Across the Nation

Jul 22, 2012

‘Dark Knight Rises’ reportedly earns $160 million

Citing box office insiders, The Hollywood Reporter, Los Angeles Times, New York Times and other media outlets reported Sunday that the latest Batman film earned $160 to $162 million.

Shooting shatters fun of midnight movies Jul 21, 2012

Shooting shatters fun of midnight movies

LOS ANGELES | Midnight movies are supposed to be fun. They’re supposed to be giddy gatherings of the most excited fans who can’t wait to …

Police are pictured outside of a Century 16 movie theatre where as many as 14 people were killed and many injured at a shooting during the showing of a movie at the in Aurora, Colo., Friday, July 20, 2012. (AP Photo/Ed Andrieski) Jul 20, 2012

Warner Bros. struggles with Colo. shooting

NEW YORK | The movie industry grappled Friday with the deadly Colorado shooting at a midnight screening of “The Dark Knight Rises,” as one of the …

President Barack Obama takes a moment of silence for the events in Colorado during a campaign stop in Fort Myers, Fla., Friday, July 19, 2012. Obama said the tragic movie theater shooting in Colorado that left 12 people dead is a reminder that life is fragile. He says the event "reminds us of all the ways that we are united as one American family." (AP Photo/Alan Diaz) Jul 20, 2012

Obama, Romney views toward gun rights have evolved

WASHINGTON | President Barack Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney both have softened their positions on gun restrictions over the years. As they expressed shock …

Jul 20, 2012

California grad wounded in Colo. movie shooting

SACRAMENTO, Calif. | A recent graduate of a Central Valley university who was shot multiple times when a gunman opened fire in a Colorado movie …

Jul 20, 2012

Suspected Colo shooting suspect applied to U ofAriz

TUCSON, Ariz. | suspected gunman in the Colorado movie theater rampage was an unsuccessful applicant for graduate school last year at the University of Arizona. School officials …

A New York City police officer watches as movie patrons arrive for a screening of "The Dark Knight Rises," Friday, July 20, 2012 in New York. A gunman in a gas mask barged into a crowded Denver-area theater during a midnight premiere of the Batman movie on Friday, hurled a gas canister and then opened fire, killing 12 people and injuring at least 50 others in one of the deadliest mass shootings in recent U.S. history. NYPD commissioner Ray Kelly said the department was providing the extra security at theaters "as a precaution against copycats and to raise the comfort levels among movie patrons." (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan) Jul 20, 2012

Security increased at movies following shootings

New York police posted officers at dozens of theaters around the city. Ticket-takers at a multiplex in Washington searched moviegoers’ bags and purses. And one …

Jul 20, 2012

Dayton orders flags lowered to honor Colo. victims

ST. PAUL, Minn. | Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton is ordering flags lowered to half-staff to honor victims of the Colorado movie theater massacre. Dayton signed …

Police are pictured outside of a Century 16 movie theatre where as many as 14 people were killed and many injured at a shooting during the showing of a movie at the in Aurora, Colo., Friday, July 20, 2012. (AP Photo/Ed Andrieski) Jul 20, 2012

Warner Bros. grapples with Colo. shooting

NEW YORK | The movie industry grappled Friday with the deadly Colorado shooting at a midnight screening of “The Dark Knight Rises,” as one of the …

Jul 20, 2012

Mequon native injured in Colo. theater shooting

MILWAUKEE | A Wisconsin native was recovering Friday after the deadly shooting rampage at a Denver area movie theater showing the new Batman movie. Carey Rottman, 27, and his …