2012年7月21日星期六

Yahoo! News: Terrorism

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Terrorism


Final movie rampage victims identified

Posted: 21 Jul 2012 03:45 PM PDT

Photographs of theater shooting victim Alex Sullivan are shown, Saturday, July 21, 2012, at a memorial near the movie theater in Aurora, Colo. Twelve people were killed and dozens were injured in the attack early Friday at the packed theater during a showing of the Batman movie, "The Dark Knight Rises." Police have identified the suspected shooter as James Holmes, 24. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)Ashley Moser drifted in and out of consciousness in the ICU, bullets lodged in her throat and a gunshot wound to her abdomen. In her waking moments, she called for her 6-year-old daughter Veronica.


Bomb squads disarm traps at suspect's home

Posted: 21 Jul 2012 11:23 AM PDT

Aurora police: Suspect apartment set to killAURORA, Colo.--Authorities have defused the first trip wire and detonated two devices in movie shooting suspect James Holmes' "booby trapped" apartment, officials announced Saturday. A robot first cut the trip wire that was stretched across the front door, and then technicians neutralized booby traps that were behind the wire, Jim Yacone, FBI special agent, said [...]


James Holmes awaits court date

Posted: 21 Jul 2012 03:45 PM PDT

This photo provided by the University of Colorado shows James Holmes. University spokeswoman Jacque Montgomery says 24-year-old Holmes, who police say is the suspect in a mass shooting at a Colorado movie theater, was studying neuroscience in a Ph.D. program at the University of Colorado-Denver graduate school. Holmes is suspected of shooting into a crowd at a movie theater killing at least 12 people and injuring dozens more, authorities said. (AP Photo/University of Colorado)CENTENNIAL, Colo. - Flags outside the Arapahoe County Detention Facility flew at half-mast Saturday for the victims killed and wounded in the Denver-area movie theater massacre. Beyond the jail's walls sits the suspected gunman police say is responsible for the rampage, one worst mass shootings in United States history. "The inmates know he's in there, [...]


Victim: 'I'm a man of faith, but it gets tried in times like this'

Posted: 21 Jul 2012 07:51 AM PDT

Colorado shooting victims mournedDenver shooting victim Marcus Weaver wants to show mercy to the man who put two shotgun pellets in his right shoulder, but admits it's a struggle. "I'm a man of faith, but it gets tried in times like this," Weaver told Yahoo News. "I'm not saying I'm [...]


Gun deaths: A familiar American experience

Posted: 21 Jul 2012 08:33 AM PDT

Colorado Shooting: Remembering the VictimsOne of the most depressing aspects of the shooting rampage at a movie theater in Aurora, Colo., is just how familiar it all is to the American experience.


Air Force instructor sentenced to 20 years

Posted: 21 Jul 2012 10:49 AM PDT

Air Force Staff Sgt. Luis Walker arrives for the fourth day of his trial at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio, Texas, Friday, July 20, 2012. Walker is accused of sexually assaulting 10 basic trainees, with charges ranging from rape and aggravated sexual assault to obstructing justice and violating rules of professional conduct. If convicted, he could be sentenced to life imprisonment. (AP Photo/San Antonio Express News, Billy Calzada)An Air Force instructor was sentenced to 20 years in prison Saturday, after being convicted of rape and sexual assault in a sweeping sex scandal that rocked one of the nation's busiest military training centers.


Activists report heavy fighting in Syria's Aleppo

Posted: 21 Jul 2012 09:43 AM PDT

This image made from amateur video released by Shaam News Network and accessed by the Associated Press Saturday, July 21, 2012 purports to show shelling of Homs, Syria by government forces on July 21, 2012. (AP Photo/Shaam News Network via AP video) IMAGE MADE FROM AMATEUR VIDEO RELEASED BY SHAAM NEWS NETWORK AND ACCESSED VIA AP VIDEO SATURDAY, JULY 21, 2012. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS CANNOT INDEPENDENTLY VERIFY THE CONTENT, DATE, LOCATION OR AUTHENTICITY OF THIS MATERIALSyrian troops clashed with rebels in the city of Aleppo for a second day Saturday, forcing inhabitants to flee to safer areas in some of the fiercest fighting to date in a key bastion of support President Bashar Assad, activists said.


One day later, shooting survivor finishes 'Dark Knight'

Posted: 21 Jul 2012 09:20 AM PDT

Theater owner: Working with police following Colorado shootingLess than one day after he escaped the chaos and carnage of the Aurora, Colo., theater shooting, lifelong Batman fan Justin Davis was back at the movies with a sense of purpose. Davis, 16, was accompanied by his brother and a friend to a screening...


FBI, Homeland: No info about more shooting sprees

Posted: 21 Jul 2012 06:17 AM PDT

Police block the road in front of an apartment where the suspect in a theatre shooting lived in Aurora, Colo., on Friday, July 20, 2012. As many as 12 people were killed and 50 injured at a shooting at the Century 16 movie theatre on Friday. The suspect is identified as 24-year-old James Holmes. (AP Photo/Ed Andrieski)The FBI and Homeland Security Department say there is no information indicating plans for more shooting sprees at movie theaters around the country.


FBI searching for evidence in suspected Iowa abduction

Posted: 21 Jul 2012 11:37 AM PDT

Missing Iowa Girls Elizabeth Collins, Lyric Cook: Blood Hounds Pick Up ScentOver a week has passed since two young cousins, Elizabeth Collins and Lyric Cook, were last seen in Evansdale, Iowa. Authorities say they know nothing more today about the girls' whereabouts. An FBI dive squad with sonar equipment arrived this morning to search a local lake.


Suspect arrested in L.A. homeless stabbings

Posted: 21 Jul 2012 11:19 AM PDT

Police arrested a suspect in the stabbings of three Los Angeles-area homeless people in recent weeks, a man they say goes by a name signed on "death warrants" found with the wounded victims.

As election approaches, candidates beef up spending

Posted: 21 Jul 2012 10:38 AM PDT

U.S. Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney speaks at a Victory town hall in Bowling GreenLess than four months until the U.S. presidential election, Republican candidate Mitt Romney's campaign is beefing up on personnel and investing more cash internally as outside groups pour millions into television ads to help him counter Democratic President Barack Obama's messaging over the airwaves. ...


At least 21 treated for burns after Robbins event

Posted: 21 Jul 2012 04:26 AM PDT

FILE - Tony Robbins poses for a portrait Monday, July 26, 2010 in New York. Fire officials in California say at least 21 people were treated for burns after attendees of an event for motivational speaker Tony Robbins tried to walk on hot coals. (AP Photo/Jeff Christensen, File)Fire officials in California say at least 21 people were treated for burns after attendees of an event for motivational speaker Tony Robbins tried to walk on hot coals.


What to wear all a matter of money at Olympics

Posted: 21 Jul 2012 04:15 AM PDT

FILE - The Aug. 16, 2012 file photo shows United States' Michael Phelps reacting after winning the gold medal in the men's 100-meter butterfly final during the swimming competitions in the National Aquatics Center at the Beijing 2008 Olympics in Beijing. Whether it's Chinese-made uniforms for American athletes, a tattoo inked on a runner's body or a miniature American flag that can't go on Phelps' swim cap, Olympians should have figured out one thing by now: What they can or cannot wear at the London Games has very little to do with their fashion, marketing sense or patriotism, and a whole lot to do with rules, regulations and, of course, money.(AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill, File)Olympians should have figured out one thing by now: What they can or cannot wear at the London Games has very little to do with their fashion, marketing sense or patriotism, and a whole lot to do with rules, regulations and, of course, money.


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