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Rep. Giffords speaking 'more and more'

Last updated Wednesday, February 9, 2011 - 1:00pm

PHOENIX -- A spokesman for Rep. Gabrielle Giffords says the congresswoman is speaking "more and more," the first confirmation that she is able to talk a month after being shot in the forehead.

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Wounds remain fresh 1 month after Tucson shooting

The Associated Press

Last updated Tuesday, February 8, 2011 - 11:58am

PHOENIX -- A month after a lone gunman shot U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and 18 others, the southern Arizona city and those whose lives were changed by what happened outside that Tucson grocery store are still reeling from the shockwaves that the massacre sent throughout the country.

Tuesday marks one month since the tragedy, but the families of the six people killed in the Jan. 8 shooting remained awash in grief and the 13 survivors are struggling with their injuries and the emotional scars left behind.

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This undated file photo provided by NASA shows Capt. Mark E. Kelly. An official close to the space shuttle program confirmed Friday Feb. 4, 2011 that astronaut Mark Kelly will be aboard Endeavour for its final flight.

Husband: Giffords would be OK with flight decision

Juan A. Lozano, Marcia Dunn, The Associated Press

Last updated Friday, February 4, 2011 - 4:03pm

HOUSTON -- The astronaut husband of wounded Rep. Gabrielle Giffords said his wife would be "very comfortable" with his decision to go back into space and he expects her to be at his launch in April.

Space shuttle commander Mark Kelly wouldn't go into details about her condition during a news conference Friday, and deflected questions about how he knows she supports his choice to fly.

"I know her very well and she would be very comfortable with the decision that I made," Kelly said.

Kelly stepped down from training after Giffords was gunned down in Tucson, Ariz., on Jan. 8. His decision to resume training for space shuttle Endeavour's mission was announced earlier Friday.

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Giffords' astronaut husband going to fly

The Associated Press

Last updated Friday, February 4, 2011 - 10:47am

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- The astronaut husband of wounded Rep. Gabrielle Giffords has made his choice. He's headed to space in April.

An official close to the space shuttle program confirmed Friday morning that astronaut Mark Kelly will be aboard Endeavour for its final flight. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because the information has not yet been made public.

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Arizona shooting suspect reportedly sought web data on assassinations

Tribune Washington Bureau

Last updated Thursday, January 27, 2011 - 10:19pm

WASHINGTON -- Prosecutors are likely to seize on evidence that Jared Lee Loughner surfed the Internet for information on lethal injection and assassins in the hours before the Tucson shooting spree as evidence that he was not mentally incompetent, a federal law enforcement official said Thursday.

Loughner, who was indicted on five federal counts of attempted murder, including shooting Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, D-Ariz., was at his parents' home on the computer reading information about the federal death penalty and profiles of famous assassins, the source said.

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After Giffords shooting, no slowdown for gun rights

John Gramlich, Stateline.org

Last updated Thursday, January 27, 2011 - 11:12pm

WASHINGTON -- For Patrick Hope, a former congressional staffer who is now a state representative in Virginia, one of the biggest differences between working at the U.S. Capitol and working at the statehouse in Richmond became apparent shortly after he took office last year. Hope, a 38-year-old Democrat, was riding in an elevator in the state Capitol when he noticed that a political activist standing beside him had a handgun strapped to his leg.

Carrying firearms is banned in the halls of Congress, where Hope worked for several years as an aide to Nebraska Democratic Sen. Bob Kerrey and Texas Congressman Henry Gonzalez. But it is perfectly legal at the Virginia Capitol, where lawmakers and visitors can -- and often do -- openly carry their guns with them.

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Giffords moved from Houston hospital to rehabilitation center

Los Angeles Times

Last updated Wednesday, January 26, 2011 - 4:25pm

LOS ANGELES -- Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, shot in the head during a mass shooting outside a supermarket in Tucson, Ariz., continues her remarkable recovery and was moved Wednesday from a Houston hospital to a nearby rehabilitation facility.

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Utah man can lead recall of Arizona Sheriff

The Associated Press

Last updated Tuesday, January 25, 2011 - 2:36pm

TUCSON, Ariz. -- Pima County elections officials say a Salt Lake City man who wants to lead a recall of Sheriff Clarence Dupnik can legally do so.

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Rep. Giffords leaves Tucson for rehab in Houston

The Associated Press

Last updated Friday, January 21, 2011 - 4:45pm

HOUSTON -- Rep. Gabrielle Giffords smiled inside an ambulance as she heard applause during a dramatic send-off from her hometown Friday, and doctors say her transfer by jet and helicopter to a hospital in Houston went flawlessly.

Throngs of sign-carrying well-wishers lined the streets in Tucson to wave and cheer.

"She responded very well to that -- smiling and even tearing a little bit," said Dr. Randall Friese, a surgeon at the University Medical Center trauma center in Tucson. "It was very emotional and very special."

Friese and Giffords' doctors in Houston spoke Friday afternoon at a news conference at Texas Medical Center. Doctors say Giffords has a drain in her brain because of a fluid buildup, so she will stay for now in the ICU. She will be moved later to the center's TIRR Memorial Hermann rehabilitation hospital.

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Hospital: Giffords moves to rehab facility Friday

The Associated Press

Last updated Friday, January 21, 2011 - 8:23am

TUCSON, Ariz. — Fresh from a sunny outing that brought a smile, Gabrielle Giffords is moving to a Houston rehab center where her husband hopes the "fighter" continues on the path to a full recovery.

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Mark Kelly, husband of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, talks about his life with Gabby Tuesday, Jan. 18, 2011 at the University Medical Center in Tucson, Az.

Giffords husband 'extremely hopeful' for recovery

Marilynn Marchione, Susan Montoya Bryan, The Associated Press

Last updated Thursday, January 20, 2011 - 12:11pm

TUCSON, Ariz. -- Rep. Gabrielle Giffords can stand with assistance, the latest milestone in her recovery as her family prepares to move her to Houston for extensive mental and physical rehabilitation from a bullet wound to the brain.

Her swift transition from an intensive care unit to a rehab center is based on the latest research, which shows the sooner rehab starts, the better patients recover.

Giffords' family hopes to move the Arizona congresswoman on Friday to TIRR Memorial Hermann hospital in Houston, where her husband lives and works as an astronaut.

"I'm extremely hopeful that Gabrielle is going to make a full recovery," Mark Kelly said at a news conference at University Medical Center. "She is a fighter like nobody else that I know."

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Giffords able to stand up as she readies for rehab

The Associated Press

Last updated Thursday, January 20, 2011 - 9:55am

TUCSON, Ariz. -- Rep. Gabrielle Giffords stood up and looked out the window of her hospital room, the latest milestone in the Arizona congresswoman's recovery as her family prepares to move her to Houston for extensive mental and physical rehabilitation from a bullet wound to the brain.

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Giffords will move to Houston rehab center

The Associated Press

Last updated Wednesday, January 19, 2011 - 2:16pm

TUCSON, Ariz. -- The family of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords says they plan to move the wounded congresswoman to a rehabilitation hospital in Houston to begin the next phase of her recovery from a gunshot wound.

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Husband broke down after incorrect Giffords report

The Associated Press

Last updated Wednesday, January 19, 2011 - 10:33am

TUCSON, Ariz. -- For about 20 minutes, Rep. Gabrielle Giffords' husband broke down in a plane's bathroom after believing incorrect media reports that his wife had been fatally shot at a political event outside a supermarket.

Mark Kelly said he had rushed aboard a friend's plane to fly to Arizona after hearing of the shooting in Tucson, and that he saw the television report while enroute.

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Husband willing to meet Giffords suspect's parents

The Associated Press

Last updated Tuesday, January 18, 2011 - 11:23am

TUCSON, Ariz. -- The husband of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords says he would be willing to meet with the parents of the 22-year-old man accused in a massacre that critically injured the Arizona congresswoman, killed six people and wounded 12 others.

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