http://www.newser.com/2008 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 07 Oct 2008 6:41:39 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/38291/finnish-shooter-also-burned-his-victims-mainly-women.html?refid=rss_all_defaultEight of the 10 victims in yesterday's shooting at a Finnish catering and tourism college were women, but it may take investigators weeks to identify the bodies—which Matti Saari charred with gasoline bombs after shooting, the Times of London reports. A college official described Saari as a “silent young man,” and investigators told the AP that the trainee chef probably knew his victims.http://www.newser.com/story/38291/finnish-shooter-also-burned-his-victims-mainly-women.html?refid=rss_all_defaultWed, 24 Sep 2008 12:33:43 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/38226/finnish-shootings-trigger-call-for-gun-law-changes.html?refid=rss_all_defaultResponding to a grieving Finland, the country's prime minister called for stricter gun laws in the wake of yesterday's school shooting. Matti Vanhanen questioned the legality of private handgun ownership, calling guns more fit for shooting ranges. It may be a difficult case to make in a country with 1.6 million private firearms and where 15-year-olds can own guns, reports the BBC.http://www.newser.com/story/38226/finnish-shootings-trigger-call-for-gun-law-changes.html?refid=rss_all_defaultWed, 24 Sep 2008 11:38:07 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/38192/finnish-cops-questioned-shooter-yesterday.html?refid=rss_all_defaultFinnish police yesterday arrested—and subsequently released—the 20-year-old they say killed 11 people, including himself, during a school shooting spree this morning, reports the Daily Telegraph. Authorities acted after finding a YouTube video of Matti Juhani Saari firing a handgun at a shooting range, and this posted message: "Whole life is war and whole life is pain. And you will fight alone in your personal war."http://www.newser.com/story/38192/finnish-cops-questioned-shooter-yesterday.html?refid=rss_all_defaultTue, 23 Sep 2008 12:57:34 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/38167/9-dead-in-finland-school-shooting.html?refid=rss_all_defaultA shooting spree at a vocational college in Finland has left nine people dead and several others wounded, reports the BBC. The gunman, who is believed to be a 20-year-old student, entered the college wearing a ski mask and carrying an automatic weapon. Police say he finally turned the gun on himself, although his condition remains unclear.http://www.newser.com/story/38167/9-dead-in-finland-school-shooting.html?refid=rss_all_defaultTue, 23 Sep 2008 7:09:11 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/35479/teen-gunned-down-by-classmate-at-tenn-hs.html?refid=rss_all_defaultA student fatally shot a 16-year-old classmate during a dispute today at a Tennessee high school. Other teens watched in horror as the victim clutched his chest and fell to the floor. "This wasn't a shooting that was a random act," a Knoxville policeman said. "It was an individual directing his aggression toward another individual, not the school or the students inside the school."http://www.newser.com/story/35479/teen-gunned-down-by-classmate-at-tenn-hs.html?refid=rss_all_defaultThu, 21 Aug 2008 13:08:54 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/32903/troubled-gay-and-murdered-in-junior-high.html?refid=rss_all_defaultA flamboyant cross-dresser, 14-year-old Lawrence King was killed in his Los Angeles school by a boy he loved. The murder trial starts this week, but analysts are debating another question: Whether King's death could have been avoided. Newsweek goes behind the scenes, looking at King's troubled upbringing, the teachers who argued his case, and the student who ultimately killed him.http://www.newser.com/story/32903/troubled-gay-and-murdered-in-junior-high.html?refid=rss_all_defaultSun, 20 Jul 2008 10:16:45 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/32121/mental-illness-drove-niu-killer-to-suicide-tries.html?refid=rss_all_defaultThe shooter who left 5 dead and 15 injured at Northern Illinois University in February had tried to kill himself four times, an investigative effort by Esquire finds. “I want to die. Life sucks,” Steve Kazmierczak told a nurse after attempting to overdose on prescription medication while in high school in suburban Chicago.http://www.newser.com/story/32121/mental-illness-drove-niu-killer-to-suicide-tries.html?refid=rss_all_defaultThu, 10 Jul 2008 10:56:21 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/30307/judge-oks-11m-settlement-for-va-tech-families.html?refid=rss_all_defaultA Virginia judge yesterday approved an $11 million settlement with 42 families of those killed or injured in last year's Virginia Tech shootings, the Washington Post reports. The families sued after a panel concluded that lives might have been saved if the university contacted students immediately after the first shootings. Instead, 2.5 hours passed before an email warning was sent, just 10 minutes before the second rampage, which claimed 32 lives.http://www.newser.com/story/30307/judge-oks-11m-settlement-for-va-tech-families.html?refid=rss_all_defaultWed, 18 Jun 2008 6:22:11 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/25644/another-teen-nabbed-in-columbine-like-plot.html?refid=rss_all_defaultAn Indiana 16-year-old plotted a Columbine-style mass killing on September 11 and even sought the same pistol used in that attack, the AP reports. The high school student faces charges of conspiracy to commit murder when he appears in court today. Police found 100 knives in his home and say he discussed how to make explosives and obtain weapons online with an out-of-state friend.http://www.newser.com/story/25644/another-teen-nabbed-in-columbine-like-plot.html?refid=rss_all_defaultFri, 25 Apr 2008 6:39:10 CDT