Okay. So it's official. Former astronaut Mark Kelly—husband of gun control advocate and former Arizona Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords—is literally the Cory Booker of outer space. He was caught on video Saturday wresting a defenseless baby sea lion (I don't know if you've seen enough pictures of a baby sea lion, but…
Today marks the second anniversary of the Tucson, Arizona shooting that killed six people and left former Arizona congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords critically injured by a gunshot wound to the head. Is it the time to talk politics? Giffords certainly thinks so: today she and her husband, Mark Kelly, launched a…
It was an emotional day in court yesterday when former Arizona congresswoman/all-round BAMF Gabrielle Giffords came face-to-face with Jared Loughner, the attacker who shot her and 18 others in Tucson during January of 2011. She was one of several victims to appear in court and deliver a victim's impact statement, but…
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Gah. Just when you thought Gabrielle Giffords' loving husband Mark Kelly couldn't be any more perfect—he is an astronaut for Christ's sake—he goes and ups the ante. It's just been announced that he is writing a kids book about a mouse who goes up into space. Commence "aww-ing" sequence now.
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Rep. Gabrielle Giffords is still undergoing physical and speech therapy in Houston, but on Sunday she'll return to Arizona to participate in events marking the one year anniversary of the shooting that left her wounded and six people dead. Giffords' husband, Mark Kelly, plans to speak during a vigil at the University…
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Last night TV viewers had an unusual choice. By flipping between two networks' primetime news magazine shows, they got to see that absolute worst and best of America. While NBC's Rock Center featured former Penn State coach Jerry Sandusky suggesting that kids might have made up their abuse claims, ABC's 20/20 had…
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In his new memoir, Mark Kelly, the astronaut husband (a phrase that never gets old!) of Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, tells the very personal story of Gabby's recovery after being shot in the head in January. Among the many frank details the book reveals, there is one that stands out and makes the whole incident…
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In a rare public appearance yesterday, Representative Gabrielle Giffords attended at an event to mark her husband Mark Kelly's retirement from the Navy. She appeared to be even stronger than when she was last in Washington in August. At one point during the ceremony, she was able to pin a medal on Kelly's jacket,…
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Yesterday on the one-month anniversary of the shooting in Tucson, Mark Kelly posted this update on Rep. Gabrielle Giffords' Facebook page:
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Astronaut Mark Kelly, who took a leave from training after Gabrielle Giffords was shot, has decided to command the Endeavour's final space flight in April. Giffords is still undergoing rehab in Houston, but the mission will only last two weeks.
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More encouraging news on Gabrielle Giffords's recovery: Yesterday she was taken outside to see Tucson one last time before she's transferred to a Texas rehabilitation facility today. Doctors also say she's been scrolling through an iPad and trying to talk.
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Gabrielle Giffords is expected to be released to a rehab in Texas tomorrow, just 13 days after being shot. She still isn't speaking, but she stood up yesterday and her husband Mark Kelly says she'll be walking in two weeks.
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In a long interview, Gabrielle Giffords's husband Mark Kelly said his wife predicted she might be shot — and added that he hoped she didn't return to Congress.
