The Youngest Victim Is Laid To Rest

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...

Hundreds come out for Ariz. girl's funeral
TUCSON (AP) — 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 in a b...

Shooting victim says Beck, Palin, Angle got their first target (Daily Caller)
Read more stories from The Daily Caller No consensus on winner, number of ballots in RNC chairman election ABC News: U.S. snow, floods in Australia and Brazil the product of Global Warming Top House Republican: Sure, I'd sit with a Democrat during the State of the Union Russia warns of arms treaty pullout if U.S. pursues Missile Defense Poll: Very few Americans blame Arizona shooting on 'political Rhetoric' A survivor of Saturday’s shooting rampage in Tucson blamed Fox’s Glenn Bec...

Police: Loughner Had 3 Pistol Clips to Spare
Like this Story? Share it: Despite allegations that the suspected Tucson shooter Jared Loughner was mentally ill, it is still unclear the role it played in the deadly rampage. Katie Couric reports on the latest of Mental Health laws in the U.S. Erica Hill speaks with Jared Lee Loughner's ex-girlfriend Kelsey Hawkes about her shock upon learning he opened fire on a group of people in Tucson, Ariz. New revelations have been made in the Jared Lee Loughner investigation including his brush with the ...

Authorities: Ariz. suspect had 3 more pistol clips
Authorities in Tucson say the suspect in Saturday's shooting had three more pistol magazines with him when he was tackled. The Pima County Sheriff's office on Friday says an extended clip was found nearby and Jared Loughner had two more 15-round magazines in his pockets, though it doesn't say if any of those were loaded. Authorities say he used a Glock semiautomatic Handgun with an extended clip that held 33 bullets in the attempted Assassination of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords. The sheriff's office ...

9/11 flag unfurled, raised at Ariz. girls funeral
TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — The largest flag recovered from Ground Zero after the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Center is being unfurled and raised at the Funeral of the youngest Victim of the Mass Shooting in Arizona. Services are being held Thursday in Tucson for 9-year-old Christina Taylor Green. She was born on Sept. 11, 2001, and was killed Saturday when police say a gunman opened fired on a crowd at an event for Rep. Gabrielle Giffords. The congresswoman was gravely wounded and six people...

9/11 Flag Unfurled, Raised At Ariz. Girls Funeral
TUCSON, Ariz. (AP/CBS 2) - As the Funeral for the youngest Victim of the Mass Shooting in Arizona was set to begin Thursday, the largest flag recovered from Ground Zero after the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Center was unfurled and raised, flanked by two fire trucks with ladders extended. Nine-year-old Christina Taylor Green was born on Sept. 11, 2001, and featured in a book called “Faces of Hope” that chronicled one baby from each state born on the day Terrorists kille...

Police seize photos of Loughner with gun -- dressed in red G-string...
TUCSON — Law Enforcement officials said Friday they have multiple photos of Jared L. Loughner posing with a Glock 9mm gun next to his naked buttocks and dressed in a bright red g-string. Courtesy U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords' office Mark Kelly, husband of Representative Gabrielle Giffords, held her hand in the Hospital Sunday. Representative Gabrielle Giffords in 2010. The photos were turned over to the police by Walgreens, where Mr. Loughner had taken them to be developed. In some of t...

Shot US judge laid to rest, lawmaker improving
Marty Kool kneels across the street from St. Elizabeth Ann Seton church whe... The US Federal Judge who was among six people killed in Tucson was laid to rest Friday, as doctors said the lawmaker targeted in the shootings continues to make progress. Judge John Roll's Funeral came a day after that of the rampage's youngest Victim, nine-year-old girl, Christina-Taylor Green, hailed by President Barack Obama as an inspiration to heal America's poisonous politics. Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords ...

Limbaugh And The Right
This week was simply disgusting, a new low in toxic hate. Is this hatred and bile genuine? Or merely lucrative? I suspect the former. David Corn: On his Radio Show, Limbaugh declared, What Mr. Loughner knows is that he has the full support of a major political party in this country. He's sitting there in jail. He knows what's going on, he knows that...the Democrat party is attempting to find anybody but him to blame. He knows if he plays his cards right, he's just a Victim....That ...

Gabrielle Giffords, Sarah Palin and Angry Americans Searching For Answers
Six people including a judge and a nine-year-old girl were killed Saturday at a Grocery Store in Tucson, Arizona after a 22-year-old tried to assassinate Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords (AZ-D.) Psychologists later said that the man was probably a paranoid schizophrenic. He was clearly troubled and got kicked out of his local college. Fellow Students called him "creepy." For fun, the 22-year-old, Jared Loughner, read the Communist Manifesto. In addition, according to people that knew Loughner,...

Congresswoman Giffords regaining more physical function
TUCSON, Arizona (Reuters) - Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords appears to be steadily regaining physical function and awareness six days after she was shot through the head by a gunman at close range, doctors said on Friday. Giffords, 44, is improving in her ability to follow simple voice commands, such as to raise her fingers or wiggle her toes and is opening her eyes more frequently, Dr. Michael Lemole told reporters at the University medical Center in Tucson. "We're actually confident that she...

The Tuscon Shooting; Where do we go from here?
The tragic shootings in Tuscon, Arizona have spawned a constellation of political quakes, accusations of guilt and attacks on Constitutional Rights. Behind the political blame game, though, there are human interest elements to this story that illustrate the true strength of the human spirit. For instance, Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords' fight for her life.  Giffords, who was shot in the head, and her battle to recover from this unspeakable act of violence, is a display of the most inspira...

Rep. Shelley Berkley hosts 'Congress on Your Corner' in wake of Giffords shooting
Less than a week after Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and 18 other people were shot at her public "Congress on Your Corner" event, similar gatherings across the country resumed in full force Friday. At Democratic Rep. Shelley Berkley's office in Las Vegas, throngs of constituents turned out to chat with the congresswoman. So many people showed up, the 48, two-minute slots were quickly filled, and staff members had to turn people away and take names for future appointments. Berkley's meeting was one of ...

Police found ammo, knife in Loughner's pockets
Loughner, 22, was wrestled to the ground by bystanders shortly after allegedly opening fire at a campaign event hosted by Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords. He was taken into Custody a few minutes later by sheriff's deputies arriving on the scene. Six people were killed in the Shooting Spree and 13 were wounded, including Giffords. Pima County Sheriff's spokesman Jason Ogan said that police who detained him at the scene searched his pockets and found two 15-round magazines of ammunition, a 4-inc...

Investigators Find Black Bag, Ammunition; College Releases Loughner Records
What is this? One big development today in the investigation into Saturday's Mass Shooting: NPR's Dina Temple Raston has confirmed that investigators have located a black diaper bag with ammunition in it. In a statement, the Pima County Sheriff's Department said the diaper bag resembled a backpack and contained 9mm ammunition consistent with the caliber of the weapon used in the shootings. CNN reports the bag was found this morning by a teenager walking his dog. It was found near the neighborhoo...

Bag holding ammo found near Ariz. suspect's home
TUCSON, Ariz. — A man walking his dog has found a black bag holding ammunition that authorities believe was discarded by a gunman accused of trying to assassinate an Arizona congresswoman. Chief Rick Kastigar with the Pima County Sheriff's Office told The Associated Press that an 18-year-old found the bag Thursday morning in a neighborhood near where the suspect lives. He went to get another man, who looked inside and saw ammunition. Authorities have said the suspect, Jared Loughner,...

Bag holding ammo found near Ariz. suspect's home
TUCSON, Ariz. — A man walking his dog has found a black bag holding ammunition that authorities believe was discarded by a gunman accused of trying to assassinate an Arizona congresswoman. Chief Rick Kastigar with the Pima County Sheriff's Office told The Associated Press that an 18-year-old found the bag Thursday morning in a neighborhood near where the suspect lives. He went to get another man, who looked inside and saw ammunition. Authorities have said the suspect, Jared Loughner,...

Tucson Shooting Victim Is Just Going to Blame This on Sarah Palin Anyway
Photo: Allison Shelley/Getty Images Apparently, Tucson Shooting Victim Eric Fuller, a "63-year-old disabled Veteran" who was hit in the knee and back by Jared Loughner's gunfire, has not gotten the memo about America's new Civil Discourse. Or the memo about there being absolutely no indication that Loughner was influenced or motivated by political Rhetoric. Maybe that's understandable, as he's been pretty occupied recently with, you know, healing, which might not leave a ton of time for readin...

Police found ammo, knife in Loughner's pockets
TUCSON, Arizona | Fri Jan 14, 2011 1:40pm EST TUCSON, Arizona (Reuters) - Sheriff's deputies who arrested Arizona shooting suspect Jared Lee Loughner found 30 rounds of ammunition, a knife and a Plastic Bag containing money in his pockets, authorities said on Friday. Loughner, 22, was wrestled to the ground by bystanders shortly after allegedly opening fire at a campaign event hosted by Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords. He was taken into Custody a few minutes later by sheriff's deputies arriv...

Documents Detail Loughners College Outbursts
Thursday, January 13, 2011 By Michael R. Blood, Associated Press This Saturday, Jan. 8, 2011 photo released by the Pima County Sheriff's Office shows shooting suspect Jared Loughner. (AP Photo/Pima County Sheriff's Dept. via The Arizona Republic) Tucson, Ariz. (AP) - For four years, Jared Loughner was an unremarkable College Student, commuting to classes near his home where he studied Yoga and algebra, business management and poetry. But last year, his classroom conduct began to c...

Documents detail Ariz. suspect's college outbursts
A woman prays at the memorial located in front of the University Medical Center, Monday, Jan. 10, 2011, in Tucson, Ariz. The memorial has been set up for Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, D-Ariz., who is in critical condition at the Hospital, and other Victims who were shot on Saturday, leaving six dead and more injured. For four years, Jared Loughner was an unremarkable College Student, commuting to classes near his home where he studied Yoga and algebra, business management and poetry. But l...

Documents detail Ariz. suspect's college outbursts
(01-13) 06:47 PST Tucson, Ariz. (AP) -- For four years, Jared Loughner was an unremarkable College Student, commuting to classes near his home where he studied Yoga and algebra, business management and poetry. But last year, his classroom conduct began to change. In February, Loughner stunned a teacher by talking about blowing up babies, a bizarre outburst that marked the start of a rapid unraveling for the 22-year old, who is accused of slaying six people and wounding 13, including Rep. Gabri...

Quigley will continue Congress on Your Corner events
One of the biggest gun-control proponents in the House said Friday that he did not plan to stop the Congress on Your Corner events in the aftermath of the Arizona shooting. Rep. Mike Quigley, an outspoken advocate of tighter Gun Control restrictions who on Tuesday said he did not think anything could be done to make federal legislators safer while meeting constituents said today in an e-mail to supporters  that he planned to continue the Congress on Your Corner events as frequently as possibl...

San Diego Rep Bob Filner: Arizona-type Shootings Inevitable
Slur hurled during Protest againt Rep. Bob Filner Pro-gay Democratic Rep. Bob Filner appeared on the MSNBC show “The Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell” Wednesday night discussing his encounter with self-described Tea Party supporters of Nick Popaditch, who Filner defeated in the 2010 Elections. Though some representatives from state Tea Parties have distanced themselves from the angry, violent Rhetoric being blamed for the Arizona shootings Saturday that left six dead among the...