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Jul 24, 2012

Colorado Shooting Victim Was Set to Attend University of Maryland

One of the victims wounded in last Friday’s mass shooting at a Colorado movie theater was set to attend the University of Maryland as a graduate music student this fall.

Jul 22, 2012

Obama Visits Aurora Massacre Victims: “Words Are… Inadequate”

President Obama traveled to Aurora, Colo. today to meet with victims of Friday’s massacre at a movie theater there that left 12 dead and dozens injured. In remarks delivered at the University of Colorado Hospital, Obama said: “I confessed to them that words are always inadequate in these kinds of situations, but that my main task was to serve as a representative of the entire country and let them know that we are thinking…

Jul 22, 2012

Obama to Visit Families of Colorado Theater Shooting Victims

President Obama will travel to Aurora, Colo. today to visit with the families of the victims of Friday’s shooting massacre at a movie theater there.

Jul 21, 2012

Security, Theater: Regal Gallery Place Movie Theater Searches Bags After Colorado Shooting

In the wake of yesterday’s shooting in Colorado, moviegoers at the Regal Gallery Place movie theater might have their bags searched, according to an announcement from theater management.

Jul 20, 2012

Obama Orders Flags Flown at Half-Mast After Colorado Shooting

In light of the shooting spree at a Colorado movie theater that left 12 dead and 59 more wounded, President Obama declared that U.S. flags at all federal buildings, military installations and diplomatic posts will fly at half-mast through next week.

Jul 20, 2012

Obama on Colorado Shooting: ‘It’s Beyond Reason’

President Obama cut short a campaign swing through central Florida today in the wake of an early-morning shooting massacre at a Colorado movie theater that left 14 people dead and dozens more wounded.

Jul 20, 2012

After Colorado Massacre, D.C. Police Will Monitor The Dark Knight Rises Screenings

In the wake of a shooting spree in Colorado that left 14 moviegoers dead, Metropolitan Police Department will be patrolling screenings of The Dark Knight Rises this weekend.

Feb 19, 2011

Earth Safe, Anyone See Pretty Lights?

Photo by Space Weather Prediction Center The Earth is safe, for now. Although our little solar heat-lamp didn’t go ‘nova and swallow up in a fiery tsunami, the last disruptions from this past week’s solar flare will be dissipating this weekend. NOAA’s Space Weather Prediction Center predicts that as result of the flare, also known as the snicker-inducing coronal mass ejections, solar winds could cause shortwave disruptions to communications and power grids. On the…

Aug 04, 2010

Look Up: What’s in the Sky This Week?

Aurorae and meteors light up the sky this week. Let’s discuss the unusually low curtains of light first, and then you can skip below the fold for our annual August meteor shower.

 
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