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Gunman opens fire at Colorado movie theater, killing at least 12 Update (8:31 a.m. EDT): Colorado police spokesman revises death toll and says at least 12 dead in movie theater attack, AP reports. NBC News: Fourteen people were killed and at least 50 others wounded early Friday when a gunman opened fire at a midnight screening of the summer blockbuster ”The Dark Knight Rises” near Denver, authorities and witnesses said. Aurora Police Chief Dan Oates told reporters that 10 people died at the scene and four others died after being taken to local hospitals. A three-month-old and a six-year-old girl were among those treated, according to reports. More updates on BreakingNews.com. Photo: Police responded to a shooting at the Century 16 movie theater in Aurora, Colorado, early this morning. (Karl Gehring / The Denver Post via nbcnews.com)

Gunman opens fire at Colorado movie theater, killing at least 12

Update (8:31 a.m. EDT): Colorado police spokesman revises death toll and says at least 12 dead in movie theater attack, AP reports.

NBC News: Fourteen people were killed and at least 50 others wounded early Friday when a gunman opened fire at a midnight screening of the summer blockbuster ”The Dark Knight Rises” near Denver, authorities and witnesses said.

Aurora Police Chief Dan Oates told reporters that 10 people died at the scene and four others died after being taken to local hospitals. A three-month-old and a six-year-old girl were among those treated, according to reports.

More updates on BreakingNews.com.

Photo: Police responded to a shooting at the Century 16 movie theater in Aurora, Colorado, early this morning. (Karl Gehring / The Denver Post via nbcnews.com)

BREAKING: Stage collapses ahead of Radiohead show in Toronto CBC reports: A stage at Toronto’s Downsview Park has collapsed ahead of a Radiohead concert, killing 1 person and injuring at least 3, according to Toronto EMS. More updates on breakingnews.com. (Photo posted by @zakeaa on Twitter.) View high resolution

BREAKING: Stage collapses ahead of Radiohead show in Toronto

CBC reports: A stage at Toronto’s Downsview Park has collapsed ahead of a Radiohead concert, killing 1 person and injuring at least 3, according to Toronto EMS.

More updates on breakingnews.com.

(Photo posted by @zakeaa on Twitter.)

Mubarak sentenced to life in prison The Associated Press reports that Egypt’s ex-President Hosni Mubarak has been sentenced to life in prison after a court convicted him on charges of complicity in the killing of protesters during last year’s uprising that forced him from power. AP Photo/Amr Nabil

Mubarak sentenced to life in prison

The Associated Press reports that Egypt’s ex-President Hosni Mubarak has been sentenced to life in prison after a court convicted him on charges of complicity in the killing of protesters during last year’s uprising that forced him from power.

AP Photo/Amr Nabil

Developing: International flight diverted over 'security issue'

A Homeland Security official says US Airways flight 787 from Charles DeGaulle Airport in Paris, France, to Charlotte, North Carolina, has been diverted to Bangor, Maine, out of caution due to a “security issue,” NBC News reports.
Updates on breakingnews.com.

Former Rutgers student spared prison in webcam spying case JUST IN: Former Rutgers student Dharun Ravi has been sentenced to a probationary sentence of 30 days in jail, after being convicted of bias intimidation for using a webcam to see his roommate, Tyler Clementi, and another man kissing days before Clementi committed suicide, The Star-Ledger reports. UPDATE: Prosecutor says she will appeal the sentence. More updates on breakingnews.com. Photo: Dharun Ravi is seen in the courtroom for his sentencing in New Brunswick, NJ. (John O’Boyle/The Star-Ledger) View high resolution

Former Rutgers student spared prison in webcam spying case

JUST IN: Former Rutgers student Dharun Ravi has been sentenced to a probationary sentence of 30 days in jail, after being convicted of bias intimidation for using a webcam to see his roommate, Tyler Clementi, and another man kissing days before Clementi committed suicide, The Star-Ledger reports.

UPDATE: Prosecutor says she will appeal the sentence. More updates on breakingnews.com.

Photo: Dharun Ravi is seen in the courtroom for his sentencing in New Brunswick, NJ. (John O’Boyle/The Star-Ledger)

Robin Gibb, Bee Gees Co-Founder, Dead at 62 Via Rolling Stone. Photo: Robin Gibb performs in Rotterdam, Netherlands in 1991. (Rob Verhorst/Redferns) View high resolution

Robin Gibb, Bee Gees Co-Founder, Dead at 62

Via Rolling Stone.

Photo: Robin Gibb performs in Rotterdam, Netherlands in 1991. (Rob Verhorst/Redferns)

JUST IN: TMZ reports Donna Summer has died The Queen of Disco Donna Summer died this morning in Florida, according to TMZ. She was 63. Update (12:05 p.m. EDT): E! News has confirmed Donna Summmer’s death. View high resolution

JUST IN: TMZ reports Donna Summer has died

The Queen of Disco Donna Summer died this morning in Florida, according to TMZ. She was 63.

Update (12:05 p.m. EDT): E! News has confirmed Donna Summmer’s death.

Famed hair stylist Vidal Sassoon dead at 84 The Los Angeles Times: Famed hair stylist and fashion icon Vidal Sassoon was found dead at his home in Los Angeles, California, authorities say. Law enforcement sources say Sassoon died after an unspecified illness and that family were by his side. He was 84. Photo: Phase 4 Films via latimes.com View high resolution

Famed hair stylist Vidal Sassoon dead at 84

The Los Angeles Times: Famed hair stylist and fashion icon Vidal Sassoon was found dead at his home in Los Angeles, California, authorities say. Law enforcement sources say Sassoon died after an unspecified illness and that family were by his side. He was 84.

Photo: Phase 4 Films via latimes.com

Obama declares support for gay marriage

BREAKING: In an interview with ABC News, US President Barack Obama says he now supports same-sex marriage, reversing his longstanding opposition amid growing pressure from the Democratic base and his own vice president.

Watch video from the interview here.

Newt Gingrich Out: Candidate Ending 2012 Presidential Campaign

huffingtonpost:

Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich officially ended his campaign for the Republican presidential nomination on Wednesday.

Despite hitting bumps in the road, it wasn’t too long ago that Gingrich vowed to continue his campaign all the way to the Republican convention in Tampa in August. On Tuesday, he released a web video addressing his decision to abandon his presidential operation.

This is a developing story… More information to come…

(Reblogged from huffingtonpost)
shortformblog: Junior Seau dead, TMZ reports: Authorities are investigating the  43-year-old former NFL star’s death, which was a shooting that may have been self-inflicted. Details still coming in. We’ll keep an eye out. EDIT: Here’s a local news report on the shooting. According to San Diego’s 10News, a witness reportedly heard about Seau’s death from police. View high resolution

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Junior Seau dead, TMZ reports: Authorities are investigating the  43-year-old former NFL star’s death, which was a shooting that may have been self-inflicted. Details still coming in. We’ll keep an eye out.

EDIT: Here’s a local news report on the shooting. According to San Diego’s 10News, a witness reportedly heard about Seau’s death from police.

(Reblogged from shortformblog)

U.S. officials crack down on Medicare fraud schemes nationwide

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  • seven the number of cities in which the Medicare fraud raids took place
  • 100+ the number of people charged in the raids, including doctors
  • $450M the amount the fraud schemes allegedly cost the government source

» The biggest takedown of its kind: Today, raids took place in Miami,…

(Reblogged from shortformblog)

Rupert Murdoch 'not fit' to lead major international company, MPs conclude

A UK House of Commons committee report is highly critical of Rupert Murdoch and his son James’s role in the News of the World phone-hacking scandal. (Photo: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

via The Guardian

The Sydney Morning Herald reports that Australian billionaire mining magnate Clive Palmer has unveiled plans to build the Titanic II.Palmer said his new company Blue Star Line Pty Ltd had commissioned the state-owned Chinese company CSC Jinling Shipyard to build a near replica of the ill-fated Titanic in China. The cost is unknown.The ship’s maiden voyage from England to North America is scheduled for late 2016. Photo: The Titanic (The Associated Press)

The Sydney Morning Herald reports that Australian billionaire mining magnate Clive Palmer has unveiled plans to build the Titanic II.

Palmer said his new company Blue Star Line Pty Ltd had commissioned the state-owned Chinese company CSC Jinling Shipyard to build a near replica of the ill-fated Titanic in China. The cost is unknown.

The ship’s maiden voyage from England to North America is scheduled for late 2016.

Photo: The Titanic (The Associated Press)