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  • Justice's wheels slowed as shutdown hits courts

    GILLIAN FLACCUS MATT VOLZ Associated Press|Updated Oct 14, 2013

    HELENA (AP) — The government shutdown is slowing the wheels of justice in federal courts by delaying civil cases, forcing prosecutors to operate with skeleton staffs and raising uncertainty about the system's immediate future if the stalemate continues past Thursday. That's when federal courts officials expect the reserve funds they have been using since the Oct. 1 start of the shutdown will run out. Criminal cases, which are required by law to go to a speedy trial, are still moving ahead, as are most bankruptcy cases and a...

  • Career woes, perceived racism fuel ex-cop's anger

    GILLIAN FLACCUS,Associated Press

    hristopher Dorner sees himself as a crusader, a 6-foot, 270-pound whistleblower who confronted racism early in life and believes he suffered in his career and personal life for challenging injustices from bigotry to dishonesty. He fulfilled his lifelong dream of becoming a Los Angeles cop in 2005, but saw it unravel three years later when he was fired after a police review board decided he falsely accused his training officer of kicking a mentally ill man in the face and chest. The incident led Dorner to plot violent revenge...

  • Colo. massacre suspect mum as he heads to court

    GILLIAN FLACCUS, NICHOLAS RICCARDI, Associated Press

    AURORA, Colo. — As the suspected gunman in the Colorado theater massacre heads to his first court appearance, authorities have disclosed that he is refusing to cooperate and that it could take months to learn what prompted the horrific attack on midnight moviegoers at a Batman film premiere. James Holmes has been held in solitary confinement at an Arapahoe County detention facility but will be moved Monday to a next-door courtroom for a 9:30 a.m. MDT hearing, where the charges against him of suspicion of first degree m...

  • Shooting suspect's gun range membership rejected

    GILLIAN FLACCUS, NICHOLAS RICCARDI,Associated Press

    AURORA, Colo. — Shooting suspect James Holmes applied to join a Colorado gun range last month but never became a member because of his behavior and a "bizarre" message on his voice mail greeting, the range's owner said Sunday. Holmes, 24, emailed an application to join the Lead Valley Range in Byers on June 25 in which he said he was not a user of illegal drugs or a convicted felon, said owner Glenn Rotkovich. But when Rotkovich called to invite him to a mandatory orientation the following week, he said he heard Holmes' v...

  • Supermarket where Giffords shot opens 1 week later

    GILLIAN FLACCUS Associated Press

    TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — The Arizona grocery store where Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and 18 other people were shot reopened Saturday, one week after the mass shooting left six people dead and critically injured the congresswoman. The Safeway opened about 7 a.m. local time, and business was brisk. "Our employees have been through so much but they are here, they're working and kind of anxious to reconnect with their customers and the community. We're doing OK," store spokeswoman Cathy Kloos said. Jared Loughner, 22, was targeting G...

  • Supermarket where Giffords shot opens 1 week later

    GILLIAN FLACCUS, Associated Press

    Supermarket where Giffords shot opens 1 week later GILLIAN FLACCUS, Associated Press TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — The Arizona grocery store where Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and 18 other people were shot reopened Saturday, one week after the mass shooting left six people dead and critically injured the congresswoman. The Safeway opened about 7 a.m. local time, and business was brisk. "Our employees have been through so much but they are here, they're working and kind of anxious to reconnect with their customers and the community. W...

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