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Theater where shootings occurred will reopen in mid-January

(CNN) -- Thousands of e-mails released Wednesday by the university once attended by the Colorado movie theater shooting suspect reveal James Holmes may have once had a romantic relationship with a fellow graduate student and possibly had two badges for the campus at the time of the attack.


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The city agency for the homeless says the man has an apartment in the Bronx

NEW YORK (CNN) -- The barefoot, apparently homeless man depicted in a widely publicized photo of a New York police officer offering him a pair of boots is not really homeless, according to the head of a city agency.


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Economists warn that fiscal cliff's automatic tax hikes and spending cuts would invite recession

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Taxes on the wealthy are going up, House Speaker John Boehner conceded on Wednesday in challenging President Barack Obama to sit down with him to hammer out a deal for avoiding the fiscal cliff.


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Newark Mayor hoes to break stigmas of government assistance

(CNN) -- Hoping to break any stigmas of government assistance, Newark Mayor Cory Booker will live on food stamps this week--a challenge that first began as a Twitter conversation.


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Nationally, 26.6 percent of the total students enrolled in independent schools were students of color

(CNN) -- High school is tough for any teenager, but for Albert Anderson, it was the subtle looks and unspoken words that made him realize he was different.


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The case may impact future efforts to resolve serial murder cases

(CNN) -- A cold case detective working to identify eight bodies found in John Wayne Gacy's home in 1978 developed a new way to find other possible victims of Chicago's most notorious serial killer.


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Arkansas case centered on a series of federally controlled and managed floods

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The Obama administration on Tuesday lost a Supreme Court fight over property rights that centered on a series of federally controlled and managed floods that caused major timber damage along an Arkansas River.


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Gov. Jerry Brown signed a ban on the therapy earlier this year

(CNN) -- A federal judge has issued a temporary injunction on California's ban on "conversion" therapy -- a method some say can help turn a gay person straight.


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Accident occurred after engineer couldn't get green signal to cross bridge, got OK from dispatcher

(CNN) -- A railroad swing bridge in New Jersey that collapsed near the Delaware River was inspected in November, the chairwoman of the National Transportation Safety Board said Sunday.

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Watts chided the GOP for 'old, tired, pathetic' efforts at minority outreach, but he stopped short of openly criticizing Priebus

(CNN) -- The prospect of former congressman J.C. Watts leading the Republican National Committee was met with chuckles by members of the organization Monday, who said that current chairman Reince Priebus is all-but-guaranteed to be re-elected to his post next month.


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