A bad news day

[big_bad_al]

To get it out of the way, 32 people were killed today by a gunman at Virginia Tech. No one seems to have any more details yet, and I really can't speculate on anything here.

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[janna]

Thats a good article on the shooting, thanks for linking to it. I'd been using msnbc, whose quality is inferior. One note though, its Virginia Tech, not State.

[big_bad_al]

*fixed* I seem to be getting sloppy on this stuff. Thanks!

[macdaddyfrosh]

They can safely return to Duke, I know that for sure. The folks around here (on the Duke side of the tracks, so to speak) have been sure they were innocent since between Day 1 and about the time they dropped the Rape charges. It's not actually a big deal here; they aren't coming back (done gone and graduated, or other things), but the DA's statement was still pretty remarkable. ("No credible evidence", etc)

[big_bad_al]

Two of the three were sophomores when this all started, but they were suspended when the charges were leveled. I imagine they'll now return to school somewhere. It's wonderful to hear that the student body was so in touch with these students and what really happened. Thanks for the insight!