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10A Daily News – Saturday, July 21, 2012 cooperating SAN DIEGO (AP) — The suspect in a shooting that killed or wounded 71 people early Friday in a suburban Denver movie theater is not talking to investigators, a law enforcement official briefed on the investiga- tion told The Associated Press. Shooting suspect not The official spoke on condition of anonymity in discussing the ongoing case. The person also said police found jars of chem- icals in James Holmes' booby trapped Aurora apartment with wires nearby. 24-year-old describe him as a shy, intelligent person raised in California by parents who were active in their well-to-do subur- ban neighborhood. Holmes, who was studying neuroscience in a Ph.D. program in Col- orado, grew up in San Diego, where his parents still live on a quiet, street of two-story homes with red tile roofs. He played soccer at Westview High School and ran cross country before going to college. Those who knew the WORLD BRIEFING Dark Knight Rises.'' Warner Bros. quickly can- celed a premiere planned for Paris and canceled press interviews in France. ''Warner Bros. and the victory in Damascus, the central bastion of Presi- dent Bashar Assad's rule. Neighbors say the fam- ily belonged to a Presby- terian church and hosted a Christmas party for resi- dents. Many families choose the San Diego neighborhood because it is part of the well-regard- ed Poway Unified School District, one of the best in California. gunman left AURORA, Colo. (AP) — An eager audience for- going sleep to take in the midnight showing of ''The Dark Knight Rises'' instead were witnesses Friday to a bloody mass shooting at a suburban Denver movie theater. Police said a man clad in black threw a canister that spewed smoke before he opened fire. Witnesses said that at first, they thought it was a prank or a stunt. Then the gunman shot steadily at the audi- ence, not speaking. Some of their accounts: Witness tried to hold door shut as Shooting shocks movie filmmakers are deeply saddened to learn about this shocking incident,'' read a statement from Warner Bros. ''We extend our prayers and deepest sympathies to the victims, their loved ones and those affected by this tragedy.'' New York City's police commissioner said he was told the gunman had painted his hair red and called himself the Joker — Batman's nemesis — but Aurora police would not confirm that. The studio was rushing to react to the tragedy. Dan Fellman, head of dis- tribution for Warner Bros, said he had been up since 4 a.m. making calls. guerrilla war BEIRUT (AP) — Rebels pressed their guer- rilla fight to topple Syria's regime deeper into the capital on Friday, ambushing troops and attacking police stations as thousands of terrified civilians fled to Lebanon and Iraq to escape some of the worst violence of the 16-month conflict. The two-day death toll Thousands flee as Syrian rebels wage was more than 470 peo- ple, marking some of the deadliest of the uprising. The U.N. refugee The movie industry grap- pled Friday with the dead- ly Colorado shooting at a midnight screening of ''The Dark Knight Rises,'' as one of the most anticipated films in years became enmeshed with a horrifying tragedy. industry NEW YORK (AP) — Emails support motivated PHOENIX (AP) — Opponents of Arizona's hardline immigration enforcement law contend that emails sent, received and forwarded by a for- mer legislator who cham- pioned the law support allegations it was racially motivated. claims Ariz. law was racially will officially become the party's standard-bearer. ''President Bush was grateful for the invita- tion,'' his spokesman, Freddy Ford, said Friday in an email. He added that the 43rd president ''is confident that Mitt Rom- ney will be a great presi- dent. But he's still enjoy- ing his time off the politi- cal stage and respectfully declined the invitation to go to Tampa.'' Bush's presence at the Dozens of emails are cited in a new legal effort by the American Civil Liberties Union and other civil rights groups to block police from enforc- ing the Arizona law's so- called ''show me your papers'' provision recent- ly upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court. The groups said the emails and other material reveal that ex-Sen. Rus- sell Pearce and other sup- porters of the law known as SB1070 embraced dis- criminatory views and bent the truth about immi- gration-related matters, setting the stage for enact- ment of a law that the groups contend will lead to racial profiling if enforced. Russell is the architect of Arizona's immigration law. The shooting, which killed 12 and left nearly 60 injured in an Aurora, Colo., movie theater, reverberated through Hol- lywood and upended carefully laid plans for the global release of ''The agency said between 8,500 and 30,000 Syrians had entered Lebanon in the past 48 hours, and thousands of Iraqis have also returned home, a bit- ter trip for many who fled to Syria from their own country's civil war. In Damascus, Syrian forces recaptured one bat- tle-scarred neighborhood and proudly showed reporters the dead bodies of rebel fighters lying in rubble-strewn streets. But rebels said they withdrew to expand their guerrilla war, pointing to the difficulty both sides will have in achieving The use of the emails in the court filing later Tuesday was reported Fri- day by The Arizona Republic. George W. Bush is skipping GOP convention could under- cut Romney's argument that he knows better than President Barack Obama when it comes to improv- ing the wobbly economy. A CBS News/New York Times poll this month found more voters say Bush deserves the bulk of the blame for the nation's economic downturn than think Obama bears a lot of the responsibility. Almost two-thirds of voters think Romney's economic poli- cies would mirror Bush's at least somewhat. Bush was deeply unpopular when he left office in 2009 amid the nation's worst financial crisis since the Great Depression. He has large- ly stayed out of politics since returning to Texas with his wife, Laura. In a recent interview with the Hoover Institu- tion's Peter Robinson, Bush left little doubt that he prefers to observe the often-messy process. — Former President George W. Bush is skip- ping the Republican National Convention next month in Tampa, Fla., where presumptive GOP nominee Mitt Romney convention WASHINGTON (AP) treatment ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A 9-year- old boy with a massive tumor was whisked from a dangerous neighbor- hood in Mexico in an armored vehicle by U.S. agents and taken across the border for treatment in New Mexico, his family said. Homeland Security takes boy with tumor to NM for cials only as Jose to pro- tect his family, said the tumor on his shoulder and neck has grown so large that it affects his eyesight and could move into his heart. With no money for medical care, the family sought treatment in Juarez and El Paso, but did not receive any help remov- ing the tumor, which has afflicted Jose since birth. Si Budagher, pastor of First Baptist Church of Rio Rancho, N.M., said church members spotted the boy while doing mis- sionary work and felt compelled to help him. Olympic flame arrives Lake in Evansdale. The cousins disap- peared a week ago while riding bikes near the lake. tors have sent evidence to a state crime lab for analysis. He would not elaborate or say what the evidence was. He says investigators do not believe the girls are lost because they would have been found by now. With the flame comes the games. in London LONDON (AP) — After years of prepara- tion and months of buildup, London's Olympic moment finally arrived Friday night. Royal Marine Martyn famed river banks to see the torch arrive, while Yeoman warders — the ceremonial Tower guards popularly known as Beefeaters — looked on from inside the land- mark's grounds. For Londoners, the arrival of the torch ignites a time of excitement — as well as four weeks of extreme crowds and trans- port strains. The boy and his par- ents were snatched Thurs- day from the gang-infest- ed neighborhood in Ciu- dad Juarez — one of the deadliest cities in the world — after members of a New Mexico Baptist church saw him near an orphanage and sought help. 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The commando's grand entrance plunged the symbol of the games into the city's historic heart, bringing Olympic pageantry to the British capital that last held the event in 1948. Crowds lined the city's in Mich., Md. CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Health officials say a man accused of causing a hepatitis C outbreak in New Hamp- shire previously worked in Maryland and Michi- gan. Tech in NH hepatitis C case worked Abben says investiga- A spokesman for The Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore says David Kwiatkowski worked in the cardiac catheteriza- tion lab there from July 2009 to January 2010 and in least three other Maryland hospitals as well. The Michigan Department of Commu- nity Health says Kwiatkowski also worked in that state, and officials are working to determine where. Kwiatkowski, a trav- eling lab technician, was charged Thursday with federal drug crimes. He's accused of stealing anesthetic drugs from Exeter Hos- pital, injecting himself and contaminating syringes that were later used on patients, 30 of whom were later diag- nosed with hepatitis C. abuse trial SAN ANTONIO (AP) — A jury is delib- erating in the case of a Texas Air Force instruc- tor accused of preying on female trainees in a broad military sex abuse scandal. Jury gets case in Air Force base sex Staff Sgt. Luis Walker's trial were held Friday. Prosecutor Maj. Closing arguments in Black Hawk County Chief Deputy Rick Abben told reporters Friday that the case was reclassified after FBI divers were confident the bodies of 10-year- old Lyric Cook-Morris- sey and 8-year-old Eliz- abeth Collins are not on the bottom of Meyers Sierra Sound Car Audio 35th $ 226 So. Main St., Red Bluff 527-3735 All CD's 13.99 Anniversary Sale or less Patricia Gruen called Walker a ''wolf in sheep's clothing'' who took advantage of already scared trainees. But Walker's attorney, Joseph Esparza, argued authorities have offered no other evidence besides the testimony of alleged victims to back up their case. Walker is charged with 28 counts, includ- ing rape and aggravated sexual assault involving at least 10 women in basic training. His trial is seen as the cornerstone of a major investigation into train- ers at Lackland Air Force Base in San Anto- nio, where every Ameri- can airman receives basic training.