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          <title>4/16 quilts come together</title>
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&#8220;Project Hokie Hope&#8221; has been working on special quilts to give to the families and more than 300 people have donated material and their time.&nbsp; 


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          <title>Families: Virginia Tech notes show poor decisions</title>
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The disclosure of 59 pages of handwritten notes taken by Virginia Tech officials during April 16th is stirring anger and anxiety among some of the victims&#8217; parents.
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          <title>Virginia Tech releases notes taken by school leaders on April 16th</title>
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Newly released notes taken by Virginia Tech officials during the April 16, 2007, campus killings show how school leaders scrambled, sometimes amid confusing circumstances, to handle the emerging reality of a massacre.
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At VCU event, officials say lockdowns and alerts can be impractical at colleges
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          <title>Tech to release more records from April 16th</title>
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Virginia Tech says it will eventually let the public see some records of, that school leader had said they would keep private.
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          <title>Reporters dig deep into April 16th documents</title>
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Four reporters looked at 20,000 documents in two days
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42 families accepted an $11 million deal with the state
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          <title>VT victims&#8217; lawyers investigation reveals holes in Tech&#8217;s April 16th story</title>
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E-mails show some VT officials locked down their offices at least 20 minutes before Seung-Hui Cho killed 30 people in Norris Hall, and before a warning about the West AJ murders was sent out
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The peace center will be in a second-floor classroom wing of Norris Hall
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          <title>Virginia Tech Police receive Governor&#8217;s award for April 16th teamwork</title>
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&#8220;Officers from the department entered Norris Hall that day while shots were still being fired. Officers chose to run toward the gunfire and an unknown risk without regard for their own safety. Many had no time to put on protective gear such as bulletproof vests,&#8221; the commendation for the department read.
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Eric Thompson, the owner of TGSCOM Inc., says he believes he has, &#8220;A special responsibility to do all he can to try to prevent further loss of life.&#8221;
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It&#8217;s a slow walk around the April 16th memorial on the Virginia Tech Drillfield &#8211; one with hugs and tears.
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As the sun fades on this day of remembrance, tiny flickering lights take it&#8217;s place.&nbsp; 
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          <title>VIGIL VIDEO: Candlelight vigil honors Virginia Tech victims</title>
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Candlelight vigil honors Virginia Tech victims
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          <pubDate>Wed, 16 Apr 2008 23:57:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>More than 100 hold protest at Tech</title>
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More than one hundred people protested gun laws by holding a lie-in for three minutes-- the amount of time it takes a person to buy a gun without a background check.
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          <title>VT Remembrance around campus</title>
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Virginia Tech students and the Hokie community take part in a number of events scheduled throughout campus in honor of those who lost their lives.&nbsp;
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          <title>VT ENGAGE gets 400,000+ hours of community service</title>
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A public service campaign to honor the memories of those killed on April 16th exceeds its orginal goal
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          <title>VT community gathers to remember lives lost one year ago</title>
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On a sun drenched drillfield before a sea of orange and maroon, the Virginia Tech family remembered what happened on year ago and the sorrow that followed.
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          <title>Sen. Barack Obama&#8217;s statement on April 16th anniversary</title>
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Read the statement from Illinois Senator, and Democratic Presidential hopeful Barack Obama on the one year anniversary of the Virginia Tech tragedy
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          <title>Statement from Gov. Tim Kaine on April 16th one year anniversary</title>
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Read the statement from Gov. Tim Kaine (D) on the one year anniversary of the Virginia Tech tragedy
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          <title>Statement from Virginia Attorney General Bob McDonnell on April 16th one year anniversary</title>
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Read what Virginia Attorney General Bob McDonnell has to say about the one year anniversary of the April 16th tragedy
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          <title>Former Gov. George Allen statement on April 16th one year anniversary</title>
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Read the statement from former Virginia Governor and U.S. Senator George Allen (R) about the one year anniversary of the April 16th tragedy
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          <title>Sen. John McCain&#8217;s statement on the April 16th tragedy anniversary</title>
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Read what Arizona Senator John McCain (R) has to say about the one year anniversary of the Virginia Tech tragedy
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          <title>Sen. Jim Webb statement on April 16th tragedy anniversary</title>
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Read what Virginia&#8217;s junior U.S. Senator Jim Webb (D) has to say about the one year anniversary of the Virginia Tech tragedy
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          <title>A final farewell to Liviu Librescu</title>
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More than sadness, there was a sense of respect, and maybe confusion, as hundreds of people gathered in a suburb of Tel Aviv to pay respect to a man who had lost his life saving others.
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          <title>Comments from today&#8217;s ceremony</title>
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Comments from today&#8217;s ceremony at Virginia Tech
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          <title>CEREMONY VIDEO: Victims remembered on drillfield</title>
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Mourners stood with heads bowed, some wiping away tears. Others locked arms as the accomplishments of each of the 32 echoed across the Drillfield.
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          <title>April 16th anniversary ceremony: What was said about the 32 lives lost</title>
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Read what was said about each of the 32 students and faculty we lost on April 16th, at this morning&#8217;s memorial ceremony 
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          <title>LIVE blog from Virginia Tech</title>
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LIVE blog from Virginia Tech
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          <title>Thousands mark Virginia Tech anniversary</title>
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Share your comments about April 16th. How do you think Virginia Tech has changed? What will you take away from this anniversary?
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          <title>April 16th quilt presented to State Police</title>
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A group of quilters from Virginia, and others from states like Wisconsin, Illinois, and Pennsylvania made it, according to troopers.&nbsp; A member of the group is the sister of a State Police Captain in Salem.
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          <title>Gov. Kaine calls for statewide day of remembrance on April 16th</title>
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He will order state flags flown at half-staff for the day and asks for a statewide moment of silence at noon followed by a statewide tolling of bells
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For more than six months, Jeff Reid didn&#8217;t look at the photographs he took in the days following the shootings at Virginia Tech.&nbsp; He just saved the digital images and stored them until he heard that Tech was looking for images of the university community moving forward in the wake of tragedy. 


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          <pubDate>Tue, 15 Apr 2008 15:17:00 EDT</pubDate>
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&#8220;We join our fellow Americans in praying for the families and friends whose hearts ache for their lost loved ones&#8221;
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          <title>A look inside the April 16th archives at Tech</title>
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Virginia Tech Archivist Tamara Kennelly: &#8220;Just a staggering amount of people are sending wishes and condolences and thoughts of various kinds to our community here. It&#8217;s very moving.&#8221;
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          <pubDate>Tue, 15 Apr 2008 14:47:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Danville concert honors Virginia Tech victims</title>
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Hearing Johannes Brahms&#8217; &#8220;Requiem&#8221; at Sacred Heart Catholic Church Sunday rekindled memories for Virginia Tech alumni Fred Shanks. 

&#8220;It was beautiful and a perfect selection for the occasion,&#8221; Shanks said after hearing the work performed by the Danville Area Choral Arts Society. 


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          <pubDate>Mon, 14 Apr 2008 16:15:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>State Police update on the April 16th tragedy investigation</title>
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Investigators tell us new developments being reviewed in the case include the transcription of more than 450 telephone calls related to the incident.&nbsp;
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          <pubDate>Mon, 14 Apr 2008 14:19:00 EDT</pubDate>
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Virginia Tech is planning a Day of Remembrance on Wednesday to honor the 32 students and faculty killed a year ago. Tech officials say the ceremonies will be simple, solemn and respectful. Classes have been canceled for the day. The events are open to the public, but parking will be limited and traffic will be banned from the road encircling the Drillfield where the two main events will be held, rain or shine.
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          <pubDate>Sun, 13 Apr 2008 12:38:00 EDT</pubDate>
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Sung-Tae and Hyang Im Cho had their luggage packed and waiting at the door of their Fairfax County home when police arrived. Their travel plans ended abruptly, though, when police told them the mass murderer was in fact their son, and he had killed himself.
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          <pubDate>Sun, 13 Apr 2008 12:25:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Motorcycle to honor Virginia Tech victims on display in Lynchburg</title>
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A motorcycle honoring the Virginia Tech victims is on display in Lynchburg. The motorcycle will be auctioned off in Las Vegas this fall. Money raised will go to the Hokie Spirit Memorial Fund.
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          <pubDate>Fri, 11 Apr 2008 17:14:00 EDT</pubDate>
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According to attorneys Peter Grenier and Douglas Fierberg who represent 21 families, the settlement includes compensation, health benefits, and non-monetary assistance for surviving family members and victims.&nbsp;   
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          <pubDate>Thu, 10 Apr 2008 18:27:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>21 April 16th victims&#8217; families agree to state settlement</title>
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Developing Story: Lawyers for 21 families of victims of the Virginia Tech shootings say they have agreed to a settlement the state proposed to prevent lawsuits.


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          <pubDate>Thu, 10 Apr 2008 14:52:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Virginia Tech Victims&#8217; Families Support 30 Minute Notification Limit</title>
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New York Congresswoman Carolyn McCarthy introduced the Virginia Tech Victims Campus Emergency Response Policy and Notification Act
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          <pubDate>Wed, 09 Apr 2008 23:06:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Lie&#45;in demonstration planned at Virginia Tech</title>
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Members of the Student Government Association say it&#8217;s not the right place or time for such a demonstration and passed legislation asking the group to demonstrate on a different date. 


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          <pubDate>Wed, 09 Apr 2008 18:06:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>VT President Charles Steger talks about April 16th, nearly one year later</title>
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The tragedy hit Charles Steger, harder than most.

Click here to watch the entire interview

Click here to read the entire transcript
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          <pubDate>Tue, 08 Apr 2008 17:18:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Virginia Tech blocks plans of gun&#45;control group</title>
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Virginia Tech said Monday that it will not allow a national gun-control advocacy group to hold a campus demonstration on April 16 while the school commemorates last year&#8217;s massacre.&nbsp;
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          <pubDate>Tue, 08 Apr 2008 07:25:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Campbell County company helps sow new life at Virginia Tech memorial</title>
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Mark Maslow and his partner, David Moon, have done work at the university before, but this job &#8212; expanding and adding color to the memorial of the worst school shooting in U.S. history &#8212; means more to them than most.
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          <pubDate>Fri, 04 Apr 2008 10:45:00 EDT</pubDate>
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Virginia Tech has announced what was thought to be the temporary memorial to honor the victims of April 16th will now stay put as the permanent memorial.&nbsp;
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          <pubDate>Tue, 01 Apr 2008 18:11:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>VT proposed settlement update: Victims could receive more than state cap</title>
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The victims attorneys say they could get more than the $100,000, if they can prove gross negligence on the state&#8217;s part.
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          <pubDate>Wed, 26 Mar 2008 18:40:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Possible lights out to honor April 16th memories</title>
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Roanoke City Council discussed a special tribute to honor the memories of those killed on April 16th.
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          <pubDate>Mon, 17 Mar 2008 16:59:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Virginia Tech sets Ground rules for April 16 Media Coverage</title>
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The media wasn&#8217;t very welcome by the time the week of April 16 ended last year.&nbsp; Students felt reporters were too invasive, and asked for the media to go home.&nbsp; For this year&#8217;s anniversary, another flood of media is expected, but this time campus officials have a plan.
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          <pubDate>Fri, 07 Mar 2008 18:51:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Hero:&amp;nbsp; Members of the VT Rescue Squad say it was the call they&#8217;ll never forget</title>
          <link>http://www.wsls.com/sls/news/local/new_river_valley/vt_tragedy/article/heroes_members_of_the_vt_rescue_squad_say_it_was_the_call_theyll_never_forg/6923/</link>
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Members of the Virginia Tech Rescue Squad reflect on that cold day in April
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          <pubDate>Thu, 06 Mar 2008 22:23:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>NIU Demolition Decision Hits Close to Home for VT</title>
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Tear the building down or keep it on campus? Virginia Tech was forced to make the same decision after April 16, just like Northern Illinois University is doing now.
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          <pubDate>Thu, 28 Feb 2008 16:43:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>The world will watch as Hokies remember April 16th</title>
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Members of the steering committee discuss the preliminary schedule of the day of remembrance and what the intentions are behind the live satellite feed that will be set up to view the day&#8217;s events.&nbsp;
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          <pubDate>Fri, 22 Feb 2008 11:43:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Virginia gun control activists make VT ribbons for April 16th anniversary</title>
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They used strips of maroon and orange, Virginia Tech&#8217;s school colors, to make 2,000 large ribbons that will be sent to gun protest groups around the country.
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          <pubDate>Wed, 20 Feb 2008 16:19:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Virginia Tech students sign message of support to NIU campus</title>
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Virginia Tech students, faculty, and staff show the same outpouring of emotion for Northern Illinois University, that others showed the Hokies in the wake of the April 16th tragedy.
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          <pubDate>Mon, 18 Feb 2008 16:15:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Tech, Kaine seek funds to study how to identify threats</title>
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Ten months after a student massacre at Virginia Tech, state colleges and universities aren&#8217;t eligible for direct federal aid for homeland-security initiatives. But Virginia Tech and Gov. Timothy M. Kaine are quietly lobbying Congress for a $1 million budget earmark to pay for university research to identify threats to campus security and prevent mass killings such as the ones at Tech and Northern Illinois University.
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          <pubDate>Sun, 17 Feb 2008 13:30:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>vtWeek 1 Coverage of VT Tragedy</title>
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Week 1 Coverage of VT Tragedy
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          <pubDate>Wed, 30 Jan 2008 13:22:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>VT Coverage &amp;amp; Multimedia</title>
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Latest news, photos &amp; video 

Special Report: Tragedy in Blacksburg
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          <pubDate>Wed, 30 Jan 2008 13:03:01 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Penn State Is &#8220;Appalled&#8221; By Costumes</title>
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Two Penn State students dressed up as victims of the Virginia Tech massacre for Halloween prompted a rebuke from the university this week. 

 

 


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          <pubDate>Sat, 08 Dec 2007 12:11:00 EDT</pubDate>
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&#8220;GQ&#8221; magazine names an April 16th survivor as one of its 50 men of the year
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          <pubDate>Fri, 07 Dec 2007 12:14:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>State Mental Health Law Discussion</title>
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Senator Janet Howell says in light of the Virginia Tech shootings, she is certain Virginia lawmakers will take action on the state&#8217;s civil commitment process during this year&#8217;s legislative session
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          <title>Hokies vs. Yankees Exhibition Game Set</title>
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The Yankees exhibition is scheduled for March 18th at 3:00 p.m. at the Hokies&#8217; English Field
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          <pubDate>Tue, 04 Dec 2007 12:31:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Tax break for VT victims proposed</title>
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Lawmakers push for Virginia Tech tax exemption 

 


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          <pubDate>Mon, 12 Nov 2007 14:37:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Tech Sales Jump Since Shooting</title>
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Increase in merchandise royalties after shootings means more scholarships
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          <pubDate>Sat, 13 Oct 2007 15:07:00 EDT</pubDate>
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Everyone wants a quick and simple answer to what went wrong at Virginia Tech.&nbsp;
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          <pubDate>Thu, 30 Aug 2007 10:15:00 EDT</pubDate>
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UMW installs siren system           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 02 May 2007 02:05:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Student Expelled After Making Shocking Shooting Remark</title>
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An Arkansas school board has voted to expel a student who said he wished there would be a Virginia Tech-like attack in Omaha schools.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 01 May 2007 14:05:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>April 16 Archive</title>
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Collecting memories for the future. Faculty at Virginia Tech are working to put several archives together to help remember.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 01 May 2007 13:05:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>VT Review Panel Meets</title>
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The Governor's task force on the Virginia Tech shootings will employ a private firm that has analyzed other disasters.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 01 May 2007 11:05:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Lee Died Trying To Help Keep Cho Out of Classroom</title>
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Henry Lee's brother says state police told the family Henry died trying to help keep Seung-Hui Cho out of his classroom.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 01 May 2007 11:05:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Hincker: Phenomenon of the Hokie Spirit</title>
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In an op-ed piece in the Richmond Times-Dispatch, Larry Hincker notes the unique spirit that lead students to return to class "Because I think my professors needed me."           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 01 May 2007 11:05:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>R. Kelly&#8217;s New Song About Healing After VT Shootings</title>
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"Rise Up" will be available digitally May 15, and 100 percent of the net proceeds from its sale will go to the Hokie Spirit Memorial Fund           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 01 May 2007 08:05:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>One Gun Loophole Closed, Others Remain</title>
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It should be easy. Keep unstable people from buying guns.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 01 May 2007 05:05:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Extra Security for Tech Commencement</title>
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Virginia Tech announced that there will be extra police on hand at the graduation ceremonies.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 01 May 2007 05:05:00 EDT</pubDate>
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In Tech's wake, Florida to look at campus safety           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Mon, 30 Apr 2007 17:04:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Hometown Healing Project Plants Flowers</title>
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Take a look at memorials to the 32 people killed in the Virginia Tech tragedy and you'll often find flowers next to cards, pictures and Hokie stones.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Mon, 30 Apr 2007 11:04:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Campus Safety Task Force</title>
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Florida Governor creates task force on campus safety in wake of Virginia Tech tragedy.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Mon, 30 Apr 2007 10:04:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Last Victim in Hospital Getting Better</title>
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Last hospitalized shooting victim in fair condition           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Mon, 30 Apr 2007 08:04:01 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Thousands Come Out For Hokie Fundraiser</title>
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The New Regal Cinema in Christiansburg opens its doors to Virginia Tech Students and Faculty for free and thousands take advantage!           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Mon, 30 Apr 2007 07:04:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Gov. Kaine Orders Expanded Gun Background Checks</title>
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This closes a loophole between state and federal law that helped the Virginia Tech shooter buy two guns           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Mon, 30 Apr 2007 06:04:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Recognizing a Killer</title>
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It's hard -- most mental-health experts say impossible -- to tell when someone is ill enough to kill 32 people and then himself.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Mon, 30 Apr 2007 05:04:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Mental Health Problems Baffle Virginia</title>
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On Dec. 9, 2005, Leroy R. Hassell Sr., the chief justice of the state Supreme Court, hunkered down during a snowstorm in Richmond with 250 lawyers, mental-health advocates, state officials, sheriffs, caregivers and others to sort through problems with the state's strained mental-health system           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Mon, 30 Apr 2007 05:04:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Tech&#8217;s &#8216;Fine Line&#8217; for Graduation Ceremonies</title>
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School faces the difficult balance between remembering the VT victims with honoring graduates.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Mon, 30 Apr 2007 05:04:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Christopher Bishop: Professor was &#8216;inspiration to us all&#8217;</title>
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Friends and family packed First United Methodist Church in this small Georgia town, filling the sanctuary and an upstairs overflow room to say goodbye.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Mon, 30 Apr 2007 05:04:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Kent State To Honor Virginia Tech Victims</title>
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The anniversary of the May 4, 1970, killings is marked each year by vigils and speeches and the tolling of the campus Victory Bell           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Mon, 30 Apr 2007 04:04:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Deciding to Enroll</title>
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Tragedy reinforces many students' intentions to become Hokies           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sun, 29 Apr 2007 10:04:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Ferrum Signs Up For Campus Alert System</title>
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In the wake of the Virginia Tech Massacre, colleges look to increase safety... Ferrum College is one college doing it.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sat, 28 Apr 2007 10:04:01 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Investigators Assign Homework</title>
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Investigators studying the Virginia Tech massacre issued a questionnaire to some students.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Fri, 27 Apr 2007 13:04:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Queen to Meet with Survivors</title>
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Queen Elizabeth the Second will visit with some of the survivors of last week's shooting rampage.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Fri, 27 Apr 2007 12:04:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Chief Flinchum talks about VT tragedy</title>
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Virginia Tech Police Chief Wendell Flinchum shares his thoughts on the shootings on campus and how the department and university will move foward, in a one-on-one interview.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Fri, 27 Apr 2007 11:04:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Benefit Concert Raises Thousands for Victim&#8217;s Families</title>
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Organizers say around $11,500 were raised at the event.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Fri, 27 Apr 2007 11:04:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Free Movie for Virginia Tech</title>
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After this weekend folks living in Christiansburg will no longer have to drive to Roanoke to see a movie. The new Regal Cinema Theater will open Monday, but before scores of movie goers pour in Virginia Tech gets the first preview.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Fri, 27 Apr 2007 11:04:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Victims Parents Held on to Hope</title>
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More than a day passed between the moment Bryan and Renee Cloyd realized their daughter, Austin, might be among the students shot at Virginia Tech and the moment they knew she was gone.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Fri, 27 Apr 2007 06:04:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Finding a Way to Forgive</title>
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People around Virginia Tech are starting to forgive the shooter.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Fri, 27 Apr 2007 04:04:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Here&#8217;s to the Hokies</title>
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Despite a chance of rain, a good crowd turned out for Roanoke's Rockin' Remembrance throughout the day in Elmwood Park Thrusday.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Lee family says &#8216;thank you&#8217;</title>
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The family of Henry Lee said they moved to Roanoke in part because they thought it was full of heartwarming people.  They say it took a tragedy to find out they were right.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 26 Apr 2007 13:04:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Archiving Memorials</title>
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Flowers, cards and banners have all become a common scene on Virginia Tech's campus to remember all of the lives lost...           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 26 Apr 2007 12:04:01 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Kaine: Lockdown May not have Prevented Shootings</title>
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Kaine maintained in a radio interview that no one can know whether the death toll would have been dramatically different had authorities reacted differently to the first two slayings.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Funeral for Leslie Sherman</title>
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