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Study Shows Gun Homicides Has Dropped 49% Since 1990′s, Despite What Media May Have You Believe

Ken Hayes — Wed, 08 May 2013 15:38:51 +0000

This was a surprising study I found today. Modern news media including 24 hour news channels, internet news sites, etc cover the mass shootings and gun murders so extensively that we feel like gun violence is soaring out of control. In reality, gun homicide is down 49% since it peaked in the mid 1990′s. My [...]

A Moving Children's Rendition of "Somewhere Over the Rainbow,Dedication to the Victims of Newtown, CT [video]

Cathy Kates — Wed, 16 Jan 2013 16:24:40 +0000

Kids wanted to do their part to help their friends. Many of them lost friends in the horrendous school shooting of Newtown, CT. Good Morning America tells the story of how these heartwarming children felt they had to do more, more than just wearing ribbons and hanging banner in honor of those that lost their lives that fateful day.

Duluth Resident Pays Tribute to Victims of Sandy Hook School Shooting in Newtown, Connecticut with a Guardian Angel Snow Sculpture in His Yard [PHOTO GALLERY]

Nick Cooper — Tue, 18 Dec 2012 18:50:14 +0000

Drivers who travel past the intersection of 4th Street and 21st Avenue East in Duluth during the winter months have grown accustomed to seeing snow sculptures in the yard of Harry Welty, who lives right on the corner of the two intersecting streets. In the 25 years Welty has been carving snow statues in his yard, none have been quite as meaningful as the one currently on display.

Northland Pays Tribute to Massacre Victims [VIDEO]

David Drew — Tue, 18 Dec 2012 06:12:22 +0000

It has been an incredibly painful past several days for the country with the tragedy in Connecticut. I don’t think I’ve gone an entire day since the story broke without tearing up at some point. I know I’m not alone as the rest of the Northland recently came together to pay tribute to the victims. [...]