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Attack victims might be able to visit Colo theater

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 27th

By P. SOLOMON BANDAAssociated Press DENVER (AP) - Witnesses and people injured in the Aurora theater shooting might be allowed to visit the site where a gunman killed 12 people and injured 58 others. A copy of an email sent Thursday by prosecutors to victims and obtained by The Associated Press

Police: Minn. office shooter kills 4, then self

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 27th

By AMY FORLITIAssociated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - The gunman who opened fire inside a Minneapolis sign-making business killed four people before fatally shooting himself, police said early Friday. The victims' bodies were found shortly after officers arrived at Accent Signage Systems Inc.,

Phoenix police release 911 calls in terrorist hoax

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 27th

By WALTER BERRYAssociated Press PHOENIX (AP) - Most of the people who saw a masked teenager wearing a sheet and armed with a grenade launcher told authorities they assumed the weapon was a fake as he pointed it at passing cars in northwest Phoenix, according to 911 calls released Thursday. All

Judge won't redact document already made public

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 27th

CENTENNIAL, Colo. (AP) - A judge has denied a request from prosecutors in the Colorado theater shooting to redact court documents that already have been made public. The judge's ruling, released Thursday, didn't identify the documents or indicate why prosecutors wanted to redact them.

Killer who escaped NC prison farm recaptured

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 27th

By MICHAEL BIESECKERAssociated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - A convicted killer who walked away from a North Carolina prison farm was captured Thursday after more than four days on the run. James J. Ladd, 51, was taken into custody by state authorities at about 11 a.m., according to North Carolina

Phoenix filmmaker jailed in grenade launcher hoax

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 27th

By BOB CHRISTIEAssociated Press PHOENIX (AP) - A Phoenix man has been accused of dressing his 16-year-old nephew in a sheet and sending him into a busy street with a fake grenade launcher, then filming the masked teenager pointing the faux weapon at passing cars. Authorities said it was all to

Syrian military's text to rebels: 'Game over'

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 27th

By KARIN LAUBAssociated Press BEIRUT (AP) - Cellphones in Syria rang, buzzed and chirped Thursday with an ominous text message from the military to members of the armed rebellion: "Game over." The rebels provided their own response to the regime's warning to surrender and disarm by launching

Mental exams sought for Ohio shooting suspect

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 27th

CHARDON, Ohio (AP) - Attorneys for a teenager accused of fatally shooting three students and wounding three others at a northeastern Ohio high school are asking a judge to allow him to visit with mental health experts in jail. The (Willoughby) News-Herald (http://bit.ly/PZHFNK ) reports that T.J.

Phoenix filmmaker jailed in grenade launcher hoax

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 27th

Amputee shot by police had battled mental illness

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 27th

By JUAN A. LOZANOAssociated Press HOUSTON (AP) - A double amputee who was fatally shot by a Houston police officer had a long history of mental illness and spent much of the past decade successfully running away from residential care facilities. But recently, the 45-year-old seemed to have