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U.S. / NEWS Fri Jan 4, 2008 @ 8:44am neoform

SF Gate -- A mental patient who was shot at his home on Wednesday by Santa Rosa police has died from his injuries, authorities said today. The 24-year-old man, whose name was not released, was shot after threatening three police officers with a large kitchen knif.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Mon Apr 23, 2007 @ 11:33pm neoform

CNN -- When a judge deemed Virginia Tech shooter Seung-Hui Cho a danger to himself due to mental illness in 2005, that ruling should have disqualified him from buying a handgun under federal law. It didn't. And his slaughter of 32 people last week has rais.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Wed Apr 18, 2007 @ 12:15pm neoform

CNN -- Cho Seung-Hui was referred to a mental health facility in 2005 after officers responded to accusations he was suicidal and having inappropriate contact with female students, police said Wednesday. Police first investigated Cho in November 2005 after a.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Thu Jan 3, 2008 @ 8:14am neoform

SF Gate -- Santa Rosa police shot and seriously wounded a mental patient today after he approached officers with a knife and ignored repeated commands to drop it, authorities said. Police officers first used a Taser gun on the 24-year-old man, but when that didn'.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Thu Feb 8, 2007 @ 10:28am mrmdc

Yahoo News -- Anyone who's read Tom Wolfe's "The Right Stuff" or seen the movie based on it knows about the mental and emotional stresses astronauts face as they train for space travel. But those trying to explain the apparent breakdown of Lisa Nowak say the pressu.. Read More