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Teacher Tackles
Gunman in
Student Attack

Feb 24, 2010 1:44 AM CST

Teacher Tackles Gunman in Student Attack

2 shot before math instructor leaps on shooter

(Newser) - A gutsy math teacher tackled a gunman as he reloaded his high-powered assault rifle to fire on another student in an attack on a Colorado middle school yesterday. Two teens already lay wounded outside the suburban Denver school when David Benke jumped the shooter. "He was trying to rack...

Ala. Prof's Family, Friends:
No Hint of Violence

Feb 14, 2010 3:18 PM CST

Ala. Prof's Family, Friends: No Hint of Violence

Even Amy Bishop's students say she seemed normal

(Newser) - An Alabama professor accused of shooting six colleagues was vocal in her resentment over being denied tenure and the looming loss of her teaching post, though relatives and students said she had never suggested she might become violent. Everyone from family and friends to Amy Bishop's students at the University...

Professor Charged With
Murder in Shooting Spree

Feb 13, 2010 10:30 AM CST

Professor Charged With Murder in Shooting Spree

Alabama biologist may have been upset over tenure hearing

(Newser) - The 42-year-old biology professor accused of shooting to death three fellow professors at the University of Alabama in Huntsville has been charged with capital murder, reports the Huntsville Times . Amy Bishop could face the death penalty if convicted. The husband of one of the victims tells the AP that Bishop...

iPhone App Offers
School Shooter Game

Jul 20, 2009 11:45 AM CDT

iPhone App Offers School Shooter Game

Critics wonder how, why Apple approved

(Newser) - A new iPhone game that glorifies school shootings somehow got through the Apple screeners, PC World reports. “Zombie School,” from the just-as-politically-incorrect company Retarded Arts, lets players pick off “zombie” cheerleaders, principals, and quarterbacks from atop a “zombie shooting tower.” Worse, adds TechCrunch, is the...

Oprah Cans Columbine Episode

Apr 20, 2009 2:18 PM CDT

Oprah Cans Columbine Episode

10th anniversary show set for today 'focused too much on the killers'

(Newser) - Oprah Winfrey canceled an episode of her show commemorating the 10th anniversary of the Columbine shootings, set to air today, the New York Post reports. “After reviewing it, I thought it focused too much on the killers,” Winfrey said of the scrapped show in a Facebook posting. “...

German Gunman
Targeted Girls

Mar 12, 2009 3:27 AM CDT

German Gunman Targeted Girls

(Newser) - German police are still seeking some twisted motive for a suicidal teen gunman who shot dead 14 people at his former high school, but he clearly appears to have targeted girls, reports the Telegraph. Tim Kretschmer, 17, killed nine former schoolmates, eight of them girls, as well as three female...