MSNBC:


3rd Man Convicted in Terror Plot
http://www.msnbc.com/news/596015.asp
July 6, 2001 An Algerian national was convicted Friday of charges that he played a pivotal role in a failed plot to detonate a suitcase bomb at Los Angeles International Airport just before the new millennium.


Police training cuts school violence http://www.msnbc.com/news/539643.asp
March 5 , 2001 The school shooting that left two dead and 13 injured Monday in suburban San Diego came as the number of fatal school shootings at the nation’s schools is actually dropping and as police departments nationwide train to respond to shootings in a more confrontational way.


Bullying widespread in U.S. schools http://www.msnbc.com/news/563903.asp
April 4, 2001 Amid growing concern over school violence, a nationwide study has found that bullying affects nearly one of every three U.S. children and teen-agers. Experts call the behavior a public health problem that impacts both victims and perpetrators later in life.


Are white kids more violent? http://www.msnbc.com/news/556952.asp
2001 The discussion about school shootings and juvenile violence, sadly, has evolved into pathetic comparisons of whose kids are the baddest.


A primer on post-traumatic stress http://www.msnbc.com/news/261440.asp
April 21 1999 Ask the Expert: Psychologist Elizabeth Carll discusses how to cope with tragic events


Child violence: the warning signs http://www.msnbc.com/news/261462.asp
April 21 1999 Certain behaviors may signal increased risk


AR School Violence: Is Perception Reality? http://www.msnbc.com/local/kark/m56222.asp
June 12, 2001 The safety of the state's school children is the focus of a new report just released by the Arkansas Advocates for Children and Families. The report includes details on violence related to weapons and fighting.


Fatal shooting becomes safety lesson for students at nearby school http://www.msnbc.com/local/rtaz/azr38um83pc.asp
July 12, 2001 The body in front of Sunland Elementary School this morning became part of the lesson plan today. An apparent drug related shooting about 7 a.m. left one man dead, his body lay halfway outside the passenger door of a car on Seventh Avenue, yards away from children walking to the nearby school.


Curbing violence against women http://www.msnbc.com/news/240964.asp
Feb. 15, 1999 Dateline NBC's Margaret Larson reports on young girls taking self- defense courses.


Dread and hope for the Middle East http://stacks.msnbc.com/news/581732.asp
June 2, 2001 In a land where many of the bumps of daily living have been smoothed over, we are forced to get our dose of risk from reality television, freak weather patterns and roadside accidents. The relatively safe living of North America makes what is happening in Israel and the occupied lands — where I once lived and worked — look surreal.


The New Armageddon http://www.msnbc.com/news/ARMAG_front.asp
Information on various potential threats to national security.





CNN:


Good News On School Violence http://www.cnn.com/2000/fyi/news/10/26/school.violence/
Oct. 27, 2000 U.S. Attorney General Janet Reno says government must form partnerships with schools, businesses and communities to develop programs to identify at-risk children

Cops in schools: prevention or prosecution? http://www.cnn.com/2001/fyi/news/07/02/cops.in.schools/
July 2, 2001 The presence of police officers, patrolling public schools has become increasingly common in recent years, as communities react to high-profile shooting incidents.

Can bullying be stopped -- by law?

http://www.cnn.com/2001/fyi/news/07/09/bullying/
Many Schools are starting to implement anti-bullying initiatives, but Massachusetts is the first state to provide funding for such programs.

School Violence Down, But Still Too High

http://fyi.cnn.com/US/9908/04/school.violence/
With episodes of school violence and their aftermath of fear and vulnerability still fresh in America's mind, the findings of a new study showing a drop in violent behavior by teen-agers may seem hard to believe.



Miscellaneous:

For Kids! - School Violence & what it means to you http://kidshealth.org/kid/feeling/school/school_violence.html
Information about school violence geared towards kids, written in a friendly, easy to read way.


School Violence http://kidsnews.about.com/cs/schoolviolence/
Recent years have brought out a very scary trend in America's schools: Violence. Can we stop it?
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