Friday,  July 20, 2012 • Vol. 13--No. 007 • 29 of 37 •  Other Editions

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10 Things to Know for Friday
The Associated Press

• Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today (all times EDT):
• 1. MASS SHOOTING AT COLORADO MOVIE THEATER
• A gunman opens fire at a suburban Denver movie theater on the opening night of the latest Batman movie "The Dark Knight Rises," killing 14 people and injuring at least 50 others, authorities say.
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• 2. SYRIAN TROOPS SEIZE DAMASCUS NEIGHBORHOOD
• Syrian troops regain control of a rebellious neighborhood in Damascus as more than 300 people were reported killed the day before in a sharp escalation of the country's civil war.
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• 3. BULGARIA BOMBING SUSPECT TRIED TO RENT CAR
• A man believed to have carried out a suicide attack on a bus full of Israeli vacationers tried to rent a car in the days before the bombing but was turned down because his ID appeared suspicious, a prosecutor says.
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• 4. STUDY FINDS PREDATORY STUDENT LOAN LENDING

• The government finds that risky lending caused private student loan debt to balloon in the past decade, leaving many Americans struggling to pay off loans that they can't afford.
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• 5. HOW THAT POTHOLE YOU JUST HIT WAS RECORDED
• The city of Boston says a new app uses a smartphone's accelerometer, or motion detector, and GPS to identify and automatically report potholes to authorities.
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• 6. OBAMA, ROMNEY HIT CAMPAIGN TRAIL
• The president and his GOP rival resume stump speeches with the former addressing retirees in Fort Myers, Fla., about health care and Medicare at 11:20 a.m. and the latter discussing the economy in Bow, N.H., at 12:10 p.m.
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• 7. MIXED BAG FOR VENTURE FUNDING

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