Sunday,  December 16, 2012 • Vol. 13--No. 151 • 25 of 31 •  Other Editions

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at Sandy Hook Elementary School who may have prevented further carnage through selfless actions and smart snap judgments.
• Some of them made the ultimate sacrifice.
• District Superintendent Janet Robinson noted "incredible acts of heroism" that "ultimately saved so many lives."
• "The teachers were really, really focused on their students," she told reporters Saturday.
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Obama to visit victim families in Newtown, Conn., and speak at vigil

• WASHINGTON (AP) -- Making a sadly familiar journey, President Barack Obama will attend an evening vigil in Newtown, Conn., to mourn with a town still seeking to comprehend the unimaginable massacre of its children and teachers.
• His visit Sunday to this southeastern Connecticut community comes two days after a man opened fire inside Sandy Hook Elementary School killing 26 people, including 20 boys and girls just 6 or 7 years old.
• Authorities identified the shooter as Adam Lanza, a 20-year-old who police say first killed his mother before driving to the school, opening fire in two classrooms and then taking his own life.
• Obama will visit privately with families of the victims and with emergency personnel who responded to the shootings. He then will then speak at an interfaith vigil at Newtown High School.
• Obama could barely contain his emotions Friday, speaking tearfully at the White House and expressing his sympathy as a parent and a president. He reiterated his message Saturday morning in his usual weekend radio address, declaring that "every parent in America has a heart heavy with hurt" and asserting that it was time to "take meaningful action to prevent more tragedies like this."
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What we know about the Connecticut elementary school shooting that left 28 dead

• Key facts related to the Connecticut elementary school shooting:
• THE VICTIMS: The chief medical examiner said all the victims at the school were shot with a rifle, at least some of them up close, and all of them apparently were shot more than once.
• All six adults killed at the school were women. Of the 20 children, eight were

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