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Barack Obama, Daniel Hernandez
President Barack Obama joins the audience in applauding Daniel Hernandez, an intern for Rep. Gabrielle Giffords who helped her after she was shot, during a memorial service in Tucson, Ariz., Wednesday, Jan. 12, 2011, for the victims of a shooting rampage that that killed six people and left 14 injured.
AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite

The tragedy in Arizona gripped the nation this week, and the world also remembered another terrible event in the earthquake in Haiti that happened one year ago.

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Silva
St. Paul superintendent Valeria Silva addresses a breakfast meeting at Town and Country Club Tuesday morning, Jan. 11, 2011, where she unveiled her new strategic plan for the district.
MPR Photo/Tom Weber
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Barack Obama, Daniel Hernandez
President Barack Obama joins the audience in applauding Daniel Hernandez, an intern for Rep. Gabrielle Giffords who helped her after she was shot, during a memorial service in Tucson, Ariz., Wednesday, Jan. 12, 2011, for the victims of a shooting rampage that that killed six people and left 14 injured.
AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite
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Giffords memorial
This photo taken with a fisheye lens shows dozens gathering at a makeshift memorial located in front of the University Medical Center, Tuesday, Jan. 11, 2011, in Tucson, Ariz. The memorial has been set up for Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, who is still in critical condition at the hospital, and other victims who were shot on Saturday.
AP Photo/Charlie Riedel