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Is There a Link Between the Batman Film and the Shooting?
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A SWAT team officer stands watch near the suspect's house in Aurora.
With the deadly shooting in Aurora, Colo., inside a packed movie theater showing "The Dark Knight Rises," questions are being raised as to whether there is any connection between the killings and the movie's plot and the character of Batman.
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Some of the Deadliest Mass Shootings Around the World
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Police stand outside of the crime scene at the Century 16 movie theater where a gunman opened fire on movie goers during an early morning screening of the new Batman movie in Aurora, Colorado.
Some of world's worst mass shootings:
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Police: 12 Dead in Colorado Theater Shooting
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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.
AURORA, Colo. (AP) — A gunman in a gas mask barged into a crowded Denver-area theater during a midnight premiere of the Batman movie on Friday, hurled a gas canister and then opened fire, killing 12 people and injuring at least 50 others in one of the deadliest mass shootings in recent U.S. history.
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Fort Hood Report Shows FBI Missteps
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This undated photo provided by the Bell County Sheriff's Department via The Temple Daily Telegram shows Nidal Hasan. A military judge was to decide Friday, June 29, 2012 whether to further delay the trial Hasan, an the Army psychiatrist charged in the deadly 2009 Fort Hood shootings.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The nearly 20 often-rambling emails that an Army psychiatrist sent to Yemeni terror leader Anwar al-Awlaki painted a confusing picture.
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Obama says he is 'shocked' by Colo. Shooting
Tweet Share on Facebook 9:37AM July 20, 2012 CommentMANALAPAN, Fla. (AP) — President Barack Obama said Friday he was "shocked and saddened" by a deadly shooting at a suburban Denver movie theater and urged the nation to "come together as one American family" in the aftermath of the tragedy.
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Tech in Hepatitis C Case Says He 'Fabricated' Life
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This undated photo provided by the U.S. Attorney's Office in New Hampshire shows David Kwiatkowski, a former lab technician at Exeter, N.H., Hospital, arrested at a hospital in Massachusetts where he is receiving medical treatment.
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A traveling hospital technician accused of infecting 30 people with hepatitis C with tainted needles in New Hampshire told investigators he "lied to a lot of people" and "fabricated" his life, but denied taking or selling drugs.
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Homeland security boss saddened by shootings
Tweet Share on Facebook 9:04AM July 20, 2012 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano says she is saddened by the deadly shootings in a suburban Denver movie theater, and she has instructed her department to provide any necessary support for the investigation.
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Obama, Romney Tangle On Healthcare, Jobs
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Barack Obama and Mitt Romney
MANALAPAN, Fla. (AP) — President Barack Obama is warning Florida retirees that Republican challenger Mitt Romney would undercut the new health care law and alter Medicare, a play for voters in one of the nation's top swing states.
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Racial profiling trial begins for Ariz. sheriff
Tweet Share on Facebook 6:45AM July 20, 2012 CommentPHOENIX (AP) — A group of Latinos is arguing in federal court that Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio's deputies carried out racial profiling as part of policy of discrimination.
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Tom Davis, Al Franken's 'SNL' partner, dies in NY
Tweet Share on Facebook 3:52AM July 20, 2012 CommentHUDSON, N.Y. (AP) — Tom Davis, a writer who with Al Franken helped develop some of the most popular skits in the early years of "Saturday Night Live," was remembered by his former partner as "great friend, a good man, and so funny." He was 59.
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AIDS specialists aim to jump-start hunt for a cure
Tweet Share on Facebook 3:50AM July 20, 2012 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — For years it seemed hopeless. Now the hunt for a cure for AIDS is back on.
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Wives Help Obama, Romney Campaigns
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Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney and his wife, Ann Romney, during a campaign event aboard the Spirit of Dubuque in Dubuque, Iowa.
WASHINGTON (AP) — It's no coincidence that Michelle Obama and Ann Romney are showing up a lot more as the tight presidential race barrels into the final few months.
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Presidential Campaigns Now Accented in Spanish
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Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, greets attendees at the NALEO (National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials) conference in Orlando, Fla., Thursday, June 21, 2012.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The race to the White House is now available in Spanish, and it's no surprise.
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Heat, drought make for more flavorful produce
Tweet Share on Facebook 3:08AM July 20, 2012 CommentMILWAUKEE (AP) — Chef Dan Jacobs expected his recent batch of jalapeño poppers to be tame because peppers grown at this time of the year are generally mild. But he quickly discovered that his spicy appetizer carried an unexpected fire.
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Recipe for cream cheese-stuffed jalapeno poppers
Tweet Share on Facebook 3:04AM July 20, 2012 CommentThe recent heat wave and drought across the upper Midwest have taken a toll on some crops, but the weather has helped make some peppers extra-spicy and other vegetables more flavorful. For diners who want to take advantage of extra-hot peppers, here's a recipe for jalapeno poppers from Milwaukee chef Dan Jacobs.
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App detects potholes, alerts Boston city officials
Tweet Share on Facebook 3:04AM July 20, 2012 CommentBOSTON (AP) — The next time your car hits a pothole, a new technology could help you immediately tell someone who can do something about it.
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Former chairman of Penn State trustees board quits
Tweet Share on Facebook 3:02AM July 20, 2012 CommentA member and former chairman of the Penn State board of trustees has resigned, saying his presence on the board had become "a distraction and an impediment" to the university's efforts to move forward following the Jerry Sandusky child sex abuse scandal.
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Sylvia Woods, who started Harlem restaurant, dies
Tweet Share on Facebook 11:57PM July 19, 2012 CommentNEW YORK (AP) — Sylvia Woods, founder of the famed Harlem soul food restaurant that carries her name and is a must-stop for locals, tourists and politicians, has died. She was 86.
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6 killed in chain-reaction crash in NY work zone
Tweet Share on Facebook 11:38PM July 19, 2012 CommentANTWERP, N.Y. (AP) — An SUV burst into flames and six people were killed on a northern New York road Thursday when a tractor-trailer rear-ended a vehicle in a work zone and caused a chain-reaction crash, police said.
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Hospital worker charged in NH hepatitis C outbreak
Tweet Share on Facebook 10:46PM July 19, 2012 CommentCONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A hospital worker accused of injecting himself with stolen drugs and contaminating syringes that infected at least 30 patients with hepatitis C was charged Thursday with federal drug crimes.
