Actor Christian Bale visits Colorado shooting victims

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Actor Christian Bale visits Colorado shooting victims



Cast member Christian Bale attends the world premiere of "The Dark Knight Rises" in New YorkLOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Christian Bale, the actor behind the Batman mask in "The Dark Knight Rises," visited victims of last week's movie theater shooting as they recovered at an Aurora, Colorado, hospital on Tuesday, a spokeswoman for the facility said. Emily Crowley, spokeswoman for the Medical Center of Aurora, confirmed that the movie star was at the hospital Tuesday afternoon but did not give any details. Bill Voloch, interim president of the medical center, told The Denver Post newspaper that Bale spent about 2. ...












Record Greenland Ice Melt Happened in Days



Greenland ice, it seems, can vanish in a flash, with new satellite images showing that over just a few days this month nearly all of the veneer of surface ice atop the island's massive ice sheet had thawed.






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