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Shooter Takes Deadly Toll at Virginia Tech

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Virginia Tech President Haunted by Shootings()  

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April 16, 2008 For some people, Charles Steger will always be the president who didn't warn his students after two students were shot in a dorm. Still, some students remain fiercely protective of the university chief as expressions of grief continue.

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Virginia Tech Report Criticizes School Officials()  

August 30, 2007 More than four months after the shootings at Virginia Tech, a state panel investigating the incident released its final report. It criticizes university officials both for the response to the shootings and for their handling of Seung-hui Cho in the months leading up to the April killings.

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Va. Governor Says He Won't Call for Tech Firings()  

August 30, 2007 Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine says he agrees with a new report on the Virginia Tech massacre, but he says he won't call for the firing of university officials involved in the decision making on the tragic day. The report says the university could have done more to prevent the April shootings.

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New Report Faults Va. Tech Response to Shooter()  

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August 30, 2007 Persistent signs that Seung-hui Cho might be disturbed and suicidal were largely ignored by his parents, teachers and counselors, a new report says. The report provides a comprehensive look at the student who killed himself after gunning down 32 students at the campus.

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Virginia Tech Memorial Fund to Disburse $7 Million()  

August 21, 2007 The Hokie Spirit Memorial Fund is distributing more than $7 million in donations to people affected by the April 16 shootings on the Virginia Tech campus.

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Victims Remembered at Virginia Tech Graduation()  

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May 12, 2007 Commencement ceremonies were bittersweet this weekend on the campus of the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University.

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Gunman Prompts Question of Forced Treatment()  

May 11, 2007 More than a year before the Virginia Tech shootings, Seung-Hui Cho appeared on the radar of state mental-health officials. He was ordered to get psychiatric help but it's unclear whether he did. State mental health officials say that they are determined to adapt Virginia's mental health system.

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Virginia Tech Graduation: A Senior's View()  

May 11, 2007 Virginia Tech holds its commencement ceremony Friday night, almost one month after a gunman killed more than 30 people on the campus. Graduating senior Michelle Billman talks about the event.

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Virginia Tech Gunman Fired 170 Shots, Police Say()  

April 25, 2007 Virginia police provide new details about last week's shooting rampage at Virginia Tech. They said Seung-hui Cho fired 170 shots in Norris Hall, where most of the killings took place. But they still don't know why the killer chose either location, or what, if any, link there is between the two.

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Va. Tech Students Honor Shooting Victims as Classes Resume()  

April 23, 2007 Classes resume at the campus in Blacksburg, Va., one week after 33 people died in a shooting rampage blamed on student Seung-hui Cho. Monday morning, a Buddhist singing bell was rung three times to begin a moment of silence and then three more times to end it.

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Students embrace during a convocation to honor the victims of the shootings at Virginia Tech.
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Students embrace during a convocation Tuesday to honor the victims of Monday's shootings at Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, Va.

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Virginia State Police stand guard outside Norris Hall on the campus of Virginia Tech, April 17, 2007.