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Evidence shows months of calculation ahead of Colorado shooting: police
Sat,21 Jul 2012 06:30 PM PDT
Reuters -  AURORA, Colo. (Reuters) - The man accused in a shooting rampage at a Denver-area premiere of the new "Batman" film received a high volume of deliveries in recent months, police said on Saturday, parcels they believe contained ammunition and bomb-making materials and showed evidence of "calculation and deliberation. ...
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All explosives removed from Colorado shooting suspect's home: official
Sat,21 Jul 2012 05:14 PM PDT
Reuters - AUROROA, Colorado (Reuters) - Authorities have removed all of the explosives from the booby-trapped apartment of a graduate student accused in a shooting rampage at a Denver area showing of the new "Batman" film, a law enforcement official said on Saturday. The official, speaking on the condition of anonymity, said power had also been restored to the building. (Reporting by Chris Francescani; Writing by Dan Whitcomb; editing by Dan Burns) Full Story | Top |
Suspect in Colorado "Batman" shooting held in solitary confinement
Sat,21 Jul 2012 04:20 PM PDT
Reuters - AURORA, Colo. (Reuters) - The 24-year-old graduate student accused of killing 12 people in a shooting rampage at a Denver-area screening of the new "Batman" film was being held in solitary confinement for his own protection from other inmates, authorities said on Saturday. "We typically do this in high-profile cases," Arapahoe County Sheriff Grayson Robinson told Reuters. "It has nothing to do with any specific threat." Robinson said Holmes would be represented at his initial court appearance on Monday by James O'Connor, head of the Arapahoe County public defender's office. ... Full Story | Top |
Coroner identifies 12 victims in Colorado movie theater shooting
Sat,21 Jul 2012 03:22 PM PDT
Reuters - DENVER (Reuters) - A coroner on Saturday released the identities of the dozen victims - aged between 6 and 51 - who were shot to death in a mass shooting at a Denver-area movie theater, noting the manner of death was "homicide" and that all families had been notified. Police say suspect James Holmes, 24, was armed with an assault rifle, a shotgun and a pistol and wearing a full suit of tactical body armor when he allegedly set off two smoke bombs and opened fire in a dark theater early on Friday in Aurora, Colorado, killing 12 people and injuring 58 others. ... Full Story | Top |
Shooting suspect got "high volume" of deliveries: police
Sat,21 Jul 2012 03:13 PM PDT
Reuters - AURORA, Colo. (Reuters) - The man accused in a shooting rampage at a Denver-area premiere of the new "Batman" film received a high volume of deliveries at work and home over the past four months, police said, parcels they believe contained ammunition and possibly bomb-making materials. Aurora Police Chief Dan Oates revealed the shipments as local and federal authorities worked to make safe suspect James Holmes' apartment, which was found to be booby-trapped with sophisticated explosives following the massacre at a multiplex theater several miles away. ...
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IOC rules out public commemoration of 1972 Munich killings
Sat,21 Jul 2012 02:25 PM PDT
Reuters - LONDON (Reuters) - The IOC has ruled out marking the 40th anniversary of the Munich massacre at the London Olympics opening ceremony but will visit the airfield where some Israeli team members were killed, it said on Saturday. International Olympic Committee President Jacques Rogge rejected calls for an official commemoration of the 1972 Munich Games attack during Friday's curtain raiser, a standing request of the families of the 11 Israeli Olympic team members who died. ... Full Story | Top |
U.S. shooting quiets Hollywood, slows "Dark Knight" box office
Sat,21 Jul 2012 02:24 PM PDT
Reuters -  LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Hollywood studios will not release box-offices figures on Sunday after the fatal gun rampage at a midnight showing for the Batman movie "The Dark Knight Rises," which made less money than some industry insiders projected. The film grossed $74 million on Friday in the United States and Canada and is seen generating $173 million by the end of the weekend, people with knowledge of industry figures said on Saturday. Official figures were not released by the distributor, Warner Bros. ...
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Police say shooting suspect got "high volume" of deliveries
Sat,21 Jul 2012 02:23 PM PDT
Reuters - AURORA, Colo. (Reuters) - The man accused in a shooting rampage at a Denver-area premiere of the new "Batman" film received a high volume of deliveries to his work and home over the past four months, police said on Saturday, parcels they believe contained ammunition and possibly bomb-making materials. Aurora Police Chief Dan Oates revealed the shipments as local and federal authorities worked to make safe the apartment of 24-year-old James Holmes, which was found booby-trapped with sophisticated explosives following the massacre on Friday at a multiplex theater several miles away. ... 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 |
Golf-Olesen proud of the day he outdrove Tiger
Sat,21 Jul 2012 01:50 PM PDT
Reuters - LYTHAM ST ANNES, England, July 21 (Reuters) - A ball fizzedpast the British Open gallery on the seventh hole at Lytham anda few seconds later bounded down the fairway and passed TigerWoods's huge tee shot. No wonder young Dane Thorbjorn Olesen strode off the tee inbullish mood, laughing and chatting with the 14-times majorwinner as they prepared to play their second shots well over 300yards away. One of the hottest new players on the European Tour after adebut win in April, his enormously powerful swing drew warmapplause from the Lytham crowds. ... 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 |
Golf-Snedeker frustrated as Lytham bites back
Sat,21 Jul 2012 01:43 PM PDT
Reuters - LYTHAM ST ANNES, England, July 21 (Reuters) - BrandtSnedeker was frustrated after slumping to a three-over 73 in theBritish Open third round on Saturday and seeing a one-shot leadturn into a four-stroke deficit on playing partner Adam Scott. American Snedeker, who shot flawless rounds of 66 and 64 toequal the tournament 36-hole record aggregate, made regularvisits to Lytham's bunkers, which he had previously avoidedcompletely, and suffered six bogeys. "(It was) kind of one of those days, very frustrating,"Snedeker told reporters. ... Full Story | Top |
Golf-McDowell can't wait for final-round duel with Scott
Sat,21 Jul 2012 01:43 PM PDT
Reuters - LYTHAM ST ANNES, England, July 21 (Reuters) - GraemeMcDowell will fulfil a childhood ambition when he plays in thelast group of the day with tournament leader Adam Scott in thefinal round of the British Open. "Since I was a young boy I dreamed of coming down that lastfairway on a Sunday afternoon in the last group in the Openchampionship," the 2010 U.S. Open winner told reporters after athree-under 67 gave him a seven-under total of 203 on Saturday. "I can draw on my experiences at the Olympic Club a fewweeks ago, in the last group of the U.S. ... Full Story | Top |
Golf-Scott incurs caddie's wrath despite streaking clear
Sat,21 Jul 2012 01:40 PM PDT
Reuters - LYTHAM ST ANNES, England, July 21 (Reuters) - AustralianAdam Scott charged four strokes clear of the field in theBritish Open third round on Saturday but still incurred thewrath of caddie Steve Williams as they walked off the 17thgreen. The world number 13 had splashed beautifully out of agreenside bunker to set up an easy par-saving attempt with hisputter but Williams was far from satisfied. ... Full Story | Top |
UPDATE 1-Golf-U.S. PGA Tour True South Classic scores
Sat,21 Jul 2012 01:12 PM PDT
Reuters - July 21 (Infostrada Sports) - Scores from the U.S. PGA Tour True South Classic at the par-72 course on Saturday in Madison, Mississippi. The cut was set at 141. 131 Billy Horschel (U.S.) 68 63 Jason Bohn (U.S.) 64 67 132 Matt Bettencourt (U.S.) 66 66 Scott Stallings (U.S.) 68 64 133 Steven Bowditch (Australia) 66 67 Bud Cauley (U.S.) 67 66 Luke Guthrie (U.S.) 65 68 134 J.J. Killeen (U.S.) 66 68 Jason Gore (U.S.) 66 68 Will Claxton (U.S.) 67 67 135 Chris Kirk (U.S.) 67 68 Chris Stroud (U.S.) 69 66 Gary Christian (Britain) 67 68 Ken Duke (U.S.) 68 67 Jason Kokrak (U.S. ... Full Story | Top |
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