Early reports from Colorado say that as many as 12 people are dead and 38 are injured after a masked gunman opened fire at a premiere of the latest Batman movie in a cinema in Aurora, a suburb of Denver. Witnesses say that shortly after midnight, a man wearing a ...

It’s been two days since a bomb ripped through a high-level meeting that killed Bashar Al-Assad’s defense minister and brother-in-law. And the capital of Damascus is seeing its worst violence yet. Some are saying Damascus is looking more likely than ever to fall, and that it could happen sooner than anyone thought possible. Borzou Daragahi, Middle East correspondent for the Financial Times, has been observing the situation from Beirut.

Bad news for the 3000 Muslim athletes participating in this years summer olympics: The 2012 summer olympics conflict with Ramadan for the first time since 1980. Iman Adam Kelwick, whose mosque is in Liverpool, joins the show to examines this conflict between sport and faith.

Every Friday The Takeaway takes a look back at this week’s big stories. From the politics of basketball to the ongoing battle between Republicans and Democrats, this week was full of tension.

Remember the huge groundswell for Ron Paul in Iowa? Well, those voters are still out there, and they’re up for grabs. A recent poll has Obama leading, but by less than he was a few months ago.

 Is it possible to balance impending motherhood with the responsibility of running a large company like Yahoo? Marissa Mayer has  been criticized recently for trying.

Afghanistan has a long, rich literary tradition, particularly storytelling through poetry. A new collection, edited and translated by British researchers living in Kandahar, anthologizes 250 contemporary poems by members of the Taliban.

Authorities have identified the suspect in last night's shooting at a crowded movie theater in suburban Denver. They say he's James Holmes, a 24-year-old American. He's in police custody. Authorities now say 12 people were killed and almost 40 more hurt at the midnight opening of the new Batman movie.  Rachel Fedeli was watching a movie in the theater next door when the shooting started.

Michele Bachmann has been the target of strong criticism from fellow Republican lawmakers after accusing one of Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's longtime aides of having possible ties with the Muslim Brotherhood.

Even though the original estimate for the cost of the London Olympics was $6.5 billion, this week it was announced the cost will be over 100 percent more at $13 billion.