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Three years later, thousands mark Sandy Hook shooting on social media

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Thousands took to social media on Monday to remember the children and teachers who were killed in a mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, three years ago, many of them decrying the lack of new gun control laws. Top trending hashtags included #SandyHook, #ProtectOurKids and #StopGunViolence. Twitter user Mark Bland (‏@markbland) wrote: “Not a single gun control measure has been attempted or passed since #Newtown #SandyHook.

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Oregon shooting ‘threat’ may have circulated on social media

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The anonymous postings and numerous replies appeared on the site 4chan.org hours before a 20-year-old gunman opened fire at Umpqua Community College in Roseburg, Oregon, on Thursday, killing and wounding an as yet undetermined number of people. Emailed questions to federal law enforcement officials about the postings were not immediately answered

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With funky name but big demand, BlaBlaCar eyes global ride-share push

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By Eric Auchard LONDON (Reuters) – A fast-growing French firm is making a name across Europe for its inter-city ride-sharing service, drawing big funding from venture backers while showing a drive to go global that is all too rare among European start-ups. Called BlaBlaCar, a play on how much chatter drivers and passengers can put up with on long-haul journeys, the service has wooed nearly 12 million members across 13 countries in three years of expansion, or more than 2 million travelers a month. …