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Police: Colo. suspect planned attack for months
Sat,21 Jul 2012 06:49 PM PDT
Associated Press -

Firefighters and police gather after an explosion could be heard in front the apartment of shooting suspect 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 shooting suspect who went on a deadly rampage inside a Colorado theater planned the attack with "calculation and deliberation," police said Saturday, receiving deliveries for months which authorities believe armed him for battle and were used to rig his apartment with dozens of bombs.


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Final movie rampage victims identified
Sat,21 Jul 2012 06:18 PM PDT
Associated Press -

Photographs of theater shooting victim Alex Sullivan are shown, Saturday, July 21, 2012, at a memorial near the movie theater in Aurora, Colo. Twelve people were killed and dozens were injured in the attack early Friday at the packed theater during a showing of the Batman movie, "The Dark Knight Rises." Police have identified the suspected shooter as James Holmes, 24. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)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.


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Obama to visit victims and their families
Sat,21 Jul 2012 06:49 PM PDT
Associated Press -

President Barack Obama walks down the steps of Air Force One after arriving at Southwest Florida International Airport in Ft. Myers, Fla., Friday, July 20, 2012. Obama is cutting short a Florida campaign swing following the deadly Colorado movie theater shooting. He called the shooting "horrific". (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)President Barack Obama will fly to Colorado on Sunday to visit with victims and families from the Aurora movie theater shooting, the White House announced, as he and Mitt Romney dialed back their campaigning in the shocked aftermath of the massacre.


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James Holmes in solitary confinement
Sat,21 Jul 2012 03:45 PM PDT

This photo provided by the University of Colorado shows James Holmes. University spokeswoman Jacque Montgomery says 24-year-old Holmes, who police say is the suspect in a mass shooting at a Colorado movie theater, was studying neuroscience in a Ph.D. program at the University of Colorado-Denver graduate school. Holmes is suspected of shooting into a crowd at a movie theater killing at least 12 people and injuring dozens more, authorities said. (AP Photo/University of Colorado)[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 [...]


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Shooting victim's faith put under serious test
Sat,21 Jul 2012 07:51 AM PDT

Colorado shooting victims mournedDenver 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 [...]


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Syria revolt reaches Aleppo; rebels target cities
Sat,21 Jul 2012 04:45 PM PDT
Associated Press -

RETRANSMISSION FOR ALTERNATE CROP - This citizen journalist image shows a dead body lying in the street in the Yarmouk camp for Palestinian refugees in south Damascus, Syria, Saturday, July 21, 2012. This week, fierce fighting between troops and rebels reached the Syrian capital, the central bastion of Bashar Assad's rule, shattering parts of the city and sending thousands of people fleeing to neighboring Lebanon and Iraq. Activists and residents reported a tense calm in Damascus Saturday but said sporadic gunfire and explosions could be heard throughout the night. (AP Photo)Riding a wave of momentum, Syrian rebels made a run on Aleppo Saturday in some of the fiercest fighting seen in the country's largest city, which has been a key bastion of support for President Bashar Assad over the course of the 17-month-old uprising.


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Troops march in San Diego gay parade in uniform
Sat,21 Jul 2012 05:37 PM PDT
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Betty Ayala salutes a group of veterans as she holds a sign showing her son during the gay pride parade Saturday, July 21, 2012, in San Diego. For the first time ever, U.S. service members marched in a gay pride event decked out in uniform Saturday, after a recent memorandum from the Defense Department to all military branches made an allowance for the San Diego parade - even though its policy generally bars troops from marching in uniform in parades. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)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.


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Air Force instructor sentenced to 20 years
Sat,21 Jul 2012 10:49 AM PDT
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Air Force Staff Sgt. Luis Walker arrives for the fourth day of his trial at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio, Texas, Friday, July 20, 2012. Walker is accused of sexually assaulting 10 basic trainees, with charges ranging from rape and aggravated sexual assault to obstructing justice and violating rules of professional conduct. If convicted, he could be sentenced to life imprisonment. (AP Photo/San Antonio Express News, Billy Calzada)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.


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U.S. not meeting its pledge to rebuild Haiti
Sat,21 Jul 2012 04:34 PM PDT
Associated Press -

In this Wednesday, June 13, 2012 photo, a woman and her daughter stand at the entrance of their tent in a camp for people displaced by the 2010 earthquake in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Amid the horrors of Haiti's 2010 earthquake lay a promise of renewal. With the United States taking the lead, international donors pledged billions of dollars to help it "build back better," breaking its cycle of dependency. Yet 2 1/2 years later, the fruits of an ambitious $1.8 billion U.S. reconstruction promise are hard to find. (AP Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery)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.


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Bomb kills 15, wounds 20 in northwest Pakistan
Sat,21 Jul 2012 02:39 PM PDT
Reuters -

A man injured in a bomb attack in Upper Dir, seeks treatment after he was brought to Lady Reading hospital in PeshawarA bomb exploded at a compound in northwest Pakistan on Saturday, killing nine people and wounding 20, local government and intelligence officials said. The bombing in the compound, used by a local militia and containing residential units and an office, occurred near the village of Spin Tal in the Orakzai tribal region. The Pakistan military has been conducting operations against militant groups in the area for months. ...


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FBI searching for evidence in suspected Iowa abduction
Sat,21 Jul 2012 11:37 AM PDT
ABC News (RSS) -

Missing Iowa Girls Elizabeth Collins, Lyric Cook: Blood Hounds Pick Up ScentOver a week has passed since two young cousins, Elizabeth Collins and Lyric Cook, were last seen in Evansdale, Iowa. Authorities say they know nothing more today about the girls' whereabouts. An FBI dive squad with sonar equipment arrived this morning to search a local lake.


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As election approaches, candidates beef up spending
Sat,21 Jul 2012 10:38 AM PDT
Reuters -

U.S. Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney speaks at a Victory town hall in Bowling GreenLess than four months until the U.S. presidential election, Republican candidate Mitt Romney's campaign is beefing up on personnel and investing more cash internally as outside groups pour millions into television ads to help him counter Democratic President Barack Obama's messaging over the airwaves. ...


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Suspect arrested in L.A. homeless stabbings
Sat,21 Jul 2012 11:19 AM PDT
Associated Press - Police arrested a suspect in the stabbings of three Los Angeles-area homeless people in recent weeks, a man they say goes by a name signed on "death warrants" found with the wounded victims. Full Story 		Top

At least 21 treated for burns after Robbins event
Sat,21 Jul 2012 04:26 AM PDT
Associated Press -

FILE - Tony Robbins poses for a portrait Monday, July 26, 2010 in New York. 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. (AP Photo/Jeff Christensen, File)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.


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