| Governor closes gun purchase loophole
Kaine has appointed an eight-member panel to dissect the Tech shootings and recommend steps to prevent similar calamities. - Reported by Michael Sluss WEDNESDAY, April 25, 3:34 p.m. Police officers climbing a stairwell to the second floor of Norris Hall heard a final gunshot as Seung-Hui Cho shot himself in the head, ending a nine-minute spree in which he fired more than 170 rounds in the classroom building at Virginia Tech last Monday, police said today during a press conference today. Officers shot their way through a door to get into Norris Hall, Virginia Tech Police Chief Wendell Flinchum said. Flinchum said that he and Blacksburg Police Chief Kimberley S. Crannis used bolt cutters to get through one of three doors Cho had chained shut before starting his rampage.
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Ruling Helps TJX Reduce Liability in Data Breach Case
Updated: A decision could reduce TJX's costs to settle lawsuits resulting from a massive consumer data breach.In a pair of crucial decisions, TJX has moved closer to completely clearing itself of the lawsuits from the worlds worst credit card data breach. Those two rulings came from the federal judge overseeing the casewho refused to approve making the case a class actionand from Visa, which said it would reduce its fining of The TJX Companies in exchange for certain payments from the retailer to banks. On the afternoon of Nov. 29, U.S. District Court Judge William Young denied the request to grant the bank class action certification, ruling that the many of the banks situations were too different from each other. Some of the banks had the expense of reissuing the cards while others didnt, for example.
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