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Associated Press:
Shooting suspect gun club membership rejected — AURORA, Colo.—The suspect in the Colorado shooting rampage displayed behavior that a gun range owner thought was “bizarre,” but it is still unclear if anyone at the university where he studied had any hint of his plans.
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AP Source: Assault rifle jammed in Colo. attack — AURORA, Colo. (AP) — The semiautomatic assault rifle used by the gunman in a mass shooting at a midnight showing of the latest Batman movie jammed during the attack, a federal law enforcement official told The Associated Press …
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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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Anne McQuary / WLTX-TV:
Colorado Shooter's Elaborate And Easily Available Arsenal
Colorado Shooter's Elaborate And Easily Available Arsenal
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The Raw Story
Larry Celona / New York Post:
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 …
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Orange County Register:
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 …
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Alan Carter / CBS Los Angeles:
Near-Riot Breaks Out After Officer-Involved Shooting In Anaheim — ANAHEIM (CBS/AP) — A police shooting that left a man dead led to a near-riot Saturday as angry witnesses threw bottles at officers who responded with tear gas and beanbag rounds. — The man was shot around 4 p.m. in front …
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Balloon Juice
Shelby Grad / L.A. NOW:
Angry Anaheim crowd threw bottles at police, set fires on streets
Angry Anaheim crowd threw bottles at police, set fires on streets
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Orange County Register and Firedoglake
Ktla-Ltv / ktla.com:
Riot Breaks Out After Suspect Shot by Anaheim Police
Riot Breaks Out After Suspect Shot by Anaheim Police
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Orchestrated Pulse, Alan Colmes' Liberaland, The Hinterland Gazette and L.A. NOW
CNN:
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
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David Edwards / The Raw Story:
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.
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Anthony Bond / Daily Mail:
Olympics' most wanted: Terror police fear suspect hunted after Bulgarian bus bomb could be on his way to London 2012 — He is a top target for Israeli security agents who fear their athletes will be attacked by Iranian terror squad — MI5 and Scotland Yard are thought to have raised …
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Hugh Hewitt's TownHall Blog
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Associated Press:
Jacques Rogge rejects latest calls
Jacques Rogge rejects latest calls
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Hot Air, Scared Monkeys and Algemeiner.com
Jason Alexander / TwitLonger:
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.
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Helen Lewis Published / New Statesman:
How the media shouldn't cover a mass murder — A look at the “Batman killer” front pages. — Every time there's a mass shooting, I remember this piece of footage from Charlie Brooker's BBC series Newswipe. In it, a forensic psychiatrist outlines the guidelines for news reporting of such a tragedy …
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American Power, more at Mediagazer »
Jeremy W. Peters / New York Times:
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.
Discussion:
Taylor Marsh, New York Magazine and Politico
NY Daily News:
‘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.
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LewRockwell.com Blog
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