Batman actor Bale pays respects to shooting victims

2012-07-26 08:27:32

Actor Christine Bale (C), poses with hospital staff at the Swedish Medical Center in Denver July 24.

Obama, Romney differ over guns

2012-07-26 11:31:15

Obama embraced some degree of weapon control and Romney seemed to suggest an alleged mass killer in Colorado had obtained his weapons illegally.

Knowing how China's leaders think

2012-07-26 08:04:34

Robert Lawrence Kuhn says the West often doesn't understand the Chinese leadership's key priorities for China, but there seems an exception.

Geithner warns of financial threats

2012-07-26 06:59:03

US Treasury Secretary Geithner said that the eurozone debt crisis and US political stalemate over fiscal policy would threaten the nation's financial system.

Suicidal soldier endured racial taunts

2012-07-26 03:43:50

Some US Army soldiers testified on Wednesday that they heard a Chinese-American soldier called racially derogatory names by a superior.

Penn State hit with $60m penalty over sex abuse case

2012-07-25 08:08:39

The governing body of US college sports on Monday fined Penn State University $60 million and voided its football victories for the past 14 seasons in an unprecedented rebuke for the school's failure to stop coach Jerry Sandusky's sexual abuse of children.

Pentagon lifts F-22 flight restrictions

2012-07-25 08:42:51

US Defense Secretary Leon Panetta has agreed to gradually lift flight restrictions he placed on F-22 Raptor fighter jets.

Grieving father criticizes 'coward'

2012-07-25 07:17:25

When Colorado shooting suspect appeared in court, Tom Teves, father of a young man who died shielding his girlfriend, felt he had a duty to be in court.

Apple quarterly earnings disapointing

2012-07-25 07:04:12

Apple on Tuesday released its latest earnings and sales that both missed analysts' estimates.

US launches well containment drill

2012-07-25 06:46:39

The US government on Tuesday began to test the oil industry's readiness to respond to a blown-out deepwater well in the Gulf of Mexico.

Advocate seeks 'freedom from fear of being shot'

2012-07-25 02:15:29

When Tom Mauser heard about the Aurora, Colorado, shootings that killed 12 people, he was saddened but not surprised.

First US woman in space dies at 61

2012-07-24 16:03:46

Sally Ride, the first US woman to travel into space, died on Monday after a 17-month battle with pancreatic cancer. She was 61.