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Colorado shooting: Should Warner Bros. have cancelled The Dark Knight Rises screenings?
Posted on July 23, 2012, at 10:38 AMDespite Friday's massacre inside an Aurora, Colo., theater, moviegoers flock to see the final installment of the Batman trilogy
Will The Dark Knight Rises shooting change the gun-control debate?
Posted on July 20, 2012, at 5:29 PMThe tragedy, like others before it, has reignited an old argument. Could the massacre reshape attitudes toward America's gun laws?
How the Colorado massacre will affect The Dark Knight Rises' future
Posted on July 20, 2012, at 3:59 PMThe nation is still trying to wrap its head around the shooting rampage that left 12 people dead — and Hollywood stunned
4 attempts to instantly politicize The Dark Knight Rises massacre
Posted on July 20, 2012, at 3:02 PMWithin hours of the tragedy, partisans had already come up with several ways to tie the shootings to the other side
The Dark Knight Rises massacre in Aurora, Colorado: 4 takeaways
Posted on July 20, 2012, at 2:40 PMA masked gunman opens fire at a midnight showing of the highly anticipated movie, killing 12 people in one of the deadliest mass shootings in recent memory
The latest tweets about the Colorado Dark Knight Rises shooting
Posted on July 20, 2012, at 11:33 AMReal-time, unfiltered commentary from around the world
Chick-fil-A's anti-gay-marriage confession: Bad for business?
Posted on July 19, 2012, at 6:27 PMThe fast-food chain's leader takes a stand for the "biblical definition" of marriage, and is rewarded with boycott threats
George Zimmerman's first TV interview: 6 takeaways
Posted on July 19, 2012, at 10:50 AMFox News' Sean Hannity scores a sitdown with Trayvon Martin's killer, who says the fatal shooting "was all God's plan"
4 reasons the Boy Scouts may regret banning gays
Posted on July 18, 2012, at 4:08 PMOne of the nation's best-known youth organizations reaffirms its don't-ask-don't-tell policy, inciting a chorus of boos from gay-rights activists
The Trayvon Martin case: A timeline
Posted on July 17, 2012, at 3:44 PMA Florida shooting has mushroomed into a national conflagration of race, guns, and justice. A chronological look at how the case exploded
Singer Frank Ocean comes out: A bigger deal than Anderson Cooper?
Posted on July 6, 2012, at 9:28 AMRising R&B star Frank Ocean isn't nearly as well known as CNN's Silver Fox, but his self-outing could touch more lives
7 ridiculously bizarre court sentences
Posted on July 5, 2012, at 1:00 PMFor a few creative judges, punishments can vary wildly from the usual menu of fines, prison sentences, and community service
Dana Liebelson: President Obama's poor pardoning record
Posted on July 4, 2012, at 10:00 AMWith only 23 pardons to his name, President Obama is on track to free fewer prisoners than almost every other president in American history
Why Anderson Cooper came out as gay: 3 theories
Posted on July 2, 2012, at 5:33 PMAfter refusing to comment publicly on the matter for nearly two decades, the CNN newsman officially comes out to The Daily Beast. Why now?
Will Mississippi be the first state without an abortion clinic?
Posted on July 2, 2012, at 1:13 PMA federal judge temporarily blocks a law that would shut down Mississippi's only remaining abortion clinic. Here, a look at what could happen next
The Oreo gay-pride cookie: Good for business?
Posted on June 27, 2012, at 1:00 PMThe iconic cookie gets a stunt makeover for Gay Pride month. Liberal customers are thrilled. Conservative consumers, not so much
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