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Today's Most Popular News Headlines - Yahoo! News: Colorado suspect was brilliant science student Movie theater gunman had been stockpiling arsenal Aurora shooting: Alex Sullivan confirmed dead on his 27th birthday Names of victims emerge in Colo. theater rampage Gun Deaths: A Familiar American Experience Obama, Romney views have evolved toward gun rights At least 21 treated for burns after Robbins event Colo. authorities identify final rampage victims Families of Colorado shooting victims faced agonizing wait Victims, families struggle with emotions toward Denver movie theater gunman Calls for gun control stir little support Couple in Colo. Theater Shooting Escape With Baby and Toddler in Tow Authorities defuse trip wire at Colorado movie shooting suspect's apartment Colorado shooting suspect's neighbors: one was going to movie but bailed Air Force instructor convicted of raping recruit Police: Colo. shooting suspect bought guns legally Colo. shootings prompt campaigns to scuttle plans Possible source of half of all web spam meets its end Bomb squads disarm traps at Colo. suspect's apt Air Force instructor sentenced to 20 years Generosity greatly changes fortunes of bullied bus monitor Expressing support for the Colorado theater shooting victims through art Colorado Batman Movie Shooting Suspect James Holmes Was PhD Student Exclusive: Kim plans economic change in North Korea Police to detonate explosives at Colorado suspect's home Obama phones Aurora police chief, vows 'full support' of FBI Anti-Obama group raising money off events related to Colorado shooting George W. Bush skipping Republican convention Movie Jitters: One Day Later, Colorado Shooting Survivor Takes Back the Night How newspapers covered Colorado theater massacre on their front pages Feds dismiss largest US human trafficking case Names of victims emerge in Colorado theatre rampage as police begin notifying families Troops march in San Diego gay parade - in uniform US pledge to rebuild Haiti not being met Donations will send Ohio cancer patient to Disney Denver shooting suspect in solitary confinement, denies interview request Mexico urges U.S. to review gun laws after Colorado shooting Rupert Murdoch quits boards of British papers The milk wars: Should milk be taken off the school-lunch menu? Talk to Your Kids About the Colorado Killings Colorado suspect was brilliant science student Sat,21 Jul 2012 10:03 AM PDT Associated Press - James Eagen Holmes came from a well-tended San Diego enclave of two-story homes with red-tiled roofs, where neighbors recall him as a clean-cut, studious young man of sparing words. Full Story Top Movie theater gunman had been stockpiling arsenal Fri,20 Jul 2012 07:42 PM PDT Click image to see more photos. (Barry Gutierrez/AP) [Updated at 8 a.m. EST, July 21] AURORA, Colo. — The gunman who blasted his way through a packed movie house early on Friday, killing 12 people and injuring 58 others, had apparently been planning his attack for weeks. "In the last 60 days he purchased four [...] Full Story Top Aurora shooting: Alex Sullivan confirmed dead on his 27th birthday Fri,20 Jul 2012 10:43 PM PDT ABC News - On a day that should have been marked for celebration, Alex Sullivan's friends and family hadn't been able to reach him. The married bartender celebrated his 27th birthday by attending the midnight screening of "The Dark Knight Rises" in Aurora, Colo., with his co-workers. "Oh... Full Story Top Names of victims emerge in Colo. theater rampage Sat,21 Jul 2012 03:24 PM PDT Associated Press - A sports blogger who recently wrote about surviving a shooting in Canada. A man preparing to celebrate his first wedding anniversary. A young woman whose death announcement brought heartbreak, yet closure, to her family. Full Story Top Gun Deaths: A Familiar American Experience Sat,21 Jul 2012 07:30 AM PDT ABC News - One of the most depressing aspects of the shooting rampage at a movie theater in Aurora, Colo., is just how familiar it all is to the American experience. We've seen it so many times, the body counts, the candlelight vigils, the search for motive, the gun control debate.... Full Story Top Obama, Romney views have evolved toward gun rights Sat,21 Jul 2012 12:56 AM PDT Associated Press - President Barack Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney both have softened their positions on gun restrictions over the years. As they expressed shock and sorrow over the bloodshed at a Colorado movie theater, neither suggested that tougher gun control could make a difference, a notion that has faded from political debate. Full Story Top At least 21 treated for burns after Robbins event Sat,21 Jul 2012 04:26 AM PDT Associated Press - Fire officials in California say at least 21 people were treated for burns after attendees of an event for motivational speaker Tony Robbins tried to walk on hot coals. Full Story Top Colo. authorities identify final rampage victims Sat,21 Jul 2012 06:18 PM PDT Associated Press - Ashley Moser drifted in and out of consciousness in the ICU, bullets lodged in her throat and a gunshot wound to her abdomen. In her waking moments, she called for her 6-year-old daughter Veronica. Full Story Top Families of Colorado shooting victims faced agonizing wait Sat,21 Jul 2012 02:07 PM PDT Reuters - (Reuters) - The phone rang about 1 a.m. Greg Medek was jolted awake. One of his daughter's friends was on the phone. The news was impossible to comprehend. Medek's 23-year-old daughter, Micayla, had been shot at a midnight showing of the new Batman movie in her hometown of Aurora. She'd been there with a group of friends. When the chaos erupted, they made it out. She had not. For the next 20 hours, Micayla's family would search for her. Her sister, Amanda, drove from hospital to hospital with Micayla's photo, desperate to find someone who might have seen her. ... Full Story Top Victims, families struggle with emotions toward Denver movie theater gunman Sat,21 Jul 2012 07:51 AM PDT [Updated at 11:40 a.m. EST] AURORA, Colo. - Denver shooting victim Marcus Weaver wants to show mercy to the man who put two shotgun pellets in his right shoulder, but admits it's a struggle. "I'm a man of faith, but it gets tried in times like this," Weaver told Yahoo News. "I'm not saying I'm [...] Full Story Top Calls for gun control stir little support Sat,21 Jul 2012 01:05 PM PDT Associated Press - Gun control advocates sputter at their own impotence. The National Rifle Association is politically ascendant. And Barack Obama's White House pledges to safeguard the Second Amendment in its first official response to the deaths of at least 12 people in a mass shooting at a new Batman movie screening in suburban Denver. Full Story Top Couple in Colo. Theater Shooting Escape With Baby and Toddler in Tow Fri,20 Jul 2012 02:32 PM PDT ABC News - Jamie Rohrs and Patricia Legarreta Planned to Sit by Shooter's Entrance Full Story Top Authorities defuse trip wire at Colorado movie shooting suspect's apartment Sat,21 Jul 2012 11:23 AM PDT AURORA, Colo.--Authorities have defused the first trip wire and detonated two devices in movie shooting suspect James Holmes' "booby trapped" apartment, officials announced Saturday. A robot first cut the trip wire that was stretched across the front door, and then technicians neutralized booby traps that were behind the wire, Jim Yacone, FBI special agent, said [...] Full Story Top Colorado shooting suspect's neighbors: one was going to movie but bailed Fri,20 Jul 2012 01:51 PM PDT Click image to see more photos (Barry Gutierrez/AP) AURORA, Colo.--Leilannah White woke Friday morning thankful her last-minute plans fell through. Hours earlier, the 22-year-old Aurora resident and her husband planned to catch the midnight premiere of newest Batman movie at the Century 16 theater at the Aurora Town Center. But they couldn't find someone to [...] Full Story Top Air Force instructor convicted of raping recruit Fri,20 Jul 2012 07:29 PM PDT Associated Press - An Air Force instructor implicated in a sweeping sex scandal at one of the nation's busiest military training bases was convicted in military court Friday of raping one female recruit and sexually assaulting several others. Full Story Top Police: Colo. shooting suspect bought guns legally Sat,21 Jul 2012 04:53 AM PDT Associated Press - James Holmes is accused of carrying out one of the worst mass shootings in recent U.S. history, but police say there was nothing illegal about the guns and ammunition he allegedly used during a Colorado movie theater attack. Full Story Top Colo. shootings prompt campaigns to scuttle plans Sat,21 Jul 2012 03:09 AM PDT Associated Press - The deadly shootings at a movie theater in Colorado have briefly silenced the presidential campaign, prompting both President Barack Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney to cut short their schedules and pull advertising in the state out of respect for the victims and their families. Full Story Top Possible source of half of all web spam meets its end Fri,20 Jul 2012 03:13 PM PDT Spam affects all of our daily web activities, whether we choose to ignore it or not. Junk mail, fake chat messages, and malicious websites are just a few of the potholes that dot the information superhighway. Insidious internet software is … Continue reading → Full Story Top Bomb squads disarm traps at Colo. suspect's apt Sat,21 Jul 2012 02:13 PM PDT Associated Press - The Colorado shooting suspect planned the rampage that killed 12 and injured dozens of others at a suburban movie theater with "calculation and deliberation," police said Saturday, receiving months of deliveries in advance that authorities believe armed him for battle and were used to rig his apartment with explosives aimed at killing first responders. Full Story Top Air Force instructor sentenced to 20 years Sat,21 Jul 2012 10:49 AM PDT Associated Press - An Air Force instructor was sentenced to 20 years in prison Saturday, after being convicted of rape and sexual assault in a sweeping sex scandal that rocked one of the nation's busiest military training centers. Full Story Top Generosity greatly changes fortunes of bullied bus monitor Fri,20 Jul 2012 07:35 AM PDT Life hasn't always been kind to Karen Klein. She was a widow at 51. She lost her son, Rusty, to suicide 10 years ago. She had to take out a loan against her paid-off home to make ends meet. Health problems have limited her hearing and, sometimes, her ability to walk. Then, last month, a [...] Full Story Top Expressing support for the Colorado theater shooting victims through art Fri,20 Jul 2012 05:47 PM PDT In the wake of the Colorado theater shooting, people across the country are creating art to show their support for the victims. James Holmes, 24, opened fire in a movie theater at the midnight showing of "The Dark Knight Rises" in Aurora, Colo. Armed with multiple guns, he stormed in, set off smoke bombs and [...] Full Story Top Colorado Batman Movie Shooting Suspect James Holmes Was PhD Student Fri,20 Jul 2012 01:59 AM PDT Good Morning America - Gunman James Holmes, 24, Pursuing PhD in Colorado, Kills 12 at Batman Movie Full Story Top Exclusive: Kim plans economic change in North Korea Fri,20 Jul 2012 02:12 PM PDT Reuters - BEIJING (Reuters) - Impoverished North Korea is gearing up to experiment with agricultural and economic reforms after young leader Kim Jong-un and his powerful uncle purged the country's top general for opposing change, a source with ties to both Pyongyang and Beijing said. The source added that the cabinet had created a special bureau to take control of the decaying economy from the military, one of the world's largest, which under Kim's father was given pride of place in running the country. ... Full Story Top Police to detonate explosives at Colorado suspect's home Sat,21 Jul 2012 12:42 AM PDT Reuters - AURORA, Colo. (Reuters) - Police probing a Colorado shooting rampage prepared on Saturday to send in a robot to detonate what they called a sophisticated booby-trap in the apartment of a man accused of killing 12 people at a screening of the new "Batman" film. James Eagan Holmes, 24, is accused of storming into a theater in a suburban Denver multiplex just after midnight on Friday clad head-to-toe in black body armor and a gas mask and tossing smoke bombs into the audience before shooting seemingly at random. ... Full Story Top Obama phones Aurora police chief, vows 'full support' of FBI Fri,20 Jul 2012 02:28 PM PDT President Barack Obama telephoned Aurora, Colorado Police Chief Dan Oates in the aftermath of the tragic mass shooting there and pledged the "full support" of the FBI and other federal agencies in dealing with the suspected gunman's booby-trapped apartment. Obama told Oates that he and First Lady Michelle Obama sent their "thoughts and prayers" to [...] Full Story Top Anti-Obama group raising money off events related to Colorado shooting Fri,20 Jul 2012 03:07 PM PDT Less than 24 hours after a shooting at a Colorado movie theater claimed the lives of 12 people and injured dozens more, a conservative political action committee sent supporters an email using coverage of the event to push for donations. The Campaign to Defeat Barack Obama released a fundraising letter late Friday afternoon requesting donations [...] Full Story Top George W. Bush skipping Republican convention Fri,20 Jul 2012 02:17 PM PDT Add former president George W. Bush to the list of no-shows at the Republican National Convention in Tampa. (The Democrats have their own issues on the convention-skipping front). Bush, who has mostly kept out of sight since leaving office in January 2009, was "grateful" for an invitation to the gathering that will formally nominate Mitt [...] Full Story Top Movie Jitters: One Day Later, Colorado Shooting Survivor Takes Back the Night Sat,21 Jul 2012 09:20 AM PDT Less than one day after he escaped the chaos and carnage of the Aurora, Colo., theater shooting, lifelong Batman fan Justin Davis was back at the movies with a sense of purpose. Davis, 16, was accompanied by his brother and a friend to a screening... Full Story Top How newspapers covered Colorado theater massacre on their front pages Sat,21 Jul 2012 09:49 AM PDT The deadly shooting that killed 12 people and wounded 58 others at an Aurora, Colo., movie theater was featured on the covers of most of the world's newspapers on Saturday. While many focused on the scene of shooting, its aftermath and the grief-stricken residents of the Denver suburb, others featured James Holmes, the suspected shooter [...] Full Story Top Feds dismiss largest US human trafficking case Fri,20 Jul 2012 07:27 PM PDT Associated Press - A federal judge dismissed human trafficking charges Friday against executives and business associates of a labor recruiting company accused of exploiting hundreds of farm workers from Thailand by putting them into debt, confiscating their passports and threatening to deport them. Full Story Top Names of victims emerge in Colorado theatre rampage as police begin notifying families Sat,21 Jul 2012 08:50 AM PDT Associated Press - AURORA, Colo. - A sports blogger who recently wrote about surviving a shooting in Canada. A man preparing to celebrate his first wedding anniversary. A young woman whose death announcement brought heartbreak, yet closure, to her family. Full Story Top Troops march in San Diego gay parade - in uniform Sat,21 Jul 2012 05:37 PM PDT Associated Press - Some of the loudest cheers Saturday at San Diego's gay pride parade were for active-duty troops marching in military dress, the first time that U.S. service members participated in such an event while in full uniform. Full Story Top US pledge to rebuild Haiti not being met Sat,21 Jul 2012 04:34 PM PDT Associated Press - The deadly earthquake that leveled Haiti's capital more than two years ago brought a thread of hope: a promise of renewal. With the United States taking the lead, international donors pledged billions of dollars to help the country "build back better," breaking its cycle of dependency. Full Story Top Donations will send Ohio cancer patient to Disney Fri,20 Jul 2012 01:04 PM PDT Associated Press - A 4-year-old cancer patient who was denied a Make-A-Wish trip to Disney World by her father will get to go after all. Full Story Top Denver shooting suspect in solitary confinement, denies interview request Sat,21 Jul 2012 03:45 PM PDT [Updated at 9:50 p.m. EST] CENTENNIAL, Colo. - Flags outside the Arapahoe County Detention Facility flew at half-staff Saturday for the victims killed and wounded in the Denver-area movie theater massacre. Beyond the jail's walls sits the suspected gunman police say is responsible for the rampage, one worst mass shootings in United States history. "The [...] Full Story Top Mexico urges U.S. to review gun laws after Colorado shooting Sat,21 Jul 2012 01:44 PM PDT Reuters - MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexican President Felipe Calderon condemned U.S. gun laws as "mistaken" and urged Washington to review them after a shooter killed 12 people and injured more than 50 others at a U.S. movie theater on Friday. In comments posted on his Twitter account on Saturday, Calderon offered his condolences to the United States after a gunman went on the rampage with an assault rifle at a midnight premier of the new Batman film in Aurora, Colorado. ... Full Story Top Rupert Murdoch quits boards of British papers Sat,21 Jul 2012 01:32 PM PDT Reuters - LONDON (Reuters) - News Corp's Rupert Murdoch has stepped down as a director from a string of boards overseeing the Sun, Times and Sunday Times newspapers in Britain, the company said in an internal memo on Saturday. The resignations follow the announcement in June that News Corp would be split into two separate companies: a smaller publishing division and a much larger entertainment and TV group. ... Full Story Top The milk wars: Should milk be taken off the school-lunch menu? Fri,20 Jul 2012 06:53 AM PDT Time.com - The war on milk has shifted fronts. First it was sugar-laden chocolate milk, which parents and school administrators battled in recent years to remove from school-lunch menus. Now, it's plain old moo that's under fire. Full Story Top Talk to Your Kids About the Colorado Killings Fri,20 Jul 2012 08:51 PM PDT HealthDay - FRIDAY, July 20 (HealthDay News) -- As word spread Friday that a heavily armed man had shot up a suburban Denver movie theater crowded with families and children for a midnight showing of the new Batman movie, mental health experts offered guidance on how to cope with the tragedy. Full Story Top

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