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Obama to Colo. victims: 'We think about them every day'
Sun,22 Jul 2012 06:41 PM PDT

Paba, who lost her niece Moser, cries during a memorial for victims behind theatre where a gunman opened fire last Friday on moviegoers in AuroraPresident Obama emerged from University Hospital here Sunday evening with a story of survival which he said should inspire everyone to focus on the miracles from Friday's mass shooting at a movie theater. After three hours of private visits with the shooting victims and their families, Obama said his last stop in [...]


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Rampage victims' tweets give insight on life, death
Sun,22 Jul 2012 10:55 AM PDT
Associated Press -

This Sept. 20, 2011 photo provided by The Sullivan Family, shows shooting victim Alex Sullivan. Twelve people were killed and dozens were injured in the attack early Friday, July 20, 2012 at the packed theater during a showing of the Batman movie, "The Dark Knight Rises." in Aurora, Colo. Police have identified the suspected shooter as James Holmes, 24. (AP Photo/The Sullivan Family)For Jessica Ghawi and Alex Sullivan, life's final minutes were about anticipation — not for anything life-altering, just a few hours of entertainment.


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Suspected theater gunman due in court on Monday
Sun,22 Jul 2012 04:28 PM PDT

James Holmes is seen in this undated handout picture released by The University of ColoradoSuspected mass killer James Holmes will make his first appearance in a Colorado court Monday morning. Holmes, 24, was arrested early Friday shortly after allegedly opening fire inside a packed movie theater in suburban Denver. Seventy people were shot or injured. Twelve of the victims who died ranged in age from six [...]


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Church remembers victim, prays for alleged gunman
Sun,22 Jul 2012 12:38 PM PDT

This photo provided by The Cowden Family shows shooting victim Gordon W. Cowden. Twelve people were killed and dozens were injured in the attack early Friday, July 20, 2012 at the packed theater during a showing of the Batman movie, "The Dark Knight Rises." in Aurora, Colo. Police have identified the suspected shooter as James Holmes, 24. (AP Photo/The Cowden Family)Some worshipers held their hands up to heaven. Others wiped away tears. Together, the overflow crowd in the hundreds at Colorado Community Church sang with a greater purpose than most Sundays. "When the darkness closes in, Lord, still I will say, blessed be the name of the Lord," they belted out in [...]


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ABC News exclusive: Video of James Holmes emerges
Sun,22 Jul 2012 04:58 AM PDT
Good Morning America -

Colorado Shooting Suspect James Holmes Was Turned Away From Gun RangeFederal authorities and local police today are scouring James Holmes' apartment for evidence as a newly released video gives some insight into the man who allegedly killed 12 people and injured 58 people at a packed screening of the latest Batman movie, "The Dark Knight Rises."


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Penn State takes down Paterno statue
Sun,22 Jul 2012 05:35 AM PDT

This is the statue of former Penn State University head football coach Joe Paterno that stands outside Beaver Stadium in State College, Pa., Friday, July 13, 2012. After an eight-month inquiry, Former FBI director Louis Freeh's firm produced a 267-page report that concluded that Paterno and other top Penn State officials hushed up child sex abuse allegations against former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky for more than a decade for fear of bad publicity, allowing Sandusky to prey on other youngsters. The revelations contained in the report have stirred a debate over whether the statue should remain. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)The statue of Penn State's late, disgraced former football Joe Paterno has been taken down, after university officials announced early Sunday their decision to remove it.


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White House suggests Obama won't push for more gun control
Sun,22 Jul 2012 05:29 PM PDT
ABC OTUS News -

President Barack Obama talks about one of the victims and her injury during a statement from the University of Colorado Hospital in Aurora, Colo., Sunday, July 22, 2012, after visiting with families of victims of the movie theater shooting as well as local officials. Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper is at left. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)The White House signaled today that President Obama, who has seldom shown much appetite to fight with the powerful National Rifle Association, did not intend to make a push for stricter gun controls in the wake of the shootings in Aurora, Colo. "The president's views...


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Assad's forces overrun two Damascus districts
Sun,22 Jul 2012 07:34 PM PDT
Reuters -

(Blank Headline Received)Syrian troops have driven rebel fighters out of two districts of Damascus a week after the insurgents launched a major assault on the capital. Government troops retook control of the Damascus neighbourhood of Mezzeh on Sunday and executed at least 20 unarmed men who they suspected of aiding rebels, opposition activists in the district said. ...


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Famed Cuban dissident Oswaldo Paya dead in car crash
Sun,22 Jul 2012 06:29 PM PDT
Reuters -

To match Analysis CUBAN-CHURCH/One of Cuba's best-known dissidents, Oswaldo Paya, leader of the Christian Liberation Movement, died on Sunday in a car crash, religious and dissident sources said. Paya, 60, was traveling in eastern Granma province at the time of the accident, the details of which are not known, the sources said. According to dissident blogger Yoani Sanchez, who broke the news on Twitter, Paya's death was confirmed by the bishop of Granma, Carlos Amador. Paya's family was not immediately available for comment. ...


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Authorities: Lone gunmen nearly impossible to stop
Sun,22 Jul 2012 05:05 PM PDT
Associated Press -

An ATF agent arranges boxes for evidence in front of the apartment of James Holmes in Aurora, Colo., Saturday, July 21, 2012. Federal authorities detonated one small explosive and disarmed another inside Holmes' apartment, but several other explosive devices remained, said Aurora police Sgt. Cassidee Carlson. Twelve people were killed and dozens were injured in a shooting attack early Friday at a packed movie theater during a showing of the Batman movie, "The Dark Knight Rises." Police have identified Holmes, 24, as the suspected shooter. (AP Photo/Ed Andrieski)The lone gunman keeps law enforcement officers across the country awake at night.


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University investigating shooting suspect's deliveries
Sun,22 Jul 2012 10:50 AM PDT
Associated Press -

An investigator carries out a computer hard drive from the apartment of the suspect who opened fire in a movie theater in AuroraThe University of Colorado said Sunday it was investigating whether shooting suspect James Holmes used his position as a graduate student to order materials in the potentially deadly booby traps that police said they found in his apartment.


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Ernie Els wins British Open with astonishing finish
Sun,22 Jul 2012 10:26 AM PDT
The Associated Press -

Ernie Els of South Africa kisses the Claret Jug after winning the British Open golf championship at Royal Lytham & St AnnesErnie Els has won his fourth major championship in an astonishing finish, rallying to beat Adam Scott in the British Open when the Aussie bogeyed the last four holes.


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Norway remembers victims on attack anniversary
Sun,22 Jul 2012 08:30 AM PDT
Associated Press - Norway on Sunday paused to commemorate the 77 victims of a bomb and gun massacre that shocked the peaceful nation one year ago, a tragedy that the prime minister said had brought Norwegians together in defence of democracy and tolerance. Full Story 		Top

Poverty on track to rise to highest level since 1960s
Sun,22 Jul 2012 01:08 PM PDT
Associated Press -

This July 16, 2012, photo shows new parents Garrett Goudeseune, 25, Laura Fritz, 27, left, with their daughter Adalade Goudeseune, as they pose for a photo at the Jefferson Action Center, an assistance center in the Denver suburb of Lakewood. Both Fritz and Goudeseune grew up in the Denver suburbs in families that were solidly middle class. But the couple has struggled to find work and are now relying on government assistance to cover food and $650 rent for their family. The ranks of America's poor are on track to climb to levels unseen in nearly half a century, erasing gains from the war on poverty in the 1960s amid a weak economy and fraying government safety net. Census figures for 2011 will be released this fall in the critical weeks ahead of the November elections. (AP Photo/Kristen Wyatt)The ranks of America's poor are on track to climb to levels unseen in nearly half a century, erasing gains from the war on poverty in the 1960s amid a weak economy and fraying government safety net.


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