Saturday, July 21, 2012

Marques removed from Brazilian Olympic team

Marques removed from Brazilian Olympic team

Marques removed from Brazilian Olympic team

Posted: 21 Jul 2012 01:16 PM PDT

Iziane Castro Marques was removed from Brazil's Olympic women's basketball team Friday after violating a team rule.

Names of victims emerge in Colo. theater rampage

Posted: 21 Jul 2012 01:15 PM PDT

Isaac Pacheo, who said he was a good friend of theater shooting victim Alex Sullivan, is comforted, Saturday, July 21, 2012, as he visits 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, "Dark Knight Rises." Police have identified the suspected shooter as James Holmes, 24. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)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.

Scott takes 4-shot lead into Open final round

Posted: 21 Jul 2012 01:08 PM PDT

Adam Scott of Australia plays a shot onto the 18th green at Royal Lytham & St Annes golf club during the third round of the British Open Golf Championship, Lytham St Annes, England, Saturday, July 21, 2012. (AP Photo/Peter Morrison)Adam Scott has never had a better chance to end that long wait for a major championship — mostly because of that long putter.

Calls for gun control stir little support

Posted: 21 Jul 2012 01:05 PM PDT

In this July 20, 2012, photo, President Barack Obama pauses as he speaks about the Aurora, Colo., shooting at an campaign event at the Harborside Event Center in Ft. Myers, Fla. Gun control advocates sputter at their own impotence. The National Rifle Association is politically ascendant. Obama pledges to safeguard the Second Amendment in its first official response to the deaths of at least 12 innocents in the mass shooting at the new Batman movie screening. Once, every highly publicized outbreak of gun violence produced strong calls from Democrats and a few Republicans for tougher controls on firearms. Now those pleas are muted, a political paradox that's grown more pronounced in an era scarred by Columbine, Virginia Tech, the wounding of a congresswoman and now the shootings in a suburban movie theater where carnage is expected on-screen only. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)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.

Bomb squads disarm traps at Colo. suspect's apt

Posted: 21 Jul 2012 01:02 PM PDT

Members of law enforcement wearing body armor and helmets prepare to what ATF sources describe as a"water shot" in the apartment of alleged gunman James Holmes Saturday, July 21, 2012 in Aurora , Colo. The "water shot" is exploded and used to disrupt the device. Authorities reported that 12 died and more than three dozen people were shot during an assault at a movie theatre midnight premiere of "The Dark Knight Rises." (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)Authorities on Saturday began disarming trip wires and explosive devices "set up to kill" inside the apartment of the suspect in the deadly Colorado movie theater shooting, hoping to find clues to his motive without destroying key evidence in a blast.

Correction: Bulgaria-Israelis Attacked story

Posted: 21 Jul 2012 01:00 PM PDT

JERUSALEM - In a story July 20 that noted Bulgarian authorities had ruled out former Guantanamo detainee Mehdi Ghezali as the bomber in an attack against Israelis, The Associated Press erroneously reported that authorities had earlier identified him as a suspect. Ghezali had been named in media reports, not by Bulgarian authorities.

Mortaza leads Bangladesh to series sweep of Ireland

Posted: 21 Jul 2012 12:58 PM PDT

Mashrafe MortazaMashrafe Mortaza produced a fine all-round display as Bangladesh completed a 3-0 Twenty20 series sweep of Ireland with a dramatic last-ball victory at Stormont here on Saturday.

Kentucky teen faces charge for naming attackers

Posted: 21 Jul 2012 12:57 PM PDT

A 17-year-old Kentucky girl who was upset by the plea deal reached by a pair of teenagers who sexually assaulted her is now facing a contempt charge for tweeting their names in violation of a court order.

'Dark Knight"s Bale: My heart aches for victims

Posted: 21 Jul 2012 12:54 PM PDT

A man walks by the Century Theater a day after a deadly shooting on Saturday, July 21, 2012 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, "Dark Knight Rises." Police have identified the suspected shooter as James Holmes, 24. (AP Photo/Barry Gutierrez)"The Dark Knight Rises" star Christian Bale said Saturday that his heart goes out to the victims of the Colorado shootings, a tragedy that brought Hollywood studios together in a rare show of solidarity as they opted to give the weekend box-office a rest.

Drew Peterson heads to trial in third wife's death

Posted: 21 Jul 2012 12:52 PM PDT

FILE - In this Nov. 26, 2007 file photo, former Bolingbrook police sergeant Drew Peterson talks to the media as he leaves his home in Bolingbrook, Ill. Peterson was indicted in May 2009 on a murder charge in the death of his third wife, Kathleen Savio. Jury selection is scheduled to begin in his trial Monday, July 23, 2012, at the Will County Courthouse in Joliet, Ill. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green, File)For a man whose fourth wife had just disappeared, Drew Peterson didn't sound the least bit worried. He seemed almost gleeful, suggesting that she had run off with another man and that all her threats of divorce coincided with her menstrual cycle.

PBS chief decries efforts to cut federal funding

Posted: 21 Jul 2012 12:48 PM PDT

PBS President Paula Kerger says she's disappointed that public TV's federal funding is again under attack by lawmakers.

Patrick hopes for another good run at Chicagoland

Posted: 21 Jul 2012 12:46 PM PDT

Danica Patrick checks her hair during practice for Sunday's NASCAR Nationwide Series auto race at Chicagoland Speedway in Joliet, Ill., Saturday, July 21, 2012. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)Chicagoland Speedway is about the closest thing Danica Patrick has to a home track in NASCAR.

Spanish protests swell as jobless march on Madrid

Posted: 21 Jul 2012 12:41 PM PDT

Demonstrators wearing Guy Fawkes masks march outside the Spanish Labour Ministry during an unemployment protest in MadridMADRID (Reuters) - Hundreds of unemployed Spaniards who had travelled hundreds of kilometers (miles) on foot to Madrid joined protests on Saturday against Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy's government and its handling of an economic crisis in the EU country. Demonstrations have swelled across Spain since the center-right government announced 65 billion euros in new spending cuts two weeks ago to satisfy the conditions of a euro zone bailout, with firefighters and police joining a mass protest on Thursday. ...

Troops march in SD gay parade - in uniform

Posted: 21 Jul 2012 12:41 PM PDT

FILE - This July 16, 2011 file photo shows members of the military marching in the Gay Pride Parade in San Diego. The Defense Department on Thursday, July 19, 2012 announced it is allowing service members to march in uniform in a gay pride parade for the first time in U.S. history. The department said it was making the exception for Saturday's Gay Pride Parade in San Diego because organizers had encouraged military personnel to march in their uniform and the event was getting national attention. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull, File)Some of the loudest cheers at San Diego's gay pride parade were for active-duty troops marching in military dress.

PBS says it had to move fast after Willard arrest

Posted: 21 Jul 2012 12:35 PM PDT

FILE - This April 26, 2011 file photo shows actor Fred Willard arriving at the fifth annual BritWeek in Los Angeles. Willard, who starred in such films as ``Best in Show'' and ``Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy,'' was arrested in a Hollywood theater July 18, 2012, on suspicion of engaging in a lewd act, police said Wednesday.(AP Photo/Matt Sayles, File)The president of PBS says the decision to remove Fred Willard as narrator of a new public TV series had to be made quickly.

Families of Colorado shooting victims faced agonizing wait

Posted: 21 Jul 2012 12:29 PM PDT

(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. ...

News guide to the Colorado movie theater massacre

Posted: 21 Jul 2012 12:19 PM PDT

Maria Davila holds her daughter Alexia, 9, during a candle-light vigil, Friday, July 20, 2012, in Aurora, Colo., across the street from the movie theater where a gunman killed at least 12 people and wounded dozens of others Friday in one of the deadliest mass shootings in recent U.S. history. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)Here's a guide to some key questions in the wake of the mass shooting at a Colorado movie theater during a showing of "The Dark Knight Rises."

Kohli stars in Indian win over Sri Lanka

Posted: 21 Jul 2012 12:15 PM PDT

Indian cricketer Virat Kohli plays a shotVirat Kohli hit an impressive century to set up India's 21-run victory over Sri Lanka in the opening one-day international in Hambantota on Saturday.

Syria revolt reaches Aleppo; rebels target cities

Posted: 21 Jul 2012 12:13 PM PDT

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.

Two Italian workers missing in Syria: report

Posted: 21 Jul 2012 12:07 PM PDT

ROME (Reuters) - Two Italians working in Syria were detained by a group of armed men as they drove to the airport to fly out of the country, the daily Secolo XIX said on Saturday, citing a colleague of the men who managed to leave Damascus. The newspaper said the two men, employees of a subcontractor for energy technology group Ansaldo Energia, had been detained on Tuesday but that the news only emerged when their colleague contacted the newspaper, which, like Ansaldo, is based in the northwestern city of Genoa. ...

Egypt's ex-spy chief honored in military funeral

Posted: 21 Jul 2012 12:02 PM PDT

A horse drawn caisson carries the remains of Egypt's former spy chief Omar Suleiman during his funeral in Cairo, Egypt, Saturday, July 21, 2012. The 76-year-old Suleiman died Thursday in a U.S. hospital. The shadowy statesman was considered Mubarak's most trusted man, handing the regime's most sensitive issues like relations with the U.S. and Israel and the fierce battle against Islamists. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)Egypt's top generals led hundreds of mourners Saturday at a funeral honoring former spy chief Omar Suleiman, who for decades served as a key pillar of ousted President Hosni Mubarak's authoritarian regime.

Colo. shooting spurs campaigns to limit schedules

Posted: 21 Jul 2012 12:02 PM PDT

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)The deadly shooting at a movie theater in Colorado has briefly silenced the presidential campaign, prompting both President Barack Obama and likely Republican challenger Mitt Romney to cut short their schedules and pull advertising in the state out of respect for the victims and their families.

Police begin disabling booby traps in shooting suspect's home

Posted: 21 Jul 2012 12:02 PM PDT

Law enforcement officers use a fire truck lift to inspect the apartment where suspect James Eagan Holmes lived in AuroraAURORA, Colo. (Reuters) - A controlled explosion by a bomb squad on Saturday appears to have made it safe for police to enter the booby-trapped apartment of the man suspected in Friday's mass shooting at a Denver-area movie theater, police said. Police were undertaking the delicate task of disabling what they described as sophisticated explosives at the Aurora, Colorado, apartment of suspect James Holmes, who officials believe booby trapped his home before killing 12 people and injuring more than 50 others at the theater early on Friday. ...

AP Essay: Shootings shatter safe haven of cinema

Posted: 21 Jul 2012 11:59 AM PDT

Isaac Pacheo, who said he was a good friend of theater shooting victim Alex Sullivan, is comforted, Saturday, July 21, 2012, as he visits 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, "Dark Knight Rises." Police have identified the suspected shooter as James Holmes, 24. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)Director Christopher Nolan remarked ahead of "The Dark Knight Rises" debut that his villain is so fearsome that at times he's as hateful as someone carrying out such misdeeds for real.

Hollywood puts box office on mute after shootings

Posted: 21 Jul 2012 11:59 AM PDT

A man walks by the Century Theater a day after a deadly shooting on Saturday, July 21, 2012 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, "Dark Knight Rises." Police have identified the suspected shooter as James Holmes, 24. (AP Photo/Barry Gutierrez)Hollywood studios aligned in a rare show of solidarity to give their weekend box-office reporting a rest because of the shootings in Colorado at a screening of "The Dark Knight Rises."

U.S. Air Force staff sergeant gets 20 years for rape, sex assault

Posted: 21 Jul 2012 11:50 AM PDT

SAN ANTONIO, Texas (Reuters) - Air Force Staff Sergeant Luis Walker was sentenced on Saturday to 20 years in prison for the rape and sexual assaults of recruits at Lackland Air Force base in San Antonio, Texas. The drill instructor had been found guilty by a military jury on Friday of 28 charges, including rape and aggravated sexual assault. Ten accusers testified against him in court during the five-day court martial. (Reporting By Jim Forsyth; writing by Karen Brooks; Editing by Eric Beech)

Senators revive US cybersecurity bill, with changes

Posted: 21 Jul 2012 11:45 AM PDT

Sen. Jay RockefellerA group of US senators has revived stalled cybersecurity legislation by offering compromises to address civil liberties concerns, an effort quickly endorsed by President Barack Obama.

Bullet-drama Sandeep feared for India future

Posted: 21 Jul 2012 11:43 AM PDT

Hockey team members lift player Sandeep Singh of India after winning the men's field hockey matchIndia star Sandeep Singh, who was once almost paralysed by a stray bullet, said hockey would have died in the country if his team had missed out on a second successive Olympics.

Papal butler, accused of leaking, "acted alone": lawyer

Posted: 21 Jul 2012 11:15 AM PDT

File photo of Pope's butler, Paolo Gabriele with Pope Benedict XVI at St. Peter's Square in VaticanVATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Paolo Gabriele, the papal butler who has been detained for nearly two months on suspicion of leaking documents alleging corruption in the Vatican, acted alone and was not part of any wider plot, his lawyer said on Saturday. Carlo Fusco told a news conference that he expected a Vatican magistrate to order a trial for Gabriele, who was given permission on Saturday to move from a police "safe room" to house arrest. "The motivations that prompted him to do certain things are all of an interior nature. There were no external motives," Fusco said. ...

Guest lineups for the Sunday news shows

Posted: 21 Jul 2012 11:14 AM PDT

Guest lineups for the Sunday TV news shows:

Mets' Santana goes on 15-day DL with ankle injury

Posted: 21 Jul 2012 11:14 AM PDT

New York Mets starting pitcher Johan Santana (57) throws against the Los Angeles Dodgers in the first inning of a baseball game on Friday, July 20, 2012, at Citi Field in New York. (AP Photo/Kathy Kmonicek)Johan Santana was placed on the 15-day disabled list Saturday with a sprained right ankle, the latest setback for the fading New York Mets since the All-Star break.

Two killed in Homs prison mutiny: Syrian activists

Posted: 21 Jul 2012 11:11 AM PDT

BEIRUT (Reuters) - At least two people were killed in a prison mutiny in Syria's central city of Homs on Saturday, opposition activists said. They said some guards had joined in the mutiny, which broke out shortly after midnight, but that government forces from a nearby intelligence base had arrived to crush the rebellion. The British-based Syrian Observatory for Human rights, which monitors violence in Syria, said two prisoners were killed. Other activists put the death toll at four and said the mutiny was continuing, although the prison was surrounded. ...

Explosion occurs at Colorado shooting suspect's apartment: witness

Posted: 21 Jul 2012 11:09 AM PDT

AURORA, Colo. (Reuters) - An explosion occurred at the booby-trapped apartment of the man suspected in Friday's mass shooting at a Denver-area movie theater, a Reuters witness said. In an operation called a "render-safe procedure," conducted remotely by a bomb squad, a robot placed a tube -- known as a "water shot" -- near the improvised explosive device in the apartment and backed out at a safe distance. The water shot was then detonated. (Reporting By Chris Francescani; writing by Dan Burns; Editing by Eric Beech)

Authorities refocus efforts to locate 2 Iowa girls

Posted: 21 Jul 2012 11:02 AM PDT

Authorities say the FBI divers who searched a northeast Iowa lake for two missing cousins have left the state as investigators explore other possibilites.

Syrian forces battle rebels in Aleppo, families flee

Posted: 21 Jul 2012 11:00 AM PDT

Syrian rebel fighters pose for a picture in HamaBEIRUT/AMMAN (Reuters) - Syrian troops and armored vehicles pushed into a rebel-held district of Aleppo on Saturday and struck back in Damascus against fighters emboldened by a bomb attack against President Bashar al-Assad's inner circle. Opposition activists in Aleppo, Syria's biggest city and a northern commercial hub, said hundreds of families were fleeing residential areas after the military swept into the Saladin district, which had been in rebel hands for two days. Fighting was also reported in the densely-populated, poor neighborhood of al-Sakhour. ...

AP Essay: Midnight terror's other wounds

Posted: 21 Jul 2012 11:00 AM PDT

Police are pictured outside of a Century 16 movie theatre where as many as 14 people were killed and many injured at a shooting during the showing of a movie at the in Aurora, Colo., Friday, July 20, 2012. (AP Photo/Ed Andrieski)Midnight movies are supposed to be fun.

Bomb squads prepare to enter Colo. suspect's apt

Posted: 21 Jul 2012 10:55 AM PDT

From left, Tylecia Amos, 14, Shatyra Amos, 15, Michael Walker, 17, and Mykia Walker, 16, carry flowers to lay at a makeshift memorial across the street from the Century Theater parking lot, on Saturday, July 21, 2012 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, "Dark Knight Rises." Police have identified the suspected shooter as James Holmes, 24. (AP Photo/Barry Gutierrez)A bomb squad has set off a small detonation in the apartment of the Colorado shooting suspect.

Russian quits Bayreuth festival over Nazi tattoos

Posted: 21 Jul 2012 10:53 AM PDT

FILE - In this June 9, 2012 file photo Russian baritone Evgeny Nikitin poses at a hotel in Berlin, Germany. Nikitin was due to sing the lead role in Richard Wagner's A Russian baritone who was due to sing the lead role in Richard Wagner's "The Flying Dutchman" when the Bayreuth opera festival opens next week withdrew from the event Saturday after it emerged that he once had Nazi-related symbols tattooed on his body.

Air Force instructor sentenced to 20 years

Posted: 21 Jul 2012 10:49 AM PDT

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.

Air Force instructor gets 20 years in prison

Posted: 21 Jul 2012 10:49 AM PDT

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 in Texas has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for rape and sexual assault in a sweeping sex scandal that has rocked one of the nation's busiest military training centers.
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