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          <title>Virginia Tech names student engagement center in memory of Liviu Librescu</title>
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The Engineering Science and Mechanics Student Engagement Center is one of the six new rooms created when Virginia Tech renovated and re-opened the second floor of the west wing of Norris Hall           ]]></description>
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          <title>Doctor who took Cho records home cleared</title>
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Montgomery Co. Commonwealth's Attorney said Dr. Robert Miller had no criminal intent            ]]></description>
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          <title>Families say Cho&#8217;s mental health records contradict Virginia Tech</title>
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&#8220;The records are remarkable for what they don&#8217;t contain,&#8220; the families&#8217; Reston-based lawyer, Robert T. Hall, said           ]]></description>
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A lawyer filed several pages of questions for former Cook Counseling Center head, Dr. Robert Miller.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Opinions differed on Cho&#8217;s dangerousness</title>
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The last time the Virginia Tech mental-health center apparently saw Seung-Hui Cho was the day after a magistrate ordered him detained as a potential danger to himself and others.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Expert says Cho didn&#8217;t fit suicidal profile</title>
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We took the records to a counselor for answers.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Virginia Tech releases Cho&#8217;s mental health records</title>
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Records show Cho denied homicidal thoughts to a school counselor a year and half before the April 16th tragedy           ]]></description>
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          <title>Gov. Tim Kaine not ruling out any action on Tech report</title>
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Lynda Tran said the governor's office wanted to apologize to victims' families in case a letter from his lawyer yesterday did not make that clear.           ]]></description>
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Evelyn Brown, executive director of the Virginia Board of Psychology, which is the licensing agency for psychologists in the commonwealth, said Dr. Robert Miller did not appear to violate any written state regulations           ]]></description>
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          <title>Discovery of Cho&#8217;s records brings more questions</title>
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The missing mental health records were discovered in the home of former Cook Counseling Center director           ]]></description>
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Before his death on April 16, 2007, German Instructor Jamie Bishop had been accepted into the art program at Virginia Tech.
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Jarrett Lane was one of the April 16, 2007 shooting victims at Virginia Tech. 48 people signed up on teams to honor the fallen Hokie. It was held at Castle Rock Golf and Recreation in Pembroke.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Blacksburg house dedicated to Ryan &#8220;Stack&#8221; Clark</title>
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Dozens came together to dedicate the house that was built in memory of the fallen Hokie, killed on April 16th           ]]></description>
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          <title>April 16th lawsuits transferred to Montgomery County court</title>
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The parents of Julia Pryde and Erin Peterson filed the lawsuits on the two-year anniversary of the tragedy           ]]></description>
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          <title>Jason Williams earns Kiwanis Club&#8217;s Henry Lee memorial scholarship</title>
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The scholarship is named in honor of one of the April 16th victims           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 27 May 2009 18:57:12 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Reema Samaha&#8217;s sister pushes for better gun control laws</title>
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When Randa Samaha arrived at the University of Virginia, she figured she&#8217;d spend the next several years focused on earning her nursing degree and then possibly head home to work at a Northern Virginia hospital.&nbsp; Samaha&#8217;s plans, however, were abruptly changed on April 16th.
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          <pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2009 15:24:42 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Virginia Tech graduates honor fallen Hokies</title>
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A banner was set up in front of the April 16th memorial on campus to honor the April 16, 2007 shooting victims who would have graduated this year.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Jarrett Lane Memorial Golf Tournament helping kids go to college</title>
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All proceeds will benefit the Jarrett Lane Memorial Fund.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Fri, 08 May 2009 17:08:00 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Lawsuit by April 16th families reveals new accusations</title>
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The lawsuit filed on behalf of Julia Pryde and Erin Peterson claim some new accusations against Tech administrators in the 4/16 tragedy&#8217;s aftermath.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2009 18:08:18 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Virginia Tech&#8217;s Cook Counseling Center nearly doubles staff</title>
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Even in this down economy, university leaders and the state have made it a point to take care of the center, which was so important in the aftermath of the April 16th tragedy.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Dance for Reema Samaha</title>
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A group of Virginia Tech students put on a special dance performance Thursday night to honor the memory of Reema Samaha           ]]></description>
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          <title>Norris Hall peace center has first open house</title>
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The Center for Peace and Violence Prevention hosted some victim&#8217;s families for a private presentation.           ]]></description>
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          <title>State Sen. Creigh Deeds&#8217; statement on April 16th 2&#45;year anniversary</title>
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State Senator Creigh Deeds released the following statement on the second anniversary of the April 16th tragedy at Virginia Tech:
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Relatives of slain students Julie Pryde and Erin Peterson filed the lawsuits in Fairfax County Circuit Court            ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2009 18:24:37 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Survivor&#8217;s mother says her family is healing after April 16th</title>
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10 On Your Side caught up with Suzanne Grimes, the mother of Kevin Sterne. Sterne survived the shootings on April 16, 2007. As Grimes looks upon all the archives and memories from that day, she says she and her family are healing.           ]]></description>
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          <title>First responders continue to be there for Hokies two years later</title>
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Two years after the tragedy on the Virginia Tech campus, a memorial to remember those who died that day.&nbsp; Among those on hand for the event were some of the first responders from the Virginia Tech Rescue Squad.&nbsp;            ]]></description>
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          <title>We Remember: April 16th, 2 years later</title>
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Information, stories, pictures, and video leading up to, and events of April 16th, 2009           ]]></description>
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          <title>Bob McDonnell&#8217;s statement on April 16th 2&#45;year anniversary</title>
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Bob McDonnell, Republican gubernatorial candidate and former Attorney General of Virginia, issued the following statement today on the second anniversary of the Virginia Tech tragedy           ]]></description>
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Lt. Gov. candidate Mike Signer released the following statement on the anniversary of the tragedy at Virginia Tech           ]]></description>
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          <title>2,000+ attend April 16th memorial service on drillfield</title>
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&#8220;While the tragedy of April 16, 2007, touched us all, we know that 32 families continue to confront the deepest of all losses - the loss of a loved one, the loss of a life well-lived, and the loss of a bright and promising future,&#8220; said Virginia Tech President Charles Steger told the crowd           ]]></description>
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Lieutenant Governor Bill Bolling today issued the following statement in remembrance of the shootings at Virginia Tech            ]]></description>
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Gubernatorial candidate Terry McAuliffe released the following statement           ]]></description>
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Brian Moran made the following statement on today&#8217;s second anniversary of the tragic shooting at Virginia Tech           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2009 14:15:44 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Thousands run in remembrance at Virginia Tech</title>
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More than 4,300 runners signed up           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2009 13:34:45 EST</pubDate>
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Students and employees spent the day setting up for the remembrance events planned on campus.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2009 18:00:51 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Two years later, Virginia Tech survivors take steps forward</title>
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It was three months after he nearly died in Virginia Tech&#8217;s Norris Hall when Kevin Sterne took his first unaided steps.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2009 06:15:37 EST</pubDate>
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A lone candle lighted at midnight will begin a daylong remembrance Thursday at Virginia Tech for the 32 people who died there two years ago.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2009 00:10:15 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Second floor west wing of Norris Hall reopens</title>
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At least one survivor, and several family members who lost loved ones, attended a short ceremony           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2009 19:40:50 EST</pubDate>
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There will be an &#8220;images of hope&#8221; exhibit, music, candle lighting, video of the April 17th convocation, and more           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2009 10:42:34 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Virginia Tech professor writes April 16 book</title>
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Former English Department Chair Lucinda Roy&#8217;s book, &#8220;No Right to Remain Silent&#8221; hit bookstores Tuesday.
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          <pubDate>Tue, 31 Mar 2009 23:39:56 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Virginia Tech to re&#45;open part of Norris Hall&#8217;s 2nd floor on April 10th</title>
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The building was the site of the mass-murders by Seung-Hui-Cho on April 16th, 2007           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 31 Mar 2009 11:03:40 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Virginia Tech to host 5k &#8220;Run in Remembrance&#8221; on April 16th</title>
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The 3.2 mile run/walk will start at 8 a.m. at Alumni Mall near the North Main Street entrance of campus and finish on the Drillfield near the April 16 Memorial. 
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          <pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2009 11:09:25 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>April 16th families, victims frustrated by settlement delays</title>
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Key elements of the state&#8217;s settlement over the Virginia Tech massacre continue to be dogged by delays that many families and victims say are frustrating           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 26 Feb 2009 13:17:17 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Virginia Tech releases preliminary schedule of events for April 16th anniversary</title>
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The events include a candle lighting, wreath laying, and 5k remembrance run           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 26 Feb 2009 08:58:22 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Virginia Tech will not hold classes April 16, 2009</title>
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The University Steering Committee for the April 16, 2009 Day of Remembrance has recommended that Virginia Tech not hold classes on Thursday, April 16, 2009           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Fri, 13 Feb 2009 12:00:53 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Gov. Kaine says don&#8217;t fire Virginia Tech officials</title>
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Gov. Timothy M. Kaine said today that Virginia Tech officials shouldn&#8217;t be fired for their actions surrounding the April 16, 2007, massacre.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 10 Feb 2009 00:08:46 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Few check out Virginia Tech&#8217;s April 16th archive on first day</title>
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Two computer terminals are set-up.&nbsp; One at Virginia Tech&#8217;s library, and at the Library of Virginia in Richmond for anyone to view.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Mon, 09 Feb 2009 17:27:13 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Virginia Tech opens shooting archive to public as families search for answers</title>
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The parents remember, as they waited for word about their children on April 16, 2007, how cold it was in Blacksburg that evening. And for some, how chilly the words were when they finally came.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Mon, 09 Feb 2009 12:00:29 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>The aftermath of April 16, 2007</title>
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Timeline of events after the tragedy at Virginia Tech           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sun, 08 Feb 2009 15:50:57 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Virginia Tech&#8217;s April 16th archive to open Monday</title>
          <link>http://www2.wsls.com/sls/news/local/new_river_valley/vt_tragedy/article/virginia_techs_april_16th_archive_to_open_monday/27064/</link>
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The public can inspect the archive on two computer terminals, one located on the second floor of the Newman Library on the Virginia Tech campus and the other on the second floor of the Library of Virginia in Richmond.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Fri, 06 Feb 2009 16:27:55 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Tech archives differ from official state report</title>
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VT records show buildings on campus were locked before the campuswide alert was issued.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 03 Feb 2009 17:49:58 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>April 16th tragedy examined: Part 3 &#45; Virginia Tech&#8217;s warning was too late</title>
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Just more than an hour after Virginia Tech senior Seung-Hui Cho&#8217;s first murders on April 16, 2007&#8212;and 25 minutes after one Tech office already had locked itself in&#8212;top university officials gathered in Burruss Hall to manage the crisis.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 03 Feb 2009 11:55:13 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>No Tech follow&#45;up on Cho incidents</title>
          <link>http://www.timesdispatch.com/rtd/news/state_regional/article/TECH02_20090201&#45;222813/195587/</link>
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The Tech-shootings records&#8212;many of which are contained in an archive to be opened to the public this month under the state&#8217;s legal settlement with families and victims&#8212;show the extent to which Cho and his problems were known on campus           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Mon, 02 Feb 2009 12:58:23 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>More sites locked before Tech alert April 16th</title>
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The records show Tech officials&#8212;more than admitted earlier&#8212;secured their offices before even the initial vague alert to students about the first two shootings           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Mon, 02 Feb 2009 12:12:11 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Virginia Tech marching band raising money for project</title>
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The Marching Virginians are raising money to build a house through Habitat for Humanity. They set a goal to raise $40,000 and are already halfway to their goal.            ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 13 Jan 2009 17:48:01 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Virginia Tech, Montgomery Co. receive grant for emergency radio system</title>
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Captain Matthew Johson with the Virginia Tech Rescue Squad says the system would have come in handy during the Virginia Tech shootings.
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          <pubDate>Wed, 07 Jan 2009 18:01:43 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>April 16th: Family of Jarrett Lane reacts to survey about Virginia Tech president</title>
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Tracey Lane did not respond to a survey asking whether she thought Virginia Tech President Charles Steger should step down.&nbsp; Instead she&#8217;s focused on changing policy.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Mon, 22 Dec 2008 16:47:04 EST</pubDate>
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At least half the families of the 32 students and faculty members murdered at Virginia Tech last year want President Charles W. Steger to step down, a survey by the Richmond Times-Dispatch found.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sun, 21 Dec 2008 22:49:22 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Collegiate Times posts some April 16th documents given to families online</title>
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The newspaper has posted a number of e-mails by English faculty members, both about and to Seung-Hui Cho           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Fri, 19 Dec 2008 12:36:15 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Virginia Tech makes April 16th archive available to victims and families</title>
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Because there are records unique to each victim and available only to them or the families of victims, the university is making it available only to settlement participants until February 1, 2009.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 17 Dec 2008 16:25:17 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Two Virginia Tech offices locked down before shooting advisory on April 16th</title>
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The university had not previously disclosed the lockdowns at the veterinary college and professional education center            ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Mon, 08 Dec 2008 11:09:53 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Kaine reassures Virginia Tech shooting victims and families</title>
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Gov. Timothy M. Kaine plans to respond to Virginia Tech shooting victims and families next week about a series of concerns they raised with him last weekend.
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          <pubDate>Thu, 27 Nov 2008 05:19:04 EST</pubDate>
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&#8220;That is a matter for the board to decide,&#8220; said Kaine, speaking on his monthly call in radio show on WTOP in Northern Virginia. &#8220;President Steger has done a very, very good job over a career of being an administrator, dean and then president of that university.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 25 Nov 2008 17:29:54 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Head of Virginia Tech panel says he&#8217;s willing to correct errors in report</title>
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The head of a state panel that investigated the Virginia Tech massacre says he would be willing to fix any serious errors in the massive report, an action that some agitated parents of the dead and wounded are demanding.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 25 Nov 2008 00:15:22 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Fire Virginia Tech&#8217;s president, some shooting victims&#8217; families say</title>
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Virginia Tech&#8217;s leaders need to be held accountable for their actions during last year&#8217;s massacre, victims and families told Gov. Timothy M. Kaine Sunday.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Mon, 24 Nov 2008 00:45:16 EST</pubDate>
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Gov. Tim Kaine is meeting with survivors and victims&#8217; families of the Virginia Tech massacre Saturday afternoon in Northern Va.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sat, 22 Nov 2008 13:45:45 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Virginia Tech settlement criticized</title>
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Some families worry the settlment reached isn&#8217;t enough to help the victims of the April 16 shootings.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Mon, 17 Nov 2008 01:30:00 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>April 16th tragedy investigation update</title>
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Police still have not found killer&#8217;s wallet, cell phone, hard drive           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 11 Nov 2008 01:44:00 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Kaine defends report on April 16th tragedy</title>
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The governor&#8217;s panel report on the Virginia Tech massacre may have inaccuracies, but the group did its key task, Kaine says, acknowledging that recent disclosures contradict some of the report&#8217;s findings.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Fri, 07 Nov 2008 06:31:01 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Teachers expressed concern over Cho</title>
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When he finally took off his mirrored sunglasses, Seung-Hui Cho&#8217;s empty gaze shook his teachers, who had just asked police to be on hand the next time he showed up for poetry class.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Mon, 03 Nov 2008 01:45:00 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Victims&#8217; kin still seek Tech answers</title>
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Families of victims of last year&#8217;s Virginia Tech massacre say last weekend&#8217;s meeting with school officials.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sun, 26 Oct 2008 14:36:24 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Virginia Tech victims&#8217; families learn more on school&#8217;s reaction</title>
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A top Virginia Tech official warned her son about the first shootings of last year&#8217;s massacre before the university issued any general alert. That was one of several new or changing bits of information about the April 16, 2007, shootings that families of the dead learned yesterday           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Mon, 20 Oct 2008 00:05:10 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>New timeline for April 16 raises questions for Virginia Tech</title>
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New information shows Virginia Tech officials couldn&#8217;t have confirmed that a suspected gunman had fled campus as early as they initially thought on April 16, 2007.&nbsp; The mistaken belief that the shooter was off campus was a key factor in delaying a warning to students and staff before 32 people were killed.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sun, 19 Oct 2008 13:43:21 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>UPDATED:&amp;nbsp; Victims, families meet with Tech officials for more than five hours</title>
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Injured victims of last year&#8217;s massacre at Virginia Tech meet with administrators Saturday, families of those killed are set to meet 2:00 p.m. Sunday.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sat, 18 Oct 2008 13:54:00 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Virginia Tech leaders to meet with April 16th victims&#8217; families Sunday</title>
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Virginia Tech&#8217;s top officials will meet families of those who died April 16, 2007, only once, on Sunday afternoon, despite concerns by families there would not be enough time for questions.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 15 Oct 2008 01:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Virginia Tech gets grant for April 16th counseling programs</title>
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Congressman Rick Boucher says Virginia Tech will receive $2.65 million to help ongoing efforts to address the effects of April 16, 2007.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 09 Oct 2008 10:37:00 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>State police meet with families of Tech shooting victims</title>
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Virginia State Police held the first of three meetings today with victims and families of victims of the mass shootings at Virginia Tech last year.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 07 Oct 2008 00:14:00 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>4/16 quilts come together</title>
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&#8220;Project Hokie Hope&#8221; has been working on special quilts to give to the families and more than 300 people have donated material and their time.&nbsp; 
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          <pubDate>Fri, 26 Sep 2008 16:38:00 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Families: Virginia Tech notes show poor decisions</title>
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The disclosure of 59 pages of handwritten notes taken by Virginia Tech officials during April 16th is stirring anger and anxiety among some of the victims&#8217; parents.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Fri, 26 Sep 2008 03:43:00 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Virginia Tech releases notes taken by school leaders on April 16th</title>
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Newly released notes taken by Virginia Tech officials during the April 16, 2007, campus killings show how school leaders scrambled, sometimes amid confusing circumstances, to handle the emerging reality of a massacre.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 25 Sep 2008 04:33:00 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Conference looks at campus threats</title>
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At VCU event, officials say lockdowns and alerts can be impractical at colleges           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 05 Aug 2008 05:41:00 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Tech to release more records from April 16th</title>
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Virginia Tech says it will eventually let the public see some records of, that school leader had said they would keep private.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:47:00 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Tech spokesman updates 4/16 archive status</title>
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Virginia Tech spokesman Larry Hincker said the university is still going through documents to be featured in a 4/16 archive required by June settlement.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Mon, 21 Jul 2008 17:57:09 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Reporters dig deep into April 16th documents</title>
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Four reporters looked at 20,000 documents in two days           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Mon, 21 Jul 2008 17:17:00 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>VT Professor told law firm second building was under lockdown</title>
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A Tech professor contacted a law firm representing some of the families and said a second building was under lockdown.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 18 Jun 2008 23:16:10 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Attorneys: VT officials discredited after investigation</title>
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Joe Samaha, father of April 16th victim says"failures were unconscionable and preventable&#8221; sighting university officials did not do their job in protecting the campus community.            ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 18 Jun 2008 18:37:45 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Judge approves VT settlement</title>
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42 families accepted an $11 million deal with the state           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 17 Jun 2008 20:08:00 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>VT victims&#8217; lawyers investigation reveals holes in Tech&#8217;s April 16th story</title>
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E-mails show some VT officials locked down their offices at least 20 minutes before Seung-Hui Cho killed 30 people in Norris Hall, and before a warning about the West AJ murders was sent out           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 17 Jun 2008 19:44:00 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Widower of VT professor killed on April 16th to head up new peace center</title>
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The peace center will be in a second-floor classroom wing of Norris Hall           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 27 May 2008 10:14:00 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Virginia Tech Police receive Governor&#8217;s award for April 16th teamwork</title>
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&#8220;Officers from the department entered Norris Hall that day while shots were still being fired. Officers chose to run toward the gunfire and an unknown risk without regard for their own safety. Many had no time to put on protective gear such as bulletproof vests,&#8220; the commendation for the department read.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 08 May 2008 19:11:00 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Play benefits Jarrett Lane memorial scholarships</title>
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A local school puts on the 3 Musketeers play to raise money for the Jarrett Lane memorial scholarships and two students killed in a car accident           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 06 May 2008 14:46:43 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Gun dealer whose company sold weapon to Cho to speak at Virginia Tech</title>
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Eric Thompson, the owner of TGSCOM Inc., says he believes he has, &#8220;A special responsibility to do all he can to try to prevent further loss of life.&#8220;           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 23 Apr 2008 18:08:00 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Mood at the memorial one year later</title>
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It&#8217;s a slow walk around the April 16th memorial on the Virginia Tech Drillfield &#8211; one with hugs and tears.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 17 Apr 2008 07:16:00 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>VT Victims Remembered at Candlelight Vigil</title>
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As the sun fades on this day of remembrance, tiny flickering lights take it&#8217;s place.&nbsp;            ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 17 Apr 2008 00:31:00 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>VIGIL VIDEO: Candlelight vigil honors Virginia Tech victims</title>
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Candlelight vigil honors Virginia Tech victims           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 16 Apr 2008 23:57:00 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>More than 100 hold protest at Tech</title>
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More than one hundred people protested gun laws by holding a lie-in for three minutes&#8212;the amount of time it takes a person to buy a gun without a background check.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 16 Apr 2008 22:04:00 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>VT Remembrance around campus</title>
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Virginia Tech students and the Hokie community take part in a number of events scheduled throughout campus in honor of those who lost their lives.            ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 16 Apr 2008 18:39:00 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>VT ENGAGE gets 400,000+ hours of community service</title>
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A public service campaign to honor the memories of those killed on April 16th exceeds its orginal goal           ]]></description>
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          <title>VT community gathers to remember lives lost one year ago</title>
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On a sun drenched drillfield before a sea of orange and maroon, the Virginia Tech family remembered what happened on year ago and the sorrow that followed.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 16 Apr 2008 16:20:00 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Sen. Hillary Clinton&#8217;s statement on the April 16th anniversary</title>
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Read the statement from New York Senator, and Democratic Presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton on the one-year anniversary of the Virginia Tech tragedy           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 16 Apr 2008 15:24:17 EST</pubDate>
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