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Three horrific school shootings in less than a week.

But where's the outrage?

I'm Diane and I, sitting in for Warren Alney, and this is to the point from Public Radio International, a daily look at the issues Americans care about most.

Today on the show, from September 27th to October 2nd, from Bailey, Colorado to Nickelmines, Pennsylvania.

Three separate school incidents left several students and one principal dead.

Yet there's been very little discussion on the role of guns in the wake of these tragedies.

Has gun control basically been removed from the political agenda on both sides of the political fence?

On reporter's notebook later on, five Americans have won Nobel Prizes this week.

In physics, two American astronomers discover evidence of the origin of the universe.

First, here's the news.

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Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. I'm Diane and Iad sitting in today for Warren Allney. We're back

with To the Point from PRI. First, Bailey, Colorado, then Casanovia, Wisconsin, then an Amish

schoolhouse in a rural Pennsylvania. With one short, tragic week, three shootings in American schools.

Yet there's barely been a response from Beltway politicians, while the outrage over former

Congressman Mark Foley's obscene text messaging to junior pages has grown to a roar.

Why have the Democrats not seized upon the moment of this school violence to call for tighter gun control as the November elections loom ahead?

On reporter's notebook a bit later, two American astronomers win the Nobel Prize this week for their work toward understanding the birth of the universe.

But first, this news today, the United Nations Security Council today issues a unanimous statement urging

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