was on Sarah Palins crosshairs map - A history of violent words used against Giffords
No motives have emerged from today’s senseless shooting in Tucson, but Democratic Rep. Gabrielle Giffords has a long history of being targeted by the Tea Party—sometimes in violent terms. In the run-up to 2010’s heated Midterm Elections, Arizona Democrat Gabrielle Giffords was placedon Sarah Palin’s “target map,” released in March, which featured gun crosshairs superimposed over her target’s districts on a United States map. The graphic was removed from ...

Boehner: No 'heinous' acts will keep members from doing their jobs
House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) said Sunday morning that "no act, no matter how heinous" would keep members of Congress from doing their jobs. "The thoughts and prayers of the House and the nation are with Congresswoman Giffords and her family," Boehner told reporters from his home state, calling to mind U.S. District Judge John Roll and the others who were killed or injured when a gunman opened fire at a "Congress on Your Corner" meet-and-greet event by Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.) o...

The Domestic Terrorists Victims in Arizona
The homegrown Terrorist’s name is Jared Lougher. He killed 6 people, wounded 13 more. Including the attempted Assassination of an United States Congresswoman. And the Assassination of a Federal Judge. Here are the stories of those that he murdered in cold blood. This post will be updated. Greene is one of six killed in front of a Safeway Grocery Store while awaiting to talk to Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords who had set up a townhall-style meet and greet event. Five people died at the sce...

Despite the fact that killer is a left-wing nut, liberals continue to try and blame Tea Party, Sarah Palin for Arizona shooting
The left-wing pothead killer Jared Loughner is a left-wing wacko who's favorite book is Communist Manifesto. His favorite YouTube video is of the American Flag being burned. From Phoenix New Times: Jared Loughner, Alleged Shooter in Gabrielle Giffords Attack, Described by Classmate as "Left-Wing Pothead". A classmate of the man accused of shooting Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords this morning describes him as "Left Wing" and a "pot head" in a series of posts on Twitter this afternoon. Caitie ...

Vitriol focus of lawmakers after Arizona shooting of Democratic Rep. Gabrielle Giffords
Reporting from Washington — A day after a gunman opened fire at a public event in Tucson hosted by Democratic U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, political vitriol was the focus among some lawmakers, and the politics surrounding the violence broke down largely along partisan lines on the Sunday morning talks shows. Democratic members of Congress largely suggested that the shootings might have been sparked by increasingly bitter political Rhetoric while Republicans described the suspected shoo...

Arizona shooting spotlights 'toxic' political climate
Recriminations and soul-searching burst forth Sunday over whether an inflamed political climate influenced a gunman to shoot a US congresswoman and 19 other people in Arizona. From the left and the right, politicians and commentators seized on the attempted Assassination of Representative Gabrielle Giffords Saturday as either a reflection of the passions stirred up by rabble-rousing Conservatives or the isolated act of an unhinged psychopath. Liberals highlighted a map posted online during the...

Speaker Boehner: Pray for Rep. Giffords and Victims of Tucson Shooting
ABC News’ John R. Parkinson reports: Speaker of the House John Boehner today spoke out against the shooting of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and reiterated part of his written statement Saturday that “an attack on one who serves is an attack on all who serves.” “Public service is a high honor, but these tragic events remind us that all of us in our roles in service to our fellow citizens comes with a risk,” Boehner, R-Ohio, said. “This inhuman act should not and will not det

FBI: Too 'early' to define motive
FBI Director Robert Mueller said Sunday that investigators are trying to determine whether the man who shot Rep. Gabrielle Giffords was working with anyone else. "We do not yet have all the answers to these questions," Mueller told reporters in Tucson, Ariz. He said it was "a little bit early to speculate on those motives" when asked about a possible reason for the attack. A second person, whose picture was released by the police, "appeared to be entering the Safeway&q...;

Obama White House (again) responds to tragedy
Hearing the initial news reports ... Sorting out conflicting details ... Confronting the sickening reality ... Questioning about where to go from here. The White House is once again confronting public tragedy, this time the attempted Murder of a Congresswoman at a time of high political tensions. It's been a presidential responsibility for many years, especially in the television age -- whether the 2009 Mass Shootings at Fort Hood, or 1978 the mass suicides at Jonestown in Guyana, including the...

Dad of 9-year-old shot in Ariz. was Dodgers scout
Los Angeles Dodgers owner Frank McCourt is expressing condolences about the 9-year-old girl killed by a gunman who opened fire at an Arizona congresswoman's event. She is the granddaughter of former Philadelphia Phillies manager Dallas Green and the son of a Dodgers scout. Christina-Taylor Green was shot outside a Tucson grocery story when she went to see Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, who was meeting with constituents there. McCourt says the team lost a member of the Dodgers family, and the organizat...

Palin staffer: 'Nothing irresponsible about our graphic'
An aide to Sarah Palin is defending the former Alaska Governor's Controversial campaign target map, saying the circles over certain districts were never meant to be gun sights. However, Palin herself described the symbol as a "bullseye." Palin's "Take Back the 20" campaign came under renewed fire after Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.) was severely injured by a gunman on Saturday. The campaign featured a map with crosshairs over Giffords' district, along with the districts of 19 other Democratic...

Schieffer: Rhetoric and Its Consequences
Like this Story? Share it: Law Enforcement personnel at the site of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords' community outreach event, where a gunman claimed the lives of 6 people Saturday. (Arizona Daily Star, Kelly Presnell) (CBS) We live as we were reminded yesterday in a dangerous, hair-trigger time, where tempers always seem near the boiling point and patience seems a lost trait. Democracy's arguments have never been pretty, but technology has changed the American dialogue. Because we can now know of pr...

Boehner: Giffords Shooting 'An Inhuman Act'
Speaking from his Ohio Congressional District on Sunday morning, House Speaker John Boehner called the shooting in Arizona yesterday an "inhuman act" and said it was a reminder of the risks taken by public officials in doing their duty, said NPR. Boehner said the shootings would not prevent lawmakers fulfilling their responsibilities. Boehner said: To the members of the House and our staffs, I ask that you, on this sabbath day, that we keep Gabby and her staff in our thoughts and prayers. Pub...

Mueller: Loughner To Be Charged Today
At a Press Conference in Tucson this morning, FBI Director Robert Mueller announced that the government will file formal charges against Jared Loughner Sunday afternoon. The preliminary complaint will include the Murder of Judge John Roll, and the shootings of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-AZ) and several of her Staffers. "Formal charges are expected this afternoon," Mueller told reporters, though he said it's still unclear when Loughner will first appear in court. Mueller said he was not going ...

Arizona Shooting News (LIVE UPDATES)
TUCSON, Ariz. -- Rep. Gabrielle Giffords remained hospitalized Sunday as investigators sought to understand what motivated a gunman to carry out an Assassination attempt on the Democratic lawmaker in a rampage that killed six people. University Medical Center spokeswoman Darci Slaten told The Associated Press that Giffords underwent a two-hour surgery Saturday and has not been conscious since the shooting. She said more information will be released at a news conference in which one of the doct...

Gabrielle Giffords Remains Sedated Following Arizona Shooting
TUCSON, Ariz. — Rep. Gabrielle Giffords remained heavily sedated and in critical condition Sunday as investigators sought to understand what motivated a gunman to carry out an Assassination attempt on the Democratic lawmaker in a rampage that killed six people. University Medical Center spokeswoman Darci Slaten told The Associated Press that Giffords underwent a two-hour surgery Saturday and has not been conscious since the shooting. She said more information will be released at a news c...

Noel Irwin Hentschel: Jared Loughner Attack on Gabrielle Giffords: America's Mental Health Breakdown
The tragic and devastating attack in Tucson, Arizona on U.S. Representative Gabrielle Giffords and other innocent Victims including the killing of a 9-year-old girl and a Federal Judge was, sadly, preventable if the exceedingly ineffective Mental Health laws in America were changed. America's Mental Health system is undeniably broken and must be fixed to ensure that those who need treatment be required to receive it for the safety and well being of society as a whole. If any good is to come o...

Tucson Massacre Aftermath -- Boehner: 'Inhuman Act' Won't 'Deter Us'
What is this? The morning after a shooter on Saturday targeted more than a score of Victims at a Tucson strip shopping center, grievously wounding Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, an Arizona Democrat, and killing six, including a Federal Judge, a nine-year old girl, a congressional aide and several Retirees, much of the nation awakened still trying to make sense of the carnage. Law-enforcement officials said they were pursuing a second suspect, a man thought to be in his 50s who they believe accompanied...

Who's the second 'person of interest'?
Investigators are still trying to figure out the identity of a man who was in Safeway at the same time and near the attack on Rep. Gabrielle Giffords. FBI Director Robert Mueller told reporters that the man "appeared to be entering the Safeway" with the gunman who shot Giffords. But he said there are no accusations against the man, and that he is simply "somebody we need to identify." "We do not believe he fired any shots or was a shooter," Mueller said, adding th...

Dem: Tone Down the Political Rhetoric
Bob Schieffer spoke with Sen. Charles Schumer (D-NY), Rep. Steny Hoyer (D-MD), Nancy Cordes, Jan Crawford, and Bob Orr on Jared Loughner's past, the gunman who killed six people in Tucson, Ariz. and injuring congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords. (CBS) Democratic Rep. Steny Hoyer of Maryland has called on the country to tone down its intense political Rhetoric in the wake of the shooting rampage Saturday in Tucson that killed six people and wounded 13 others, including Democratic Rep. Gabrielle Giffo...

NC officials investigate assisted-living facility
State officials are investigating a Greensboro assisted-living facility where a resident died from hypothermia after getting locked out of the building on Christmas Eve. The News & Record of Greensboro reported that the North Carolina Health and Human Services Department began their investigation about a week after 85-year-old Edith Purvis was found outside Loyalton of Greensboro at 3 a.m. She pronounced dead at a local Hospital. Loyalton Executive Director Tammy Martin said staff discovered...

DC police: Suspicious object near White House
Washington police and fire spokesmen say they are investigating a suspicious object in a park near the White House. Officer Paul Metcalf says police and the Secret Service are investigating the object found Sunday in Lafayette Park, but did not have any other description of the object or why it was deemed suspicious. Fire Spokesman Pete Piringer said fire personnel were assisting, but also did not have a description of the object. Vt. nuke fights for future but chances are dimming Journalists u...

Doctors 'Cautiously Optimistic' About Gabrielle Giffords' Condition
Arizona Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, who was shot in the head in Tucson on Saturday during a Shooting Spree in which she was the apparent target, is able to understand and "follow simple commands" after two hours of Brain Surgery and doctors say they are "cautiously optimistic" about her condition. Dr. Michael Lemole, chief of Neurosurgery at University Medical Center, said the gunman's bullet had entered Giffords' brain on the left side, from back to front. While any wound of that type means her co...