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  • Aurora Businesses Pull Resources To Help Victims
    Businesses in Aurora, Colo., sprang into action Friday to assist victims and their families. Kevin Hougen, president of the Aurora Chamber of Commerce, worked with businesses to help provide necessities to victims of the shooting. Host Scott Simon spoke with Hougen Friday from his office, which overlooks the movie theater.
  • A memorial outside the movie theater in Aurora, Co., where 12 people died and about 58 were wounded by a gunman early Friday.
    Aurora Rampage Joins Grim List Of Worst Mass Shootings
    It's become part of the story to say that the rampage in Colorado is one of the deadliest such attacks in the nation's history. The list of tragedies shows that's unfortunately true.
  • More criticism of ULL gay studies minor
    Louisiana Family Forum President Gene Mills suggested Friday that the University of Louisiana at Lafayette is drifting "into sexual politics."The school's…
  • Police: Photos helped ID alleged home invader
    New Orleans police say photographs taken by neighbors as a man ran away after a home invasion in the French Quarter helped them make an arrest within a…
  • State study panel looking at cost, benefit of tax breaks
    Repeated rounds of budget shortfalls have prompted lawmakers to take an in-depth look at the long list of tax breaks that siphon billions of dollars from…
  • Getting a diagnosis for Parkinson's disease might be as easy as placing a phone call.
    Say 'Ahhh': A Simpler Way To Detect Parkinson's
    Voice-based tests may soon become the best and cheapest way to diagnose the deliberating neurological disease.
  • From List Of Names In Colo., A Mini Portrait Of Lives
    Eleven of those killed by a gunman Friday during a midnight screening of The Dark Knight Riseshave been identified by the Arapahoe County Coroner's Office. A 12th victim hadn't yet been definitively identified.
  • Spanish star Pau Gasol shoots over France's Ronny Turiaf during a pre-Olympic game earlier this month. Gasol, who regularly plays for the Los Angeles Lakers, was Spain's leading scorer in the 2008 Olympics, when the team won a silver medal. The Spaniards may have the best chance of upsetting the favored U.S. team at the London Olympics.
    Spain's Olympic Basketball Team Takes Aim At U.S.
    Soccer gets most of the attention from Spain's sports fans, but the country's Olympic basketball team is also one of the world's best. The U.S. team is a huge favorite, but Spain has perhaps the best chance of scoring an upset.
  • Anti-AIDS posters hang in the Eshowe public health clinic in South Africa's Kwazulu-Natal province. Clinicians there are hoping to slow the spread of HIV by getting more people treatment.
    After Years Lost, South Africa Rejuvenates HIV Plan
    The country has the largest HIV epidemic in the world, and it's also had one of the most conflicted responses to the virus. For years, the government questioned the link between HIV and AIDS and offered little by way of treatment. Now, South Africa is trying to make up for lost time.
  • Police surround the apartment of James Holmes, the suspect in the Colorado theater shooting, on Friday in Aurora, Colo.
    Suspect's Web Of Traps Part Of Calculated Plan
    Colorado authorities cleared scores of explosive devices from the apartment of the man suspected of killing 12 people and injuring more than 50 at a local movie theater. The police chief said the apartment was set up to kill whoever entered. "We sure as hell are angry," he said.
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