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Thursday, January 3, 2013

NY Red Bulls to Participate in 'Soccer Night in Newtown'

MLS players will travel to town affected by mass shooting to show support for devastated community.

Members of the New York Red Bulls and Major League Soccer will travel to Newtown, CT on Monday to raise funds for the families affected by the tragic Dec. 14 shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School, league officials announced. Soccer players will use the event to help raise attention, support and funding for these families with “Soccer Night in Newtown.” The shooting, which killed 27 people, including 20 children, had an especially strong impact on San Jose Earthquakes’ player Marcus Tracy, who grew up in Newtown and whose mother once taught at the school. Residents and members of the Newtown Youth Soccer Club have been invited to attend and meet professional soccer players including Red Bulls players Kenny Cooper, Ryan Meara and Heath …

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Police Release Names of 20 Children, Six Adults Killed in Connecticut

clyde donovan

10:57 am on Monday, January 7, 2013

Are there anymore sports organizations who want to use the Newtown tragedy for public-relations purposes?   more ›

Thursday, December 20, 2012

Parisi Joins Mayors Nationwide to Urge Gun Control

More than 750 mayors from around the country, including 67 from New Jersey, are urging President Obama for stronger gun control in the wake of the Newtown, Conn. school shooting.

Following the tragedy that occurred last week when a 20-year-old man shot and killed 26 people, including 20 children, at a school in Newtown, Conn., his mother and himself, mayors from all over the country have signed a letter urging President Barack Obama and Congress to pass stricter gun control legislation.  West Orange Mayor Robert D. Parisi was one of the 750 mayors nationwide to sign the letter.  “None of us want guns in our community, certainly illegal guns,” said Parisi. “If you look back over the last year or two, especially after last week, guns have become a negative part of our society.” Referring to themselves as the Mayors Against Illegal Guns , the bipartisan coalition is trying to urge the President to “put forward an …

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No Motive Yet In Connecticut School Shooting

Car14

8:41 am on Sunday, December 23, 2012

The REAL problem is that a mother who knew her son had Asperger's syndrome had all those gun accessible to this kid. She also brought him to a range to learn how to fire a weapon. What was she thinking??? Why weren't all those guns locked up away from a kid with a mental illness?? Doesn't make sense. She quits her job to stay home and take care of him but gives him access to all those weapons??? …   more ›

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