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Police officers carry a body in village of Velika Ivanca, Serbia, Tuesday, April 9, 2013. A 60-year-old man gunned down 13 people, including a baby, in a house-to-house rampage in the quiet village on Tuesday before trying to kill himself and his wife, police and hospital officials said. Belgrade emergency hospital spokeswoman Nada Macura said the man, identified as Ljubisa Bogdanovic, used a handgun in the shooting spree at five houses. The dead included six women. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)

13 killed in Serbian shooting rampage

Dusan Stojanovic, Jovana Gec The Associated Press

Last updated Tuesday, April 9, 2013 - 9:38am

VELIKA IVANCA, Serbia -- A 60-year-old veteran gunned down 13 people in Serbia, including a baby, in a pre-dawn house-to-house rampage Tuesday before trying to kill himself and his wife, police and hospital officials said.

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Brad Bushman, a Weber State University graduate who is a well-known expert in aggression and media violence and is a professor and researcher at Ohio State University, speaks to students about violence in video games Thursday at DaVinci Academy of Science and the Arts in Ogden. (NICK SHORT/Standard-Examiner)

Youth violence expert warns: Video games can create expert marksmen

JaNae Francis Standard-Examiner

Last updated Monday, March 18, 2013 - 7:02pm

OGDEN — Violent video games may not be proven to cause violent behavior, but they can be proven to be linked to aggression. And repetitive playing of violent games can also be proven to increase aggressive behavior by large amounts each time the game is played.

These statements were the predominant message given Thursday by Brad Bushman, a well-known expert in aggression and media violence who is a professor and researcher at Ohio State University.

Bushman, a Weber State University graduate, recently served as chairman of a National Science Foundation panel on youth violence. The foundation’s report is being sent to Congress and the president.

“How do you get to Carnegie Hall? Practice, practice, practice,” said Bushman, who spoke to a group of seventh- through 12th-graders at DaVinci Academy of Science and the Arts charter school. “How do you learn that problems are solved through violent behavior? Practice, practice, practice.”

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Gun control debate rages ... in Switzerland

Edward Cody The Washington Post

Last updated Friday, February 8, 2013 - 10:47am

DAILLON, Switzerland — On Jan. 3, the day Sandy Hook Elementary students returned to school in Newtown, Conn., Florian Berthouzoz leaned out his window and opened fire on this tranquil Swiss village with an old military carbine and a 12-gauge shotgun.

By the time he finished shooting, three women were killed, apparently at random, two men were wounded and Berthouzoz was brought down by a police officer’s bullet in the chest.

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Caseworker Cheryl Boone helps a client with paperwork during a therapy session at the Johnson County Mental Health Center Wednesday, Jan. 23, 2013, in Shawnee, Kan. Lawmakers across the nation are rethinking cuts in mental health care spending in the wake of recent shootings. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

Utah, other states reconsider cuts in mental health in light of shootings

Thomas Beaumont The Associated Press

Last updated Wednesday, January 23, 2013 - 4:25pm

DES MOINES, Iowa -- Dozens of states have slashed spending on mental health care over the last four years, driven by the recession's toll on revenue and, in some cases, a new zeal to shrink government.

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