Violence

ST. LOUIS (AP) — The FBI, DEA and St. Louis police on Monday announced a new effort to curb the growing trend of violence in the city. Mission SAVE is a joint effort between federal and local police and prosecutors. There were 71 homicides through July last year...

LOS ANGELES (LYNN ELBER, AP Television Writer) — A new study says that violent dramas on the broadcast networks carry milder cautions than cable shows that are equal in gore.

We're only a couple of months away from the debut of 'Kick-Ass 2,' which means it's about time for the stars of the film to begin promoting it -- Jim Carrey certainly has a original way of doing so: by denouncing the violence in the film.

It is impossible to put into words the sorrow I feel about the heinous act committed in Newtown, Conn.  If there's one place we want to feel our children are safe, it is in school.  Couple that with the fact that this was an elementary school and it is next to impossible to wrap my mind around it.  26 people lost their lives and nobody will ever be able to make sense of it.

School officials have issued to the parents of students a letter to regarding the recent reports of threats of violence at Smith-Cotton High School.  The letter states that the high school "received information regarding a possible act of school violence that was to be perpetrated on school grounds," and that the case has been turned over to the Pettis County Juvenile Office for further