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 …

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 …

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

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.

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 …

Israel advances PA NIS 180m. to ease finance crisis  —  PM, FM decided to transfer before Ramadan to help the PA, in the midst of a severe financial crisis.  —  Israel, in a “goodwill gesture” to the Palestinian Authority, gave Ramallah over the last few days a NIS 180 million advance …

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.

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.

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 …

‘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.