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Monday, July 23 2012

• Today's Takeaway | July 23, 2012 July 23, 2012

  Aurora, Colorado reels from Friday's mass shooting | A new report alleges up to 1,300 children have been killed during the Syrian conflict | The Agenda: Campaigning amid crisis, Mitt... (episode)

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  • Aurora, Colorado: A Community in Pain July 23, 2012

    <p>After Friday's shootings in Colorado, residents struggle to make sense of what happened. Alastair Leithead, reporter for&nbsp;our partner the BBC, spent the weekend in Aurora and filed a report on a community in pain.</p>

  • Syrian Conflict Taking Heavy Toll on Children July 23, 2012

    <p>Clashes continued across Syria over the weekend. As the conflict drags on, the toll of war is increasingly carried by Syria&rsquo;s youngest citizens.</p>

  • The Agenda: Campaigning Amid Crisis, Mitt Romney Abroad, New GDP Figures, and Geithner Testimony July 23, 2012

    <p>Both campaigns responded to the Colorado shooting by pulling their ads in the state which could mean a week of toned-down campaigning. But then again, it might not.</p>

  • Was the Colorado Shooter a Terrorist? July 23, 2012

    <p>In the days since the Colorado shootings, commentators and politicians have started to liken James Holmes, the suspected killer, to a terrorist. So what makes a domestic terrorist?</p>

  • Thirteen Years After Columbine, Colorado Revisits Questions of Mental Health Resources July 23, 2012

    <p>The gun control debate has featured prominently in news and political agendas in the wake of both disasters, but questions of mental health resources are just as pressing. What has Colorado learned since Columbine?</p>

  • Audio Essay: A Pin on the Map of American Reality July 23, 2012

    <p>In this audio essay John Hockenberry reconciles violence, terror, blurred reality, and all the issues that will be on our lips while we attempt to figure out what happened during that midnight screening in Colorado.</p>

  • CIA Assassination Unit Allegedly Run by Former Mobster Bodyguard July 23, 2012

    <p>In the new book "How to Get Away with Murder in America," author and journalist <strong>Evan Wright</strong> profiles the man who ran a top-secret CIA assassination program.</p>

  • The 47 Endings to 'A Farewell to Arms' July 23, 2012

    Earlier this month, Scribner released a new edition of 'A Farewell to Arms' with 47 different endings. We tend to think of the classics as untouched relics, but is revisiting Hemingwa...

  • The State of AIDS in America July 23, 2012

    <p>As AIDS activism has taken a global turn, it is important to ask: What is the current status of AIDS in America?</p>

  • NCAA Announces Penalties Against Penn State University July 23, 2012

    <p>This morning the NCAA announced massive penalties against Penn State University due to their handling of the child sexual abuse scandal involving the former assistant coach Jerry Sandusky.</p>