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NRA wants armed officers in schools; protesters disrupt announcement
Associated Press WASHINGTON – The powerful National Rifle Association gun lobby, taking a no-retreat position, declared that guns and police officers are needed in all American schools to stop the next...
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A week after Newtown school massacre, new details emerge about gunman, mother
Katie Zezima The Associated Press NEWTOWN, Conn. – As the U.S. paused to mark a week since the shootings at Sandy Hook elementary school, new details emerged Friday about the gunman, Adam Lanza, who...
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CJAM radio hosts Joe Strummer day (with video)
The University of Windsor’s campus radio station, CJAM 99.1 FM played songs and recorded interviews with the Clash’s Joe Strummer, Saturday, in an effort to raise money and awareness about poverty in...
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Church and business group distribute turkey food baskets
As Windsor ramps up for the holidays, turkey food basket donations are in full swing with both the Canadian Italian Business and Professional Association and Celebration of Praise International Church...
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Electric car crosses Canada on trip to push charging stations
Robert Barron Postmedia News After more than 10,000 kilometres and a month of driving from the east coast to Vancouver Island, Kent Rathwell pulled up in front of Nanaimo city hall Friday in a Tesla...
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Woman charged in two-vehicle collision
Police have charged a 36-year-old woman with running a red light after a Dodge Journey drove into oncoming traffic Saturday evening and struck a Dodge Neon. Sgt. Brett Corey said shortly before 7...
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Gun lobby leader: Public thinks it’s ‘crazy’ not to put armed guards in every...
The Associated Press WASHINGTON – The largest U.S. gun rights lobbying organization on Sunday forcefully stuck to its call for placing armed police officers and security guards in every school as the...
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Weekend in Pictures
The Windsor Star’s award-winning photographers covered the city and county this weekend. See the gallery. WINDSOR, ON.: DECEMBER 23, 2012 — A police officer speaks with an occupant of a minivan that...
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‘Get your flu shot, get your flu shot, get your flu shot’
Windsor and Essex County can expect an earlier and longer flu season this year, according to Dr. Allen Heimann, the region’s medical officer of health. Already, there are 729 cases of influenza in...
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Newtown turns to clergy, counsellors in town changed forever by tragedy
Jesse Washington The Associated Press NEWTOWN, Conn. – The grief will not end. Yet the healing must begin. So as the shock of Newtown’s horrific school shooting starts to wear off, as the headlines...
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Pedestrian struck by minivan suffers minor injuries
A woman walking with a service dog on a dark residential street Sunday night was taken to hospital after she was struck by a minivan. Windsor police Sgt. Brett Corey said the woman was struck while...
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Tens of thousands sign US petition to deport CNN host Piers Morgan over gun...
The Associated Press LONDON – Tens of thousands of people have signed a petition calling for British CNN host Piers Morgan to be deported from the U.S. over his gun control views. Morgan has taken an...
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Phones, tracking screens and Santa hats are ready as NORAD Tracks Santa for...
The Associated Press PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. – Volunteers are pulling on their Santa hats, phone lines are in place and wall-size tracking screens are ready. NORAD Tracks Santa is primed for its...
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Newsmaker of the Year selection triggers storm of debate on social media
Murray Brewster, The Canadian Press OTTAWA – The selection of Luka Rocco Magnotta as Canada’s 2012 Newsmaker of the Year lit up the country’s social media and news web sites on Sunday with a cyclone of...
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4 firefighters shot at scene of blaze near Rochester in US; 2 dead, police say
WEBSTER, N.Y. – A gunman ambushed four volunteer firefighters responding to an intense pre-dawn house fire Monday morning outside Rochester, N.Y., shooting four and killing two before ending up dead...
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Man dies from his injuries following a Chatham car crash
A Chatham man has died following a destructive two-car crash last Thursday. Chatham-Kent police said Perry Molema, 56, of Chatham, passed Saturday from his injuries. Emergency crews responded shortly...
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Citizen finds loaded semi-automatic handgun hidden in an alley
Windsor police are trying to track down whoever stashed a loaded semi-automatic handgun in a Walkverville alley. Officers responded around 5:30 p.m. Saturday to a call about a gun found in the alley...
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Windsor man creates ‘White Christmas’ in front yard
With a white Christmas far from certain, one determined Windsor resident decided to bring the snow to him. Mike Evans, a 34-year-old CBC cameraman, drove to a nearby hockey arena and filled the back of...
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