Shooting on NIU Campus

DE KALB, IL - FEBRUARY 15: Students gather for a prayer service on the campus of Northern Illinois University to pray for those killed and wounded in yesterday's a shooting at Cole Hall February 15, 2008 in DeKalb, Illinois. Six people are reported dead including the gunman and 16 other people were left wounded after a young man pulled out a shotgun and began firing inside a lecture hall. This is the fourth shooting at a U.S. school within a week. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)
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DE KALB, IL - FEBRUARY 15: Students gather for a prayer service on the campus of Northern Illinois University to pray for those killed and wounded in yesterday's a shooting at Cole Hall February 15, 2008 in DeKalb, Illinois. Six people are reported dead including the gunman and 16 other people were left wounded after a young man pulled out a shotgun and began firing inside a lecture hall. This is the fourth shooting at a U.S. school within a week. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)
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DE KALB, IL - FEBRUARY 15: Students gather for a prayer service on the campus of Northern Illinois University to pray for those killed and wounded in yesterday's a shooting at Cole Hall February 15, 2008 in DeKalb, Illinois. Six people are reported dead including the gunman and 16 other people were left wounded after a young man pulled out a shotgun and began firing inside a lecture hall. This is the fourth shooting at a U.S. school within a week. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)
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DE KALB, IL - FEBRUARY 15: Students gather for a prayer service on the campus of Northern Illinois University to pray for those killed and wounded in yesterday's a shooting at Cole Hall February 15, 2008 in DeKalb, Illinois. Six people are reported dead including the gunman and 16 other people were left wounded after a young man pulled out a shotgun and began firing inside a lecture hall. This is the fourth shooting at a U.S. school within a week. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)
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DE KALB, IL - FEBRUARY 15: Students gather for a prayer service on the campus of Northern Illinois University to pray for those killed and wounded in yesterday's a shooting at Cole Hall February 15, 2008 in DeKalb, Illinois. Six people are reported dead including the gunman and 16 other people were left wounded after a young man pulled out a shotgun and began firing inside a lecture hall. This is the fourth shooting at a U.S. school within a week. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)
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DE KALB, IL - FEBRUARY 15: Students gather for a prayer service on the campus of Northern Illinois University to pray for those killed and wounded in yesterday's a shooting at Cole Hall February 15, 2008 in DeKalb, Illinois. Six people are reported dead including the gunman and 16 other people were left wounded after a young man pulled out a shotgun and began firing inside a lecture hall. This is the fourth shooting at a U.S. school within a week. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)
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DE KALB, IL - FEBRUARY 15: Students gather for a prayer service on the campus of Northern Illinois University to pray for those killed and wounded in yesterday's a shooting at Cole Hall February 15, 2008 in DeKalb, Illinois. Six people are reported dead including the gunman and 16 other people were left wounded after a young man pulled out a shotgun and began firing inside a lecture hall. This is the fourth shooting at a U.S. school within a week. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)
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DE KALB, IL - FEBRUARY 15: Students gather for a prayer service on the campus of Northern Illinois University to pray for those killed and wounded in yesterday's a shooting at Cole Hall February 15, 2008 in DeKalb, Illinois. Six people are reported dead including the gunman and 16 other people were left wounded after a young man pulled out a shotgun and began firing inside a lecture hall. This is the fourth shooting at a U.S. school within a week. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)
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DE KALB, IL - FEBRUARY 15: Students gather for a prayer service on the campus of Northern Illinois University to pray for those killed and wounded in yesterday's a shooting at Cole Hall February 15, 2008 in DeKalb, Illinois. Six people are reported dead including the gunman and 16 other people were left wounded after a young man pulled out a shotgun and began firing inside a lecture hall. This is the fourth shooting at a U.S. school within a week. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)
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Fraternity and sorority members of Northern Illinois University participate in a candlelight vigil early Friday Feb. 15, 2008 for Dan Parmenter one of the five victims of the NIU shooting Thursday in DeKalb, Ill.,. A former student dressed in black walked onto the stage of a lecture hall at Northern Illinois University and opened fire on a packed science class Thursday, killing five students, wounding 16 and setting off a panicked stampede before committing suicide. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)
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Pictures of the Week

Men play with snow in Amman Jan. 31. A heavy overnight snowstorm blanketed Jordan Wednesday, closing schools and stores and grounding public transportation.
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Parliament, Westminster Bridge and the River Thames are enveloped in fog Jan. 28 in London.
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A crowd gathers near the body of a man who was reportedly shot by police in the central Kenyan town of Nakuru Jan. 26. What started as post-election riots rapidly descended into settling of tribal vendettas, with marauding gangs armed with machetes, metal bars, and bows and arrows stalking parts of the west of the country, which until the crisis was seen as a beacon of democracy and stability in the troubled east African region. The death toll from weeks of violence has topped 800 and is rising. Vote for best photo
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Hostages held in a branch of the Banco Provincial in Altagracia de Orituco, in the Venezuelan state of Guarico, plead for help from the window of the bank Jan. 29. Four would-be bank robbers armed with rifles and grenades have been holding up to 50 people hostage for almost 24 hours. Authorities allowed the captors to leave the bank with five hostages being used as human shields. The other hostages were unharmed and the five being used as shields were later released unharmed. Vote for best photo
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A couple check out their reflections on the underside of the 110-ton stainless steel Anish Kapoor sculpture called 'Cloud Gate' and nicknamed 'The Bean' at Millennium Park, Jan. 31, in Chicago.
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Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton greets Sen. Edward Kennedy as her Democrat rival, Sen. Barack Obama, turns away in the moments leading up to President Bush's the State of the Union address before a joint session of Congress Jan. 28 on Capitol Hill in Washington. Vote for best photo
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South Korean Marines blast their way through snow during a winter exercise in Pyeongchang, east of Seoul, South Korea, Feb. 1. Vote for best photo
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A jet passes above a balloon during the 7th Kaiserwinkel Alpine Ballooning Week in Koessen in the western Austrian province of Tyrol Jan. 29. Balloons from Germany, Switzerland, Spain, Norway, England, Belgium, Luxemburg and Austria participate at the competition.
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Competitors make their way through an obstacle course during the Tough Guy Challenge at South Perton Farm Jan. 27 near Wolverhampton, England.
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A rainbow is visible looking West from Palm Springs, Calif., Jan. 28, next to an array of wind turbines. Southern California has been hit with heavy rainstorms totaling more than 4 inches in some areas over a 24-hour period which has some experts on edge about the possibility of mudslides. Scattered showers remained in the forecast.
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Tornadoes Rip Through South

** FILE ** In this March 2, 2007, file photo, some of about 7,200 mobile homes and travel trailers owned by the Federal Emergency Management Agency sit at the Hope Municipal Airport near Hope, Ark. Some of the trailers, purchased by FEMA in 2005 after hurricanes tore through the Gulf Coast, may finally be put to use to help victims of the tornadoes that struck five southern states last week, David Maxwell, head of the Arkansas Department of Emergency Management, said Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2008. (AP Photo/Danny Johnston, File)
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** FILE ** In this March 2, 2007, file photo, some of about 7,200 mobile homes and travel trailers owned by the Federal Emergency Management Agency sit at the Hope Municipal Airport near Hope, Ark. Some of the trailers, purchased by FEMA in 2005 after hurricanes tore through the Gulf Coast, may finally be put to use to help victims of the tornadoes that struck five southern states last week, David Maxwell, head of the Arkansas Department of Emergency Management, said Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2008. (AP Photo/Danny Johnston, File)
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Tri-County Electric workers John Bibby, right, and Wes Hancock restore power lines Sunday, Feb. 10, 2008, in front of Grace Missionary Baptist Chuch, which was destroyed in Tuesday night's tornado in Lafayette, Tenn. (AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato)
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Rickey Leath, left, and Daniel Driver use chainsaws to cuts the trees in Leath's property Sunday, Feb. 10, 2008 in Lafayette, Tenn. Leath's home was destroyed by Tuesday night's tornado, which also killed 13 people in rural Macon County. (AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato)
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Spookie Crowder, left, and Kim Hesson help clean up the home of their relatives that was destroyed by Tuesday night's tornado Sunday, Feb. 10, 2008 in Lafayette, Tenn. (AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato)
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Rev. Don Jones preaches during a prayer service at the First Baptist Church Sunday, Feb. 10, 2008 in Lafayette, Tenn. Thirteen people in rural Macon County were killed in Tuesday night's tornado. (AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato)
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Church members walk up to the altar to pray at the First Baptist Church on Sunday, Feb. 10, 2008 in Lafayette, Tenn. Residents took a break from cleaning up after a deadly tornado to give thanks for what they have left and to remember what they lost. (AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato)
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Janis Dooley listens as Rev. Don Jones reads the names of 13 victims who were killed in Tuesday night's tornado in Macon County at the First Baptist Church Sunday, Feb. 10, 2008 in Lafayette, Tenn. (AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato)
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Pam Deck wipes her tears after Rev. Don Jones reads the names of 13 victims who were killed in Tuesday night's tornado in Macon County at the First Baptist Church Sunday, Feb. 10, 2008 in Lafayette, Tenn. (AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato)
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Tammie Oldham pauses to survey the surroundings as she salvages items from her demolished home in Lafayette, Tenn., Sunday, Feb. 10, 2008, five days after a series of tornados passed through the community and large swaths of several southern states. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
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Violence in Kenya

An internally displaced woman sits with her breakfast while other women, right, wait for food distributed by an aid organization at the Nairobi show ground, Kenya, Wendesday, Feb. 13, 2008. Progress at the talks has given a sense of hope to many Kenyans, who have seen more than 1,000 people die and some 600,000 flee their homes in the violence that has followed a flawed Dec. 27 election. Much of the violence has pitted ethnic groups linked to particular politicians against each another. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)
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An internally displaced child drinks milk while other children, background, wait for food distributed by an aid organization at the Nairobi show ground, Kenya, Wendesday, Feb. 13, 2008 . (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)
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A worker at the Maridadi flower company in Naivasha, Kenya, arranges a bunch of roses for export on February 09, 2008. The violence that swept the east African nation when a bitter dispute erupted over the results of the December 27 presidential election had threatened to deal a blow to the sector's peak season. But the industry's governing body on February 13, 2008 announced a continued surge in earnings from flower sales for January 2008 and said the effects of the crisis had been contained. Horticulture, particularly flower production, is Kenya's third biggest foreign currency earner after tourism and tea, bringing about 100 million dollars (about 67 million euros) into the economy every year. Most of the flowers are exported to Europe. AFP PHOTO/Simon MAINA (Photo credit should read SIMON MAINA/AFP/Getty Images)
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A worker at the Maridadi flower company in Naivasha, Kenya, carries a bunch of roses for export on February 09, 2008. The violence that swept the east African nation when a bitter dispute erupted over the results of the December 27 presidential election had threatened to deal a blow to the sector's peak season. But the industry's governing body on February 13, 2008 announced a continued surge in earnings from flower sales for January 2008 and said the effects of the crisis had been contained. Horticulture, particularly flower production, is Kenya's third biggest foreign currency earner after tourism and tea, bringing about 100 million dollars (about 67 million euros) into the economy every year. Most of the flowers are exported to Europe. AFP PHOTO/Simon MAINA (Photo credit should read SIMON MAINA/AFP/Getty Images)
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A Kenyan woman carries a bunch of flowers at the Maridadi flower company in Naivasha, Kenya on February 09, 2008. The violence that swept the east African nation when a bitter dispute erupted over the results of the December 27 presidential election had threatened to deal a blow to the sector's peak season. But the industry's governing body on February 13, 2008 announced a continued surge in earnings from flower sales for January 2008 and said the effects of the crisis had been contained. Horticulture, particularly flower production, is Kenya's third biggest foreign currency earner after tourism and tea, bringing about 100 million dollars (about 67 million euros) into the economy every year. Most of the flowers are exported to Europe. AFP PHOTO/Simon MAINA (Photo credit should read SIMON MAINA/AFP/Getty Images)
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A Kenyan woman carries a bunch of flowers at the Maridadi flower company in Naivasha, Kenya on February 09, 2008. The violence that swept the east African nation when a bitter dispute erupted over the results of the December 27 presidential election had threatened to deal a blow to the sector's peak season. But the industry's governing body on February 13, 2008 announced a continued surge in earnings from flower sales for January 2008 and said the effects of the crisis had been contained. Horticulture, particularly flower production, is Kenya's third biggest foreign currency earner after tourism and tea, bringing about 100 million dollars (about 67 million euros) into the economy every year. Most of the flowers are exported to Europe. AFP PHOTO/Simon MAINA (Photo credit should read SIMON MAINA/AFP/Getty Images)
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A worker at the Maridadi flower company in Naivasha, Kenya carries a bunch of roses for export on February 09, 2008. The violence that swept the east African nation when a bitter dispute erupted over the results of the December 27 presidential election had threatened to deal a blow to the sector's peak season. But the industry's governing body on February 13, 2008 announced a continued surge in earnings from flower sales for January 2008 and said the effects of the crisis had been contained. Horticulture, particularly flower production, is Kenya's third biggest foreign currency earner after tourism and tea, bringing about 100 million dollars (about 67 million euros) into the economy every year. Most of the flowers are exported to Europe. AFP PHOTO/Simon MAINA (Photo credit should read SIMON MAINA/AFP/Getty Images)
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Internally displaced people seen through a gap in the perimeter wall, at the Nairobi show ground in Kenya take their breakfast distributed by an aid organization Wendesday, Feb. 13, 2008. Progress at the talks has given a sense of hope to many Kenyans, who have seen more than 1,000 people die and some 600,000 flee their homes in the violence that has followed a flawed Dec. 27 election. Much of the violence has pitted ethnic groups linked to particular politicians against each another. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)
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Displaced people download their belongings from a bus in a transit camp in Kisumu, Kenya, on Wednesday, Feb. 13, 2008. 600,000 people fled their homes because of violence sparked by a dispute over who won Kenya's Dec. 27 presidential election according to a United Nations report. (AP Photo/Riccardo Gangale)
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Displaced children look out from the back of a truck as they get ready to leave a transit camp in Kisumu, Kenya, on Wednesday, Feb. 13, 2008. Some 600,000 people fled their homes because of violence sparked by a dispute over who won Kenya's Dec. 27 presidential election according to a United Nations report. (AP Photo/Riccardo Gangale)
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