'Lie-In' Remembers Virginia Tech Massacre; Event Also Honors Slain Unh Student; Mother Aims to Change Gun Laws

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University of New Haven students dressed in black and wore maroon and orange ribbons around their necks Wednesday during a lie-in to remember the victims of the Virginia Tech massacre on the first anniversary of the killings, and to protest gun laws.

A similar event was held in Blacksburg, Va., and on campuses nationwide, as students and others paid tribute to the 32 victims of the worst mass shooting in modern U.S. history. On the campus of Virginia Tech, the accomplishments of the 32 were read amid tears, and bells tolled for each of the victims.

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'Lie-In' Remembers Virginia Tech Massacre; Event Also Honors Slain Unh Student; Mother Aims to Change Gun Laws

"The world was cheated -- cheated out of the accomplishments that were sure to come from these extraordinary lives," Virginia Gov. Timothy M. Kaine told those on the ...

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