Lecture Nightmare
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By Daniel Politi
Posted Friday, Feb. 15, 2008, at 6:17 AM ET
USA Today and the Los Angeles Times lead with the shooting at Northern Illinois University, where a gunman walked into a geology class and began firing. The gunman, who was identified as a former graduate student, killed five students and injured 16 others (at least two remain in critical condition) before turning the gun on himself. Carrying a shotgun and two handguns, the shooter apparently walked into the lecture hall that had at least 100 students and, without saying a word, shot the instructor (who survived) and then began firing randomly. The LAT points out that it was the fifth school shooting in a week.
(Slate:Â http://www.slate.com/id/2184560/?from=rss)
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