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All they wanted was to be among the first thousands of people lined up to see the final film in Christopher Nolan's Batman trilogy, "The Dark Knight Rises." Instead, their lives was snuffed out by a monster far bigger than they would ever see on the big screen. Police in Aurora, Colo., say James ...

It's not too often someone's passing gets the attention of the President of the United States. But then again, it's not every day that the world loses a legend like Ray Bradbury. President Barack Obama shared his love of Bradbury's "gift for storytelling," and remembered the great despite the lat ...

Danny Strong has gone from science-fiction to politics and back to science-fiction again. And he's picked up a writing Emmy along the way. But don't look at Strong as the geeky Jonathan Levinson in "Buffy the Vampire Slayer," or even the awkward Danny Siegel in "Mad Men." Instead, see him as the ...

The tragedy in Aurora, Colo., which left 12 people dead and 58 wounded, should be one mourned across the country. And while that is taking place for the most part, there are still a handful of people who see it much differently. And luckily, they ended with them in handcuffs. A speeding stop in M ...

President Barack Obama traveled to Aurora, Colo., Sunday, to meet with the victims and their families involved in the early Friday morning shooting that left 12 dead and 58 injured. "When you have an opportunity to visit with families who have lost their loved ones -- as I described to them, I co ...

Not knowing quite what to do in light of the early Friday shooting in Aurora, Colo., that left 12 people dead and dozens more injured, some theaters across the country started placing donation jars out to help those families affected by the attack. Eleven theaters in the Los Angeles area, and lik ...

It was meant to provide a little chuckle in the Season 1 DVD commentary of "Game of Thrones," but instead, it has produced an apology from both the producers of the hit HBO series and the cable channel it appears on. Soon after the death of a major character toward the end of Season 1, Jack Glees ...

Many websites went offline Wednesday, including the GenreNexus sites like Airlock Alpha. And while some like the Motion Picture Association of America labeled it as nothing more than a publicity stunt, it seems to have put the spotlight on the Stop Online Piracy Act and its companion bill, the Prote ...

Every so often, I find myself using the SciFriday platform to defend television ratings. It seems that efforts to measure television audiences from companies (well, company) like The Nielsen Co. is so hated, that I am almost a lone voice in support of Nielsen. And no, I've never received a dime f ...