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 …

Weiner wife under guard  —  Police and federal officials have placed security around ex-Rep. Anthony Weiner's wife, Huma Abedin, after a New Jersey man threatened her, law-enforcement sources said.  —  An individual, described as a Muslim man, made the unspecified threat after Rep. Michele Bachmann …

SATURDAY'S SHOOTING  —  Anaheim's police chief confirmed Sunday the shooting victim on Anna Drive was unarmed.  There were no weapons recovered at the scene that could have belonged to him, Welter said.  —  Welter said he could not immediately confirm how many shots were fired or precisely …

Sen. Ron Johnson: 100-round rifle magazine is a ‘basic freedom’  —  Tea party-backed Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI) says that the right to own high-capacity ammunitions magazines like the 100-round drum that was used to kill at least a dozen people in Colorado last week is a “basic freedom” that is protected by the U.S. Constitution.

Source: Penn State to be hit with fines in excess of $30 million  —  A girl takes a picture at the site where the statue of former Penn State University football coach Joe Paterno stood.  It sits empty now after it was removed by workers outside Beaver Stadium on Sunday, July 22.  —  HIDE CAPTION

TwitLonger  —  I'd like to preface this long tweet by saying that my passion comes from my deepest sympathy and shared sorrow with yesterday's victims and with the utmost respect for the people and the police/fire/medical/political forces of Aurora and all who seek to comfort and aid these victims.

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.

Evangelical Leaders Blame Liberals, Media For Aurora Shootings, Say Only Christian Victims Will Go To Heaven  —  On the conservative Christian radio show AFA Today, evangelical spokesperson Jerry Newcombe blamed the tragedy of the Aurora shooting on the nation's loss of fear of God and hell.

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 …

National Journal Bars Quotations Tweaked by Sources  —  National Journal said it would ban the use of quotations that had been massaged or manipulated by its sources, joining a growing chorus of news organizations that are objecting to a practice that has become increasingly common in political journalism.

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.

‘Dark Knight Rises’ shooting: Three heroes died in Aurora taking bullets for their girlfriends  —  In final acts of valor, Jon Blunk, Matt McQuinn and Alex Teves used their bodies to shield their girlfriends as accused madman James Holmes turned the Aurora cineplex into a shooting gallery.