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• Holmes prosecution to call last witness

  January 9, 2013 7:17 AM

  CENTENNIAL, Colo. - Prosecutors in Colorado are expected to call their final witness today in the preliminary hearing for James Holmes, the former grad student accused of killing 12 people and wounding dozens in a movie theater in July. Yesterday, authorities testified that Holmes spent more than two months... more »

• FBI: Holmes' booby trap included improvised napalm

  January 8, 2013 1:36 PM

  CENTENNIAL, Colo. - An elaborate booby trap system allegedly set up to pull police away from the Colorado theater shooting included improvised napalm and thermite, which burns so hot that water can't put out the blaze. FBI bomb technician Garrett Gumbinner described the system Tuesday at a hearing in which... more »

• Prosecution: Holmes made threats before rampage

  August 23, 2012 4:10 PM

  CENTENNIAL, Colo. - Prosecutors say the suspect in the Colorado theater shooting made threats and was banned from the University of Colorado after failing a key exam six weeks before the rampage. They made the accusations about James Holmes in court Thursday as they tried to convince a judge to... more »

• Attorneys to argue over release of Holmes records

  August 23, 2012 8:06 AM

  CENTENNIAL, Colo. - A judge will hear arguments today about whether the Colorado theater shooting suspect's university records can be turned over to prosecutors. At issue are 100 pages of non-medical records relating to accused shooter James Holmes' doctoral studies at the University of Colorado. Prosecutors want the... more »

• Mississippi official sentenced to 30 months

  January 21, 2012 4:21 PM

  JACKSON, Miss. - A federal judge has sentenced former Holmes County Supervisor Larry Dennis to 30 months in prison Dennis pleaded guilty in September in a bribery case related to cleanup from the April 2010 tornadoes that swept through Mississippi. The U.S. attorney's office said that on two occasions... more »