Newtown holds first funerals for victims

Tuesday, December 18, 2012

NEWTOWN, Conn. -- A grief-stricken Newtown on Monday began burying the littlest victims of the school massacre, starting with two 6-year-old boys -- one of them a big football fan, the other a mischievous, whip-smart youngster whose twin sister survived the rampage.

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