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Witnesses: Colo. suspect shouted during rampage

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(CBS News) AURORA, Colo. - We've learned something new Tuesday about what was happening inside the theater during Friday's massacre in Aurora, Colorado: Two women who were wounded said the suspect, James Holmes, was shouting at his victims.
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Other States, and Other Times, Would Have Posed Obstacles for Gunman

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If the man who killed 12 people and shot dozens more in a packed Colorado movie theater last week had tried to carry out his scheme in a different state, or at an earlier time, he would have faced more obstacles.
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Rebel-Held Land Could Be Safe Haven in Syria, Clinton Says

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BEIRUT, Lebanon - The clamorous heart of Aleppo, the ancient city with its cobbled streets and mazy bazaars, fell silent on Tuesday as residents there and across Syria's sprawling commercial capital fled the streets and cowered indoors, dreading the ...
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Obama: Romney "twisting my words" over small business remark

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By Alister Bull | PORTLAND (Reuters) - President Barack Obama accused Republican Mitt Romney on Tuesday of misrepresenting a comment he made about small business owners that the former Massachusetts governor's campaign has pounced upon as a sign the ...
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Rare Miss For Apple as iPhone Sales Cool

Wall Street Journal -
By JESSICA E. VASCELLARO and IAN SHERR Apple earnings miss Wall Street estimates due to weaker-than-expected sales of the iPhone. MarketWatch's Dan Gallagher has the details.
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No wreckage found in expedition to solve fate of Amelia Earhart

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By Treena Shapiro | HONOLULU (Reuters) - A team trying to solve the mystery of Amelia Earhart's fate 75 years after she vanished over the Pacific has ended its expedition to a remote island without finding her plane, the group said.
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Ghana's President John Atta Mills Dead at 68

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DAKAR - Ghana's president, John Atta Mills, died Tuesday at a military hospital in Accra shortly after falling ill. Officials did not give a cause of death.
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Egypt president names new prime minister, a surprise to many

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CAIRO - Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi surprised the nation Tuesday by naming an obscure bureaucrat as his new prime minister to form a government that probably will be held in check by military leaders during an unsteady transition to democracy.
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Phone hacking: Rebekah Brooks, UK PM's ex-aide charged

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LONDON: A former aide to British PM David Cameron and ex-head of media mogul Rupert Murdoch-controlled News Corp's UK operations were charged with phone hacking along with six others on Tuesday.
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1st of 8 trials start for soldiers in hazing death

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FAYETTEVILLE, NC (AP) - Defense attorneys argued as an army officer's court martial opened Tuesday that a private found dead in Afghanistan killed himself amid the stress of strained family ties and not because of alleged ethnic hazing by their client.
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Monsignor Gets 3-6 Years in Sex Abuse Cover-Up

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Jul. 24, 2012 - A Roman Catholic monsignor who became the first US church official branded a felon for covering up sex abuse claims against priests has been sentenced in Philadelphia to three to six years in prison.
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Germans React Coolly to Moody's Warning

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By WILLIAM BOSTON in Berlin and BRIAN BLACKSTONE in Frankfurt BERLIN—A warning that the euro crisis could cost Germany its prized triple-A credit rating is stepping up pressure on Chancellor Angela Merkel to take bolder action, but also stiffening ...
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Netflix cautious on subscriber growth, shares plunge

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By Lisa Richwine | LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Netflix Inc (NFLX.O) warned on Tuesday it may have trouble reaching its year-end target for new subscribers, an outlook that disappointed Wall Street and sent the video rental company's shares down nearly 16 ...
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Voter-ID protesters take their case to Pa. Capitol

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HARRISBURG - Hundreds of people from across Pennsylvania took their anger over the state's new voter-identification law to the Capitol steps Tuesday, saying the law will make it harder for minorities, the poor, and the elderly to vote.
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Obama departs Portland after fundraiser

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AP The president's plane took off from shortly after 5 pm on Tuesday, about 5 1/2 hours after he arrived. Obama raised money and spoke to supporters at the Oregon Convention Center.
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TV Ad Makers Earn More Super-PAC Millions for Less Work

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Republican media strategist Fred Davis last year found that creating ads for Jon Huntsman's presidential primary bid was a lot different on the inside than on the outside.
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Twitter to release tool that exports users' tweet history

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Following the path of Facebook, Twitter's CEO says the company is developing a new feature that will let users download all tweets they ever posted to the social network.
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New 'Mountain Lion' system for Macs goes on sale Wednesday, features from ...

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NEW YORK - Apple Inc. will release its new operating system for Mac computers on Wednesday, with features borrowed from mobile devices and a tighter integration with online file storage.
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California judge rejects bid for longer trial in Samsung-Apple case

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By Martyn Williams IDG News Service - A federal judge in California has rejected a request by Samsung that would have doubled the length and increased the complexity of a highly anticipated trial in which the company will lock horns with Apple over ...
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Batman star Christian Bale visits shooting victims

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AURORA, Colo. (AP) - Batman star Christian Bale visited survivors of the Colorado theater shooting Tuesday, and thanked medical staff and police officers who responded to the attack that killed 12 people and injured 58 others.
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Sherman Hemsley, Star of 'The Jeffersons,' Dead at 74

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By Alexandra Cheney Actor Sherman Hemsley arrives at the LG's Mobile TV Party held at Paramount Studios on June 19, 2007 in Los Angeles, California.
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Kristen Stewart Cheats on Robert Pattinson with Married Director: Sources

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The relationship between Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson has been rocked by the revelation that the actress had a brief fling with a married director, sources tell PEOPLE.
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Carmelo Anthony and Coach K talk about Team USA's 100-78 victory vs. Spain.

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Gold medal at stake or nothing at all, the US Olympic basketball team was bringing its best Tuesday. The Olympic torch relay is on its epic journey to London.
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Pirates may be near deal with Astros for Wandy

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By Tom Singer / MLB.com | 07/24/12 8:30 PM ET PITTSBURGH -- The Pirates are focusing their quest for pitching help on left-hander Wandy Rodriguez of the Astros, MLB.
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NCAA acted outside the norm with Penn State, but what does it mean?

Los Angeles Times -
The NCAA has done more than hammer the Penn State football program with crippling sanctions. It has entered the crime business. In past situations in which athletics and criminal activity intertwined, the NCAA got involved only after its rules had been ...
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Greenland ice sheet had biggest thaw since 1973 this month, scientists say

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Greenland's surface ice cover experienced a broader thaw during a three-day period this month than in nearly four decades of satellite record-keeping, according to three independent satellite measurements analyzed by NASA and university scientists.
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Why Sally Ride waited until her death to tell the world she was gay

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Sally Ride, the first US woman in space, captured the nation's imagination with her historic journey into space. NBC's Rehema Ellis looks back at the intrepid astronaut's life and legacy after she lost her battle with pancreatic cancer.
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Mars One plans suicide mission to Red Planet for 2023

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There's an old joke about sending someone you hate on a one-way trip to Mars. Now, a Dutch entrepreneur has formed a company around this concept -- and it's no joke.
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CBO: Court ruling cuts cost of health-care law, but leaves 3 million more ...

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President Obama's signature health-care initiative will cost a bit less than expected as a result of last month's Supreme Court ruling, but the decision is also likely to leave millions more people without access to insurance, congressional budget ...
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Good news, bad news about teen sex behavior and HIV

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Dramatically fewer black high school students are taking part in sexual behavior that puts them at risk for contracting HIV than they were 20 years ago.

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