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-A dozen people were killed in a shooting at a Colorado movie theater during a showing of the new Batman film, The Dark Knight Rises early this morning. Another 38 people were injured, including a three-month-old baby. The gunman, 24-year-old James Holmes, reportedly wore a gas mask into the Aurora theater and threw gas canisters before opening fire. He was arrested in the parking lot of the theater with four guns. President Obama has released a statement expressing “shock and sadness” over the news. A Paris premiere screening of the film has been cancelled as a result. This is an ongoing story.
-On a much different note, Viacom and DirecTV have reached a programming fee agreement, ending a 10-day blackout that deprived the satellite company’s 20 million customers of stations like BET, MTV and Nickelodeon. DirecTV will not be required to carry Epix. Separately, Dish customers haven’t had access to AMC for about a month, meaning they’re missing Breaking Bad. Dang.
-SmartMoney.com gives its picks for the best credit card for travelers.
-Mitt Romney’s wife Ann has stirred up some controversy over an interview with GMA in which she defended her hubby’s refusal to make several years worth of tax returns available by saying, “Because there are so many things that will be open again for more attack… and that’s really, that’s just the answer. And we’ve given all you people need to know and understand about our financial situation and about how we live our life.” You people?!
-Presidential campaign fundraising has exceeded $1 billion. That includes spending by the candidates, the parties, and their Super PACs. Spending could reach $3 billion. President Obama is frantically trying to raise money, warning his supporters that he could be outspent by his opponent.
Reed Builds Big Campaign Fund
(AJC) — Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed raised more than $630,000 for his re-election campaign over the past six months, putting him on pace to exceed his massive 2009 totals, while sending the first shot at anyone who might want to challenge him in 2013. Reed released his fundraising totals on July 8 to the state ethics commission in a 69-page report. He collected about $100,000 more than Republican Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal over roughly the same time frame, though in fairness Deal doesn’t face re-election till 2014.
City Council Candidates Raised $1.6 Million Since Feb. 22 Election
(Chicago Tribune) — Candidates in Chicago’s 14 aldermanic run-off contests have reported raising $1.6 million in big-dollar contributions since the February election, including more than $200,000 from Mayor-elect Rahm Emanuel’s New Chicago Committee, a review of campaign disclosure reports showed today. The Illinois Campaign for Political Reform said Emanuel’s New Chicago Committee is the largest direct donor to candidates in the April 5 run-off contests with more than $215,000 in contributions spread among seven contenders, followed by the Service Employees’ International Union with nearly $170,000 in funding spread among eight candidates. The union coalition Unite Here gave four candidates a combined $83,000 and the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees dropped more than $78,000 among six contenders, campaign reports showed.
City Council Candidates Raised $1.6 Million Since Feb. 22 Election
(Chicago Tribune) — Candidates in Chicago’s 14 aldermanic run-off contests have reported raising $1.6 million in big-dollar contributions since the February election, including more than $200,000 from Mayor-elect Rahm Emanuel’s New Chicago Committee, a review of campaign disclosure reports showed today. The Illinois Campaign for Political Reform said Emanuel’s New Chicago Committee is the largest direct donor to candidates in the April 5 run-off contests with more than $215,000 in contributions spread among seven contenders, followed by the Service Employees’ International Union with nearly $170,000 in funding spread among eight candidates. The union coalition Unite Here gave four candidates a combined $83,000 and the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees dropped more than $78,000 among six contenders, campaign reports showed.
Obama Returns to Harlem for a Lucrative Fund-Raiser
(New York Times) — Add this to all the evidence that Harlem has been gentrified since Barack Obama’s days as a Columbia Universitystudent: He returned there on Tuesday evening as the nation’s first African-American president, and for a $30,800-a-person fund-raiser. The fund-raiser at the new and wildly popular Red Rooster restaurant was expected to raise about $1.5 million for the Democratic National Committee, a party official said. Afterward, Mr. Obama attended an invitation-only reception at the Studio Museum in Harlem for past Democratic donors. Manhattan, the nation’s financial capital, has long been a fund-raising magnet for presidents of both parties, including Mr. Obama. But since being elected this was Mr. Obama’s first visit to Harlem, the community that historically has been a center of African-American culture but by Mr. Obama’s college years had become synonymous with the definition of an American slum.
Obama Returns to Harlem for a Lucrative Fund-Raiser
(New York Times) — Add this to all the evidence that Harlem has been gentrified since Barack Obama’s days as a Columbia Universitystudent: He returned there on Tuesday evening as the nation’s first African-American president, and for a $30,800-a-person fund-raiser. The fund-raiser at the new and wildly popular Red Rooster restaurant was expected to raise about $1.5 million for the Democratic National Committee, a party official said. Afterward, Mr. Obama attended an invitation-only reception at the Studio Museum in Harlem for past Democratic donors. Manhattan, the nation’s financial capital, has long been a fund-raising magnet for presidents of both parties, including Mr. Obama. But since being elected this was Mr. Obama’s first visit to Harlem, the community that historically has been a center of African-American culture but by Mr. Obama’s college years had become synonymous with the definition of an American slum.
