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- Calls for gun control stir little support
- Colo. shooting spurs campaigns to limit schedules
- Obama, Romney views have evolved toward gun rights
- Shooting suspect got “high volume” of deliveries: police
- Coroner identifies 12 victims in Colorado movie theater shooting
- Spanish protests swell as jobless march on Madrid
- Damascus chaos strikes fear in Assad's Alawite bastion
- U.S. Air Force staff sergeant gets 20 years for rape, sex assault
- Militant attacks kill 15 in Pakistan
- Syrian forces battle rebels in Aleppo, families flee
- IOC rules out public commemoration of 1972 Munich killings
- Police say shooting suspect got "high volume" of deliveries
- Mexico urges U.S. to review gun laws after Colorado shooting
- Rupert Murdoch quits boards of British papers
- Analysis: Job challenge looms for next Mexican president
- Calls for gun control stir little support
- First of 12 Accused Air Force Instructors Convicted of Raping Trainees
- Colo. shooting spurs campaigns to limit schedules
- Pentagon eyes drones for Kenya to fight militants nearby
- Police say have overcome trip wires at shooting suspect's apartment
- EU sets terms for Hutch's Orange Austria bid: paper
- Two killed in Homs prison mutiny: Syrian activists
- Explosion occurs at Colorado shooting suspect's apartment: witness
- Factbox: Spending, fundraising in presidential race
- As election approaches, candidates beef up spending
- Spain's WWF dumps King as patron over African hunting trip
- Colorado suspect was brilliant science student
- What Does a President Say When Hot Casings Fall?
- Rupert Murdoch Resigns From News International Boards
- Egyptians throng former spy chief Suleiman's funeral
- U.S. says closely monitoring Syria chemical weapons
- Will Colo. economy turn purple state red or blue?
| Calls for gun control stir little support Posted: 21 Jul 2012 01:05 PM PDT
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| Colo. shooting spurs campaigns to limit schedules Posted: 21 Jul 2012 12:02 PM PDT
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| Obama, Romney views have evolved toward gun rights Posted: 21 Jul 2012 12:56 AM PDT
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| Shooting suspect got “high volume” of deliveries: police Posted: 21 Jul 2012 03:13 PM PDT
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| Coroner identifies 12 victims in Colorado movie theater shooting Posted: 21 Jul 2012 03:22 PM PDT 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. ... |
| Spanish protests swell as jobless march on Madrid Posted: 21 Jul 2012 03:02 PM PDT
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| Damascus chaos strikes fear in Assad's Alawite bastion Posted: 21 Jul 2012 02:57 PM PDT
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| U.S. Air Force staff sergeant gets 20 years for rape, sex assault Posted: 21 Jul 2012 02:44 PM PDT SAN ANTONIO (Reuters) - A drill instructor accused of raping and sexually assaulting 10 female trainees at Lackland Air Force Base was sentenced on Saturday to 20 years in prison, the stiffest jail term handed down yet in the biggest sex scandal to hit the U.S. military since the 1990s. Staff Sergeant Luis Walker, found guilty by a military jury on Friday of 28 charges, was ordered to be reduced to lowest rank in the Air Force, to forfeit all pay and allowances, and given a dishonorable discharge. He will also have to register as a sex offender. ... |
| Militant attacks kill 15 in Pakistan Posted: 21 Jul 2012 02:39 PM PDT
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| Syrian forces battle rebels in Aleppo, families flee Posted: 21 Jul 2012 02:28 PM PDT
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| IOC rules out public commemoration of 1972 Munich killings Posted: 21 Jul 2012 02:25 PM PDT 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. ... |
| Police say shooting suspect got "high volume" of deliveries Posted: 21 Jul 2012 02:23 PM PDT 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. ... |
| Mexico urges U.S. to review gun laws after Colorado shooting Posted: 21 Jul 2012 01:44 PM PDT 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. ... |
| Rupert Murdoch quits boards of British papers Posted: 21 Jul 2012 01:32 PM PDT
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| Analysis: Job challenge looms for next Mexican president Posted: 21 Jul 2012 01:26 PM PDT
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| Calls for gun control stir little support Posted: 21 Jul 2012 01:05 PM PDT
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| First of 12 Accused Air Force Instructors Convicted of Raping Trainees Posted: 21 Jul 2012 12:08 PM PDT
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| Colo. shooting spurs campaigns to limit schedules Posted: 21 Jul 2012 12:02 PM PDT
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| Pentagon eyes drones for Kenya to fight militants nearby Posted: 21 Jul 2012 11:55 AM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Pentagon is seeking to send hand-launched drones to Kenya as part of a $40 million-plus military aid package designed to help four African countries fight al Qaeda and al Shabaab militants, notably in Somalia, the Wall Street Journal reported. Kenya would get eight "Raven" unmanned aerial systems - an unarmed drone that can be used to identify targets for strikes by ground forces or other aircraft. ... |
| Police say have overcome trip wires at shooting suspect's apartment Posted: 21 Jul 2012 11:36 AM PDT AURORA, Colo. (Reuters) - A controlled explosion conducted by a police bomb squad defeated trip wires in the booby-trapped apartment of the man suspected in Friday's mass shooting at a Denver-area movie theater, local police said Saturday. Authorities believe they may now enter James Holmes' apartment, Aurora Police Sergeant Cassidee Carlson said. "We have been successful in disabling a second triggering device," Carlson said. "Although not certain, we are hopeful we have eliminated the remaining major threats. We will not know this until we enter the apartment. ... |
| EU sets terms for Hutch's Orange Austria bid: paper Posted: 21 Jul 2012 11:32 AM PDT FRANKFURT (Reuters) - EU regulators will allow a bid by Hongkong's Hutchison 3G to buy France Telecom's Orange Austria if the new combined group permits other Austrian operators to access its network, an Austrian daily said on Saturday, citing sources. The online edition of Wirtschaftsblatt said the EU had proposed to the new group, which operates under the '3' brand in Austria, that it allow other rivals to operate as so-called Mobile Virtual Network Operators (MVNO). It said the EU had asked various interested parties for comment on its proposals, which included the interconnection fees. ... |
| 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) |
| Factbox: Spending, fundraising in presidential race Posted: 21 Jul 2012 10:38 AM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Financial reports of presidential campaigns and political action committees, or PACs, were filed on this week showing how much they raised and spent this campaign season, as of June 30. The Federal Election Commission filings also offer a snapshot of who has been donating how much to the Super PACs, which operate independently from campaigns and can raise unlimited amounts from individuals, corporations and unions. ... |
| As election approaches, candidates beef up spending Posted: 21 Jul 2012 10:38 AM PDT
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| Spain's WWF dumps King as patron over African hunting trip Posted: 21 Jul 2012 10:09 AM PDT
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| Colorado suspect was brilliant science student Posted: 21 Jul 2012 10:03 AM PDT
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| What Does a President Say When Hot Casings Fall? Posted: 21 Jul 2012 09:57 AM PDT As we have learned in recent days, President Obama has found executive power sufficient to provide temporary work permits to children of illegal aliens, carve-outs from welfare reform work permits, and ways to shield low-income patients from the insurance mandate in states that don't expand Medicad. |
| Rupert Murdoch Resigns From News International Boards Posted: 21 Jul 2012 09:27 AM PDT Rupert Murdoch has resigned from the boards of the News International Group, The Telegraph is reporting. UK filings show he has stepped down from the NI Group, Times Newspaper Holdings, and News Corp Investments. He has also quit the boards of some U.S. companies.Newscorp has stated the resignations are "nothing more than a corporate housecleaning" before the company splits into separate publishing and entertainment businesses. Murdoch had previously stated he intends to remain as chairman of both companies. Read more at The Telegraph. |
| Egyptians throng former spy chief Suleiman's funeral Posted: 21 Jul 2012 09:21 AM PDT
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| U.S. says closely monitoring Syria chemical weapons Posted: 21 Jul 2012 09:19 AM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States is closely monitoring Syria's chemical weapons stockpile and is "actively consulting" Damascus's neighbors to stress concerns over the security of those weapons and Syria's responsibility to safeguard them, the White House said on Saturday. "We believe Syria's chemical weapons stockpile remains under Syrian government control," White House spokesman Tommy Vietor said. "Given the escalation of violence in Syria and the regime's increasing attacks on their people, we remain very concerned about these weapons. ... |
| Will Colo. economy turn purple state red or blue? Posted: 21 Jul 2012 08:48 AM PDT In this working-class city where steel was the economic muscle of the past and where harnessing the wind offers promise for the future, Cris Gillispie has seen jobs come and go. He's watched the ranks of unemployed grow and the anxiety index rise in the last few years, but he has some advice: Wait. |
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