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Wednesday, June 12, 2013  Former police officer says Santa Monica gunman had been mentally evaluated

Wednesday, June 05, 2013  James Holmes, charged with killing 12 people and injuring 70 in a bloody shooting rampage at a Colorado movie theater, is headed to a state hospital for a mental evaluation.

Tuesday, April 30, 2013  A measure that would impose stricter evaluations for teachers advanced from a Missouri House committee that defeated the measure last week.

Tuesday, December 04, 2012  SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) -- A man suspected of setting fires to two Springfield houses is at a hospital to receive a mental health evaluation.

Wednesday, November 28, 2012  Review: Kabul Bank sent hundreds of millions of dollars out of Afghanistan

Tuesday, September 11, 2012  Chicago parents scramble to find safe place for students as teacher strike rolls into 2nd day

Wednesday, February 15, 2012  More than 100 parents showed up at the Blair Oaks School Board Tuesday night.

Wednesday, January 25, 2012  Council finds a growing number of states move to weaken teacher tenure

Thursday, September 22, 2011  The suspect in the Tucson shooting rampage wants to appear at a court hearing next week in Arizona despite objections from his lawyers that traveling from a Missouri prison facility to their mentally ill client's hometown would be disruptive.

Saturday, April 16, 2011  A judge has appointed a San Diego psychiatrist to conduct a mental competency exam for the suspect in the Tucson shooting rampage.

Tuesday, April 12, 2011  Psychiatrist in Missouri asks to see Jared Loughner's medical records, including his childhood records.

Monday, March 28, 2011  Judge says he was mistaken in allowing Jared Loughner to get an independent mental evaluation. Meantime, appeals court rules on the videotaping of the tests.

Wednesday, March 17, 2010  Judge orders reporter arrested in leaked psychiatric report on suspect in Ohio serial slayings

Wednesday, September 02, 2009  Prosecutors: White supremacist accused in Holocaust museum shooting has 'nothing to lose'

Monday, January 19, 2009  The trial of an eastern Missouri teenager charged with selling prescription drugs on a school bus was to have gone begun this week, but was delayed so he could undergo a mental evaluation.