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

Ecuador produces some excellent soccer players, but they predominantly come from the same area. The sparsely populated Pacific coast province of Esmeraldas. What makes it Ecuador's soccer hotbed?

Liberia's top cop stared Ebola in the eye and didn't blink. But when he came to the Ivy League school to study, he was sweating it.

By one measure, China is poised to become the world's largest economy by the end of the year. Why is this shift happening years before most estimates predicted it would?

Samsung has received more than 700 reports of washing machines that vibrated abnormally. In some cases, the lids of the machines blew off. Front-load washers are not affected by the recall.

"The monks are all safe, but our hearts go immediately to those affected, say the Benedictine monks of Norcia.

Also: Inflation remains in check; mayor of Newark, N.J., helps evacuate burning home; Obama sticks up for Ann Romney.

Also: More shelling in the Syrian city of Homs; Yemenis vote in single-candidate presidential election; Stephen Colbert returns to the airwaves.

The morning headlines from NPR's The Two-Way.

Also: Viral video shows Rutgers basketball coach abusing, insulting players; investigation continues in killings of Texas prosecutors; heaviest strikes since truce in Israel, Gaza; and Jane Henson, Muppets collaborator, dies.