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DENVER — In a world where Amazon can track your next book purchase and you must register to buy allergy medicine, James Holmes spent months stockpiling thousands of bullets and head-to-toe ballistic gear without raising any red flags with authorities. The suspect in the mass theater shooting availed himself of an unregulated online marketplace that allows consumers to acquire some of the tools of modern warfare as if they were pieces of a new wardrobe.  The Internet is awash in sites ranging from BulkAmmo.com, which this weekend listed a sale on a thousand rifle rounds for $335, to eBay, where bidding on one armored special forces helmet has risen to $799. "We're different than other cultures," said Dudley Brown, executive director of Rocky Mountain Gun ...

They love to post pictures of their children and keep followers up to date with their schedule, but now celebrities have taken to doing something more revealing on Twitter. 'Celebrity body surfing' is the latest craze to sweep the internet and involves various famous faces sharing photos of their bare legs and torsos. It is debatable whether or not the photos are being taken to show off their bodies, or simply if it is just another way for the celebrities to keep their fans updated and interested but either way it's a trend that's catching on.           Read Here

Oh, the ecstasy. Andy Murray has done it. Finally. At last. He stormed into the Wimbledon final for the first time yesterday amid scenes of wild jubilation. The nation has waited 74 years for a British finalist in the men’s singles – and now we must wait again to see if he can beat Roger Federer tomorrow. Murray shed tears of joy after winning a nail-biting semi-final that left fans on the edge of their seats.  On Centre Court – all too often the graveyard of his and other British players’ ambitions – he wrote himself into the history books by beating Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in four sets.              More Read

The three Tornado jet crew lost in a crash in the Moray Firth this week were named for the first time today as Defence Secretary Philip Hammond today paid tribute to the pilots. Mr Hammond said Flight Lieutenant Hywel Poole had been killed, and Squadron Leader Samuel Bailey and Flight Lieutenant Adam Sanders were still missing presumed dead. 'My thoughts - and, I am sure, those of the entire House - are with their loved ones at this difficult time, and with the fourth member of the squadron involved in the incident, who is currently in a serious but stable condition in hospital,' he told MPs. The fatal mid-air crash off the north-east coast of Scotland between the two RAF Tornados may have been caused by fog, it was claimed earlier this week.       More

A British poker champion was attacked in the early hours of this morning just hours after winning $10million in a Las Vegas tournament. Sam Trickett, 26, was leaving a club with a female friend when six men assaulted the pair. The former plumber, from Retford, Nottinghamshire, was left with a cut face and covered in bruises while his companion, Natasha Sandhu, was spat on. Nothing was believed to have been stolen. The incident came just hours after Mr Trickett, whose nickname is 'Tricky', was runner-up in the Big One For One Drop poker tournament in Sin City.              Full Read

A toddler came within inches of plummeting 100 feet to his death after climbing on to a high-rise flat balcony as his mother slept inside.  Dramatic footage showed the two-year-old crawling along, and sitting on, the balcony's ledge eight storeys up, while horrified passers-by looked on. One terrified onlooker was so concerned that she filmed the boy nonchalantly peering down and dangling his legs over the drop.             More Read