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Newtown grieves as some students are buried, others return to school

Stuffed animals and flowers are seen at a

Photo credit: Getty Images | Stuffed animals and flowers are seen at a makeshift memorial near the entrance to the grounds of Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut. (Dec. 18, 2012)

A boy and a girl, both 6 years old, were memorialized with back-to-back funerals Tuesday -- the first of eight planned at St. Rose of Lima Catholic Church in Newtown this week.

Krista Rekos told mourners about the Christmas presents for her daughter Jessica that will never be unwrapped under the tree.

Her classmate James Mattioli was remembered as "a numbers guy" who couldn't wait until...

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