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President Obama To Lay Out First Steps In Gun Policy Talks After Newtown Tragedy

Source: Dana Ford and Holly Yan / CNN With the shock and horror from Newtown giving way to anger and calls for action, President Barack Obama will announce his first concrete steps Wednesday in addressing the raging debate about gun policy. Obama is expected to announce that Vice President Joe Biden will lead an inter-agency process to develop policy [...]

Josh Brent Banned From Dallas Cowboys Sidelines For Season

Source: Jarrett Bell / USA Today If nose tackle Josh Brent watches the Dallas Cowboys play again in person this season, it won’t be from the team’s sideline. Not after the firestorm that was ignited by his presence on the sideline during Sunday’s game against the Pittsburgh Steelers. Although the club hasn’t announced it has officially [...]

Obama Makes Shortlist For TIME’s Person Of The Year

Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy Source: Rick Schindler / theGrio On Tuesday morning, TIME magazine’s short list of eight potential choices for its iconic Person of the Year cover was revealed live on TODAY. The list includes Marissa Mayer, CEO of Yahoo!; Mohammed Morsi, president of Egypt; Undocumented Americans;Bill and Hillary Clinton; President Barack Obama; Malala [...]

NRA Releases Statement On Conn. Shooting: “Prepared To Offer Meaningful Contributions To Help Make Sure This Never Happens Again”

Source: USA Today The National Rifle Association has put out a statement saying it is “prepared to offer meaningful contributions” to prevent more violence like that which occurred in Newtown, Conn., last week. The organization said it will hold a news conference in the Washington, D.C., area on Friday. “The National Rifle Association of America [...]

Sixth-Grader In Utah Brings Gun To School To Avoid Connecticut-Style Attack, District Spokesman Says

Source: Andrew Mach / NBC News A sixth-grade student in Utah is in police custody after he was accused of bringing a gun to school Monday, reportedly claiming he wanted to protect himself in the event of a school shooting. The 11-year-old is a student at West Kearns Elementary School, in Kearns, Utah, a suburb of [...]

Richard Engel And NBC News Team Freed From Captors In Syria

Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy Source: Mike Brunker / NBC News NBC News’ Chief Foreign Correspondent Richard Engel and members of his network production team were freed from captors in Syria after a firefight at a checkpoint on Monday, five days after they were taken prisoner, NBC News said [...]

NRA’s Social Media Strategy: Go Dark

Source: Elahe Izadi / National Journal When a mass shooting occurs, the National Rifle Association’s communications shop typically goes dark, particularly its highly visible social media channels. That has certainly been the case post-Newtown. The organization’s Facebook page, with its more than 1.7 million likes, has been hidden with users being redirected to Facebook’s homepage. Its Twitter account, with more [...]

Sandy Hook Parent Sends Message To NRA: ‘Return This Country Their Kids’

Source: Elise Foley / The Huffington Post WASHINGTON — Andrei Nikitchyuk, whose 8-year-old son escaped violence at Sandy Hook Elementary School last week, had a message Tuesday for the National Rifle Association: Think of the children who could be saved in the future if stricter gun control laws are enacted. “I would offer NRA, return this country their kids,” [...]

Instagram Users Revolt Over Privacy Changes

Source: Doug Gross / CNN Users of Instagram, the popular photo-sharing app owned by Facebook, were up in arms Tuesday over language that appears to give the company ownership of their images. A new update to Instagram’s terms of service states that data collected through the app can be shared with Facebook. That’s not a surprising move, considering [...]