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Gunman kills 12 in Colo. shooting

Police arrested 24-year-old James Holmes for allegedly killing at least 12 people at a suburban Denver movie theater.

Yellow markers sit next to evidence, including a gas mask, as police investigate the scene outside the Century 16 movie theater east of the Aurora Mall in Aurora, Colo. on Friday, July 20, 2012. A gunman in a gas mask barged into a crowded Denver-area theater during a midnight showing of the Batman movie on Friday, hurled a gas canister and then opened fire in one of the deadliest mass shootings in recent U.S. history. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

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A gas mask outside the theater.

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Police cars in front of the Century 16 theater.

Tom Sullivan, center, embraces family members outside Gateway High School where he has been searching franticly for his son Alex Sullivan who celebrated his 27th birthday by going to see

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A father (center) searches for his son.

A Denver police bomb squad vehicle is pictured outside an apartment building in Aurora Colorado, July 20, 2012. A masked gunman killed 12 people at a midnight premiere of the new Batman movie in a suburb of Denver early on Friday, sparking pandemonium when he hurled a gas canister into the auditorium and opened fire on moviegoers. Police also searched the suspect's apartment building, breaking into a second-floor window after officers had been lifted in a crane, looking for explosives after the suspect made statements about explosives in his home. REUTERS/Jason Hatfield (UNITED STATES - Tags: CRIME LAW SOCIETY)

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A Denver Police bomb squad vehicle outside the suspect's apartment.

Colorado shooting suspect described as shy, intelligent

James Holmes, in custody for the shooting in Colorado, was studying neuroscience in a PhD program in Colorado.

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If gun laws are off the table, where is the plan B?

If political leaders can’t enact common-sense gun limits to help prevent shootings, they must come up with an alternative strategy.

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Dermatologist uses iPad app to simplify medical records

Dr. Eileen Deignan and her staff utilize Electronic Medical Assistant, which was developed by a fellow dermatologist.

Woman has close encounter with whales off Truro

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Fishing, remembering on an island off British Columbia

The nearly uninhabited Canadian archipelago of Haida Gwaii, known until 2010 as the Queen Charlotte Islands, is home to some of the best sportfishing in the world.

Romney bargained hard on severance during Bain absence

Mitt Romney was not merely an absentee owner of Bain Capital during his leave of absence, interviews and public records show.

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The New England Aquarium

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Cody Ross won Thursday night’s game with a walkoff, three-run homer against the White Sox.

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At Middlesex Truck & Coach, Mitt Romney suggested that businesses do not owe their success to the government.

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Boston musician Brian Evans outside Fenway Park. His song was selected to be Fenway's 100th anniversary song.

Singing Fenway’s praises

Kelli O’Hara, as Cathy, and Brandon Victor Dixon, as Raymond, rehearse a scene from “Far From Heaven,’’ a new musical adapted from the 2002 film.

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Jackie Reeves rediscovers her art just as gallery discovers her

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Democratic US Senate candidate Elizabeth Warren talked during a forum at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum in Boston on Tuesday.

Warren being considered for DNC keynote

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Penn State should discuss ending football

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Tiger Woods celebrated with his caddie Joe Lacava after chipping in a bunker shot on No. 18.

Tiger Woods making charge at British Open

Woods shot his second straight 67 to end the second round at 6-under, four shots off the pace set by American Brandt Snedeker.

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This undated Massachusetts driver license file photo shows Rezwan Ferdaus of Ashland, Mass.

Ashland man pleads guilty to terror charges

Under a plea deal filed earlier this month, Rezwan Ferdaus will serve 17 years in prison for plotting to fly remote-controlled airplanes into Washington, D.C., landmarks.

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