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• "I hope this evil act, that this evil man doesn't shake people's faith in God," she said.
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• LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Midnight movies are supposed to be fun.
• They're supposed to be giddy gatherings of the most excited fans who can't wait to have the images flicker across their faces first -- whether it's at a 12:01 a.m. showing of a wildly anticipated blockbuster or infamous schlock that's achieved a cult following and is best viewed during the weird, wee hours.

• That thrill was shattered early Friday morning when a man unleashed his arsenal upon an audience at the first showing of the hotly awaited new Batman movie, "The Dark Knight Rises," at a theater in Aurora, Colo., killing at least 12 and injuring 58 others.
• It's still unclear what the motive might have been for the suspect, 24-year-old James Holmes -- whether the time or the content of the film itself might have been factors in this deadly spree. But for now, the purity of that sense of enthusiasm -- both for moviegoing in general and for midnight showings specifically -- seems to have been shaken.
• And that's a shame. Because part of the enjoyment of a midnight movie is that you are at an actual movie theater with actual movie fans in the middle of the night -- not by yourself at home on the couch, not watching on your iPad on a plane. That sense of community infuses the room with a buzz. Other people -- people you've never met -- similarly have dragged themselves from their homes at this dark, quiet hour to see the same thing you want to see.
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• KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) -- Once every month, John Robert Engole checks into a clinic on the outskirts of the Ugandan capital to collect his medication before quickly returning to the village in northern Uganda where he is a teacher.
• The regular trips have made Engole special at Reach Out, the AIDS clinic where in March 2004 the Ugandan became the first person in the world to benefit from the

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