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 Encyclopedia: Columbine Mine Massacre
The Columbine Mine Massacre occurred in 1927 when striking coal miners in Colorado were attacked with machine guns.
It was a chill November morning in Serene, Colorado, home of the Columbine mine that was nestled peacefully on a rolling Colorado hillside.
The strike was five weeks old and strikers had been conducting morning rallies at Serene for two weeks, for the Columbine was one of the few major coal mines to remain in operation.
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 Jackson Meets With Ill. School Head (washingtonpost.com)
The man accused of supplying the Columbine High School gunmen with their semiautomatic pistol pleaded guilty and said he bought 100 rounds of ammunition for them the night before the bloodbath.
Columbine High officials, held the first media tour of the Littleton, Colo., school since the killings there, facing a delicate or, some say, impossible balancing act in remaking the physical plant to be a sanctuary of learning -- and not a shrine to trauma.
The sheriff's deputy assigned to Columbine High School was warned a year before last week's shootings that Eric Harris had "made and detonated pipe bombs" and had threatened to carry out mass killings, according to police documents and law enforcement officials.
washingtonpost.com /wp-srv/national/longterm/juvmurders/keystories.htm   (1324 words)

  
 The Columbine Massacre
Columbine's state wrestling champ was allowed to compete despite being on court-ordered probation, and school officials did nothing when he regularly parked his $100,000 Hummer all day in a fifteen-minute parking space.
For example, when a girl complained to her teacher that a football player was making lewd comments about her breasts in class, the teacher, also a football and wrestling coach, suggested she change her seat.
Harris and Klebold's marginalization and subsequent maltreatment were major factors in the massacre.
www.newfoundations.com /Clabaugh/CuttingEdge/Columbine.html   (1715 words)

  
 The REAL Columbine
Lindsay Elmore, a 17-year-old junior at Columbine, was one of the survivors of the killing zone in the school library.
On the 15th Columbine High School teacher Patti Nielson has announced her leave of absence from the school to deal with the emotional pain involved in being a witness to the tragedy of April 20th.
On October 20th a 17-year old Columbine High student, Eric Veik, was arrested and jailed (with bond set at an astronomical $500,000) on the night of October 19th on charges of "inciting destruction of life or property, and theft for allegedly stealing a school microphone".
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 Rebel Graphics :: columbinestory
It matters little whether the deed was recent, as in the killings at Columbine High School, or years ago, as in the killings at the Columbine Mine in Serene, Colorado.
The fence at the Columbine was illuminated with floodlights and electrified to 420 volts.
The Columbine miners became so supportive of the Rocky Mountain Fuel Company that they voted to loan part of their increase in wages back to the company when the other operators tried to drive it out of business.
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 Columbine High School massacre : Columbine massacre   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
The Columbine High School massacre occurred on April 20, 1999 at Columbine High School in Littleton, Colorado, United States, when two teenage students, Eric Harris[?] (born April 9, 1981) and Dylan Klebold[?] (born September 9, 1981), planned and executed a shooting rampage, killing 12 other students and a teacher, before committing suicide.
One of the most inspirational individual stories of the massacre is that of Cassie Bernall[?], a junior at Columbine.
The massacre was one of the subjects of the film Bowling for Columbine, a documentary about violence in the US.
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 Articles - Columbine High School massacre   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
At Columbine, the pair entered the cafeteria a few minutes before the "A" lunch shift began and placed two duffel bags with 20 lb (9 kg) propane bombs inside set to explode at 11:17 AM.
Columbine student Chris Morris, a friend of both shooters, was arrested on April 20 and charged with possible involvement.
The massacre was one of the subjects of the controversial 2002 Michael Moore documentary film Bowling for Columbine, about the culture of violence in the U.S. A controversy concerning the film is whether or not Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold attended their early morning bowling class on April 20.
www.topron.com /articles/Columbine_High_School_massacre   (7938 words)

  
 The Columbine High School massacre: American Pastoral ... American Berserk
Columbine High School appeared to be, at least in the view of its administrators and the county school board, such a lovely place for young people to grow up and learn.
Columbine, with its six guidance counselors, accountability committee, dozens of peer mediators and techniques for "conflict resolution," and an ethos of "collaborative partnership" with parents, viewed itself as a "twenty-first century high school." The surrounding neighborhoods were prosperous, with housing from the low to high six-figures, numerous shopping malls and high-tech workplaces.
It is almost grotesque to treat the Columbine HS massacre as merely the product of the breakdown of parental authority and supervision.
www.wsws.org /articles/1999/apr1999/colo-a27.shtml   (1634 words)

  
 Salon Feature | Inside the Columbine High investigation
But cooperative sources quickly clammed up when questioned about the most celebrated Columbine story of all, immortalized this month in Misty Bernall's bestseller, "She Said Yes: The Unlikely Martyrdom of Cassie Bernall." "This is just too sensitive," a key source said, insisting on anonymity even for that statement.
Five months after the massacre, investigators also refute other key allegations about the pair: that they were members of the Trench Coat Mafia, raised by negligent parents, practicing Goths or frustrated gays.
Many Columbine students are still unaware that the killers lay dead hours before they fled the building with their hands on their heads.
www.salon.com /news/feature/1999/09/23/columbine/print.html   (3371 words)

  
 Columbine Massacre
It was on this date, April 20, 1999, that two students at Columbine High School in Littleton, Colorado, brought guns and explosives instead of textbooks to school.
They had planned their massacre for over a month — even making a videotape to reveal their motives on March 15 — and timed it for Adolph Hitler's birthday.
Any innocent person's death by violence is tragic; but tragedy doesn't liberate you from telling the truth: Columbine survivor Emily Wyant told the FBI, and later a local newspaper, that she saw Cassie die — and Cassie never said yes.
www.ronaldbrucemeyer.com /rants/0420b-almanac.htm   (560 words)

  
 LESSONS LEARNED FROM THE COLUMBINE MASSACRE
In the four months since the massacre, police across the U.S. have begun to alter training procedures based on the lessons learned from the most deadly school shooting in U.S. history to better prepare for the worst-case scenario.
Most people not versed in SWAT teams and their tactics don't realize that there are different positions on a team that entail different functions, such as the element leader, the scout, the rear guard, assaulters, snipers and observers.
At Columbine, police and emergency response crews arrived on the scene at the school within minutes of 911 calls.
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 The Seattle Times: Nation & World: Columbine High massacre survivors look back   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
LITTLETON, Colo. — Sean Graves knows exactly how he will observe Tuesday's fifth anniversary of the Columbine High massacre: He will rise early, head to the school before the crowds and find the exact spot where he fell after he was shot four times and paralyzed from the waist down.
The attack at Columbine remains the deadliest school shooting in U.S. history.
Some survivors became identified with the massacre, said Krista Flannigan, a victims' consultant who worked with Columbine and Oklahoma City bombing survivors.
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 the year since columbine, linus moke, linusmoke.com, linusmoke, linus, Studio42 Productions, Studio42, studio 42, ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
BECAUSE NOW there is this brand-new Bed Bath and Beyond in a shopping center practically right across the street from Columbine, and a couple-few months ago they found the dead body of this little kid in a garbage dumpster right behind the store.
i dont know how many other folks have been changed by Columbine like i have, but it seems that most of the people i talk to who live in the area are tired of hearing about the whole thing.
1 i thought it was bad when i lived in Aurora CO and the whole Chuckie-Cheese Massacre thing happened just a mile or two down the road from where i lived.
www.linusmoke.com /journal/20000420.htm   (1208 words)

  
 Salon News | After Columbine   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
The massacre, only the latest in a litany of school tragedies, has reignited the long-simmering gun-control debate.
A "suicidal" senior was arrested after vowing to "finish the job" on the eve of the six-month anniversary of the massacre.
In the wake of the Littleton massacre, the NRA holds its convention in Denver, less than 20 miles away from Columbine High School.
www.salon.com /news/special/littleton   (1222 words)

  
 Columbine massacre - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The 1927 Columbine Mine massacre of coal miners at the Columbine Mine in Serene, Colorado.
The 1999 Columbine High School massacre of students at Columbine High School near Denver and Littleton, Colorado.
This is a disambiguation page: a list of articles associated with the same title.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Columbine_massacre   (104 words)

  
 Columbine massacre report released   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
GOLDEN — The Jefferson County Sheriff's Department on Monday released a minute-by-minute account of the Columbine High School bloodbath, concluding the 12 students killed by the teenage gunmen were dead within 16 minutes.
Listen to the Columbine Memorial song sung by Columbine students Jonathan and Stephen Cohen.
Contributions may be mailed to the Columbine Memorial Fund, c/o The Jefferson Foundation, 809 Quail St., Building 1, Lakewood, CO 80215.
www.thedailycamera.com /shooting/16lcolm.html   (1044 words)

  
 The Memory Hole > The FBI's File on the Columbine Massacre   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
The Memory Hole > The FBI's File on the Columbine Massacre
As a result, we were told that the Bureau's file on the matter contains approximately 3,500 pages.
If you'd like us to be able to buy the remaining portion of the FBI's Columbine file, please consider a donation.
www.thememoryhole.org /columbine/columbine-fbi.htm   (183 words)

  
 USATODAY.com - Five years after Columbine ripples of heartbreak, hope for survivors   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
LITTLETON, Colo. (AP) — Sean Graves knows exactly how he will observe Tuesday's fifth anniversary of the Columbine High massacre: He will rise early, head to the school before the crowds and find the exact spot where he fell after he was shot four times and paralyzed from the waist down.
Harris and Klebold killed a teacher and 12 of their classmates — two outside of the suburban Denver school and 10 more huddled under tables and chairs in the library — then killed themselves on April 20, 1999.
But others have struggled — one lost her mother to suicide, while others have had their families break up or plunge into financial crisis.
www.usatoday.com /news/nation/2004-04-18-columbine-anniversary_x.htm   (965 words)

  
 Officials Admit Failure to Spot Plot in Littleton
In response to the complaint, the deputy engaged in "light conversation" with the teen-ager, Eric Harris, and his friends, but did not pick up signs that Harris was engaged in a yearlong plot that ended in a massacre at the school.
Despite the Browns' plea for anonymity, the death threats were reported in the crime column of the March 25, 1998, edition of The Columbine Courier, a weekly newspaper that serves the school neighborhood.
While the complaint languished as an "open lead" for a "suspicious incident," the sheriff's office did talk to a dean at Columbine and to Neil Gardner, the deputy assigned to the school.
www.rickross.com /reference/shootings/shootings12.html   (1298 words)

  
 Columbine Massacre -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
There have been two (The savage and excessive killing of many people) massacres termed the Columbine Massacre:
The 1927 (additional info and facts about Columbine Mine Massacre) Columbine Mine Massacre of coal miners at the Columbine Mine in (additional info and facts about Serene, Colorado) Serene, Colorado.
The 1999 (additional info and facts about Columbine High School Massacre) Columbine High School Massacre of students at (additional info and facts about Columbine High School) Columbine High School near (additional info and facts about Littleton, Colorado) Littleton, Colorado.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/c/co/columbine_massacre.htm   (94 words)

  
 The Columbine Massacre
Even before the Columbine shooting, principals were banning backpacks, lockers, mobile phones, and baggy pants.
Now, they are ignoring the proven constitutional rights of students by banning all forms of free expression.
(4/30/99) Shortly after the Littleton massacre, Jon Katz of Slashdot.org stated that, "for so many individualistic, intelligent, and vulnerable kids, high school is a Hellmouth of exclusion, cruelty, loneliness, inverted values and rage." His words led to 2,000 emails from people of all ages who described their hellish experiences in government schools.
www.libertarianrock.com /topics/school/littlton_massacre_index.html   (418 words)

  
 Teens arrested for planning to re-create Columbine school massacre - Courttv.com - Top News
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Two teenagers were arrested for allegedly planning to re-create the Columbine massacre at their suburban high school.
To hide their weapons, the pair planned to wear trench coats, like the Columbine High killers did, Hayes said.
Columbine, in Littleton, Colo., was the scene of the nation's worst school shooting on April 20, 1999, when Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold shot and killed 12 students and a teacher before committing suicide.
www.courttv.com /news/2004/1007/columbinecopy_ap.html   (301 words)

  
 CNN - Arrest expected in Columbine massacre gun sale - April 29, 1999
Authorities say the other three guns -- two shotguns and a rifle -- used in the massacre were bought by Klebold's girlfriend, shortly after she turned 18 last fall.
They describe her as a witness rather than a suspect in the rampage, because it is not illegal to provide a shotgun or a rifle to a minor.
Thursday was to have been the day that Columbine High School students resumed classes, but because of this week's funerals, their return to school was rescheduled for Monday.
www.cnn.com /US/9904/29/school.shooting.03/index.html   (777 words)

  
 Columbine Shootings | Columbine High School Shootings | Columbine Massacre | Columbine Tragedy | Questia.com Online ...
The Men of Columbine: Violence and Masculinity in American Culture and Film, in Journal for the Psychoanalysis of Culture & Society
Columbine Revisited by JUDITH HARKHAM SEMAS In the...Santee, Calif., and the tragic killings at Colorados Columbine High School in 1999--it would be easy to imagine...
From Columbine to Professional Wrestling: A Psychoanalysis of Postmodern Media Violence, in Journal for the Psychoanalysis of Culture & Society
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 Games companies sued for $5 billion over Columbine massacre | OUT-LAW.COM   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
The families of victims of the Columbine High School shootings in 1999 are suing Nintendo of America, Sony Computer Entertainment and others for punitive damages of $5 billion, claiming that Doom and other games influenced the two gunmen.
The families of victims of the Columbine High School shootings in 1999 are suing AOL Time Warner, Nintendo of America, Sony Computer Entertainment, Atari, Sega of America and 19 others for punitive damages of $5 billion, claiming that Doom and other games influenced the two gunmen.
The lawsuit, filed in a Colorado district court, claims that the massacre would not have occurred without the marketing of video games, particularly Doom, which they say influenced the two gunmen, Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold, who killed 12 students and one teacher before taking their own lives.
www.out-law.com /page-1587   (291 words)

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