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Tuesday, August 07, 2012

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Jared Loughner Pleads Guilty To Arizona Shootings

August 7, 2012 Under the plea agreement, Loughner avoids the death penalty. A judge found that Loughner was competent enough to understand the gravity of the charges against him. Loughner targeted former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords during the mass shooting.

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Saturday, August 04, 2012

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Confirmed: Plea Deal In Works For Suspect In Tucson Shooting Rampage

Jared Lee Loghner was charged in a shooting spree at a political event outside a grocery store in Tucson, Ariz., on Jan. 8, 2011

August 4, 2012 Jared Lee Loughner was indicted last year for a shooting that left six people dead and 13 wounded, including former Arizona Rep. Gabrielle Giffords. He pleaded not guilty in March 2011.

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Saturday, January 07, 2012

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A Year After The Shooting, Tucson Looks Forward

Captain Mark Kelly hugs his wife, Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.) at the White House in October.

January 7, 2012 In the year that's followed the shooting that left six dead and 13 wounded — including Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.) — the nation has mourned with Tucson as the city has healed.

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Friday, November 11, 2011

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Rep. Giffords Speaks: Feels 'Pretty Good,' She Tells ABC

Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.) during her interview with ABC News.

November 11, 2011 The congresswoman and her husband have written a book about her recovery from being shot last January. Her interview with ABC offers the first chance for the public to hear from Giffords directly.

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Friday, November 04, 2011

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Giffords: 'I Will Return' To Congress

Aug. 1: Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.) waves to her House colleagues after voting for a bill to raise the federal debt ceiling.

November 4, 2011 In a book she's written with her husband about being shot and her recovery, the Democratic congresswoman from Arizona also says "I will get stronger."

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Thursday, February 17, 2011

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Rep. Giffords: 'Recognizes Everybody,' Hasn't Been Told Details Of Attack

March, 2010 file photo of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-AZ).

February 17, 2011 She's also laughing at jokes, participating in conversations and continuing to make steady progress, her doctors and friends say.

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Monday, February 14, 2011

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Rep. Giffords: 'Hi, I'm Good'

On Jan. 9, the day after the shooting rampage, Rep. Gabrielle Giffords held her husband Mark Kelly's hand as she lay in a Tucson hospital bed.

February 14, 2011 The congresswoman continues to show signs of progress as she recovers from the severe head injuries she received in the Jan. 8 shooting rampage at an event she was holding in Tucson.

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Thursday, February 10, 2011

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Here's Why Rep. Giffords' Request For Toast Is 'A Really Good Sign'

March, 2010 file photo of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-AZ).

February 10, 2011 "It was a fitting request and it was at an appropriate time," NPR's Ted Robbins reports. People with left-side brain injuries such as hers, he says, can have difficulty producing or comprehending speech.

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Wednesday, February 09, 2011

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Giffords Eating 3 Meals A Day, Starting To Speak

Rep. Gabrielle Giffords' hospital room in Houston includes gifts from friends and Navy colleagues of her husband, astronaut/Capt. Mark Kelly.

February 9, 2011 And on Monday, Politico reports, she asked for toast — another sign of progress. Still, her rehabilitation is a "marathon process," says husband Mark Kelly.

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Monday, February 07, 2011

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The Case For Extended Gun Magazines

February 7, 2011 Novelist Stephen Hunter makes the case that many Americans see extended magazines as vital to their self defense — and that they have a point.

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Monday, January 31, 2011

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New York Investigators Raise Questions About Sales At Arizona Gun Show

January 31, 2011 In an undercover operation, they purchased handguns and ammunition magazines like those used in the Jan. 8 shooting rampage in Tucson — even though the sales, investigators say, likely violated federal law.

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Wednesday, January 26, 2011

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Rep. Giffords' Condition Upgraded To 'Good'

In this handout image provided by U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords' office, Mark Kelly watches the State of the Union address with his wife U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-AZ) in her hospital room January 25, 2010 in Houston, Texas.

January 26, 2011 The congresswoman is scheduled to be moved from an intensive care unit to her Houston hospital's rehabilitation hospital later today.

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Tuesday, January 25, 2011

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Giffords' Husband Will Decide Soon If He'll Command Shuttle Flight

May 28, 2008, file photo: Space shuttle Discovery commander Mark Kelly, right, gestures as he walks with his twin brother astronaut Scott Kelly, left, and mission specialist Ron Garan, after arrival at Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla.

January 25, 2011 Mark Kelly tells the Houston Chronicle that Giffords "was better yesterday than the day before. ... I don't know when she's going to be doing laps around the building, but it's coming."

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Monday, January 24, 2011

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Loughner Pleads 'Not Guilty'

The Sandra Day O'Connor United States Courthouse in Phoenix, where Jared Loughner faced arraignment on Monday.

January 24, 2011 Jared Lee Loughner pleaded "not guilty" in a Phoenix courthouse Monday to federal charges that he attempted to kill Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and two of her aides on Jan. 8 in Tucson.

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Slain Ariz. Girl's Family Among Obama Guests

Daniel Hernandez, Jr.

January 24, 2011 At Tuesday night's State of the Union address, a number of people who were directly affected by the Jan. 8 shooting rampage in Arizona will be seated with first lady Michelle Obama.

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