The Daily Numbers: 20 first-graders killed in mass shooting in Newtown, Conn., on Friday.
6 adtuls also killed by 20-year-old Adam Lanza, including his mother.
14 children and 2 teachers killed in 1 classroom. Everyone in that classroom died.
670 students enrolled at Sandy Hook School.
27,000 people who live in Newtown, Conn.
3 guns taken to the school by Adam Lanza, who had hundreds of rounds of ammo with him, much of it unused.
.223-caliber Bushmaster semiautomatic carbine, weapon used to kill most of the victims.
10 mm Glock, 9mm Sig Sauer, the 2 handguns Lanza also had in his possession.
10 minutes, how long the rampage took before Lanza took his own life when he realized police were responding.
2nd deadliest school rampage in U.S. history, behind 32 killed at Virginia Tech in 2007.
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Call me a Phanatic: A look at the ups and downs of being a Philadelphia sports fan.
Sports doesn’t really seem so important on weekends like the one we just went through.
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I Don’t Get It: What exactly is the purpose of that Bushmaster semiautomatic rifle, and why does anyone need to possess oneJ?
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Today’s Upper: Kudos to the professionals who are working to put together so many shattered lives in Newtown, Conn.
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Quote Box: “Surely we can do better than this …. These tragedies must end.”
- President Obama, speaking last night in Newtown at vigil for shooting victims.
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