School Shooting in Bend, Ore., Has Heroes and Pain, But Few Answers
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The city of Bend, Ore., is praising those who worked to stop the gunman at
Silver Rail Elementary School. The authorities are searching for answers.
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Italy's benchmark stock index leapt 3.7 percent and the nation's borrowing costs plunged after the country's Senate passed a crucial austerity budget demanded by the European Union. Other European stock markets and the euro also pushed higher as investors became more confident that Italy would avoid a fiscal disaster.
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