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Why 'Django' stirs race debate

Gene Seymour: Spike Lee, Quentin Tarantino spatting over "Django Unchained" Seymour says film, which upends slavery narrative, is classic comic-book Tarantino He says debate is over whether white artists have right to tell any part of black American story Seymour notes James Baldwin's sound advice: "If you don't like their alternative, write yours" Editor's note: Gene Seymour is a film critic who has written about music, movies and culture for The New York Times, Newsday, Entertainment Weekly and The Washington Post. (CNN) -- Spike Lee says he's never going to see Quentin Tarantino's "Django Unchained" because he's certain it is "disrespectful of my ancestors." Tarantino says he doesn't need to waste time responding to Lee's accusation. That, as they say, is that. So why do we insist on staring at two egomaniacs staring down each other? Race. Again. The subject that never fails to provoke, antagonize, alienate -- and fascinate rubber-necking onlookers from sea to shining sea. Fixating on race is an absurdity that has no rational reason to exist, yet no one quite knows how to eliminate it from humankind. The only thing dumber than race is underestimating its importance. Gene Seymour "Django Unchained" is Tarantino's latest exercise in genre-bending audacity, an antic ripsnorter folding in most of what its director knows and loves about spaghetti westerns, 1970s blaxploitation thrillers and his own ribald, recklessly violent body of work. Its title character, played by Jamie Foxx, is a slave bought and freed by a drolly effective German bounty hunter (Christoph Waltz), who agrees to help Django emancipate his wife, Broomhilda (Kerry Washington), from a decadent plantation owner (Leonardo DiCaprio). Become a fan of CNNOpinion Stay up to date on the latest opinion, analysis and conversations through social media. Join us at Facebook/CNNOpinion and follow us @CNNOpinion on Twitter. We welcome your ideas and comments. "Django" makes no pretense of being anything other than a phantasmagoric pseudo-western, rife with calculated vulgarity, anachronism and impropriety. Its body count rivals that of Tarantino's 2003 martial-arts epic, "Kill Bill Vol. 1" (to whose messily operatic set pieces of slaughter "Django" bears an uncanny resemblance). 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Critics' reactions have ranged from wild-eyed enthusiasm (The Boston Globe's Wesley Morris: "Corkscrewed, inside-out, upside-down, simultaneously clear-eyed and out of its mind") to wary detachment (The Detroit News' Tom Long: "(Y)ou may leave ... wishing for both more and less") to borderline outrage (Slate's Dana Stevens: "There's something about (Tarantino's) directorial delectation in all these acts of racial violence that left me not just physically, but morally queasy.") Given advance hype for the movie as extravagant as its violence, I doubt that audience members, whatever their race or age, bought tickets with the expectation of seeing some historically faithful saga of antebellum life, and neither did I. We were buying a comic book. Many people have a grievance against the very notion of comic books, but I don't. Expect a movie or a comic book to explain everything about anything and all you earn is surplus sadness that you don't really need. Nevertheless, there are many who, unlike Lee, have seen the movie and carry the same grievances as he does. The most scathing attack came from that novelist-satirist-poet Ishmael Reed, writing in The Wall Street Journal: "To compare this movie to a spaghetti western and a blaxploitation film is an insult to both genres. It's a Tarantino home movie with all the racist licks of his other movies." He aimed this laser shot at the Oscar-nominated actor who plays the treacherous "house slave" to DiCaprio's character: "Samuel L. Jackson ... plays himself." I doubt Jackson felt the blow. He has, in fact, further provoked the movie's antagonists by running straight at an interviewer asking about the movie's prolific use of the "N-word," refusing to answer the question unless the reporter, who is white, actually says the dread epithet aloud. (He didn't.) Still, Reed's condemnation discloses what may lie at the heart of Lee's objection: the debate over whether white artists have the right to tell any part of the black American story -- which, as Reed writes, is as old as Harriet Beecher Stowe's 1852 abolitionist novel, "Uncle Tom's Cabin." It is also as recent as 1967 when the white Southern novelist William Styron published, "The Confessions of Nat Turner," a Pulitzer Prize-winning novel told in the first-person voice of the brilliant-but-doomed leader of an 1838 slave rebellion. The outcry from African-American novelists was so intense that a collection of essays, "William Styron's Nat Turner: Ten Black Writers Respond" was published a year later. James Baldwin, a friend of Styron's who was one of the few African-American authors speaking out on the book's behalf, put his position as succinctly as possible: "I will not tell another writer what to write. If you don't like their alternative, write yours." It's still sound advice -- and in the intervening years, black authors have taken it, from Alex Haley's 1976 blockbuster, "Roots," to Toni Morrison's haunting "Beloved" from 1987. Both were adapted for the screen, and while "Roots," the television miniseries, delivered a resounding national impact, the 1998 movie adaptation of "Beloved," even with Oprah Winfrey as producer and co-star, earned about $26 million, roughly half of its $50 million budget. I remember many of my African-American relatives and friends who told me they were not going to see "Beloved," no matter how good it was or who was in it, because they simply did not want to watch a movie about slavery's legacy. Some of these same folks, on the other hand, tell me they were psyched about seeing a movie, however "incorrect" on several levels, in which a black ex-slave secures freedom for his wife, kills every white man who stands in his way -- and gets away with it. Exasperated? If you're not, you should be. Follow @CNNOpinion on Twitter. Join us at Facebook/CNNOpinion. if(typeof CNN.expElements==='object'){CNN.expElements.init();} The opinions expressed in this commentary are solely those of Gene Seymour.

National Cathedral to wed same-sex couples

Same-sex couples have lined up to marry in city halls Washington National Cathedral is the site of presidential funerals Four presidents have had inaugural prayers there It is also a place of worship for the Episcopal Church (CNN) -- When laws went into effect in three states for same-sex couples to marry, many were quick to line up at their city halls to exchange vows. Now they may do so in one of the nation's most prominent churches -- the Washington National Cathedral. Most Americans know the house of God, also called the Cathedral Church of St. Peter and St. Paul, as a place where sacred rites are carried out on behalf of the nation. It has been host to the funerals of numerous presidents and of inaugural prayer services for four presidents, including Barack Obama. But it is also an active house of worship in the Episcopalian Church, said the Cathedral's dean, Gary Hall. The denomination has developed a blessing rite that mirrors current wedding ceremonies for heterosexual couples and allows each bishop to decide to allow same-sex marriages in their churches or not. 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Above, Frank Capley-Alfano and Joe Capley-Alfano celebrate outside of San Francisco City Hall in February after a federal appeals court blocked the law. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images) cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length] = {"currentPicture":true,"x":5,"y":1,"pos":1,"title":"Same-sex marriage amendments in U.S."} Washington Gov. Chris Gregoire celebrates after signing marriage equality legislation into law earlier this year. Voters there approved same-sex marriage on Election Day. (Photo by Stephen Brashear/Getty Images) cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length] = {"currentPicture":false,"x":5,"y":1,"pos":2,"title":"Same-sex marriage amendments in the U.S."} In 2010, television reporter Roby Chavez, right, shares a moment with gay rights activist Frank Kameny during Chavez' and Chris Roe's wedding ceremony in the nation's capital. 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(Photo by Christopher Capozziello/Getty Images) cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length] = {"currentPicture":false,"x":5,"y":1,"pos":5,"title":"Same-sex marriage amendments in the U.S."} Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley, center, shakes hands with Senate President Thomas V. Mike Miller after signing a same-sex marriage bill. The law was challenged, but voters approved marriage equality in a November referendum. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images) cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length] = {"currentPicture":false,"x":5,"y":1,"pos":6,"title":"Same-sex marriage amendments in the U.S."} Lara Ramsey, left, and her partner of eight years, Jane Lohmann, play with their 7-month-old son, Wyatt Ramsey-Lohmann. The two wed in 2004 after Massachusetts approved same-sex marriage. 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He sees it as "another historic step toward greater equality." The states of Washington, Maine and Maryland all legalized same-sex marriages in referendums during the 2012 general election. It was already legal in the nation's capital. In March, the Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in two appeals cases related to same-sex marriage -- California's Proposition 8, which bans same-sex marriage and the federal Defense of Marriage Act, which denies federal benefits to same-sex couples. The American Episcopal Church is intimately connected with the Church of England, which last week approved the advancement of male priests in same-sex committed relationships to the position of bishop. But those relationships must be celibate. City halls in Baltimore; Portland, Maine; and Seattle erupted in celebration as the first same-sex couples tied the knot in December and January. Seattle's ceremony included 133 couples, who walked outside and down rain-slickened steps afterward, where they were greeted by cheers, confetti and a brass band celebrating the first day same-sex couples could marry in Washington. To wed at the National Cathedral, one member of the couple must be baptized into the Church, and both must commit to a Christian marriage of "lifelong faithfulness, love, forbearance and mutual comfort." if(typeof CNN.expElements==='object'){CNN.expElements.init();}

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State lawsuit against NCAA is absurd

Gov. Tom Corbett filed a lawsuit against NCAA over sanctions on Penn State Jeffrey Standen: The lawsuit is smart politically, but makes no sense legally He says complaint reads less like a legal document, more like a press release Standen: Even if lawsuit were successful, NCAA can reopen the case Editor's note: Jeffrey Standen is the Van Winkle Melton professor of sports law at Willamette University in Oregon. (CNN) -- The federal lawsuit filed by Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett on behalf of the state against the NCAA is politically smart. It is never a bad thing for a state lawmaker to stand behind the flagship university, especially when the lawmaker himself is under investigation for his alleged complicity in protracting the official inquiry of Jerry Sandusky. But legally, the lawsuit makes no sense. Recall the events: Penn State University, in the midst of the national scandal stemming from the crimes of Sandusky, agreed to settle any claims that the NCAA might have against it for failure to supervise its football program. The settlement was undeniably harsh, including a fine of $60 million, loss of scholarships and bowl eligibility for four years, and the easing of rules to allow student-athletes to transfer out of Penn State's football program. (Meanwhile, outside of the settlement, the criminal trials of key university administrators for perjury and failure to report abuse are proceeding.) Jeffrey Standen Like most plea bargains, the perpetrator got something from the deal, too. By settling early, the university avoided the prolonged NCAA infractions process. Proceeding by the infractions process would have kept Penn State's name, Sandusky's crimes and Joe Paterno's dubious legacy in the news longer than usual. More alarmingly, the infractions committee could have imposed the dreaded "death penalty" -- a complete termination of the football program for years, the cost of which would have undoubtedly dwarfed the measures imposed. Notably, Penn State agreed in accepting the deal that it would not challenge the NCAA's authority in court. Become a fan of CNNOpinion Stay up to date on the latest opinion, analysis and conversations through social media. Join us at Facebook/CNNOpinion and follow us @CNNOpinion on Twitter. We welcome your ideas and comments. Corbett described the sanctions as "overreaching and unlawful" while other lawmakers object to the fines being used to fund programs in other states. Since the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania was not limited by the Penn State-NCAA agreement, it can sue to overturn it. Yet it is that very fact -- that Pennsylvania is a stranger to the agreement -- that dooms its litigation. The lawsuit asks the court to grant an injunction so that NCAA can be refrained from imposing the sanctions. Injunctions look to the future and are designed to prevent damages. Typically, an injunction plaintiff claims that something bad is about to happen and asks the court to stop it. What bad thing will happen to Pennsylvania? It partially funds Penn State. Therefore, according to the complaint, future NCAA sanctions that come out of the Penn State treasury will, by derivation, also be taken from Pennsylvania's treasury, or at least the part of it that the state chooses to share with the university. var currExpandable="expand110"; if(typeof CNN.expandableMap==='object'){CNN.expandableMap.push(currExpandable);} var mObj={}; mObj.type='video'; mObj.contentId=''; mObj.source='bestoftv/2013/01/03/exp-point-corbett-ncaa-lawsuit.cnn'; mObj.videoSource='CNN'; mObj.videoSourceUrl=''; mObj.lgImage="http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/dam/assets/130103024211-exp-point-corbett-ncaa-lawsuit-00002001-story-body.jpg"; mObj.lgImageX=300; mObj.lgImageY=169; mObj.origImageX="214"; mObj.origImageY="120"; mObj.contentType='video'; CNN.expElements.expand110Store=mObj; Berman to Corbett: Football came first var currExpandable="expand210"; if(typeof CNN.expandableMap==='object'){CNN.expandableMap.push(currExpandable);} var mObj={}; mObj.type='video'; mObj.contentId=''; mObj.source='us/2013/01/03/brooke-penn-gov-sues-ncaa.cnn'; mObj.videoSource='CNN'; mObj.videoSourceUrl=''; mObj.lgImage="http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/dam/assets/130103010824-brooke-penn-gov-sues-ncaa-00032211-story-body.jpg"; mObj.lgImageX=300; mObj.lgImageY=169; mObj.origImageX="214"; mObj.origImageY="120"; mObj.contentType='video'; CNN.expElements.expand210Store=mObj; Pennsylvania sues NCAA over sanctions var currExpandable="expand310"; if(typeof CNN.expandableMap==='object'){CNN.expandableMap.push(currExpandable);} var mObj={}; mObj.type='video'; mObj.contentId=''; mObj.source='us/2013/01/02/nr-pa-gov-tom-corbett-ncaa-penn-state-sanctions.cnn'; mObj.videoSource='CNN'; mObj.videoSourceUrl='http://newsroom.blogs.cnn.com/'; mObj.lgImage="http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/dam/assets/130102013845-tom-corbett-pennsylvania-story-body.jpg"; mObj.lgImageX=300; mObj.lgImageY=169; mObj.origImageX="214"; mObj.origImageY="120"; mObj.contentType='video'; CNN.expElements.expand310Store=mObj; Gov. sues NCAA over Penn State sanctions In other words, Pennsylvania is claiming that it will be injured by its decision to contribute money to the university. If it is so keen to prevent itself from being harmed, why doesn't the state simply refuse to give money to the school until the sanctions period has expired? Pennsylvania will not be injured by the NCAA's sanctions; it will be injured by its own decision to fund the university. No federal judge is going to find otherwise. I strongly suspect Pennsylvania's lawyers are well aware of the fundamental absurdity of their lawsuit. That is why the complaint repeatedly alludes to the losses that other people and parties will suffer from the NCAA sanctions; those others include local businesses, other students and sports teams at the university, season-ticket holders and the numerous merchandise vendors who profit from the financial success of this greatest-of-all revenue sports. Yet none of those other people would likely have standing to sue, so their inclusion only underscores the state's untenable litigation position. At times, the complaint filed by the state reads less like a legal document and more like a press release, extolling the fine virtues of a Penn State education amidst the hard-working townsfolk of central Pennsylvania. The complaint also strangely paints the NCAA in starkly negative hues, as if associating the organization with greed and its leadership with conspiracy will somehow make a difference. It goes so far as to smear the NCAA president for his handsome salary, noting that it constitutes a substantial raise over that of his predecessor. This lawsuit will probably not get past the motion to dismiss. The high point of the suit in Pennsylvania's eyes is now; get your shots in while you can. But imagine that Pennsylvania actually litigates to a successful conclusion and has the consent decree between Penn State and the NCAA overturned. What then? The NCAA can simply reopen the case and refer the matter to the infractions process, with the penalty of death the likely outcome for Penn State's Nittany Lions. If Joe were still here, he would tell you: Sometimes it's smarter to punt. Follow us on Twitter @CNNOpinion Join us on Facebook/CNNOpinion if(typeof CNN.expElements==='object'){CNN.expElements.init();} The opinions expressed in this commentary are solely those of Jeffrey Standen.

Selasa, 08 Januari 2013

70-year-old Saudi marries girl, 15

The man told CNN's Arabic team that he paid a dowry for his bride The teen ran away after a fight with the man, a human rights worker says The man says her family took her back, and he complained to a local official There is no minimum age for marriage in Saudi Arabia (CNN) -- A 70-year-old man in Saudi Arabia is disputing claims his new bride is 15 years old, and says her family has ripped him off for the large dowry he paid for the union. Human rights workers say the bride is a teenager and are outraged about the situation. CNN interviewed the man Tuesday, who said he paid a dowry to the girl's parents for the equivalent of $20,000. The marriage came to light when the man complained to a local official after his new wife left him, saying the girl's family had taken her back and he'd been ripped off. He also claimed that he thought she was 25 years old. He refused to provide his name to CNN. "She is not 15 as everybody claims," he said. "She's 25 years old and she's mature enough to make her own decisions... I was fooled by the girl's family." In Saudi Arabia, there is no law that stipulates a minimum age for marriage. Human rights workers say they believe there was a fight between the teen and the man, and she ran back to her family. Her father is believed to be Yemeni, her mother Saudi, the rights workers told CNN. She is from Al-Hurath village in Jizan province, in southwestern Saudi Arabia near the border with Yemen, according to Dr. Hadi Al-Yami, the head of the Asir branch of the Human Rights Commission. The group is backed by the Saudi government. The commission sent an investigator to the courthouse in Al-Hurath, Al-Yami said, and is planning to offer the girl and her family as much help as she's able to receive, particularly legal help in case the courts require her to formally dispute the marriage. Dr. Suhaila Zein al-Abedin of the Saudi National Association for Human Rights -- also a government-backed group -- voiced concern not only about the age difference, but the circumstances of the marriage. "When you consider the very large difference in age, it looks more like this was not a marriage, but like the girl was sold," al-Abedin said. "The girl's parents need to be held responsible for this." Some groups, such as the HRC, advocate for setting a minimum age for marriage, though they've not said what age. The group proposes that anyone younger than 18 who wants to get married should get a court's consent. Extremely conservative religious scholars have opposed a law that would govern the age to marry. Messages on social media reflect frustration with that opposition. Prominent Egyptian activist Mona Eltahawy tweeted, "It's only when there's enough public outrage that we can fight #childmarriage. We are not angry enough to help that 15 y/o & others like her." Yemeni activist NoonArabia tweeted, "#ChildMarriage is a violation of human rights http://www.humanrightsdefence.org/child-marriage-as-an-human-rights-issue.html ... #RunAwayBride #PTs." Other Egyptians took to the Web. Kareem Bassem tweeted, "#ChildMarriage is a result of dehumanizing female humans and degrading them to 'treats' in alleged paradise. Fight dehumanization!" Related: 11-year-old girl married to 40-year-old man if(typeof CNN.expElements==='object'){CNN.expElements.init();} CNN's Salma Abdelaziz and Ashley Fantz contributed to this report.

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CDC: 1 in 5 high school girls binge drink

Millions of women and girls engage in binge drinking, experts say Women are more susceptible to the long-term effects of drinking About 62% of high school senior girls report binge drinking (CNN) -- Millions of high school-aged girls and women binge drink, behavior that can have disastrous results including long-term health effects, the CDC warns in a report released Tuesday. For females, binge drinking means consuming four or more drinks in one sitting. For males, it's five or more drinks. Previous reports have focused on higher rates of binge drinking among males, but the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, in its report, aims to raise awareness of binge drinking among women as a serious problem that's held steady for more than a decade. "Although binge drinking is more of a problem among men and boys, binge drinking is an important and under-recognized women's health issue," said Dr. Thomas Frieden, CDC director. Of the estimated 23,000 annual deaths attributed to excessive alcohol use among women and girls, binge drinking was responsible for more than half of those deaths, said Frieden. Americans binge drinking more Binge drinking is the most common and most dangerous pattern of excess drinking, he said. Women process alcohol differently than men and tend to be smaller, meaning they are more susceptible to effects of drinking, including heart disease, cancer, stroke and liver disease, to name a few. Other unintended consequences might include pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases, the report said. To describe the prevalence of binge drinking, the CDC analyzed data from its 2011 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, an annual telephone survey, and the national 2011 Youth Risk Behavior Survey, an anonymous questionnaire completed by high school students nationwide. While most binge drinkers are not alcohol-dependent, it can also lead to dependence. About 50% of all the alcohol consumed by adults, and about 90% of all the alcohol consumed by young people is consumed during a binge drinking session, according to Frieden. In 2011, when the data was collected, more than 12.5% of U.S. adult women engaged in binge drinking an average of three times per month, drinking an average of six drinks. That's nearly 14 million women. One in 8 women binge drink, according to the report. One in 5 high school girls binge drink, which is nearly as high as the binge drinking rates among high school boys. While binge-drinking rates have fallen among boys over the past 10 years, "binge-drinking rates among girls really haven't changed much over a 15-plus-year period," said Dr. Robert Brewer, of the alcohol program division of the CDC's national Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion. Binge drinking may harm learning, memory The greatest frequency of binge drinking is found among women aged 18-34 and high-school-age girls. About 62% of high school senior girls reported binge drinking, according to Frieden. So what can be done? Effective strategies combating binge drinking would include health care providers speaking to women and girls about their drinking habits, Frieden said. Medical caregivers should encourage less consumption for girls and women if they suspect they are consuming too much. Parents need to play a role in preventing their children from drinking. Pregnant women and underage youth should not drink at all, Frieden stressed. U.S. dietary guidelines recommend drinking in moderation -- up to one drink daily for women and up to two for men. "What we really want to do is encourage people to follow those guidelines for drinking," said Dr. Robert Brewer, of the alcohol program division of the CDC's National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion. Shaq attacks binge drinking at black colleges if(typeof CNN.expElements==='object'){CNN.expElements.init();}

Ailing Chavez to miss inauguration date

Officials say Hugo Chavez will not be in Venezuela for inauguration day Government, opposition differ on what happens next; lawmakers debating issue Chavez's term automatically renews, the government says The constitution makes it clear that this is not the case, opponents say (CNN) -- Medical treatment in Cuba will keep Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez from being sworn in for a new term this week, a top official said Tuesday. At the same time, supporters and opponents of Chavez are bracing for a legal battle over whether the inauguration can be postponed. Venezuela's vice president said in a statement Tuesday that the inauguration would occur before the country's Supreme Court at a "later date," hours after an opposition leader called on the nation's top court to decide whether that's possible. The 58-year-old Venezuelan president has been undergoing cancer treatment in Cuba for the past month, most recently battling respiratory complications. Officials have been hinting for weeks that Chavez might not be well enough to attend a January 10 inauguration before the National Assembly. Tuesday's formal announcement sparked a fierce debate in the assembly, intensifying a political battle that has been playing out for weeks in press conferences, on the country's airwaves and in social media posts. If Chavez is unable to be inaugurated before lawmakers on Thursday as scheduled, the constitution says he can be sworn in before the Supreme Court. But the wording is not clear about whether the inauguration before the Supreme Court must occur on Thursday, whether it must occur in the country or who should run Venezuela in the meantime. That has allowed both supporters and critics of Chavez to point to the country's constitution but offer wildly different interpretations of what it says. A fierce debate A statement from Venezuela's vice president read before lawmakers Tuesday said that the constitution authorizes "at a later date, the swearing-in before the Supreme Court." "The process of post-surgical recuperation must continue past January 10 of this year, so he will not be able to appear on that date before the National Assembly," the statement said. Opposition lawmakers said in Tuesday's debate that Chavez should be declared temporarily absent from his presidential post to avoid a power vacuum. They argued that for 90 days, Diosdado Cabello, the head of the National Assembly, should assume the presidency. But Cabello, a close Chavez ally and member of the United Socialist Party of Venezuela, said that would be unconstitutional. "There is no way to interpret (the constitution). It is extremely clear," he said. "Everything else is a wish." Julio Borges, an opposition lawmaker, said that Chavez's supporters were fighting among themselves and putting the country's future in jeopardy. "You are denying the application of the constitution, because the country knows there is an internal division ... and what is unjust is that the Venezuelan people are paying the price of your internal fight while the problems are still alive and kicking," he said. Tuesday's debate became so heated that one member of the opposition accused Chavez's supporters of hurling a copy of the constitution at him. Supporters of Chavez pumped their fists in the air and gave a standing ovation after passing a measure affirming that Chavez could remain president and be away from the country for as long as necessary to deal with his illness. Opposition leader calls for action But earlier Tuesday, a leading member of the opposition said Venezuela's Supreme Court must clarify the confusion. Henrique Capriles, the man Chavez defeated at the polls in October, said earlier Tuesday that the Supreme Court must clarify the confusion. "There is a conflict here," said Henrique Capriles, whom Chavez defeated at the polls in October. "What is the Supreme Court waiting on?" As far as the opposition is concerned, Capriles said, the constitution is clear that the president's term ends on January 10 and a new period begins. If Chavez is unable to be sworn in, it creates a leadership vacuum that must be filled by the National Assembly president, and the possibility of new elections arise, Capriles said. Cabello has said that he has no intention of assuming power if Chavez is not sworn in. "When (the opposition) talks about a power vacuum, they are proposing a coup," Cabello said, the state-run AVN news agency reported. Maduro: 'The popular will is what prevails' The government contends that Chavez's new term begins automatically because he was re-elected and that the inauguration could be held later. In remarks broadcast on national television Tuesday night, Vice President Nicolas Maduro said the inauguration date "is a formality." Speaking to Venezuela's military leaders, he said declaring Chavez temporarily absent from his post "would be crazy because the popular will is what prevails." Voters have re-elected Chavez, he said, calling on the military to help continue Chavez's revolution. There is no such automatic continuity of power, Capriles said, arguing that "the only thing that has continuity are the country's problems." "If the constitution is not followed, or there is a conflict of interpretation, the Supreme Court has to take a position," he said. Capriles expressed concern about unrest or political crisis in the absence of a decision by the high court. Chavez has not been seen in public and officials have not released any photographs of him since he arrived in Havana for his fourth cancer operation in early December, fueling speculation that his health is worse than the government is letting on. Last week, a government spokesman said Chavez was battling a severe lung infection that has caused respiratory failure. Ernesto Villegas said the president was following a strict treatment regimen for "respiratory insufficiency" caused by the infection. His condition remained unchanged as of Monday, the government said in a statement. "Treatment has been administered permanently and rigorously, and the patient is supporting it," the statement said. The president of Venezuela's Supreme Court is scheduled to speak to reporters on Wednesday. if(typeof CNN.expElements==='object'){CNN.expElements.init();} CNN's Paula Newton and Esprit Smith contributed to this report.

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Empty 787 Dreamliner catches fire

Firefighters battle smoke in cabin of Japan Airlines jet in Boston No passengers aboard; 787 had just arrived from Tokyo Early focus is on battery unit that powers systems on ground Dreamliner has had other glitches since delivery to airlines in 2011 (CNN) -- A smoky fire broke out aboard an empty Japan Airlines 787 Dreamliner in Boston on Monday in the latest glitch for the much-heralded Boeing model. The Japan Airlines plane, which had arrived at Logan Airport from Tokyo at 10 a.m., was being prepared for a noon departure at a gate when a maintenance worker noticed smoke and called emergency crews. "Upon arrival, we observed a heavy smoke condition in the entire cabin," said Bob Donahue, chief of the Massport Fire Rescue Department. "We found a fire condition about midship in the avionics compartment underneath. We advanced an aggressive, offensive fire attack." Batteries used to start the auxiliary power unit, which provides electricity for ground operations, are located in the small area in the belly of the plane. var currExpandable="expand15"; if(typeof CNN.expandableMap==='object'){CNN.expandableMap.push(currExpandable);} var mObj={}; mObj.type='video'; mObj.contentId=''; mObj.source='us/2012/04/27/von-boeing-unveils-dreamliner.wcbd'; mObj.videoSource='WCBD'; mObj.videoSourceUrl='http://www2.counton2.com/'; mObj.lgImage="http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/dam/assets/120427070453-von-boeing-unveils-dreamliner-00001615-story-body.jpg"; mObj.lgImageX=300; mObj.lgImageY=169; mObj.origImageX="214"; mObj.origImageY="120"; mObj.contentType='video'; CNN.expElements.expand15Store=mObj; Boeing unveils new 787 Dreamliner var currExpandable="expand25"; if(typeof CNN.expandableMap==='object'){CNN.expandableMap.push(currExpandable);} var mObj={}; mObj.type='video'; mObj.contentId=''; mObj.source='business/2012/09/03/marketplace-africa-dreamliner-ethiopian-airlines.cnn'; mObj.videoSource='CNN'; mObj.videoSourceUrl=''; mObj.lgImage="http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/dam/assets/120903015341-marketplace-africa-dreamliner-ethiopian-airlines-00002002-story-body.jpg"; mObj.lgImageX=300; mObj.lgImageY=169; mObj.origImageX="214"; mObj.origImageY="120"; mObj.contentType='video'; CNN.expElements.expand25Store=mObj; Historic landing for Ethiopian Airlines var currExpandable="expand35"; if(typeof CNN.expandableMap==='object'){CNN.expandableMap.push(currExpandable);} var mObj={}; mObj.type='video'; mObj.contentId=''; mObj.source='us/2012/05/23/vo-charleston-787-dreamliner-first-flight.wcbd'; mObj.videoSource='WCBD'; mObj.videoSourceUrl='http://www2.counton2.com/'; mObj.lgImage="http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/dam/assets/120523043048-vo-charleston-787-dreamliner-first-flight-00005617-story-body.jpg"; mObj.lgImageX=300; mObj.lgImageY=169; mObj.origImageX="214"; mObj.origImageY="120"; mObj.contentType='video'; CNN.expElements.expand35Store=mObj; First S.C.-built Dreamliner lifts off "We did have a flare-up. There was a small explosion -- one of the batteries -- and we again went in with a secondary attack and were again able to knock it down," Donahue said. Japan Airlines confirmed the cause of the fire in a news release. It said 172 passengers and 11 crew members had been on the plane. Everyone had disembarked when the fire was discovered, the airline said. One firefighter had a skin irritation from the material used to put the fire out, but no one else was injured. Donahue says it's not likely this could have happened during flight when the auxiliary power unit was not in use. "This is an extremely serious situation," Kevin Hiatt, a former pilot and vice president with the Flight Safety Foundation, told CNN. "If there is any problem I think you will see something come out very shortly." Monday's incident is not the first mechanical problem for the 787 series, which was delivered to airlines starting in 2011 after years of manufacturing delays and cost overruns. The JAL plane was delivered in December. In 2010, fire caused a 787 test flight to lose primary electrical power while flying from Yuma, Arizona, to Laredo, Texas. It landed safely using backup systems and the 42 people aboard evacuated using emergency slides. An engine failed during tests on the ground in South Carolina in July 2012 and inspectors found a similar problem on another aircraft in September. In December, another relatively new 787 operated by United Airlines diverted safely to New Orleans after experiencing mechanical problems. "The 787, being a new airplane, does have teething problems," John Goglia, a former member of the National Transportation Safety Board, told CNN. Goglia, a former airline mechanic, said it is common for new planes to have "these kinds of problems." While serious, Hiatt did not think these issues are a sign of larger concerns with the 787 program. "There does not appear to be a common thread in the problems the planes have seen," he told CNN. "If they had another situation, a fire, that was in that same locality you'd start to say yes, we've got something else that is going on." Boeing said it was investigating the incident and noted it was too early to draw any parallels. "We need to give our technical teams time to really understand the event," Lori Gunter, spokeswoman for the 787 program, said in a statement. "Anything offered now would be speculation and likely incorrect. It's just too early to make comparisons to other events or to draw conclusions." The NTSB sent a team to investigate the incident. "It's one of our 'most wanted list' issues, fire in transportation," Eric Weiss, a board spokesman, said. if(typeof CNN.expElements==='object'){CNN.expElements.init();} CNN's Yoko Wakatsuki contributed to this report.

Tearful officer describes Aurora scene

NEW: Youngest victim was shot four times, according to coroner Prosecutors say video shows Holmes in theater complex, using a ticket kiosk Suspect James Holmes kept theater door unlocked with piece of plastic, officer says Holmes's attorneys are expected to present a "diminished capacity" defense Centennial, Colorado (CNN) -- So much blood the theater floor had become slippery. Bodies with horrific injuries. The eerie sound of cell phones ringing, over and over again. This is the scene Aurora police Officer Justin Grizzle said he encountered moments after entering the theater where, according to authorities, 25-year-old James Holmes killed 12 people in a July 20 shooting rampage. Grizzle testified Monday on the opening day of the preliminary hearing for Holmes, who is charged with 166 counts of murder, attempted murder and weapons charges. 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He kept asking where his ... daughter was," Grizzle said. "He opened the door and tried to jump out." Grizzle said he had to drive and hold the man by his shoulder to keep him in the car. The girl the man was seeking, 6-year-old Veronica Moser-Sullivan, was shot four times and was among those killed in the shooting at a midnight showing of "Batman: The Dark Knight Rises." Veronica's mother, Ashley, faces a long recovery after being paralyzed in her lower half and miscarrying after the shooting. The scene was still gruesome when Detective Matthew Ingui arrived 12 hours later with other investigators. "We saw the first victim laying on the ground," he said "There's shoes, blood, body tissue and popcorn on the floor." Blood was everywhere, he said. Ingui described how he outlined each of the victims and marked where the bodies were found. Holmes had no visible reaction during the testimony. The detective said investigators found 209 live rounds of .223 ammunition and 15 cartridges of .40-caliber rounds inside the auditorium. The preliminary hearing that began Monday is designed to show a judge that the state has enough evidence to proceed to trial. Prosecutors are calling scores of witnesses and outlining their evidence in the case. The hearing could go on for days. A gag order imposed by the judge in the case has limited the flow of information about the attack. However, a source said Holmes allegedly went out a rear exit door, propped it open and gathered his weapons. 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Jack Daluz visit the makeshift memorial. cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length] = {"currentPicture":false,"x":15,"y":1,"pos":12,"title":"Colorado massacre: Mourning the victims"} A couple embraces as "Dark Knight Rises" star Christian Bale and his wife, Sandra Blazic, wait to place flowers at the memorial on Tuesday. cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length] = {"currentPicture":false,"x":15,"y":1,"pos":13,"title":"Colorado massacre: Mourning the victims"} Bale places flowers at the memorial while other mourners look on. cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length] = {"currentPicture":false,"x":15,"y":1,"pos":14,"title":"Colorado massacre: Mourning the victims"} Visitors pay tribute Tuesday, July 24, at the makeshift memorial. cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length] = {"currentPicture":false,"x":15,"y":1,"pos":15,"title":"Colorado massacre: Mourning the victims"} A cross stands at the makeshift memorial for victims across the street from the Century 16 theater on Tuesday. cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length] = {"currentPicture":false,"x":15,"y":1,"pos":16,"title":"Colorado massacre: Mourning the victims"} Greg Zanis of Aurora, Illinois, carries two of the 12 crosses he made for a makeshift memorial to the victims of last weekend's mass shooting at the Century 16 movie theater on Sunday, July 22. cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length] = {"currentPicture":false,"x":15,"y":1,"pos":17,"title":"Colorado massacre: Mourning the victims"} Greg Zanis writes the names of the victims of last weekend's mass shooting on the crosses before erecting them at the memorial across from the Century 16 movie theater on Sunday. Zanis, a carpenter, drove all night from Illinois to deliver the crosses. cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length] = {"currentPicture":false,"x":15,"y":1,"pos":18,"title":"Colorado massacre: Mourning the victims"} Parishioners pray during morning Mass, remembering victims of the theater shooting, at the Queen of Peace Catholic Church on Sunday. cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length] = {"currentPicture":false,"x":15,"y":1,"pos":19,"title":"Colorado massacre: Mourning the victims"} Angie Terry of Alabama prays next to a white wooden cross erected for victims. cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length] = {"currentPicture":false,"x":15,"y":1,"pos":20,"title":"Colorado massacre: Mourning the victims"} A man pauses before the crosses at the memorial near the Century 16 movie theater on Sunday. cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length] = {"currentPicture":false,"x":15,"y":1,"pos":21,"title":"Colorado massacre: Mourning the victims"} President Barack Obama embraces Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper as Sen. Mark Udall, left, and Sen. Michael Bennet look on during a visit to the University of Colorado Hospital on Sunday. cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length] = {"currentPicture":false,"x":15,"y":1,"pos":22,"title":"Colorado massacre: Mourning the victims"} Mourners bow their heads in prayer during the vigil for the victims of the Aurora shooting. cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length] = {"currentPicture":false,"x":15,"y":1,"pos":23,"title":"Colorado massacre: Mourning the victims"} A woman is overcome with emotion during the vigil. cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length] = {"currentPicture":false,"x":15,"y":1,"pos":24,"title":"Colorado massacre: Mourning the victims"} Tiffany Garcia, right, and her 6-year-old daughter, Angelina Garcia, cry on Saturday, July 21, as they look at a memorial for the victims of Friday's shooting. cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length] = {"currentPicture":false,"x":15,"y":1,"pos":25,"title":"Colorado massacre: Mourning the victims"} People pray at a cross erected at the makeshift memorial across the street from the Century 16 theater on Saturday. cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length] = {"currentPicture":false,"x":15,"y":1,"pos":26,"title":"Colorado massacre: Mourning the victims"} Family, friends and former classmates of movie theater shooting victim A.J. Boik gather for a memorial service at Gateway High School on Saturday. cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length] = {"currentPicture":false,"x":15,"y":1,"pos":27,"title":"Colorado massacre: Mourning the victims"} Boik and his girlfriend were at the midnight showing of 'The Dark Knight Rises' when a gunman killed Boik and 11 other people. cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length] = {"currentPicture":false,"x":15,"y":1,"pos":28,"title":"Colorado massacre: Mourning the victims"} Movie theater shooting victim A.J. Boik's girlfriend, Lasamoa Croft, center, embraces his mother during the memorial service. cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length] = {"currentPicture":false,"x":15,"y":1,"pos":29,"title":"Colorado massacre: Mourning the victims"} Eman Alexander, 17, pins a ribbon on his shirt while joining family, friends and former classmates to honor shooting victim A.J. Boik. cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length] = {"currentPicture":false,"x":15,"y":1,"pos":30,"title":"Colorado massacre: Mourning the victims"} Denise Toepel of Denver sheds tears while visiting a makeshift memorial across the street from the Century 16 movie theater on Saturday, July 21. cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length] = {"currentPicture":false,"x":15,"y":1,"pos":31,"title":"Colorado massacre: Mourning the victims"} Handwritten signs decorate the makeshift memorial across from the Century 16 movie theater on Saturday. cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length] = {"currentPicture":false,"x":15,"y":1,"pos":32,"title":"Colorado massacre: Mourning the victims"} Gerald Wright, 24, relights candles that have blown out at the victims' memorial across from the movie theater. cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length] = {"currentPicture":false,"x":15,"y":1,"pos":33,"title":"Colorado massacre: Mourning the victims"} Aviation Boatswain's Mate 3rd Class Jajuan Mangual lowers the American flag on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush to half-mast on Saturday. One U.S. Navy sailor was killed in the shooting and another injured. cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length] = {"currentPicture":false,"x":15,"y":1,"pos":34,"title":"Colorado massacre: Mourning the victims"} Two women mourn near the theater on Saturday. cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length] = {"currentPicture":false,"x":15,"y":1,"pos":35,"title":"Colorado massacre: Mourning the victims"} Alicia Prevette, left, and Paul Stepherson attend a vigil for the victims Friday at the Century 16 movie theater. cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length] = {"currentPicture":false,"x":15,"y":1,"pos":36,"title":"Colorado massacre: Mourning the victims"} A woman lights a candle at a makeshift memorial where the victims of the massacre are mourned. cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length] = {"currentPicture":false,"x":15,"y":1,"pos":37,"title":"Colorado massacre: Mourning the victims"} Mourners hold hands at a vigil near the theater. cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length] = {"currentPicture":false,"x":15,"y":1,"pos":38,"title":"Colorado massacre: Mourning the victims"} Mourners hug as they grieve the loss of the victims. cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length] = {"currentPicture":false,"x":15,"y":1,"pos":39,"title":"Colorado massacre: Mourning the victims"} A group of teenagers stand behind a sign that reads "Strength." cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length] = {"currentPicture":false,"x":15,"y":1,"pos":40,"title":"Colorado massacre: Mourning the victims"} Dara Anderson, left, and Monique Anderson cry during a candlelight vigil across the street from the crime scene. cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length] = {"currentPicture":false,"x":15,"y":1,"pos":41,"title":"Colorado massacre: Mourning the victims"} A woman holds a lit candle at a makeshift memorial. cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length] = {"currentPicture":false,"x":15,"y":1,"pos":42,"title":"Colorado massacre: Mourning the victims"} Marietta Perkins of Denver prays for victims and their families. cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length] = {"currentPicture":false,"x":15,"y":1,"pos":43,"title":"Colorado massacre: Mourning the victims"} Lonnie Delgado, right, hugs Heaven Leek during a prayer. cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length] = {"currentPicture":false,"x":15,"y":1,"pos":44,"title":"Colorado massacre: Mourning the victims"} A mourner grieves on the curb during a memorial service. cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length] = {"currentPicture":false,"x":15,"y":1,"pos":45,"title":"Colorado massacre: Mourning the victims"} People hug during a vigil for the victims. cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length] = {"currentPicture":false,"x":15,"y":1,"pos":46,"title":"Colorado massacre: Mourning the victims"} Handwritten consolation letters lie beneath flowers at a makeshift memorial. cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length] = {"currentPicture":false,"x":15,"y":1,"pos":47,"title":"Colorado massacre: Mourning the victims"} Nathan Mendoza, left, and Melissa Clark sit on the grass during a vigil. cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length] = {"currentPicture":false,"x":15,"y":1,"pos":48,"title":"Colorado massacre: Mourning the victims"} Flags, flowers and candles make up a memorial site. cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length] = {"currentPicture":false,"x":15,"y":1,"pos":49,"title":"Colorado massacre: Mourning the victims"} Two mourners sit on the ground at a vigil. 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cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList = []; } var expGallery152=new ArticleExpandableGallery(); expGallery152.setImageCount(51); //cnn_adbptrackpgalimg("Colorado movie theater shooting", 1); The public gets its first glimpse of James Holmes, 24, the suspect in the Colorado theater shooting during his initial court appearance Monday, July 23. With his hair dyed reddish-orange, Holmes, here with public defender Tamara Brady, showed little emotion. He is accused of opening fire in a movie theater Friday, July 20, in Aurora, Colorado, killing 12 people and wounding 58 others. More photos: Mourning the victims of the Colorado theater massacre cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length] = {"currentPicture":true,"x":15,"y":2,"pos":1,"title":"Colorado movie theater shooting"} Police release the official photo from Holmes' booking after the shooting. cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length] = {"currentPicture":false,"x":15,"y":2,"pos":2,"title":"Colorado movie theater shooting"} Holmes often had a blank stare during his court appearance Monday, appearing to be in a daze. cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length] = {"currentPicture":false,"x":15,"y":2,"pos":3,"title":"Colorado movie theater shooting"} Victims and their relatives and journalists watch the proceedings Monday. cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length] = {"currentPicture":false,"x":15,"y":2,"pos":4,"title":"Colorado movie theater shooting"} Flags fly at half-staff Monday at the Arapahoe County Courthouse in Centennial, Colorado, where the movie theater shooting suspect had his first court appearance. The prosecutor held a press conference outside the courthouse. cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length] = {"currentPicture":false,"x":15,"y":2,"pos":5,"title":"Colorado movie theater shooting"} Arapahoe County District Attorney Carol Chambers talks to reporters Monday before heading into the courthouse. Chambers said the decision on whether to pursue the death penalty is a long process that involves input from victims and their families. cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length] = {"currentPicture":false,"x":15,"y":2,"pos":6,"title":"Colorado movie theater shooting"} Family members of the victims arrive at the courthouse Monday for the suspect's first court appearance. cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length] = {"currentPicture":false,"x":15,"y":2,"pos":7,"title":"Colorado movie theater shooting"} The Century Aurora 16 multiplex in Aurora becomes a place of horror after a gunman opened fire Friday in a crowded theater. At least 17 people remained hospitalized late Sunday, July 22, in the shooting rampage that shocked the nation. cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length] = {"currentPicture":false,"x":15,"y":2,"pos":8,"title":"Colorado movie theater shooting"} Holmes is accused of opening fire during a midnight screening of the new Batman movie, "The Dark Knight Rises." Holmes purchased four weapons and more than 6,000 rounds of ammunition in recent months, police say. cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length] = {"currentPicture":false,"x":15,"y":2,"pos":9,"title":"Colorado movie theater shooting"} Police investigate outside the Century 16 multiplex Saturday, July 21, a day after the mass shooting. Authorities have been tight-lipped about a possible motive in the case. cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length] = {"currentPicture":false,"x":15,"y":2,"pos":10,"title":"Colorado movie theater shooting"} Agents search the suspect's car outside the theater. cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length] = {"currentPicture":false,"x":15,"y":2,"pos":11,"title":"Colorado movie theater shooting"} Aurora police escort a sand-filled dump truck containing improvised explosive devices removed from Holmes' booby-trapped apartment Saturday. Authorities have said they believe the suspect rigged his place before leaving for the movie theater. cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length] = {"currentPicture":false,"x":15,"y":2,"pos":12,"title":"Colorado movie theater shooting"} Police break a window at the suspect's apartment Friday in Aurora. cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length] = {"currentPicture":false,"x":15,"y":2,"pos":13,"title":"Colorado movie theater shooting"} Law enforcement officers speak with Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper, center, outside the suspect's apartment Saturday. cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length] = {"currentPicture":false,"x":15,"y":2,"pos":14,"title":"Colorado movie theater shooting"} Law enforcement officers prepare to disarm the booby-trapped apartment Saturday. cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length] = {"currentPicture":false,"x":15,"y":2,"pos":15,"title":"Colorado movie theater shooting"} Officials tow cars outside Holmes' apartment Saturday. Police disassembled devices and trip wires set up in the apartment. cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length] = {"currentPicture":false,"x":15,"y":2,"pos":16,"title":"Colorado movie theater shooting"} Officers prepare to place an explosive device inside the apartment. cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length] = {"currentPicture":false,"x":15,"y":2,"pos":17,"title":"Colorado movie theater shooting"} Debris flies out a window, right, after law enforcement officers detonate an explosive device inside the apartment Saturday. cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length] = {"currentPicture":false,"x":15,"y":2,"pos":18,"title":"Colorado movie theater shooting"} People mourn the victims during a vigil behind the theater where a gunman opened fire on moviegoers in Aurora. cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length] = {"currentPicture":false,"x":15,"y":2,"pos":19,"title":"Colorado movie theater shooting"} A woman grieves during a vigil for victims behind the theater. cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length] = {"currentPicture":false,"x":15,"y":2,"pos":20,"title":"Colorado movie theater shooting"} A distraught woman receives counseling from Pastor Quincy Shannon, left, in front of Gateway High School in Aurora, where the families of the missing met following the shooting. cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length] = {"currentPicture":false,"x":15,"y":2,"pos":21,"title":"Colorado movie theater shooting"} Lin Gan of Aurora holds back tears as she speaks to reporters about her experience in the Century 16 theater Friday. cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length] = {"currentPicture":false,"x":15,"y":2,"pos":22,"title":"Colorado movie theater shooting"} People embrace before a vigil for victims behind the theater where a gunman opened fire on moviegoers. cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length] = {"currentPicture":false,"x":15,"y":2,"pos":23,"title":"Colorado movie theater shooting"} Investigators work on evidence near the apartment of James Holmes on Friday. cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length] = {"currentPicture":false,"x":15,"y":2,"pos":24,"title":"Colorado movie theater shooting"} Members of the Aurora Police Department SWAT unit walk near the apartment of James Holmes. Police have Holmes, 24, of North Aurora, in custody. cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length] = {"currentPicture":false,"x":15,"y":2,"pos":25,"title":"Colorado movie theater shooting"} Television news crews gather in front of the home of Robert and Arlene Holmes, parents of 24-year-old mass shooting suspect James Holmes, in San Diego, California, on Friday. cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length] = {"currentPicture":false,"x":15,"y":2,"pos":26,"title":"Colorado movie theater shooting"} A popcorn box lies on the ground outside the Century 16 movie theatre. cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length] = {"currentPicture":false,"x":15,"y":2,"pos":27,"title":"Colorado movie theater shooting"} An NYPD officer keeps watch inside an AMC move theater where the film "The Dark Knight Rises" is playing in Times Square on Friday. NYPD is maintaining security around city movie theaters following the deadly rampage in Aurora, Colorado. cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length] = {"currentPicture":false,"x":15,"y":2,"pos":28,"title":"Colorado movie theater shooting"} Adariah Legarreta, 4, is comforted by her grandmother Rita Abeyta near the Century 16 Theater in Aurora. cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length] = {"currentPicture":false,"x":15,"y":2,"pos":29,"title":"Colorado movie theater shooting"} A cyclist and pedestrians pass a theater showing the latest Batman movie in Hollywood, California, on Friday. Warner Brothers said it was "deeply saddened" by Friday's massacre at a Colorado screening of "The Dark Knight Rises." cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length] = {"currentPicture":false,"x":15,"y":2,"pos":30,"title":"Colorado movie theater shooting"} Obama supporters observe a moment of silence for the victims at a campaign event at Harborside Event Center in Fort Myers, Florida, on Friday. cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length] = {"currentPicture":false,"x":15,"y":2,"pos":31,"title":"Colorado movie theater shooting"} Jessica Ghawi, an aspiring sportscaster, was one of the victims. cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length] = {"currentPicture":false,"x":15,"y":2,"pos":32,"title":"Colorado movie theater shooting"} A woman waits for news outside Gateway High School, a few blocks from the scene of the shooting at the Century Aurora 16. cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length] = {"currentPicture":false,"x":15,"y":2,"pos":33,"title":"Colorado movie theater shooting"} Aurora police chief Daniel J. Oates speaks at a press conference near the Century 16 Theater on Friday. cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length] = {"currentPicture":false,"x":15,"y":2,"pos":34,"title":"Colorado movie theater shooting"} Agents search the trash container outside the suspect's apartment in Aurora. cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length] = {"currentPicture":false,"x":15,"y":2,"pos":35,"title":"Colorado movie theater shooting"} A Federal ATF officer carries protective gear onsite at the home of alleged shooting suspect James Holmes. cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length] = {"currentPicture":false,"x":15,"y":2,"pos":36,"title":"Colorado movie theater shooting"} Obama speaks on the shootings at the event in Fort Myers. cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length] = {"currentPicture":false,"x":15,"y":2,"pos":37,"title":"Colorado movie theater shooting"} Moviegoers are interviewed at the Century Aurora 16. cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length] = {"currentPicture":false,"x":15,"y":2,"pos":38,"title":"Colorado movie theater shooting"} Officers gathered at the theater Friday. cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length] = {"currentPicture":false,"x":15,"y":2,"pos":39,"title":"Colorado movie theater shooting"} Investigators were a common sight at the theater Friday. cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length] = {"currentPicture":false,"x":15,"y":2,"pos":40,"title":"Colorado movie theater shooting"} Authorities gather at the shooting suspect's apartment building in Aurora. Police broke a second-floor window to look for explosives that the suspect claimed were in the apartment. cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length] = {"currentPicture":false,"x":15,"y":2,"pos":41,"title":"Colorado movie theater shooting"} Screaming, panicked moviegoers scrambled to escape from the black-clad gunman, who wore a gas mask and randomly shot as he walked up the theater's steps, witnesses said. cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length] = {"currentPicture":false,"x":15,"y":2,"pos":42,"title":"Colorado movie theater shooting"} University of Colorado Hospital spokeswoman Jacque Montgomery said that all of the wounded had injuries from gunshot wounds, ranging from minor to critical. cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length] = {"currentPicture":false,"x":15,"y":2,"pos":43,"title":"Colorado movie theater shooting"} Onlookers gather outside the Century Aurora 16 theater. cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length] = {"currentPicture":false,"x":15,"y":2,"pos":44,"title":"Colorado movie theater shooting"} A woman sits on top of her car near the crime scene. cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length] = {"currentPicture":false,"x":15,"y":2,"pos":45,"title":"Colorado movie theater shooting"} Police block access to the Town Center mall after the shooting. cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length] = {"currentPicture":false,"x":15,"y":2,"pos":46,"title":"Colorado movie theater shooting"} Cell phone video taken by someone at the theater showed scores of people screaming and fleeing the building. Some, like this man, had blood on their clothes. cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length] = {"currentPicture":false,"x":15,"y":2,"pos":47,"title":"Colorado movie theater shooting"} Witnesses told KUSA that the gunman kicked in an emergency exit door and threw a smoke bomb into the darkened theater before opening fire. cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length] = {"currentPicture":false,"x":15,"y":2,"pos":48,"title":"Colorado movie theater shooting"} What is believed to be the suspect's car is examined after the shooting. cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length] = {"currentPicture":false,"x":15,"y":2,"pos":49,"title":"Colorado movie theater shooting"} Police Chief Dan Oates said there was no evidence of a second gunman, and FBI spokesman Jason Pack said it did not appear the incident was related to terrorism. cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length] = {"currentPicture":false,"x":15,"y":2,"pos":50,"title":"Colorado movie theater shooting"} Republican presidential candidate and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney delivers remarks regarding the shooting in an Aurora, Colorado, movie theater on Friday at a campaign event in Bow, New Hampshire. cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length] = {"currentPicture":false,"x":15,"y":2,"pos":51,"title":"Colorado movie theater shooting"} Colorado movie theater shooting Colorado movie theater shooting Colorado movie theater shooting Colorado movie theater shooting Colorado movie theater shooting Colorado movie theater shooting Colorado movie theater shooting Colorado movie theater shooting Colorado movie theater shooting Colorado movie theater shooting Colorado movie theater shooting Colorado movie theater shooting Colorado movie theater shooting Colorado movie theater shooting Colorado movie theater shooting Colorado movie theater shooting Colorado movie theater shooting Colorado movie theater shooting Colorado movie theater shooting Colorado movie theater shooting Colorado movie theater shooting Colorado movie theater shooting Colorado movie theater shooting Colorado movie theater shooting Colorado movie theater shooting Colorado movie theater shooting Colorado movie theater shooting Colorado movie theater shooting Colorado movie theater shooting Colorado movie theater shooting Colorado movie theater shooting Colorado movie theater shooting Colorado movie theater shooting Colorado movie theater shooting Colorado movie theater shooting Colorado movie theater shooting Colorado movie theater shooting Colorado movie theater shooting Colorado movie theater shooting Colorado movie theater shooting Colorado movie theater shooting Colorado movie theater shooting Colorado movie theater shooting Colorado movie theater shooting Colorado movie theater shooting Colorado movie theater shooting Colorado movie theater shooting Colorado movie theater shooting Colorado movie theater shooting Colorado movie theater shooting Colorado movie theater shooting HIDE CAPTION << < 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 > >> Colorado movie theater massacre Event.observe(window, 'load', function() { //report the first gallery image to ADBP if(typeof(cnn_adbptrackpgalimg) == 'function' && typeof(cnnArticleGallery) != 'undefined') { cnn_adbptrackpgalimg(cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[0].image, ""); } }); Screaming moviegoers scrambled to escape from the gunman, who shot at random as he walked up the theater's steps, according to witnesses. It was a scene "straight out of a horror film," said Chris Ramos, who was inside the theater. While none of the four law enforcement witnesses who testified Monday offered insight into a possible motive for the shooting, some new details emerged. Prosecutors showed surveillance camera video taken inside the theater complex that they said shows Holmes -- dressed in dark trousers, a light-colored shirt with a T-shirt underneath and a ski cap covering his hair -- using a cell phone at a ticket kiosk. Holmes printed out a ticket that had been purchased July 8, they said. The cameras also captured the aftermath of the shooting as waves of people ran out of doors with theater staff behind counters. One employee even leaped over a counter. There was no video from inside the auditorium where the shootings occurred. Police Sgt. Gerald Jonsgaard said Holmes stopped the theater door from locking by using a small piece of plastic commonly used to hold tablecloths onto a picnic table. Jonsgaard also said he spotted a shotgun and a large drum magazine that appeared to be jammed on the floor of the theater. Holmes' attorneys are expected to argue that their client has "diminished capacity," a term that, according to the Colorado Bar Association, relates to a person's ability or inability "to make adequately considered decisions" regarding his or her legal representation because of "mental impairment or for some other reason." Several times, on cross-examination, they have asked witnesses about Holmes' demeanor and what he looked like when police found him. The day's testimony concluded with a detective who interviewed people wounded in the attack and the two coroners who conducted the 12 autopsies. After the hearing, Arapahoe County District Judge William Sylvester will determine whether there is enough evidence for Holmes to stand trial. Security was tight at the hearing. Spectators had to pass through a metal detector and then were searched again before entering the courtroom. At least nine armed officers stood guard inside, some of them scanning the audience packed with reporters and victims' family members. Holmes did not speak during the hearing. His bushy hair and long beard contrasted with the bright red hair and close-cropped looks he sported during previous appearances. During portions of the hearing, family members of victims held one another, sobbing. Earlier in Monday's hearing, police Officer Jason Oviatt -- the first officer to encounter Holmes after the rampage ended -- testified that Holmes seemed "very, very relaxed." Holmes, his pupils dilated, sweating and smelly, didn't struggle or even tense his muscles as he was dragged away to be searched. "He seemed very detached from it all," Oviatt testified, describing Holmes as unnaturally calm amid the chaos and carnage. Oviatt testified Monday that within minutes of the first calls, he responded to the theater and found Holmes standing outside in a helmet and gas mask, his hands atop a white coupe that turned out to belong to him. At first, Oviatt said, he thought Holmes was a police officer, but as he drew within 20 feet, he realized something was terribly wrong. "He was just standing there. All the other officers were running around, trying to get into the theater," Oviatt said. A trail of blood led from the theater. The rifle that authorities believe Holmes used in the attack lay on the ground near the building. Holmes calmly complied with all Oviatt's orders, the officer testified. Another officer, Aaron Blue, testified later that Holmes matter-of-factly told him, without prompting, about the complex web of explosives that authorities would later find in his Aurora apartment. He told Blue that the devices "wouldn't go off unless we set them off." Holmes was a doctoral student in the neuroscience program at the Anschutz Medical Campus of the University of Colorado, Denver, in Aurora, until he withdrew a month before being arrested outside the bullet-riddled movie theater. He had been a patient of a University of Colorado psychiatrist, according to a court document filed by his lawyers. His only brush with the law in Colorado appears to have been a 2011 summons for speeding from Aurora police. If Holmes is ruled incompetent to stand trial, the hearing could provide the best opportunity for victims and the public to understand what happened and why. To at least one victim, it doesn't matter if Holmes stands trial. "I obviously don't want him to walk, but as long as he doesn't see the light of day again, it doesn't really much concern me beyond that," said Stephen Barton, who suffered wounds on his face, neck and upper torso in the shooting that night. "To me, I see the trial as being an opportunity to learn more about what happened that night beyond just my own personal recollection." University releases e-mails related to Holmes if(typeof CNN.expElements==='object'){CNN.expElements.init();} CNN's Casey Wian and Jim Spellman reported from Colorado; Michael Pearson wrote from Atlanta. CNN's Michael Cary and Greg Botelho also contributed to this report.

'Dating Game killer' sentenced in deaths

Rodney Alcala is already on California's death row, convicted of killing 4 women and a girl He faces two new 25-years-to-life sentences in the '70s deaths of two women in New York Weeping judge: "This kind of case, I have never experienced, and I hope to never again" In 1978, Alcala was a winning bachelor on the television show "The Dating Game" New York (CNN) -- In courtroom packed with the victims' relatives and friends -- many with eyes swollen from crying -- a New York judge broke down in tears Monday as she sentenced the already-imprisoned "Dating Game Killer" to 25 years to life for the murders of two 23-year-old women in the 1970s. Rodney Alcala -- already on death row in California after being convicted of strangling four women and a 12-year-old-girl there -- now faces two new 25-to-life sentences for the grisly murders of the New York women. The California murders took place between November 1977 and June 1979, and crime scenes dotted a wide swath of suburban Los Angeles, from Burbank to El Segundo. "This kind of case, I have never experienced, and I hope to never again," Judge Bonnie Wittner said between bouts of tears in Manhattan Criminal Court Monday. Alcala, 69, pleaded guilty last December to the murder of Cornelia Crilley, who was killed in New York in June 1971, and the murder of Ellen Hover, whose body was found in Westchester County in 1977. Rodney Alcala appeared on "The Dating Game" in the 1970s, in the midst of a murder spree. Crilley's younger sister, Katie Stigell, spoke on behalf of the family in the courtroom Monday, and remembered her sister as a beautiful girl with a wonderful personality who "loved roses, daisies, and most of all, laughing." "She had her father's blue eyes and sense of humor," an emotional Stigell said. "To think that smile of hers, that you were the last to see it," Stigell said directly to Alcala, who was present in court for the sentencing Monday. "It's not about you today, it's about her," Stigell added. var currExpandable="expand19"; if(typeof CNN.expandableMap==='object'){CNN.expandableMap.push(currExpandable);} var mObj={}; mObj.type='video'; mObj.contentId=''; mObj.source='bestoftv/2010/03/10/foreman.dating.killer.cnn'; mObj.videoSource='CNN'; mObj.videoSourceUrl='http://cnn.com/'; mObj.lgImage="http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/dam/assets/130108014005-crilley-hoover-split-story-body.jpg"; mObj.lgImageX=300; mObj.lgImageY=169; mObj.origImageX="214"; mObj.origImageY="120"; mObj.contentType='video'; CNN.expElements.expand19Store=mObj; 2010: Killer's game show past Dozens of Crilley's family members packed the courthouse wearing stickers printed with the young girl's face on it and a message that read, "Cornelia always in our hearts." Crilley, a 23-year-old TWA flight attendant, was found raped and strangled inside her Upper East Side apartment in June 1971, the Manhattan district attorney's office said in a news release at the time of the indictment in January 2011. Hover, also 23 and living in Manhattan, was found dead in Westchester County in 1977, the 2011 news release said. Hover's sister, Charlotte Rosenberg, described her beloved big sister as someone who "chose to see the good in everyone she met because she had such a huge and open heart," in a victim impact statement read in court by an assistant district attorney. Rosenberg and her sister, Victoria Rudolph, chose not to attend the sentencing, but said they were grateful to submit an impact statement on behalf of their family. "She was a talented painter and pianist and dreamed of going to medical school," Rosenberg wrote about her sister. Rosenberg wanted to make the distinction that her sister was not an heiress, as some news accounts at the time had indicated, but that her father planted the story to ensure that local and national papers continued to cover Hover's disappearance until she could be found. "She was an amazing big sister...so dedicated to the entire family," Rosenberg wrote. "It is my hope that the swift conclusion of these cases brings closure to the Crilley and Hover families, who have spent decades awaiting justice and now have been spared the pain of trial," Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus R. Vance Jr. said at a news conference following the sentencing Monday. Relatives and friends of Hover and Crilley thanked the prosecutor's cold case unit for its efforts in bringing an end to their suffering. Assistant District Attorney Alex Spiro methodically read Alcala's "chronology of carnage" to a hushed courtroom. In 1978, Alcala was a winning bachelor on the television show "The Dating Game." At the time, he had been convicted in the 1968 rape of an 8-year-old girl and served a 34-month sentence, authorities said. A year before his appearance on the game show, Alcala raped, sodomized and killed 18-year-old Jill Barcomb and 27-year-old nurse Georgia Wixted in California, prosecutors said. During his appearance on "The Dating Game," Alcala was introduced as a "successful photographer" who might also be found skydiving or motorcycling. In June 1979, Alcala beat, raped and strangled Charlotte Lamb, a 33-year-old legal secretary, in the laundry room of her El Segundo apartment complex, authorities said. That same month, he raped and murdered Jill Parenteau, 21, strangling her with a cord or a stocking in her Burbank apartment, they said. Alcala's blood was collected from the scene after he cut himself crawling out a window, the prosecutor said, adding, "Based on a semi-rare blood match, Alcala was linked to the murder." He was charged with murdering Parenteau, but the case was dismissed after he was convicted of killing 12-year-old Robin Samsoe, also in 1979. Alcala approached the girl at the beach in Huntington Beach, California, and asked her to pose for pictures, authorities said. She did, they said, and Alcala then kidnapped and murdered her, dumping her body in the foothills of the San Gabriel Mountains. Alcala was convicted in Samsoe's killing in 1980 and sentenced to death, but the California Supreme Court subsequently overturned his conviction. A second trial, in 1986, also resulted in a death sentence, but it was overturned by the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. As he awaited a third trial, Alcala's DNA was linked to the crime scenes in the Barcomb, Wixted and Lamb cases, and he was charged with killing them and Parenteau. Jed Mills, who was "Bachelor No. 2" on "The Dating Game" alongside Alcala's "Bachelor No. 1," recalled that he had an almost immediate aversion to him. "Something about him, I could not be near him," Mills said last year. Alcala succeeded in charming bachelorette Cheryl Bradshaw from the other side of the game show's wall. But she declined the date that the show offered them: tennis lessons, tennis clothes and a trip to an amusement park. if(typeof CNN.expElements==='object'){CNN.expElements.init();} CNN's Jesse Solomon, Jason Kessler, Chris Kokenes and Ann O'Neill contributed to this report.

After affair and resignation, track coach feels 'ratted out'

The coach is a giant in women's track She learned to walk again after a devastating accident The affair with the student occurred a decade ago She said she's "never stepped outside the lines" in her career (CNN) -- The University of Texas women's track coach who resigned under fire after the disclosure of an affair with a female student a decade ago doesn't understand why she was targeted for punishment and questions whether she's being treated fairly. "Is it because I have a disability? Is it because I'm black? Is it because I'm female? Is it because I'm successful? Is it now because of my sexual preference?" Coach Bev Kearney asked on CNN's "Starting Point" Tuesday. "I had to finally come to embrace not knowing why, and I had to embrace it because the more you try to figure out why, the harder it is to forgive." A head coach at Texas since 1993, Kearney is held in great esteem in the track world. She led the Longhorns to six national titles and was inducted into the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association Hall of Fame in 2007. She is widely admired for her gritty resolve to walk again after she was partially paralyzed in an auto accident. But things turned sour for Kearney last year when the university learned of an affair in 2002 with a female student. The revelation came at just about the same time Kearney was discussing a pay raise and a contract extension. Told the university was going to fire her, Kearney -- the first African-American to serve as a head coach at Texas -- resigned Saturday. Lawyer: Coach was set for big raise when she was forced to quit Asked by CNN's Soledad O'Brien whether people around her and maybe even her former lover, a one-time student, now age 30, "ratted her out," Kearney said, "That's fair." The affair began in August 2002, which was not long after the university put a policy into its handbook about consensual relationships between staff members and students. Kearney said she never really thought about the relationship from a legal perspective. "You know, you get caught up in the emotional and the physical components of a relationship, and the last thing you're doing is thinking rationally," she said. The relationship dissolved after Kearney was paralyzed in an SUV accident in December 2002, and the coach spent many months in recovery. "As the accident occurred, you know, there was a transformation that went on within me that really changed my perspective on life." The policy said that employees in positions of authority must report such relations to "eliminate conflict of interest or appearance of impropriety" or be subject to discipline. In an e-mail to CNN on Sunday, Patti Ohlendorf, head of the university's legal affairs department, said: "In intercollegiate athletics and the coaching profession, it is unprofessional and unacceptable for a head coach to carry on an intimate relationship with a student-athlete that he or she is coaching. We told Coach Kearney ... that such a relationship crosses the line of trust placed in the head coach for all aspects of the athletic program and the best interests of the student-athletes in the program." Ohlendorf denied Sunday that gender played a role in the university's review and said she knows of no other "UT head coach who has entered into such a relationship with a student-athlete on his or her team." "I didn't know that there was even a rule on the book, and I think the rule had come into play maybe a year prior to the relationship, and I don't ever even remember reading such a rule, but you know, it talked about disclosure," Kearney said. "Throughout the whole process, the disclosure part was never brought to me as to why I was being terminated. I was being terminated as a result of the relationship, and at that point, I said then, 'Has everyone else been terminated as a point of reference of having had a relationship?' and the answer was... we don't view those the same as yours." Derek Howard, Kearney's attorney, said Monday that he and the coach were discussing her legal options, including a gender and race bias lawsuit. He planned to file open-records requests with the school this week, he said. He claimed that male coaches and professors at the school had similar relationships and weren't punished. "I don't see how you distinguish between the value of one student over another because of what they do, whether it's a musician, a musical student, a business student or an athlete," Kearney told CNN. "I think the one thing that I hired an attorney for is not to deny, because the moment it was brought to my attention, I openly admitted to its existence, and so it was never to deny, it was just to guarantee I was given equal treatment because I had grown to not trust the university that I served in terms of equal treatment." Kearney said she never denied she was wrong and agrees she made a mistake. She just wants fairness. "I feel like I've been a casualty within this whole process, not because I was innocent but all I've asked for was fair due process and equal treatment as opposed to how everyone else that had been under similar circumstances have had," she said. She said she's "never stepped outside the lines" in her career. "Even in this situation, I self-corrected the situation myself. I admitted to it when brought to me and even after I admitted it, they sent me through an eight-week investigation for something, for other things and ended up firing me for something that I admitted to from the beginning. Why does someone have to suffer through all of that and they even called me in on December 26, the 10th anniversary of the accident, to fire me." A CNN story in August profiled the coach, who learned to walk again after she was injured in the accident that killed two of her friends. Thrown more than 50 feet from an SUV, she suffered extensive spinal injuries that left her partially paralyzed. Kearney said she never doubted her ability to walk again and continued to lead her team from her hospital bed. "When they told me I was paralyzed, it went in one ear and out the next ... because I had to get up and coach," she said. Track practices were recorded and then played for Kearney on a VCR in her hospital room. "Because I was an intuitive coach ... whatever it is you need to do, I can describe it in a way that you internalize it and you feel it without me having to demonstrate it," she said in the August story. Now, she may face an uphill trek in court. "I don't want anybody to lose their job. I don't want to create harm to anyone but I do want to bring to light that you don't get to arbitrarily administer your rules and decide who is punished at what levels because of something that you don't like, because you never know if it's because of that particular situation or is it because of the fact that you may be harboring some type of ill will towards that individual." Kearney said "everyone should deserve an opportunity to have fair treatment based upon your policies, whether something is morally acceptable to an individual or not, our law says it's about the application of the law, and then at some point, there ought to be some form of consideration for that person's past history, they didn't find a prior relationship or a subsequent relationship." if(typeof CNN.expElements==='object'){CNN.expElements.init();}