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Reform cites Giffords shooting in urging clip ban

The Reform movement cited the attack that seriously wounded Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and killed six others in urging Congress to ban high-capacity ammunition clips. \”The clips can hold 30, 50 or even 100 rounds, enabling shooters to cause serious casualties before needing to reload,\” read the letter that Rabbi David Saperstein, the director of the movement\’s Religious Action Center, sent to all members of Congress.

Rep. Giffords to attend husband’s shuttle launch

Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, who was shot in the head in January, will attend the space shuttle launch captained by her husband. Giffords (D-Ariz.) was given the go-ahead by her doctors to attend the launch, her husband Mark Kelly said in a CBS interview broadcast Monday.

Giffords may attend husband’s shuttle launch

There is \”a good possibility\” that Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, who was shot in the head in January, will attend the space shuttle launch in April captained by her husband. \”We think there\’s a good possibility that she will be there,\” one of Giffords\’ neurologists, Dong Kim, told The Washington Post over the weekend, echoing similar statements to other media outlets by other Giffords\’ physicians and aides.

At least 30 killed in Libya as Gadhafi forces fight to take back rebel-held town

The Libyan army staged a prolonged artillery barrage on the city of Zawiyah, west of Tripoli, on Thursday, with residents saying more than 30 people have been killed. \”There has been heavy shelling of Zawiyah by (Muammar) Gadhafi\’s forces and we are hearing of many casualties,\” Mustafa Gheriani, a spokesman for the rebel February 17th Coalition, said.

Moshe Tendler thinks you’re wrong, and he isn’t afraid to say so

After the January shootings in Arizona and the resultant calls for greater civility and moderation in the national discourse; after an acrimonious back-and-forth over the Jewish legal approach to death and organ donation; and after still more calls for a gentler, more civil public discourse, Rabbi Moshe Tendler stood up in a Jerusalem synagogue and accused his fellow Orthodox rabbis of perpetrating one of the worst desecrations of God\’s name in American Jewish history.

Giffords speaks for first time since shooting

Rep. Gabrielle Giffords spoke for the first time since she was shot. C.J. Karamargin, a spokesman for Giffords (D-Ariz.), told CNN on Wednesday that she had asked for toast.

Giffords upgraded to ‘good,’ begins rehab

Rep. Gabrielle Giffords has been moved from a hospital to a rehabilitation center. Giffords (D-Ariz.) , who was shot in the head on Jan. 8 while meeting constituents in Tucson, was moved Wednesday from a Houston hospital to the city\’s Institute for Rehabilitation and Research. Doctors said her condition was now \”good.\”

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