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3:40 PM ET, July 22, 2012

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Christina Ng / ABCNEWS:
ABC News Exclusive: First Video of Colorado Shooting Suspect James Holmes Emerges  —  ABC News has obtained exclusive video and photos of Colorado shooting suspect James Holmes.  The video was recorded six years ago when Holmes was 18.  —  Federal authorities and local police today …
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KDVR.com:
Police interview associate of movie theater suspect  —  AURORA, Colo. — Aurora Police said they interviewed an associate of the suspect in the shooting spree Friday at the Century 16 Movie Theaters.  —  Sources tell FOX31 Denver reporter Justin Joseph that a second man is now a person …
Sam Quinones / L.A. NOW:
Colorado shooting suspect worked for a summer as camp counselor in L.A. County
Washington Post:
Explosives removed from James Holmes's apartment, officials say
CBS News:
NCAA source: “Unprecedented” penalties against Penn State  —  (CBS News) CBS News has learned that the NCAA will announce what a high-ranking association source called “unprecedented” penalties against both the Penn State University football team and the school.
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Associated Press:
Statue of Hall of Fame Penn State coach Joe Paterno taken down from outside football stadium  —  STATE COLLEGE, Pa. — The famed statue of Joe Paterno was taken down from outside the Penn State football stadium Sunday, eliminating a key piece of the iconography surrounding …
Jason Riley / Courier-Journal:
Sexual assault victim's tweets about attackers prompt contempt case against Louisville's Savannah Dietrich  —  Frustrated by what she felt was a lenient plea bargain for two teens who pleaded guilty to sexually assaulting her and circulating pictures of the incident, a Louisville 17-year-old lashed out on Twitter.
New York Post:
THE VICTIMS: Real movie heroes saved their sweethearts during Colo. ambush  —  By CAITLIN GIBBONS in Aurora, Colo., and SUSAN EDELMAN and MICHAEL GARTLAND in NY  —  JON BLUNK, 26, with girlfriend, Jansen Young  —  They took bullets for their beloveds.  —  Three young men are being hailed …
Discussion: Althouse
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NY Daily News:
‘Dark Knight Rises’ shooting: Three heroes died in Aurora taking bullets for their girlfriends
Discussion: LewRockwell.com Blog
Justin Sink / The Hill:
Former McCain adviser: Romney's taxes not like ‘the average American’  —  A top campaign official who worked for Sen. John McCain's (R-Ariz.) 2008 presidential bid and helped select his running mate said Sunday that Mitt Romney's tax returns “do not look anything like the average American.”
Discussion: Politico
Aviva Shen / ThinkProgress:
Tea Party Senator: Keeping Guns From ‘Demented Individuals’ Will ‘Restrict Our Freedoms’  —  Responding to the tragic shooting in Colorado during an appearance on Fox News Sunday, Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI) said he would oppose gun control efforts that could be used to “restrict our freedoms” …
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Justin Sink / The Hill:
Feinstein urges assault weapons ban renewal after Colo. shootings
Discussion: Jammie Wearing Fools
New York Times:
U.S. to Focus on Forcibly Toppling Syrian Government  —  WASHINGTON — The Obama administration has for now abandoned efforts for a diplomatic settlement to the conflict in Syria, and instead it is increasing aid to the rebels and redoubling efforts to rally a coalition of like-minded countries …
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
McCain blasts Obama handling of Syria, warns of chemical weapons threat
Discussion: CNN
Jgalloway / Political Insider:
A rare word from Zell Miller: ‘I had a late life conversion’  —  Buford, Ga. - There was no mistaking the man who walked through the glass doors of the hotel complex on the shores of Lake Lanier.  —  The trademark shock of white hair remains neatly groomed.  The hawk-like nose still juts out over a tight jaw.
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit and Politico
Heather Stewart / Guardian:
£13tn: hoard hidden from taxman by global elite  —  • Study estimates staggering size of offshore economy  —  • Private banks help wealthiest to move cash into havens  —  A global super-rich elite has exploited gaps in cross-border tax rules to hide an extraordinary £13 trillion …
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John D. McKinnon / Washington Wire:
Tax Justice Network: Wealth Held in Tax Havens Skyrockets
Discussion: Prairie Weather
Joe Gandelman / The Moderate Voice:
Rupert Murdoch Tweets Support for Gun Control  —  Conservative media baron Rupert Murdoch has Tweeted his support for gun control: … I guess this makes him a short-sighted, liberal, tree hugger.  —  Or are some things too important to remain in the septic tank of American political polemics?
New York Times:
U.S. Expands Drug Fight in Africa  —  WASHINGTON — In a significant expansion of the war on drugs, the United States has begun training an elite unit of counternarcotics police in Ghana and planning similar units in Nigeria and Kenya as part of an effort to combat the Latin American cartels …
Discussion: The Huffington Post and Hullabaloo
Los Angeles Times:
Obama's campaign attack on Romney was costly  —  President Obama's campaign spent $58 million in June, chiefly in TV advertising assailing his GOP rival's business record and personal finances.  Romney spent less, but raised more than Obama.  —  Casino mogul Sheldon Adelson and his wife …
Discussion: The Other McCain, Hot Air and Politico
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Kenneth P. Vogel / Politico:
Democratic billionaires boost pro-Obama super PAC
Discussion: New York Magazine
 
 
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Rep. McCarthy says colleagues lack spine to take on the NRA
Discussion: Politico
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Hickenlooper: Stricter gun laws would likely not have stopped killer
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