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One of the survivors of Friday's shooting rampage in Aurora, Colo., says he doesn't want to think about the shooter — he's just happy to be alive. Meanwhile, mourners gathered for a vigil remembering the 12 people killed, and President Obama met with officials and some of the victims' families. The suspected gunman is making his first court appearance Monday.

Steve Inskeep talks with Megan Verlee of Colorado Public Radio for an update on developments over the weekend in Aurora, Colo. James Holmes, the suspect in Friday's multiple shooting at a movie theater, is expected to appear in court Monday.

An auction house sold a memento from the wedding of Princess Diana and Prince Charles. Rosemarie Smith says she visited her daughter, who worked for the royal family in 1981. She saw toast that Prince Charles left on a breakfast tray. Last week, she sold it for the equivalent of $361. It's one of the higher prices on record for a scrap of food.

"This is the most people I've seen in any passenger vehicle, and I've been an officer for 38 years," Texas State Trooper Gerald Bryant tells The Associated Press.

A series of apparently coordinated attacks in at least 13 cities also injured hundreds of people.

Also: Syrian official says regime won't use chemical weapons; rains in Beijing lead to 37 deaths; Bulgarian police widen their investigation into suicide bombing that killed Israelis.

The Olympics are a great spectacle. So is the sport of figuring out whether the event is a money-maker, a financial flop or something in between.

At least two people have been hospitalized in a Salmonella Enteritidis outbreak tied to ground beef from a Pennsylvania Cargill beef plant. The company is warning consumers to check packages in their freezers before consuming ground beef.

The NCAA today handed down a series of penalties against Penn State University that include a ban from post-season football bowl games for four years, a $60 million fine, the loss of Joe Paterno's victories from 1998-2011, and the loss of football scholarships, over its handling of a sex abuse scandal involving Jerry Sandusky, former assistant football coach. For more on this development, Steve Inskeep talks to NPR's Joel Rose.

Last week's rampage at a Colorado movie theater has left many looking for answers about how people can commit such deadly acts of violence. Host Michel Martin speaks with Dave Cullen, journalist and author of Columbine, and psychiatrist Dr. Carl Bell about what we conclusions we should be careful not to draw in the aftermath of the Colorado shooting.