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Pierre Thomas / ABCNEWS:
Aurora ‘Dark Knight’ Shooting Suspect Identified: James Holmes — The young man who is in custody after allegedly gunning down 12 people in a mass shooting spree overnight in Aurora, Colorado has been identified as local resident James Holmes, according to federal authorities.
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Joel B. Pollak / BREITBART.COM:
THE USUAL SUSPECTS: ABC'S ROSS, STEPHANOLPOULOS POINT TO TEA PARTY IN DARK KNIGHT SHOOTING — On Good Morning America, ABC News' Brian Ross and George Stephanolpoulos suggested that the Tea Party might be connected to the mass shootings early this morning in an Aurora, CO theater during …
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Denver Post:
12 killed, dozens wounded at Aurora movie theater — AURORA — About 50 people were shot — 12 fatally — early Friday when a gunman opened fire at an Aurora movie theater during a premiere showing of the new Batman movie. — A 24-year-old man in is custody and an apartment building …
Michael Pearson / CNN:
12 killed, 38 wounded — (CNN) — A heavily armed gunman attacked an Aurora, Colorado, movie theater early Friday, tossing tear gas before opening fire on the terrified audience and killing 12 and wounding 38, authorities said. The theater was showing the new Batman movie, “The Dark Knight Rises.”
Dennis de Groot / Twitchy:
Left blames Aurora shooting on Rush Limbaugh … Some Twitter users are speculating that the Aurora, Colo., shooter was inspired by comments made by Rush Limbaugh. The shooting occurred at a midnight premiere of the movie, “The Dark Knight Rises.” On Tuesday July 17, Limbaugh …
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Dylan Byers / Politico:
ABC draws possible Tea Party connection with alleged Aurora shooter — ABC News has suggested that James Holmes — the suspect in today's shooting in Aurora, Colorado — may have a connection to the Tea Party. — ABC's Brian Ross reported this morning that there is “a Jim Holmes of Aurora …
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Dylan Byers / Politico:
ABC News apologizes for ‘incorrect’ Tea party report — ABC News and Brian Ross are apologizing for an “incorrect” report that James Holmes, the suspect in the Colorado theater shooting, may have had connections to the Tea Party. — “An earlier ABC News broadcast report suggested …
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CBS News:
James Holmes, 24, identified as suspect in deadly mass shooting at Aurora, Colorado, movie theater — PLAY CBS NEWS VIDEO — Colorado Movie Theater Massacre — (CBS/AP) The suspect apprehended in the mass shooting at a suburban Denver movie theater has been identified as James Eagan Holmes …
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Kevin Robillard / Politico:
Bloomberg: What will Obama, Mitt do? — New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, who has emerged as one of the nation's highest-profile supporters of gun control, demanded on Friday that the presidential candidates “stand up and tell us what they're going to do about” mass shootings.
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Rebecca Leffler / Hollywood Reporter:
‘Dark Knight Rises’ Paris Premiere Cancelled Due to Colorado Shootings — Christopher Nolan and cast members Christian Bale, Anne Hathaway and Morgan Freeman also scrapped press interviews after learning of the Denver movie theater attack. — Plans for The Dark Knight Rises have fallen through …
Noah Rothman / Mediaite:
ABC Corrects Report: ABC News' Brian Ross Links Colorado Shooter To Local Tea Party
Chris Cillizza / Washington Post:
Why the Aurora shootings won't likely change the gun control debate
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Associated Press:
Police: 14 dead in Colorado theater shooting
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Alyssa Rosenberg / ThinkProgress:
The Shootings at ‘The Dark Knight Rises’ in Colorado
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Doug Stanglin / USA Today:
Liveblog: 24-year-old suspect ID'd in ‘Dark Knight’ shooting
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CBS Denver:
13 Dead After Shooting During ‘Dark Knight Rises’ Movie
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New York Times:
12 Killed in Shooting at Colorado Theater
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Clayton Sandell / ABCNEWS:
Aurora, Colorado Movie Theater Shooting: 12 Dead
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Jade Walker / The Huffington Post:
Aurora Shooting: Suspect Opens Fire At Colorado Movie Theater, Killing 14
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Jim Davis / Boston Globe:
Romney kept reins, bargained hard on severance — Shortly after Mitt Romney took a leave of absence from Bain Capital to run the Olympics in February 1999, he made a trip to Palm Beach, Fla. The firm Romney founded was meeting to celebrate its 15th anniversary as well as the men he had helped make extraordinarily wealthy.
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First Read / msnbc.com:
First Thoughts: Politics takes a back seat
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Aurora Shooting / The Huffington Post:
Mitt Romney Avoided Major Tax Hit By Shifting Stock Of Offshoring Firm
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Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Pathos of the Plutocrat
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Politico:
Campaigns pause after shootings — FORT MYERS, Fla. — President Barack Obama on Friday called the Colorado movie theater shooting “senseless” and said his administration “stands ready to do whatever is necessary to bring whoever is responsible for this heinous crime to justice.”
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Dylan Byers / Politico:
After Aurora, campaigns pull Colorado ads
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Jennifer Bendery / The Huffington Post:
Louie Gohmert: Aurora Shootings Result Of ‘Ongoing Attacks On Judeo-Christian Beliefs’ … FOLLOW: — Denver News, Aurora Shooting, Colorado Shooting, Dark Knight Shooting, James Holmes, Louie Gohmert, Aurora, Aurora News, Aurora Shooting 2012, Aurora Shootings, Aurora Theater Shooting …
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Michael Grunwald / Swampland:
The Aurora Shooting: Sometimes There's Nothing Wrong With Politicizing a Tragedy — The telegenic schoolmarms we call pundits are all denouncing the politicization of the tragedy in Aurora, calling out the crass opportunists who would dare to use human suffering to advance their preferred public policy choices.
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Wall Street Journal:
Noonan: A Remedial Communication Class — Lessons from three recent failures, at the Olympics and on the campaign trail. — Thoughts on three recent failures to communicate: — In the controversy surrounding the uniforms of the 2012 U.S. Olympic team, the problem isn't China.
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David Weigel / Slate:
Say the Magic Word — How partisans gave special meaning to Obama's words, “you didn't build that.” — President Obama speaking in Roanoke, Va. on July 13. In the following days, conservatives jumped on his remarks. — Why did it take so long for Mitt Romney's campaign to realize …
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