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Home HIV Test -- No 'Live' Counselor

Home HIV Test -- No 'Live' Counselor Approved by the Food and Drug Administration in July, the OraQuick In-Home HIV Test hit drug-store shelves two months ago as the first -- and so far only -- over-the-counter HIV home test kit to capture testing and results in one sitting. Hailed as a breakthrough, it's also generated its share of hand-wringing.


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Psychologist: Shooting Survivors Should Be in School

Psychologist: Shooting Survivors Should Be in School The decision by Connecticut school officials to get Sandy Hook Elementary School students and faculty back together at a new school is the right decision, according to a youth trauma psychologist.


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Opponents Protest in Face of NRA Silence

Opponents Protest in Face of NRA Silence Faced with the National Rifle Association's silence in the wake of the tragedy in Newtown, Conn., opponents of the group took to Washington to protest today. Chanting "Shame on the NRA," a couple hundred activists gathered marched from a park on Capitol Hill to the NRA's office in D.C. A nonprofit group called CREDO Mobile organized the "emergency march" in the wake of the 20 children and six adults who were murdered at Sandy Hook Elementary Friday and suggested that the NRA contributed to th...

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Examining the Assault Weapons Ban

Examining the Assault Weapons Ban The Federal Assault Weapons Ban of 1994 could provide framework for new gun control legislation.


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Ill. Fraternity Members Charged

Ill. Fraternity Members Charged 22 fraternity members facing charges in Ill. after student dies following night of drinking


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White House Makes New Offer in Talks to Avoid Fiscal Cliff

White House Makes New Offer in Talks to Avoid Fiscal Cliff WASHINGTON — They are getting closer. The White House presented a new offer to Speaker of the House John Boehner today that makes some important concessions in the talks to work out a deal to avoid the so-called fiscal cliff, a mixture of tax rate...


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School Wants Tracking Badges on Students

School Wants Tracking Badges on Students Federal judge mulls whether Texas school can force student to comply with tracking ID program


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School Receives Mail for Indiana Jones

School Receives Mail for Indiana Jones U. of Chicago solves mystery of Indiana Jones package; intended route was from Guam to Italy


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Watch: Who Was Newtown Gunman Adam Lanza?

Watch: Who Was Newtown Gunman Adam Lanza? Troubling picture of Connecticut mass murderer slowly emerges.


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Watch: The Reality of Raising a Troubled Child

Watch: The Reality of Raising a Troubled Child Parents speak out about the issues that can go with raising a mentally ill child.


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Online Gamers' Cease Fire for Newtown

Online Gamers' Cease Fire for Newtown On Friday, Dec. 21 some online gamers will put town their virtual guns to show support for the victims of the Newtown shootings.


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Watch: Day of Mourning in Newtown, Conn.

Watch: Day of Mourning in Newtown, Conn. Funerals began for the victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary school shooting.


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Too Much Revealed for 'Zero Dark Thirty'?

Too Much Revealed for 'Zero Dark Thirty'? Sources tell ABC News that the Inspector General for the Department of Defense has been preparing a report in which Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence Michael Vickers is criticized for giving sensitive information to the filmmakers behind “Zero Dark Thirty.” Specifically, Vickers is said...


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Supreme Court Yet to Clarify on Guns

Supreme Court Yet to Clarify on Guns When the Supreme Court recognized for the first time that the Second Amendment protects an individual’s right to bear arms in a bitterly divided 2008 decision, gun control advocates feared the worst, but the ruling has not led to widespread overturning of gun regulations. Writing...


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CT Massacre: What Is a Bushmaster .223?

CT Massacre: What Is a Bushmaster .223? Law enforcement officials said that Adam Lanza was armed with four firearms when he started his rampage at a Connecticut elementary school Friday that ended in the deaths of 20 children and seven adults, but nearly all the killing was done with just one of the guns: a .223 caliber Bushmaster semiautomatic rifle.


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Sandy Hook Shooting: 26 or 27 Victims?

Sandy Hook Shooting: 26 or 27 Victims? Adam Lanza shot and killed 27 people before turning the gun on himself Friday in Newtown, Conn., but most tributes and conversations in the days following have focused specifically on the number 26. The fact our entire school just took 26 seconds of silence for...


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Sen. Inouye Dies; In Office Since '59

Sen. Inouye Dies; In Office Since '59 Sen. Daniel Inouye, the 88-year-old Democrat who had been in office since Hawaii became a state in 1959 and was the the second-longest serving senator in U.S. history, has died. His last word was, "Aloha."


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Hillary Clinton Recovering at Home

Hillary Clinton Recovering at Home Secretary of  State  Hillary Clinton is feeling a bit better following the concussion she suffered early last week, but will continue to rest this week, State Department officials said. “She is on the mend,” said State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland. “We thank all of you...


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Fake Tweets Surface After Shootings

Fake Tweets Surface After Shootings Police have warned the Adam Lanza impersonators and those responsible for social hoaxes in the aftermath of the shooting.


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