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Jessica Simpson played bridesmaid at CaCee Cobb's wedding to Donald Faison on Dec. 15 at Zach Braff's home in Los Angeles, Calif.

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Khloe Kardashian held birthday boy Mason Disick while leaving Serendipity's in Miami, Fla., on Dec. 14.

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Justin Timberlake amused himself by playing basketball with director Brad Furman and co-star Ben Schwartz in between takes, while filming 'Runner, Runner' in Princeton, N.J. on Dec. 14.

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Sam Riley, Kirsten Dunst, Garrett Hedlund and Kristen Stewart posed together at the 'On The Road' New York Premiere at SVA Theater on Dec. 13.

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Reese Witherspoon strutted down the street in a red patterned dress after lunching at Tavern Restaurant in Brentwood, Calif., on Dec. 13.

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Hugh Jackman was honored with a star on The Hollywood Walk Of Fame on Dec. 13 in Hollywood, Calif.

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Blake Lively at the 12-12-12 Concert benefitting the victims of Hurricane Sandy at Madison Square Garden in New York City on Dec. 12.

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Cate Blanchett attended the premiere of "The Hobbit" at Odeon Leicester Square in London on Dec. 12. She wowed in a white, backless dress.

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Taye Diggs and Busy Philipps announced the nominations for the 19th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards at the Pacific Design Center on Dec. 12 in West Hollywood, Calif.

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Drew Barrymore debuted her daughter Olive on the cover of People's magazine's latest issue.

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Amanda Seyfried made an appearance on "The Late Show With David Letterman" in New York City on Dec. 11. Gorgeous!

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A makeup-free Jessica Biel, aka Mrs. Timberlake, bundles up against the winter chill as she heads out and about in New York City

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Kate Walsh showed off her bikini body as she spent the day on the beach in Miami, Fla., on Dec. 11.

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Jessica Alba picked up some coffee and cake on the way to her office in Santa Monica, Calif., on Dec. 11.

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Anne Hathaway wore bondage boots at the New York premiere of "Les Miserables" at the Ziegfeld Theatre in New York City on Dec. 10.

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Jessica Chastain wowed at the premiere of "Zero Dark Thirty" at the Dolby Theatre on Dec. 10 in Los Angeles, Calif.

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Tom Cruise walked the red carpet for the first time since his divorce from Katie Holmes at the world premiere of 'Jack Reacher' at The Odeon Leicester Square on Dec. 10 in London.

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A reportedly pregnant Jessica Simpson wore sky-high heels as she went shopping in Beverly Hills, Calif., on Dec. 10.

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"Diamonds" singer Rihanna looked ravishing in red as she left a recording studio on Dec. 10 in Paris, France.

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Denise Richards stocked up on Jell-o Pudding for her Mayan End of the World Party at her local grocery store in Los Angeles, Calif., on Dec. 10.

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Russell Simmons and his model girlfriend Hana Nitsche enjoyed the warm weather as they get close during a day at the beach in Miami Fla., on Dec. 9.

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Eva Longoria looked gorgeous while arriving to the Noble Gift Gala held at the ME Hotel in London on Dec. 8.

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"Jersey Shore" stars Paul" DJ Pauly D" DelVecchio and Vinny Guadagnino pose for a photo with MTV reporter Sway Calloway during Pauly D's DJ set at the Pool After Dark, Harrah's Atlantic City on Dec. 8.

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Justin Bieber performed onstage during Z100's Jingle Ball 2012, presented by Aeropostale, at Madison Square Garden on Dec. 7 in NYC.

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A slimmed-down "True Blood" star Anna Paquin kept her baby twins covered up as she went for a walk on Dec. 7 in Venice, Calif.

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Jessica Simpson and Eric Johnson hit the streets of Los Angeles, Calif., to look for a new place for their growing family on Dec. 6. Simpson is reportedly expecting her second child ... but we'll have to wait and see!

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Owen Wilson casually made his way into his hotel after attending Art Basel in Miami, Fla., on Dec. 6.

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Jennie Garth showed eBay's new way to give and get the season?s hottest toys with mobile at The eBay Toy Box in New York City on Dec. 6.

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Pink wore a sheer top as she arrived at the BBC Radio Studios in West London on Dec. 5.

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Kristin Cavallari attended the launch of Chinese Laundry by Kristin Cavallari in New York City on Dec. 4.

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"Spring Breakers" actress Selena Gomez was seen leaving a medical center in Los Angeles, Calif., on Dec. 4. Last night, Gomez was spotted out with her on-again boyfriend, Justin Bieber.

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Jessica Biel was full of smiles as she stopped by "Good Morning America" in New York City on Dec. 4.

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Taylor Swift walked the carpet at the 2012 Ripple of Hope Gala hosted by Robert F. Kennedy Center for Justice and Human Rights held at the Marriott Marquis, New York on Dec. 3.

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Connie Britton worked with Cur?l Skincare and Direct Relief International to pass out relief packages for Hurricane Sandy victims in New York City on Dec. 3. Clear eyes, full hearts, can't lose!

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Jennifer Garner gets breakfast with her son Samuel, daughter Seraphina and her mother-in-law Chris at the Brentwood Country Mart on Dec. 3 in Brentwood, Calif.

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Kate Middleton and Prince William <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/12/03/kate-middleton-pregnancy-rumors-all-those-times-reportedly-expecting-photos_n_2232228.html?ref=topbar">are expecting their first child </a>together, a palace spokesperson confirmed. The Duchess of Cambridge is currently at King Edward VII Hospital in Central London for hyperemesis gravidarum, a rare pregnancy illness with symptoms mirroring extreme morning sickness.

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Ali Fedotowsky was spotted shopping for holiday gifts at Marshalls in Los Angeles, Calif., on Dec. 3. The former "Bachelorette" reportedly picked up designer luggage, holiday d?cor, and stocking stuffers!

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Jamie Lynn Sigler picked up some Jergens Crema Deep Conditioning Oatmeal lotion at Target in Los Angeles, Calif., on Dec. 3.

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Amanda Seyfried, Hugh Jackman, Anne Hathaway and Eddie Redmayne posed together at the after party for a tastemaker screening of Universal Pictures' "Les Miserables," in New York on Dec. 2.

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Taylor Swift and Harry Styles debuted their romance with a date to the Central Park Zoo in New York City, where they stepped out with Harry's stylist friend Lou Teasdale, her fiance Tom and their little daughter Lux on Dec. 2.

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Playboy Bunny and expectant mother Holly Madison was seen hosting the Happy Hour To Benefit The Animal Foundation at the Mandalay Bay Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nev., on Dec. 1.

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Mario Lopez and Courtney Mazza <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/12/02/mario-lopez-married-the-x-factor-host-ties-the-knot-with-courtney-mazza_n_2227434.html">tied the knot in Mexico</a> on Dec. 1, in front of family and friends, including Eva Longoria.

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"Devil's Knot" actress Reese Witherspoon and Mindy Kaling went out for lunch at the Tavern Restaurant in Brentwood, Calif., on Dec. 1.

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Robert Pattinson and Richard Gere attended the "Arbitrage" Luncheon at Osteria Mozza on Nov. 30 in Los Angeles, Calif.

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Reality star sisters Kourtney and Khloe Kardashian stopped off for lunch at Milo's restaurant in Miami Beach, Fla., on Dec. 1.

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Katy Perry stunned in a pink dress as she arrived at the Billboard Women In Music luncheon in NYC on Nov. 30. The singer greeted fans and posed outside the event.

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A reportedly pregnant Jessica Simpson arrived on a flight at LAX airport in Los Angeles, Ca;of., with her baby daughter Maxwell and her fiance Eric Johnson on Nov. 29.

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Lea Michele attended The Hollywood Foreign Press Association And InStyle Miss Golden Globe 2013 Party held at Cecconi's Restaurant in Los Angeles, Calif. on Nov. 29.

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Hilary Duff took her baby boy Luca to Babies First Class in Sherman Oaks, Calif., on Nov. 28. How adorable is Luca?

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Selena Gomez looked gorgeous at the UNICEF Snowflake Ball 2012 at Cipriani 42nd Street in New York City on Nov. 27.

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Olivier Martinez, donning a cast on his recently injured hand, joined Eduardo Cruz for lunch at Cecconi's in Los Angeles, Calif., on Nov. 27. The French actor was injured during a blowout fight with Gabriel Aubry on Thanksgiving at fiance Halle Berry's house that left both Aubry and Martinez in the hospital.

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Speed Kills

People react to a mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newton, Conn., on Dec. 14, 2012

Photo by Don Emmert/AFP/Getty Images.

This morning, a madman attacked more than 20 children at an elementary school in China. As of this writing, there are no reported fatalities.

A few hours later, a madman attacked an elementary school in Connecticut. As of this writing, 20 of those kids are dead.

The difference? The weapon. The madman in China had a knife. The madman in Connecticut had three semi-automatic guns.

Look up the worst school massacres in history, and you?ll see the pattern. Madmen are everywhere. They strike without regard to gun laws, mental health care, or the national rate of churchgoing. They?ve slaughtered children in every country you?d think might have been spared: Scotland, Germany, Canada, Brazil, Finland, Japan. They?ve falsified every pet political theory about what kind of culture or medical system or firearms legislation prevents mass murder.

But one pattern holds true: The faster the weapon, the higher the body count. It?s not politics. It?s logistics. If you stick a knife in your first victim, it takes time to move on to your second. You might need two stabs or more to finish off the first kid. By then, the other kids have begun to flee. Soon, the cops will be here. How much time do you have? At some point, it?s time to off yourself. And all you managed to kill were two lousy kids because the only weapon you had was a kitchen knife.

Google ?knife control? and you?ll find legions of gun-control skeptics comparing U.S. firearm attacks to Chinese knife attacks. In the past two years, there?s been an epidemic of knife attacks on Chinese schools. Some of them show up on Wikipedia?s list of school massacres. But none crack the top 10 because the body counts never rise above single digits. It?s just too hard to kill that many people, even little kids, with a knife.

Guns do more damage. Look down the list and you?ll see gun after gun after gun. But not all guns are equal. I?ve gone through the 25 worst massacres on the chart, and nearly every shooter had a semi-automatic weapon. The one exception was a guy who had speedloaders and a bandolier so he could keep firing. High-capacity magazines are another common factor. All these patterns converge on a common lesson: Speed kills. Madness pulls the trigger, but the rate of fire drives the body count.

It?s not all about guns, either. The worst Chinese school massacre by a knife-wielding madman wasn?t caused by the knife. The perpetrator used the knife to scare the kids and make them retreat to the back of a classroom. Then he locked them inside and killed them by starting a fire. Right below him on the list is a guy in Germany who killed one victim with a lance and the rest with a flamethrower that ignited a classroom. Knives and lances take too long. It?s more efficient to kill everyone at once.? That?s what the record-holder did: He wiped out more than 40 victims with a series of bombs.

I wish we could pass a magic law that would stop madmen from killing our children. We can?t. There will always be angry lunatics. There will always be knives and shotguns and gasoline. I don?t think banning guns will make the problem go away. We don?t need another all-or-nothing war between pro-gun and anti-gun ideologues. What we need is a frank, precise, constructive conversation about the problem of high-speed weapons. You don?t need rapid-fire weapons to hunt or defend your home. Cops don?t need them to shoot down bad guys. And while it?s true that passing a law against them won?t eliminate them, that?s not an argument against legislation. It?s an argument for going beyond legislation. The community of gun sellers and enthusiasts must act collectively to track and control the technology of mass murder.

Every child who died in that school in Connecticut today was precious. To lose even one young life in such a senseless way is a gut-wrenching tragedy. But this I know: It didn?t have to be 20.

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Some Venezuelans see 'Chavismo' struggles brewing

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) ? Hugo Chavez's most influential allies are projecting an image of unity while the president recovers from cancer surgery in Cuba, standing side-by-side and pledging to uphold his socialist movement no matter what happens.

But with Chavez's outlook increasingly darkening, some Venezuelans believe power struggles are brewing between ambitious lieutenants long in the president's shadow.

One-man rule has been the glue holding together Chavez's movement, and he hadn't groomed any clear successor until he surprised Venezuelans with the announcement last weekend that if cancer forced him from office he wanted his vice president, Nicolas Maduro, to take over.

The president's diverse "Chavismo" movement includes groups from radical leftists to moderates, and long-hidden divisions could flare, at least behind-the-scenes, if Chavez is no longer in charge.

"In politics, everything is possible," said Gustavo Chourio, a bookseller in downtown Caracas, adding that he expects conflict between Maduro and National Assembly President Diosdado Cabello.

Maduro leads a civilian-political wing that is considered to be closely aligned with Cuba's communist government. Cabello, a former military officer who is more moderate, is thought to have strong ties to the military ? a relationship he highlighted when he spoke at a Mass for Chavez held at Venezuela's largest military base.

"Maduro doesn't have influence with those in the military. Diosdado has the influence," Chourio said.

Throughout the nearly 14 years Chavez has been president, his allies have always deferred to and parroted him.

Chourio said he believes Chavismo has grown so strong it will persist without Chavez. But he predicts Maduro and Cabello will have a reckoning and may end up cutting deals.

"Those two will have to work it out to guarantee the country's stability," said Chourio, a longtime Chavez supporter.

Analysts agree that political battles are likely, if not inevitable.

"It is almost certain that an intense power struggle is already under way within Chavismo," said Michael Shifter, president of the Inter-American Dialogue think tank in Washington.

Shifter said key figures in the president's camp, including Maduro and Cabello, have long had to suppress personal ambition as Chavez monopolized decision-making.

"With Chavez no longer on the scene, and the power vacuum exposed, the situation becomes extremely unpredictable," Shifter said. "The fact that Maduro is Chavez's designated successor gives him the upper hand for the time being, but that is unlikely to last long. The others vying for power are wily and ruthless. From the outset, the Chavez regime has been about power ? including lots of money ? and now all of that is up for grabs."

Maduro and Cabello, for their part, showed a united front this week by appearing together at events along with other Cabinet ministers and military commanders. Speaking alongside Cabello and Oil Minister Rafael Ramirez on Wednesday, Maduro said: "We're more united than ever."

The 58-year-old Chavez underwent his fourth cancer-related operation Tuesday after announcing that tests had found the illness had come back despite previous operations, chemotherapy and radiation treatments. The government said Thursday that Chavez suffered complications in surgery but that he was recovering favorably.

If Chavez were to die or be unable to continue in office, the constitution says new elections should be held within 30 days. If that happened before Chavez's Jan. 10 swearing-in, the president of the National Assembly would take over temporarily until elections were held.

Before his surgery, Chavez acknowledged such a scenario. He said on television Saturday night, with Maduro and Cabello seated beside him, that if he was unable to continue as president, Maduro should be elected to take his place and lead the socialist movement.

That appearance by Chavez, during a quick trip home after 10 days of treatment in Havana, was an indication that jostling for power had already begun, said Adam Isacson, an analyst at the Washington Office on Latin America.

"If there were consensus, Chavez would not have found it necessary to fly home from Havana last weekend, in the middle of delicate medical treatments, to publicly name a successor," Isacson said.

In the short-term, he said, Chavez's allies know it's in their best interest to fall in behind Maduro if a new election is called, and the president's endorsement could give Maduro enough clout to lead for months or years.

"Instability could come later, if President Chavez dies and the new leader of Chavismo lacks his charisma and ability to hold the coalition together," Isacson said. "At that point, Chavismo would be likely to splinter."

Maduro, a one-time bus driver and former foreign minister, has stepped into the void during Chavez's absence. On Thursday night, his voice was hoarse as he spoke at a political rally, pledging not to give in to the country's "bourgeoisie."

"I swear to you ... we will never betray the Venezuelan people!" he said, adding: "Together we're going to defend the peace, stability and the future of our children, with our own lives if necessary!"

But Maduro will find it difficult to control the various factions in Chavez's socialist party, said Vicente Torrijos, a political analyst at El Rosario University in Bogota, Colombia. "Maduro doesn't have that charisma, nor the ability, much less the political capital," he said.

Torrijos expects the fervor inspired by Chavez to continue, but he predicts differences among the president's followers will eventually "disrupt the revolution." The military is likely to "influence political decisions more and more," he said.

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Associated Press writers Christopher Toothaker in Caracas and Cesar Garcia in Bogota, Colombia, contributed to this report.

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Japan's LDP set for big win in Sunday election: polls

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's conservative Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) is on track for a stunning victory in Sunday's election, returning to power with hawkish former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at the helm, and possibly ending Japan's political gridlock.

Opinion polls by the Asahi, Yomiuri and Nikkei newspapers on Friday forecast that the LDP was headed for a hefty majority in the powerful, 480-seat lower house of parliament.

The LDP and its smaller ally, the New Komeito party, could even gain the two-thirds majority needed to break through a policy deadlock that has plagued the world's third biggest economy since 2007.

An LDP win on Sunday would usher in a government committed to a tough stance in a territorial row with China, a pro-nuclear power energy policy despite last year's Fukushima disaster and a radical recipe of hyper-easy monetary policy and big fiscal spending to end persistent deflation and tame a strong yen.

Japanese business sentiment worsened for a second straight quarter in the three months to December and will barely improve next year, a central bank survey showed on Friday, strengthening the case for the Bank of Japan to take bolder action to support an economy already in recession.

Between 30 percent and nearly 50 percent of voters were undecided with just days to go, the surveys showed. Experts said that was unlikely to affect the general trend, although turnout will probably fall below the 69.28 percent seen in the last lower house election in 2009.

DEBACLE FOR PM'S PARTY

Contributing to the indecision is a fragmentation of the political landscape that has resulted in a dozen parties, some of them just weeks old, contesting the election, and confusion over policy differences between the main contenders.

"Unlike the past two (lower house) elections, the main points of contention are not so clear and in that sense, it is hard for voters to understand," said Yukio Maeda, a political science professor at the University of Tokyo.

"But if there is no huge news, bad or good, in the next few days, there is unlikely to be a shift that is beneficial or detrimental to any particular party," he said.

The surveys showed that Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda's Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ), which surged to power three years ago promising to pay more heed to consumers than corporations and break bureaucrats' stranglehold on policymaking, could win fewer than 70 seats. That would be its worst showing since its founding in 1998, the Nikkei said.

The new right-leaning Japan Restoration Party, created by popular Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto and now led by outspoken nationalist Shintaro Ishihara, was struggling and might win fewer than 50 seats, the Asahi newspaper showed.

If the LDP and the New Komeito control two-thirds of the lower house they could enact legislation even if it is rejected by the upper chamber, where they currently lack a majority.

Since 2007, no ruling bloc has had a majority in the upper house, which can block bills other than treaties and the budget.

But over-riding the upper house is a cumbersome and time-consuming process, so the LDP and its ally will be aiming to win a majority in that chamber in an election for half its seats set for July.

(Reporting by Linda Sieg; Editing by Paul Tait)

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Gunman kills 26 at Conn. school, commits suicide

NEWTOWN, Conn. (AP) ? A man killed his mother at their home and then opened fire Friday inside the elementary school where she taught, massacring 26 people, including 20 children, as youngsters cowered in fear to the sound of gunshots reverberating through the building and screams echoing over the intercom.

The 20-year-old killer, carrying at least two handguns, committed suicide at the school, bringing the death toll to 28, authorities said.

The rampage, coming less than two weeks before Christmas, was the nation's second-deadliest school shooting, exceeded only by the Virginia Tech massacre that claimed 33 lives in 2007.

"Our hearts are broken today," a tearful President Barack Obama, struggling to maintain his composure, said at the White House. He called for "meaningful action" to prevent such shootings. "As a country, we have been through this too many times," he said.

Police shed no light on the motive for the attack. The gunman, Adam Lanza, was believed to suffer from a personality disorder and lived with his mother, said a law enforcement official who was briefed on the investigation but was not authorized to discuss it.

Panicked parents looking for their children raced to Sandy Hook Elementary in Newtown, a prosperous New England community of about 27,000 people 60 miles northeast of New York City. Police told youngsters at the kindergarten-through-fourth-grade school to close their eyes as they were led from the building so that they wouldn't see the blood and broken glass.

Schoolchildren ? some crying, others looking frightened ? were escorted through a parking lot in a line, hands on each other's shoulders.

Law enforcement officials speaking on condition of anonymity said that Lanza killed his mother, Nancy Lanza, then drove to the school in her car with at least three guns, including a high-powered rifle that he apparently left in the back of the vehicle, and shot up two classrooms. Nancy Lanza was a part-time substitute at the school, according to a parent.

Authorities gave no details on exactly how the attack unfolded. But a custodian ran through the halls, warning of a gunman on the loose, and someone switched on the intercom, alerting people in the building to the attack ? and perhaps saving many lives ? by letting them hear the hysteria going on in the school office, a teacher said.

Teachers locked their doors and ordered children to huddle in a corner or hide in closets as shots echoed through the building.

State police Lt. Paul Vance said 28 people in all were killed, including the gunman, and a woman who worked at the school was wounded.

Lanza's older brother, 24-year-old Ryan, of Hoboken, N.J., was being questioned, but a law enforcement official said he was not believed to have had a role in the rampage. Investigators were searching his computers and phone records, but he told law enforcement he had not been in touch with his brother since about 2010.

The officials spoke on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the unfolding investigation.

At one point, a law enforcement official mistakenly identified the gunman as Ryan Lanza. Brett Wilshe, a friend of Ryan Lanza's, said Lanza told him the gunman may have had his identification. Updates posted on Ryan Lanza's Facebook page Friday afternoon read, "It wasn't me" and "I was at work."

Robert Licata said his 6-year-old son was in class when the gunman burst in and shot the teacher. "That's when my son grabbed a bunch of his friends and ran out the door," he said. "He was very brave. He waited for his friends."

He said the shooter didn't utter a word.

Stephen Delgiadice said his 8-year-old daughter heard two big bangs. Teachers told her to get in a corner, he said. "It's alarming, especially in Newtown, Connecticut, which we always thought was the safest place in America," he said. His daughter was uninjured.

Theodore Varga was in a meeting with other fourth-grade teachers when he heard the gunfire. He said someone had turned on the intercom so that "you could hear people in the office. You could hear the hysteria that was going on. I think whoever did that saved a lot of people. Everyone in the school was listening to the terror that was transpiring."

Also, a custodian ran around, warning people there was someone with a gun, Varga said.

"He said, 'Guys! Get down! Hide!'" Varga said. "So he was actually a hero." The teacher said he did not know if the custodian survived.

On Friday night, hundreds of people packed a Newtown church and stood outside in a vigil for the victims. People held hands, lit candles and sang "Silent Night" at St. Rose of Lima church.

Anthony Bloss, whose three daughters survived the shootings, said they are doing better than he is. "I'm numb. I'm completely numb," he said at the vigil.

Mergim Bajraliu, 17, said he heard the gunshots echo from his home and ran to check on his 9-year-old sister at the school. He said his sister, who was uninjured, heard a scream come over the intercom. He said teachers were shaking and crying as they came out of the building.

"Everyone was just traumatized," he said.

Mary Pendergast said her 9-year-old nephew was in the school at the time of the shooting but wasn't hurt after his music teacher helped him take cover in a closet.

Richard Wilford's 7-year-old son, Richie, told him that he heard a noise that sounded like "cans falling." The boy said a teacher went out to check on the noise, came back in, locked the door and had the children huddle in the corner until police arrived.

"There's no words," Wilford said. "It's sheer terror, a sense of imminent danger, to get to your child and be there to protect him."

On Friday afternoon, family members were led away from a firehouse that was being used as a staging area, some of them weeping. One man, wearing a T-shirt without a jacket, put his arms around a woman as they walked down the middle of the street, oblivious to everything around them. Another woman with tears rolling down her face walked by, carrying a car seat with a baby inside.

"Evil visited this community today and it's too early to speak of recovery, but each parent, each sibling, each member of the family has to understand that Connecticut ? we're all in this together. We'll do whatever we can to overcome this event," Gov. Dannel Malloy said.

Adam Lanza and his mother lived in a well-to-do part of Newtown where neighbors are doctors or hold white-collar positions at companies such as General Electric, Pepsi and IBM.

At least three guns were found ? a Glock and a Sig Sauer, both pistols, inside the school, and a .223-caliber rifle in the back of a car, authorities said. A law enforcement official speaking on condition of anonymity said some of the guns used in the attack may have belonged to Lanza's mother, who had legally purchased five weapons.

The shootings instantly brought to mind such tragedies as the Columbine High School massacre that killed 15 in 1999 and the July shootings at a movie theater in Aurora, Colo., that left 12 dead.

"You go to a movie theater in Aurora and all of a sudden your life is taken," Columbine Principal Frank DeAngelis said. "You're at a shopping mall in Portland, Ore., and your life is taken. This morning, when parents kissed their kids goodbye knowing that they are going to be home to celebrate the holiday season coming up, you don't expect this to happen."

He added: "It has to stop, these senseless deaths."

Obama's comments on the tragedy amounted to one of the most outwardly emotional moments of his presidency.

"The majority of those who died were children ? beautiful little kids between the ages of 5 and 10 years old," Obama said.

He paused for several seconds to keep his composure as he teared up and wiped an eye. Nearby, two aides cried and held hands as they listened to Obama.

"They had their entire lives ahead of them ? birthdays, graduations, wedding, kids of their own," Obama continued about the victims. "Among the fallen were also teachers, men and women who devoted their lives to helping our children."

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Associated Press writers Jim Fitzgerald and Pat Eaton-Robb in Newtown, Bridget Murphy in Boston, Samantha Henry in Newark, N.J., Pete Yost in Washington and Michael Melia in Hartford contributed to this report, as did the AP News Research Center.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/gunman-kills-26-conn-school-commits-suicide-022814026.html

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