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It's become part of the story to say that the rampage in Colorado is one of the deadliest such attacks in the nation's history. The list of tragedies shows that's unfortunately true.

While the shooting rampage in Aurora, Colo., is dominating the news today, there are other headlines.

Voice-based tests may soon become the best and cheapest way to diagnose the deliberating neurological disease.

A new National Archives exhibit charts the stories of 19th and early 20th century immigrants to America through documents and photographs attached to their case files. For one historian, one of these "attachments" turned out to be "like a breakthrough discovery of a lifetime."

The country has the largest HIV epidemic in the world, and it's also had one of the most conflicted responses to the virus. For years, the government questioned the link between HIV and AIDS and offered little by way of treatment. Now, South Africa is trying to make up for lost time.

Colorado authorities cleared scores of explosive devices from the apartment of the man suspected of killing 12 people and injuring more than 50 at a local movie theater. The police chief said the apartment was set up to kill whoever entered. "We sure as hell are angry," he said.

Janet Feder has built a career on unusual instrumental guitar playing. Her new album, Songs With Words, is the first to feature her singing — a bold choice that may alienate her old fans.

Outside the movie theater in Aurora, Colo, where Friday's deadly shooting occurred, there's a makeshift memorial at the edge of a hot and dusty lot. There are hundreds of candles and flowers, American flags and signs memorializing the victims. There are also some signs around town that life is starting to return to normal.

The International AIDS Conference is being held this week in Washington, D.C. HIV infection in the host city is the highest in the nation. Though treatments have come a long way in the past 30 years, those high infection rates — especially among the black community — show there is still much work to be done.

By a recent estimate, 1 percent of America's technology entrepreneurs are black. And only 8 percent of tech companies are founded by women. A new boot camp aims to give these entrepreneurs pointers so they can get their startups off the ground.