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• Funding by venture capitalists for startups fell 12 percent in the latest quarter but the number of companies getting money in the earliest stages of development reaches the highest level in more than a decade.
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• 8. COCKNEY AND PROUD IN LONDON'S EAST END
• With foreigners already making their presence felt for the Summer Olympics, one of the British capital's oldest communities is trying not to get lost in the clamor.
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• 9. OFFICER'S WORK ON CELEB BURGLARY FILM SCRUTINIZED
• At noon, a man accused of burglarizing Paris Hilton's home is asking a judge to dismiss the charge because the investigating officer was paid to consult on a film about the case.
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• 10. TIGER IN THE HUNT AT BRITISH OPEN
• Tiger Woods begins his second round at 9:43 a.m., a day he begins three shots off the lead of Adam Scott in the season's third major.
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AP News in Brief
Police chief says 14 dead in Colorado theater shooting; officers check for explosives
• AURORA, Colo. (AP) -- A gunman opened fire early Friday at a movie theater in a Denver suburb, killing 14 people and leaving at least 50 other injured, Aurora Police Chief Dan Oates said.
• The shooting occurred during a showing of the latest Batman movie "The Dark Knight Rises," police said.
• The violence erupted about 12:30 a.m. MDT as the gunman stood at the front of one of the Century 16 theaters at the Aurora Mall.
• "Witnesses tell us he released some sort of canister. They heard a hissing sound and some gas emerged and the gunman opened fire," Oates said at a news conference.
• One suspect is in custody and there's no evidence of any additional shooters, Oates said.
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