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James Holmes, alleged gunman (Reuters)

Shooting coverage wins Pulitzer

The Denver Post won a Pulitzer Prize on Monday for its coverage of the movie theatre massacre in Aurora.

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Reporter to testify in Colorado shooting case

The judge handling the case of the Colorado theater shooting suspect is requiring a Fox News reporter to testify.

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In Connecticut and Colorado, scenes of the most deadly US mass shootings in 2012, people were less enthusiastic about buying new guns at the end of the year than in most other states (Reuters)

No gun 'banic' in Conn, Colorado

In Connecticut and Colorado people were less enthusiastic about buying guns at the end of the year than in most other states.

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James Holmes

Victims' families reject theatre's offer

Relatives of those killed in a Colorado movie theatre rejected an invitation on Wednesday to attend its reopening.

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Madonna performing the stunt in Brussels (Reuters)

Madonna angers fans with gun stunt

Pop superstar Madonna infuriated fans in Colorado on Thursday night when she brandished a gun during her concert.

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James Holmes gestures next to a llama in this photograph submitted with his application to graduate school at the University of Illinois (Reuters)

Batman gunman appears in court

With hair that's brown instead of orangish-red, the suspect in Colorado's movie theatre shooting appeared in court.

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Brad Pitt (WENN)

Brad Pitt backs US gun laws

Brad Pitt is adamant US politicians should ignore calls to outlaw firearms.

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Suspect James Holmes (Reuters)

Batman massacre theatre could be torn down

Aurora is asking residents what should be done with the movie theatre where 12 people were shot to death last month.

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Nick Cave (AAP)

Nick Cave suggest violent movies cause real-life violence

Nick Cave fears the high levels of violence in movies is to blame for real life atrocities such as the recent Colorado cinema massacre.

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Still from Gangster Squad

Gangster Squad reshoots called

Studio bosses at Warner Bros have called the cast of Gangster Squad back to the set for reshoots following the Aurora cinema massacre in Colorado last month.

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James Holmes in court last month  (Reuters)

James Holmes mentally ill, say lawyers

Attorneys for the suspect in the Colorado movie theatre shootings said yesterday their client is mentally ill.

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Scott Smith is shown in this police handout photo (Reuters)

Moviegoer carried gun 'for protection'

A northeast Ohio man brought weapons to a showing of the latest Batman movie because he wanted to protect himself, according to his attorney.

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Man arrested with guns at Ohio Batman screening

Police in Ohio arrested a 37-year-old man on the weekend after he attempted to take a rucksack full of weapons and ammunition into a cinema for a late night screening of The Dark Knight Rises.

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Poster for The Dark Knight Rises (Reuters)

Armed man arrested at Batman screening

A man has been arrested for carrying a gun, ammunition and several knives into a showing of the The Dark Knight Rises.

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Jeff Ross and Roseanne Barr at the Comedy Central roast (Reuters)

TV bosses axe cinema massacre joke from roast

Network bosses at Comedy Central in the US have opted to axe a joke funnyman Jeff Ross made about the Colorado cinema massacre from the upcoming Roseanne Barr roast.

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William Koberna

Student arrested after 'shooting up' university tweet

A Kent State University student posted a message on Twitter saying he would be "shooting up" the northeastern Ohio campus.

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Comedian Dane Cook (WENN.com)

Comedian 'regrets' Batman shooting joke

Russell Brand has come to his fellow comedian Dane Cook's defence after he made light of the deadly Colorado cinema massacre during an ill-advised joke at a stand-up show last week.

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James Holmes (Reuters)

Batman shooter faces 142 charges video

James Holmes appeared just as dazed as he did in his first court appearance last week after the deadly Colorado movie theatre shootings.

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Colorado shooting suspect James Eagan Holmes makes his first court appearance in Aurora (Reuters)

Batman murder-accused sought help video

The former graduate student accused in the deadly Colorado cinema shooting was being treated by a psychiatrist at the university where he studied.

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Obama says there are other ways of reducing violent crime  (file pic)

Obama not seeking new gun laws

The White House and the Senate's top Democrat made it clear yesterday that new gun legislation will not be on the political agenda this year.

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