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An unlikely firebrand

Saturday came and went, marking the day a year ago that 20 students and six adults were gunned down at Sandy Hook. For Jane Dougherty of Littleton, this week marks an anniversary of a different kind – a year since she got her politics.

Arapahoe shooter: An AP student who cracked jokes

“I knew him, I mean I knew him personally,” said an Arapahoe High School senior. “We had AP History together and he was always cracking jokes, annoying the teacher. He seemed like a nice enough guy.”

Another tragedy — and the tragic feeling that never goes away

A New York Times reporter tweets that it's hard to find a reporter working in Colorado who hasn't had to rush off to the scene of a shooting. It feels all too familiar. Worse, it's a feeling that never seems to go away.