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Accused Colorado gunman James Holmes enters insanity plea
By Keith Coffman

CENTENNIAL, Colo. (Reuters) - Accused Colorado theater gunman James Holmes, who could be sentenced to death if convicted of killing 12 moviegoers last summer, entered a plea of not guilty by reason of insanity on Tuesday.

It was accepted by Arapahoe C...
 
Accused Colorado theater gunman enters insanity plea
By Keith Coffman

CENTENNIAL, Colo. (Reuters) - Accused Colorado theater gunman James Holmes, who could be sentenced to death if convicted of killing 12 moviegoers last summer, entered a plea of not guilty by reason of insanity on Tuesday.

It was accepted by Arapahoe C...
 
Colorado judge accepts insanity plea from accused theater gunman
By Keith Coffman

CENTENNIAL, Colo. (Reuters) - Accused Colorado theater gunman James Holmes, who could face execution if convicted of killing 12 moviegoers last summer, entered a plea of not guilty by reason of insanity on Tuesday, and a judge accepted his plea.

Holme...
 
Colorado judge accepts insanity plea from accused movie theater gunman
CENTENNIAL, Colo. (Reuters) - Accused Colorado theater gunman James Holmes, who could face execution if convicted of killing 12 moviegoers last summer, entered a plea of not guilty by reason of insanity on Tuesday, and a judge accepted his plea.

Holmes, 25, is charged with multiple counts ...
 
Judge in Colorado shooting case expected to rule on insanity plea
By Keith Coffman

DENVER (Reuters) - A Colorado judge is expected to rule on Tuesday on whether to accept a not guilty by reason of insanity plea from accused theater gunman James Holmes, who faces execution if convicted of killing 12 moviegoers last summer.

Arapahoe C...
 
Gun-rights activists submit petitions to recall Colorado lawmaker
By Keith Coffman

DENVER (Reuters) - Gun-rights activists submitted a petition on Monday to initiate the first recall election of a state lawmaker in Colorado's history for his support of laws restricting firearms.

If the Colorado secretary of state validates at le...
 
Jean Stapleton, who played TV's Edith Bunker, dies at age 90
By Barbara Goldberg

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Actress Jean Stapleton, best known for her Emmy-winning role as the good-hearted housewife Edith Bunker in the groundbreaking 1970s' television comedy All in the Family, has died at age 90, her family said on Saturday.

St...
 
Jean Stapleton, who played TV's Edith Bunker, dies at age 90
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Emmy-winning actress Jean Stapleton, best known for her role as Edith Bunker in the groundbreaking 1970s' television series All in the Family, has died at age 90, her son said on Saturday.

Stapleton died on Friday of natural causes at her home in New York City, f...
 
China Inc's Smithfield bid expected to pass Washington test
By Michael Erman, Olivia Oran and Greg Roumeliotis

(Reuters) - Washington may still be digesting news of China Inc's latest bold move into America with the nearly $5 billion takeover of Smithfield Foods Inc <SFD.N>, but early indications are the deal will not inflame enough natio...
 
Jesse Eisenberg explores world of street magic for heist film
By Piya Sinha-Roy

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Actor Jesse Eisenberg may be best known for his Oscar-nominated performance as Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg, but in his latest film, the fast-talking actor explores the underground world of magic for comedy heist caper, Now You See Me.

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Judge rejects legal challenges by accused Colorado theater gunman
By Keith Coffman

DENVER (Reuters) - A Colorado judge rejected challenges on Wednesday to the state's insanity defense statute and death penalty law by accused movie theater spree gunman James Holmes, resolving a key legal hurdle in the sensational case.

Lawyers fo...
 
Judge rejects legal challenges by accused Colorado theater gunman
DENVER (Reuters) - A Colorado judge on Wednesday rejected challenges to the state's insanity defense statute and death penalty law by accused movie theater gunman James Holmes, according to court documents.

The provisions in the insanity statutes and the death penalty statute challeng...
 
Judge rejects key legal challenges by accused Colorado theater gunman
DENVER (Reuters) - A Colorado judge on Wednesday rejected challenges to the state's insanity defense statute and death penalty law by accused Colorado movie theater gunman James Holmes.

Attorneys for Holmes, 25, had argued the state's insanity defense law was unconstitutional becau...
 
Actor Neil Patrick Harris to host Emmy Awards
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Television, film and stage actor Neil Patrick Harris will host the 65th Primetime Emmy Awards, the highest honors in U.S. television, in September, organizers said on Wednesday.

It will be the second time the Emmy Award-winning performer, who stars in the television se...
 
2014 Draft set for May 8-10, future dates uncertain
(Reuters) - The National Football League's (NFL) 2014 Draft will be held May 8-10 at Radio City Music Hall, two weeks later than its usual slot due to a scheduling conflict with the landmark New York City theater.

No decision has been made regarding dates of the NFL Draft in 2015 and b...
 
From baseballs to twine balls, rural America offers odd roadside attractions
By Kevin Murphy

MUSCOTAH, Kansas (Reuters) - The 176 residents of this fading Kansas town have high hopes for their old water tower.

Volunteers from around the state converged earlier this month to paint the structure to look like a baseball and to build a small repli...
 
Lawyers in Colorado shooting case challenge insanity defense law
By Keith Coffman

CENTENNIAL, Colo. (Reuters) - Lawyers for accused Colorado movie theater gunman James Holmes argued on Thursday the state's insanity defense law was unconstitutional because it forces him to cooperate with court-appointed psychiatrists or forfeit the right to raise men...
 
'S.W.A.T.' actor Steve Forrest dead at age 87
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Actor Steve Forrest, who was best known for a leading role on the short-lived 1970s television drama S.W.A.T., has died at the age of 87 in Thousand Oaks, California, near Los Angeles, his wife Christine said on Thursday.

Forrest appeared in 1954's Prisoner o...
 
Gun groups sue to block new Connecticut gun law
By Richard Weizel

MILFORD, Connecticut (Reuters) - Leaders of Connecticut gun advocacy groups said on Thursday they had sued to knock down a strict new gun-control law passed in April because they believed the measure would not improve public safety.

In the wake of th...
 
Lawyers in Colorado shooting case to challenge insanity defense law
By Keith Coffman

DENVER (Reuters) - Public defenders representing James Holmes, accused of killing 12 moviegoers in Colorado last summer, will return to court on Thursday to challenge the state's insanity defense law in a bid to try to avoid the death penalty for their client.

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