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Sculpting a legacy is a central subplot in the second term of any American president. To that end, Barack Obama has started writing a key chapter to his story by squaring himself as the president who stood up to AmericaöÏÓãÊÓƵapp powerful gun lobby.

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RYE, N.Y. - Addressing mourners at the first two funerals for young victims of the Dec. 14 school shooting in Connecticut, Msgr. Robert Weiss, pastor of St. Rose of Lima Church in Newtown asked, "Where else but the church could we bring this unspeakable act?"

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RYE, N.Y. - The "sacramental sense" of a Catholic pastor's outreach after the horrific violence

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NEWTOWN, Conn. - Msgr. Robert Weiss, pastor of St. Rose of Lima Church in Newtown, was at Sandy Hook Elementary School

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VATICAN CITY - After 20 children and six adults were shot dead in Connecticut, Pope Benedict XVI offered

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NEWTOWN, Conn. - As law enforcement officers tried to piece together the Dec. 14 shooting

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