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Jared Lee Loughner and 6 other mass shooters: How the cases were resolved

Jared Lee Loughner was found competent Tuesday to stand trial and pled guilty to 19 counts, including murder, for the January 2011 shooting in Tucson in which six people were killed and 13 wounded – including then-Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D) of Arizona. In mass shootings like this where the perpetrator was not killed during the rampage, here’s how the cases have been resolved.
Border bunglers: 10 odd smuggling attempts foiled by US agents

Drugs are just a few of the illegal products – from the exotic to the mundane – that people attempt to sneak across the US-Mexico border everyday. Here are 10 examples of creative ways people tried to sneak something past Customs.
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Focus Obama's new program for young illegal immigrants: How is it going?

More than 82,000 young illegal immigrants have applied for a work permit under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA). But the November elections could be key to what happens next.
Difference Maker She offers ex-cons in Chicago a honey of a second chance

Sweet Beginnings, a growing business on Chicago's West Side, provides just released prisoners with job experience making honey and other products.
Border Patrol shooting: No suspects yet (+video)

The shooting death of a U.S. Border Patrol agent has again brought Arizona into the spotlight in the national immigration debate. Arizona lawmakers called for additional efforts to secure the border between the U.S. and Mexico.
US Border Patrol agents targeted in Arizona (+video)

Two Border Patrol agents were shot on Tuesday at a station in Naco, Arizona. One of the agents was killed and the other injured. Officials say the crime scene investigation could take several days.
Border Patrol agent shot and killed while on duty in Arizona

A US Border Patrol agent was shot and killed and another wounded while the pair were on horseback patrol near the US-Mexico border in southern Arizona early Tuesday morning.
Water on Mars: NASA scientists are 'excited' (+video)

Mars rover Curiosity found rocks on the Martian surface that are too big to be carried by wind, so researchers suppose water must have existed on Mars at one time. Over the next two years, Curiosity will continue its search for signs of ancient microbial life on Mars.
What's on Mars? Evidence of water (+video)

On Thursday, NASA's Mars Curiosity rover identified what are believed to be rocks moved by water that once flowed on the Red Planet. Curiosity's further exploration is hoped to determine whether Mars was once inhabited by microorganisms.
National Plug In Day: Electric car fans push pedal to metal

National Plug In Day celebrated the electric car in 60 cities over the weekend. Declared all but dead a short while ago, the electric car market is beginning to thrive. But can electric cars ever gain a meaningful foothold in the gas-dependent US auto industry?
Latin America Monitor Survivors of Mexico's drug violence tell US government 'We need a new approach'

More than 100 victims of the drug war went to Washington as part of Mexico's Caravan for Peace to demand justice for their families. The group is pressing both governments to rethink a policy that has cost so many lives.
Space shuttle Endeavour touches down (+video)

The space shuttle Endeavour landed in California on its way to its final resting place. On the way, it made a flyover in Tucson, Arizona where former Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords and her husband Mark Kelly, Endeavour's retired commander, were watching.
Space shuttle Endeavour piggybacks on 747 for last leg of Calif. journey (+video)

Today, Endeavour and its carrier plane, called the Shuttle Carrier Aircraft, will soar over Austin and refuel at Biggs Army Base in El Paso, Texas, before continuing west toward California.
Cosmic lens reveals galaxy from the dawn of time

This distant, ancient galaxy may have once helped clear out the murky fog that once filled the early universe, scientists added.
Space shuttle Endeavour makes layover in Houston, next stop L.A. (+video)

Endeavour landed in Houston while riding piggyback atop a modified Boeing 747 jumbo jet to end the first leg of its three-day journey to Los Angeles, where the retired space shuttle will ultimately be transformed into a museum exhibit at the California Science Center.
Top Picks: The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, country musician Kathy Mattea's new album, and more

Time answers classic childhood questions, PBS's 'American Masters' examines the life of Carl Sandburg, and more top picks.
Gabrielle Giffords: Strong, amid cheers (+video)

One and a half years after being shot in the head by a gunman in Tucson, Arizona, former congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords led the crowd at the Democratic National Convention in the pledge of allegiance on Thursday.
Former Rep. Giffords to continue rehab at Arizona home

Returning home for good: After a year and a half of therapy in Houston, former Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, who was wounded in a mass shooting, is back home in Arizona.
Jared Lee Loughner and 6 other mass shooters: How the cases were resolved

Jared Lee Loughner was found competent Tuesday to stand trial and pled guilty to 19 counts, including murder, for the January 2011 shooting in Tucson in which six people were killed and 13 wounded – including then-Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D) of Arizona. In mass shootings like this where the perpetrator was not killed during the rampage, here’s how the cases have been resolved.
Jared Loughner, Tucson shooter plea deal depends on suspect (+video)

The 23-year-old college dropout is scheduled to attend a hearing during which his attorneys and prosecutors will try to persuade US District Court Judge Larry A. Burns that Loughner is no longer mentally unfit for trial.
Decoder Wire Will Sikh temple shooting spark US conversation on gun control?

The Wisconsin Sikh temple shooting elicited renewed calls for gun control, but surveys show it's not a pressing issue for the US public. Obama and his spokesman talked only of combatting violence.
Jared Loughner expected to plead guilty in Tucson shootings

Loughner was declared unfit to stand trial after the 2011 Arizona rampage that killed six people and wounded 13, including Gabrielle Giffords. A reported plea bargain could mean a life sentence.
Romney tax returns: Could Reid’s unsubstantiated attack hurt Democrats?

Harry Reid, the Senate's top Democrat, says Mitt Romney paid no income tax for 10 years. His source, he says, is a Bain Capital investor. But he won't say who. The tactic could backfire.
Will NASA's $2.5 billion Mars rover crash on Sunday? (+video)

NASA's Curiosity Mars rover faces a terrifying seven-minute plunge through the Red Planet's atmosphere using a first-of-its-kind landing system involving a supersonic parachute and a 'sky-crane' that will lower the rover to the Martian surface.
Olympics medal count: China edges back out in front of US Wednesday

The US scored big Tuesday at the London Olympics when Michael Phelps and the women's gymnastics team brought home historic wins. But the Chinese climbed back on top of the medal chart Wednesday.
Suspected Aurora, Colo. shooter James Holmes gets 24 murder charges (+video)

After the charges were read, prosecutors and defense attorneys sparred over whether a notebook that news reports said Holmes sent to his psychiatrist and had descriptions of the attack was privileged information.
Foster care: Overall population drops, states have mixed results

Foster care populations dropped for the sixth straight year, reports the Department of Health and Human Services, due to state policies shifting toward shortening foster care stays, expediting adoptions, and increasing prevention support.