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tering little ones, teaching them, caring for them, treating them as their own. The gunfire Friday at Sandy Hook Elementary School left a toll both unbearable and incalculable: 20 students and six adults at the school, the gunman's mother at home, and the gunman himself.
• A glimpse of some of those who died:
• CHARLOTTE BACON, 6
• They were supposed to be for the holidays, but finally on Friday, after hearing much begging, Charlotte Bacon's mother relented and let her wear the new pink dress and boots to school.
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• COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) -- To U.S. Rep. Tim Scott, keeping his modest upbringing in the front of his mind has helped guide his swift ascent in South Carolina's business and political circles and will continue to serve him in the U.S. Senate.
• While race is certainly part of the man he has become, Scott hesitates to say it has anything to do with his status as a rising GOP star in a strongly conservative Southern state.
• "What I've not ever really heard on the campaign trail was, besides the fact that you're black, or because you're black, here's what we want to do," Scott said Monday. "They've asked me questions about values and issues, and that's an amazing thing."
• On Monday, Scott stood by as South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley announced she had picked him to succeed Jim DeMint, who is departing the U.S. Senate in January to lead The Heritage Foundation. Scott will fill DeMint's seat for two years, then he could run in 2014 to finish out the remaining two.
• Haley, the daughter of Indian-American immigrants and South Carolina's first female governor, said she chose Scott not to help diversify the GOP but because of his love for the state and ability to strongly advocate for it in Washington.
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• DEKALB, Ill. (AP) -- Nearly two dozen fraternity members at Northern Illinois University were charged Monday with hazing-related counts after a freshman was

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