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  • The governor of Colorado signed bills Wednesday that put sweeping new restrictions on sales of firearms and ammunition in a state with a pioneer tradition of gun ownership and self-reliance.
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  • Facing powerful opposition to sweeping gun regulations, President Barack Obama is weighing 19 steps that could be taken through executive action alone, congressional officials said.
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  • Police officers who arrested James Holmes after the Colorado movie theater massacre described the suspected gunman, clad in body armor, as unusually relaxed but fidgety at times.
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  • A student ID photo of James Holmes from the University of Colorado
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  • Declaring the time for action overdue, President Barack Obama promised on Wednesday to send Congress broad proposals in January for tightening gun laws and curbing violence after last week's schoolhouse massacre in Connecticut.
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  • Click play to see the president's complete statement on gun control as seen on Action News at noon.
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  • We still don't know much about the shooter Adam Lanza, but most experts agree it is highly likely he had some sort of mental health problem.
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  • A gunman at a Connecticut elementary school killed more than two dozen people, including children, on Friday.
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  • Jacob Tyler Roberts
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  • Jacob Tyler Roberts
  • To Jacob Roberts' shocked friends and family, he was just Jake, a happy, easygoing 22-year-old who liked video games.
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  • Click play to watch John Rawlins' report from Action News at 5:00 p.m.
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  • The shooting at the shopping mall in Oregon has sparked concerns about the safety of malls across the country and here in the Delaware and Lehigh Valleys.
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  • Jacob Tyler Roberts
  • The gunman who killed two people and himself in a shooting rampage at an Oregon mall was 22 years old and used a stolen rifle from someone he knew, authorities said Wednesday.
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  • Jacob Tyler Roberts
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  • Authorities say four people were shot and wounded during a Halloween party on the University of Southern California campus and two suspects were in custody.
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  • Shooting at NJ Pathmark store
  • Two New Jersey supermarket employees killed during a rampage by a co-worker this week died from single gunshot wounds.
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  • Shooting at NJ Pathmark store
  • Unhappy with his life, Terence Tyler asked three years ago on Twitter: "is it normal to want to kill ALL of ur coworkers?"
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  • Shooting at NJ Pathmark store
  • Unhappy with his life, Terence Tyler asked three years ago on Twitter: "is it normal to want to kill ALL of ur coworkers?"
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  • Shooting at NJ Pathmark store
  • An armored gunman walked into a northern New Jersey grocery store early Friday morning and opened fire.
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  • Families of some of the 12 people killed are upset with how millions of dollars raised are being distributed.
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  • James Holmes appeared just as dazed as he did in his first court appearance last week after the deadly Colorado movie theater shootings.
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  • Jessica Ghawi and Matt McQuinn never met but will be forever linked as two of 12 victims killed in a Colorado movie theater.
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  • James Holmes was being treated by a psychiatrist at the university where he studied, according to court papers.
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  • Memorial for CO shooting victims
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  • Century 16 movie theater in Aurora, Colo.
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  • Century 16 movie theater in Aurora, Colo.
  • Some of the victims fighting for their lives after being wounded in the movie-theater shooting rampage may face another challenge when they get out of the hospital: enormous medical bills without the benefit of health insurance.
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  • Arapahoe County Sheriffs Office released the booking photo of James Eagan Holmes on Monday, July 23, 2012.
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  • The university once attended by a man accused of killing 12 people in a Colorado movie theater confirmed on Wednesday that it received a suspicious package two days earlier that was turned over to authorities, but it wouldn't confirm its contents or sender.
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  • A dad who took his teenage children to the new Batman movie and was killed when a gunman opened fire on the theater was mourned Wednesday, the first funeral service for a victim of the shootings.
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  • 'The Dark Knight' star Christian Bale visited the victims of the Aurora, Colo. movie massacre on Tuesday.
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  • Batman star Christian Bale visited survivors of the Colorado theater shooting Tuesday.
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  • Blennes Quientana writes a message on a cross at a memorial for the victims in the shooting across the street from the Century 16 movie theater in Aurora, Colo., Sunday, July 22, 2012. James Eagen Holmes has been charged in the shooting at the Aurora theater early Friday that killed twelve people and injured more than 50.He is scheduled to appear in court Monday morning.
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  • University of Colorado officials were looking Sunday into whether James Holmes used his position in a graduate program to collect hazardous materials.
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  • Gov. Chris Christie has ordered that flags on public buildings around New Jersey be lowered to half-staff on Wednesday in honor of those killed in the shooting rampage at a Colorado movie theater.
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  • James Holmes
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  • James Holmes
  • James Holmes appeared in court for the first time on Monday, but he didn't seem to be there at all.
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  • James Holmes
  • The Colorado movie theater shooting suspect is making his first court appearance with reddish orange hair.
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  • James Holmes
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  • Movie theater shooting in Colorado
  • At least 12 people were killed and 50 other hurt when a gunman opened fire inside a Colorado movie theater.
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  • University of Colorado Denver Photo of James Holmes / Members of law enforcement wearing body armor and helmets use fire department apparatus to look in the apartment of alleged gunman James Holmes Saturday, July 21, 2012 in Aurora , Colo. Authorities reported that 12 died and more than three dozen people were shot during an assault at a movie theatre midnight premiere of The Dark Knight Rises. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
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  • Despair all around him, President Barack Obama on Sunday offered hugs, tears and the nation's sympathy to survivors of the Colorado shooting rampage and to families whose loved ones were shot dead. He found hope in the heartbreak, insisting a brighter day will come.
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  • ABC News speaks to Carey Rottman, whose mother lives in Bucks County. Carey and his best friend survived the Colorado shooting.
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  • Philadelphia Police Commissioner Charles Ramsey on gun violence in wake of Colorado theater shooting.
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  • Cheryl Almendarez, right, grieves with Dallas Burke, 6, both from Aurora, Colo., next to crosses set up by Greg Zanis for the 12 victims across the street from the Century 16 movie theater in Aurora, Colo., on Sunday, July 22, 2012. Twelve people were killed and dozens injured in a shooting attack early Friday at the packed theater during a showing of the Batman movie, The Dark Knight Rises. Police have identified the suspected shooter as James Holmes, 24. In 1999, Zanis, of Aurora, Ill., placed 15 crosses near Columbine High School to commemorate the victims. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
  • Dann Cuellar reports from Aurora, Colorado with the latest on the Colorado movie theater shooting.
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  • The University of Colorado will see if James Holmes used his status as a graduate student to order potentially dangerous materials.
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  • Candles, flowers, and a Batman figure are shown at a memorial, Saturday, July 21, 2012, in Aurora, Colo. Twelve people were killed and dozens were injured in a shooting attack early Friday at the packed theater during a showing of the Batman movie, The Dark Knight Rises. Police have identified the suspected shooter as James Holmes, 24. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)
  • ABC News and Dann Cuellar report from the scene of the Colorado movie theater massacre.
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