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• Church prays for gunman who killed one of their own
• Victims' tweets give insight on life, death
• Obama to meet with families of shooting victims
• Bombs kill 20 and wound 80 across Iraq
• Norway remembers victims on attack anniversary
• Sexual assault victim could be charged for tweeting names
• Five NATO service members killed in Afghanistan
• Ernie Els rallys to win British Open
• Prime minister: Greece now in 'Great Depression'
• University investigating shooting suspect's deliveries
• Turkey sends missile batteries to Syria border
• Israel asks court to delay settlement's removal
• Feinstein: Election year not ideal for gun debate
• Next Stop, Launch Pad: NASA Opens Apollo, Shuttle Launch Site for Tours
• Poverty on track to rise to highest level since 1960s
• Heaviest rains in 60 years kill 37 in Beijing
• Official: Iran can produce nuclear fuel for ships
• Penn State takes down Paterno statue
• Greek PM sees country in 'Great Depression'
• AP Source: Assault rifle jammed in Colo. attack
• Obama to meet families of shooting victims
• Wheelchair-bound Israeli veteran sets himself on fire
• Penn State president orders Paterno statue removal
• Israel official: Syria protecting chemical arsenal
• Obama to visit shooting victims' families

Church prays for gunman who killed one of their own Posted: 22 Jul 2012 01:11 PM PDT AURORA, Colo. - Some worshipers held their hands to heaven, others wiped away tears. Together, the overflow crowd at Colorado Community Church sang with a greater purpose than most Sundays. "When the darkness closes in, Lord, still I will say, blessed be the name of the Lord," they belted out in unison. Sunday's service was [...]

Victims' tweets give insight on life, death Posted: 22 Jul 2012 12:54 PM PDT For Jessica Ghawi and Alex Sullivan, life's final minutes were about anticipation — not for anything life-altering, just a few hours of entertainment.

Obama to meet with families of shooting victims Posted: 22 Jul 2012 12:20 PM PDT President Barack Obama dashed to Colorado on Sunday to meet with families of those gunned down in a movie theater and to hear from state and local officials about the shooting that left 12 people dead and dozens more injured.

Bombs kill 20 and wound 80 across Iraq Posted: 22 Jul 2012 12:03 PM PDT BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Car bombs in two towns south of Baghdad and in the Iraqi city of Najaf killed a total of 20 people on Sunday and wounded 80, police and hospital sources said, in one of the most violent days of the past two weeks. Three car bombs killed 11 people and wounded 38 in Mahmudiya, a town 30 km (20 miles) south of Baghdad, according to police. The first detonated in a car in a parking lot, the second in another car as police arrived at the scene and a third at the town's police station, the police sources said. ...

Norway remembers victims on attack anniversary Posted: 22 Jul 2012 12:03 PM PDT Norway on Sunday paused to commemorate the 77 victims of a bomb and gun massacre that shocked the peaceful nation one year ago, a tragedy that the prime minister said had brought Norwegians together in defence of democracy and tolerance.

Sexual assault victim could be charged for tweeting names Posted: 22 Jul 2012 11:47 AM PDT A Kentucky girl who was sexually assaulted could face contempt of court charges after she tweeted the names of her juvenile attackers. Savannah Dietrich, the 17-year-old victim, was frustrated by a plea deal reached late last month by the two boys who assaulted her, and took to Twitter to expose them--violating a court order to [...]

Five NATO service members killed in Afghanistan Posted: 22 Jul 2012 11:14 AM PDT Five NATO service members have been killed in roadside bombings in Afghanistan during the past two days, while Afghan officials reported Sunday that four civilians died when hundreds of shells and rockets were fired from neighboring Pakistan.

Ernie Els rallys to win British Open Posted: 22 Jul 2012 11:14 AM PDT Ernie Els has won his fourth major championship in an astonishing finish, rallying to beat Adam Scott in the British Open when the Aussie bogeyed the last four holes.

Prime minister: Greece now in 'Great Depression' Posted: 22 Jul 2012 10:58 AM PDT ATHENS (Reuters) - Greece is in a "Great Depression" similar to the American one in the 1930s, the country's Prime Minister Antonis Samaras told former U.S. President Bill Clinton on Sunday. ...

University investigating shooting suspect's deliveries Posted: 22 Jul 2012 09:49 AM PDT The University of Colorado said it's investigating whether shooting suspect James Holmes used his position as a graduate student to order materials in the potentially deadly booby traps that police said they found in his apartment.

Turkey sends missile batteries to Syria border Posted: 22 Jul 2012 09:33 AM PDT Turkey sent batteries of ground-to-air missiles to the border with Syria on Sunday, media reports said, boosting its firepower as rebels in Syria seized several border posts.

Israel asks court to delay settlement's removal Posted: 22 Jul 2012 09:33 AM PDT Israel's government on Sunday asked the country's Supreme Court to delay the evacuation of an unauthorized West Bank settlement outpost by a month, its latest attempt to put off a potential clash with extremist settlers. No court decision was announced.

Feinstein: Election year not ideal for gun debate Posted: 22 Jul 2012 09:33 AM PDT Sen. Dianne Feinstein says the nation needs to have a "sane" discussion on gun control and ban military-style assault weapons. But the California Democrat acknowledges that probably won't happen before the November election.

Next Stop, Launch Pad: NASA Opens Apollo, Shuttle Launch Site for Tours Posted: 22 Jul 2012 09:33 AM PDT The NASA launch pad from which Apollo 11 lifted off for the first manned moon landing and Atlantis left Earth to fly the last space shuttle mission is now open to the public for tours.

Poverty on track to rise to highest level since 1960s Posted: 22 Jul 2012 09:16 AM PDT The ranks of America's poor are on track to climb to levels unseen in nearly half a century, erasing gains from the war on poverty in the 1960s amid a weak economy and fraying government safety net.

Heaviest rains in 60 years kill 37 in Beijing Posted: 22 Jul 2012 09:16 AM PDT BEIJING (Reuters) - The Chinese capital's heaviest rainstorm in six decades killed at least 37 people, flooded streets and stranded 80,000 people at the main airport, state media and the government said on Sunday. The storm, which started on Saturday afternoon and continued late into the night, flooded major roads and sent torrents of water tumbling down steps into underpasses. The Beijing city government said on its official microblog at least 37 people had died, including 25 drowned, six crushed in collapsing homes, five electrocuted and one struck by lightning. ...

Official: Iran can produce nuclear fuel for ships Posted: 22 Jul 2012 09:16 AM PDT Iran is capable of producing nuclear fuel for ships but has no immediate plans to upgrade the level of its uranium enrichment, the nation's nuclear chief was quoted as saying in Sunday.

Penn State takes down Paterno statue Posted: 22 Jul 2012 07:20 AM PDT The statue of Penn State's late, disgraced former football Joe Paterno has been taken down, after university officials announced early Sunday its decision to remove it.

Greek PM sees country in 'Great Depression' Posted: 22 Jul 2012 05:56 AM PDT ATHENS (Reuters) - Greece is in a "Great Depression" similar to the American one in the 1930s, the country's Prime Minister Antonis Samaras told former U.S. President Bill Clinton on Sunday. Samaras's comments come two days before a team of Greece's international lenders arrive in Athens to push for further austerity measures if the debt-laden country wants to qualify for further rescue payments and avoid a chaotic default. ...

AP Source: Assault rifle jammed in Colo. attack Posted: 22 Jul 2012 05:56 AM PDT 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, which forced the shooter to switch to another gun with less fire power.

Obama to meet families of shooting victims Posted: 22 Jul 2012 05:38 AM PDT AURORA, Colorado (Reuters) - President Barack Obama travels to Colorado on Sunday to meet families bereaved after a shooting rampage at a movie theater in a Denver suburb that killed at least 12 people and wounded 58. The victims, who ranged from six to 51 years of age, were shot to death Aurora, Colorado, early Friday when a gunman opened fire during a packed midnight premiere of the latest "Batman" film. A vigil is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. on Sunday in front of Aurora City Hall, organized by civic, community and religious leaders. ...

Wheelchair-bound Israeli veteran sets himself on fire Posted: 22 Jul 2012 05:38 AM PDT JERUSALEM (Reuters) - A wheelchair-bound Israeli war veteran set himself alight at a bus stop on Sunday, sustaining serious burns, two days after a protester died of injuries from a similar incident. Police and medics said the man was in his 50s and that passers-by put out the flames that engulfed him on a road near Tel Aviv. He suffered burns over 80 percent of his body. "His story is a difficult one, his emotional and economic situations weren't easy," said Dudi Gilboa, a member of an Israeli disabled veterans group who knows the man. ...

Penn State president orders Paterno statue removal Posted: 22 Jul 2012 04:49 AM PDT Penn State University will remove the famed statue of Joe Paterno outside its football stadium, eliminating a key piece of the iconography surrounding the once-sainted football coach accused of burying child sex abuse allegations against a retired assistant.

Israel official: Syria protecting chemical arsenal Posted: 22 Jul 2012 04:32 AM PDT Israeli leaders said Sunday they were following the escalating violence in Syria for signs militants were seizing the regime's chemical weapons or missiles, after Israel declared over the weekend that it was prepared to attack Syrian arsenals to prevent that from happening.

Obama to visit shooting victims' families Posted: 22 Jul 2012 03:25 AM PDT Once again donning the mantle of consoler-in-chief, President Barack Obama will travel Sunday to Colorado to comfort distraught families of those gunned down in a minute and a half of real-life horror at a midnight movie showing.

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