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4:55 pm
Wed July 18, 2012

As Class Warfare Brews, A 'Dark Knight Rises'

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The Dark Knight Rises begins eight years after The Dark Knight, with Bruce Wayne (Christian Bale) living a reclusive life at his mansion alongside Alfred (Michael Caine). The movie is the finale of Christopher Nolan's Batman trilogy.
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Batman's enemy in The Dark Knight Rises is the brutish Bane (Tom Hardy), who delivers a beating that sends Bruce Wayne back to the gym.
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Anne Hathaway is a poised, charismatic Catwoman in this latest installment of the Dark Knight franchise.
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Originally published on Fri July 20, 2012 10:54 am

The canvas is epic, the themes are profound, the execution is ... clunky. Welcome to Christopher Nolan's third and allegedly final Batman picture, The Dark Knight Rises — that so-called rising taking hours, by the way. No Batman film ever had less Batman.

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The Two-Way
4:49 pm
Wed July 18, 2012

Why Is American Stalling On A Merger With USAirways?

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US Airways CEO Doug Parker waits to be introduced prior to his address to a National Press Club Newsmaker Luncheon in Washington, DC.
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Originally published on Wed July 18, 2012 9:05 pm

Could it be that American Airlines CEO Tom Horton is resisting the warm embrace of US Airways CEO Doug Parker over a little thing like money?

During a National Press Club luncheon Wednesday, Parker didn't exactly shoot down suggestions that American's leadership has been stalling on a merger of the two carriers because of the potential for personal gain.

Asked whether Horton is focused on the payday he would get if American were to remain independent a while longer, Parker hesitated. For more than 8 seconds, his answer was: "Um. The. Uh. Let's see."

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Around the Nation
4:29 pm
Wed July 18, 2012

In Fairplay, Colo., Burro Racing Packs 'Em In

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A skill in pack burro racing is convincing a donkey that it should run when it would rather walk. Racers may get behind the pack if they don't work with their animal.
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New pack burro racers in Idaho Springs, Colo., compete in this shorter course as they try their hand at the sport.
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Originally published on Thu July 19, 2012 8:08 am

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Shots - Health Blog
4:29 pm
Wed July 18, 2012

HIV Cure Is Closer As Patient's Full Recovery Inspires New Research

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Nurse Priscila-Grace Gonzaga with Gregg Cassin, a San Francisco gay man who has been infected with HIV since the early 1980s. He's a volunteer in a cutting-edge gene therapy experiment to see whether HIV-infected people can be given an immune system that is invulnerable to HIV infection.
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Timothy Ray Brown, widely known in research circles as the Berlin patient, was cured of his HIV infection by a bone marrow transplant, doctors say. His story inspired scientists to look for new ways to vanquish the disease in other patients.
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Originally published on Wed July 18, 2012 6:30 pm

Ask AIDS researchers why they think a cure to the disease is possible and the first response is "the Berlin patient."

That patient is a wiry, 46-year-old American from Seattle named Timothy Ray Brown. He got a bone marrow transplant five years ago when he was living in Berlin.

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Around the Nation
4:29 pm
Wed July 18, 2012

Drought Spreads Misery Through Arkansas River Basin

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A deer carcass lies on the dried riverbed of the Arkansas River in Lakin, Kan.
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The drought has resulted in withered cornstalks and cracked land near Lamar, Colo.
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Dan Henrichs, a cattle rancher on the High Line Canal in Avondale, Colo., is also the local ditch superintendent.
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Originally published on Wed July 18, 2012 7:19 pm

Drought has set in early and hard across the Midwest, parching the Arkansas River basin. The river trickling out of the mountains is dry before it reaches some of the major agricultural uses downstream. And the drought is torching crops, sapping tourism and threatening supplies of drinking water.

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