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With frustration, disbelief and frequent anger, President Obama grieved the deaths in the mass shooting and demanded a change in the culture as he described gun violence as a uniquely American problem -- and lamented Americans' numbness to it.

"We are the only advanced country on Earth that sees these kinds of mass shootings every few months," Obama said from the White House briefing room, his voice rising in frustration. "Somehow this has become routine. The reporting is routine. My response here at this podium ends up being routine."

He called on federal and state elected officials to help him change laws, saying, "This is not something I can do by myself."

-- Michael A. Memoli

With frustration, disbelief and frequent anger, President Obama grieved the deaths in the mass shooting and demanded a change in the culture as he described gun violence as a uniquely American problem -- and lamented Americans' numbness to it.

"We are the only advanced country on Earth that sees these kinds of mass shootings every few months," Obama said from the White House briefing room, his voice rising in frustration. "Somehow this has become routine. The reporting is routine. My response here at this podium ends up being routine."

He called on federal and state elected officials to help him change laws, saying, "This is not something I can do by myself."

-- Michael A. Memoli

With frustration, disbelief and frequent anger, President Obama grieved the deaths in the mass shooting and demanded a change in the culture as he described gun violence as a uniquely American problem -- and lamented Americans' numbness to it.

"We are the only advanced country on Earth that sees these kinds of mass shootings every few months," Obama said from the White House briefing room, his voice rising in frustration. "Somehow this has become routine. The reporting is routine. My response here at this podium ends up being routine."

He called on federal and state elected officials to help him change laws, saying, "This is not something I can do by myself."

-- Michael A. Memoli

With frustration, disbelief and frequent anger, President Obama grieved the deaths in the mass shooting and demanded a change in the culture as he described gun violence as a uniquely American problem -- and lamented Americans' numbness to it.

"We are the only advanced country on Earth that sees these kinds of mass shootings every few months," Obama said from the White House briefing room, his voice rising in frustration. "Somehow this has become routine. The reporting is routine. My response here at this podium ends up being routine."

He called on federal and state elected officials to help him change laws, saying, "This is not something I can do by myself."

-- Michael A. Memoli

With frustration, disbelief and frequent anger, President Obama grieved the deaths in the mass shooting and demanded a change in the culture as he described gun violence as a uniquely American problem -- and lamented Americans' numbness to it.

"We are the only advanced country on Earth that sees these kinds of mass shootings every few months," Obama said from the White House briefing room, his voice rising in frustration. "Somehow this has become routine. The reporting is routine. My response here at this podium ends up being routine."

He called on federal and state elected officials to help him change laws, saying, "This is not something I can do by myself."

-- Michael A. Memoli

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The Santa Monica studio Lionsgate is in advanced talks to merge with movie channel Starz, according to four people with knowledge of the matter who were not authorized to speak publicly.

The move would mark a significant step toward creating the next major media company, and further billionaire John Malone's ambition to sweep up what he calls the "free radicals" of the entertainment industry -- small standalone producers of television and films.

Malone foreshadowed the move earlier this year when he acquired a minority stake in Lionsgate through a stock swap with Starz, which Malone also backs. Then, in June, Malone hinted that a future tie-up between Starz and Lionsgate was possible.

--Meg James and Ryan Faughnder

How awesome this debate was

--Julie Westfall and David Lauter

"Veep" creator Armando Iannucci is leaving the HBO comedy, but he won't be empty-handed. The show celebrated its first Emmy for comedy series, beating out five-time winner "Modern Family."

"It feels like the right time," Iannucci told reporters in the press room after the awards show on Sunday night. "I felt that I've taken the show to where I wanted to take it and I'm pleased to pass it on. ...Every show can benefit from new energy."

-- Julie Westfall

On a rainy night this week, Ondi Timoner found herself in the strange position she has been in numerous times since the spring: standing in front of a large group and explaining the behavior of one of the more polarizing celebrities of the 21st century, Russell Brand.

"What is he like?" "What does he think?" "Why is he unhappy with the film?" The questions and their subtext flew at Timoner, the director of "Brand: A Second Coming" -- a movie made with the cooperation and, until early this year, participation of its firecracker subject.

"It's very complicated," she said, one of several such replies over the course of 45 minutes.

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Joe Arpaio was once the tip of the spear in the conservative push to deport people in the country illegally. Brash, smirking and politically bulletproof, he long thundered from his Arizona stronghold about the threat posed by people south of the U.S. border. In 2012 he was interviewed by

In recent weeks, the world has watched helplessly as members of Islamic State have laid waste to millennia-old temples at the ancient ruins site of Palmyra in Syria. All of this makes a cache of early photographs acquired by the Getty Research Institute (GRI) that much more valuable.

-- Emily Alpert Reyes