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This photo [provided by the Connecticut State Police during an Amber Alert Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2013, shows Debra Denison, 47, who was being sought after taking grandsons Alton and Ashton Denison from their daycare Tuesday afternoon. State police said the bodies of all three were found Tuesday night in Preston, Conn. Connecticut state police are calling the shooting deaths a double murder-suicide and say Denison had permission to pick them up from their daycare. (AP Photo/Connecticut State Police)

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A troubled grandmother, a birthday and 2 dead boys

Michael Melia, Pat EatonRobb -

February 27, 2013 5:00 am

The remains of Hadiya Pendleton are taken to her final resting place at the Cedar Park Cemetery Saturday, Feb. 9, 2013, in Calumet Park, Ill. Pendleton was killed on Jan. 29, when a gunman opened fire on her and some friends seeking shelter in a park from the rain about a mile from President Obama's Chicago home. First lady Michelle Obama attended the funeral with Senior White House Adviser Valerie Jarrett and Secretary of Education Arne Duncan. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

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Gun victims’ relatives emerge as advocates

Andrew Miga, Michael Melia -

February 11, 2013 5:00 am

Tom Doyle, back left, standing with family and co-workers, wipes his face as the funeral procession for 6-year-old James Mattioli, who died in the Sandy Hook Elementary School shootings, approaches the St. John's Cemetery Tuesday, Dec. 18, 2012, in Darien, Conn. Center are his wife Debbie and daughter Emily, 10. Adam Lanza opened fire at the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown on Friday, killing 26 people, including 20 children. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)

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Classes resume in Newtown, minus Sandy Hook

Michael Melia, David Klepper -

December 19, 2012 3:13 am