(CNN) — At least two people have been shot and several injured shortly before 4 p.m. CT at Northern Illinois University outside Chicago, CNN affiliates are reporting. The gunman is reported dead.
The campus website is directing people to a blog-style update page.
If you’re the praying type, now might be a good time to say a prayer for that campus and the victims.
With the recent assassination of Benazir Bhutto, Twitter has gained some credibility as a useful medium, says ZDNet. Dennis Howlett commented on Dec. 27, the day of Bhutto’s assassination, that “If anyone needed convincing of Twitter’s business utility, today is that day.”
Microblogging a la Twitter could be a credible way to share breaking news and information quickly, globally and telegraphically.
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