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The White House says Obama expressed "amazement at the courage and determination" that Giffords has shown in the aftermath of the shooting outside a Tucson grocery store last January.

BOSTON (CBS) -- The Boston sports world lost a true champion on Thursday when former Boston University hockey player Travis Roy died at the age of 45. Roy was paralyzed below the neck when he ...

Obama expressed "amazement at the courage and determination" that Giffords has shown in the aftermath of the shooting outside a Tucson grocery store last January. The gunman shot 19 people, six of ...