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Carlos Gray, the son of D.C. Mayor Vincent C. Gray, has a position at the D.C. Housing Authority and a job at MKTG Inc., for which he has been described as a “liquor brand specialist.” (Ashe Entertainment)
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Judy Goos (left) hugs her daughter’s friend, Isaiah Bow, 20, an eyewitnesses, as Terrell Wallin, 20, (right) looks on, after witnesses to the shooting at the midnight premiere of the “Dark Knight Rises” in Aurora, Colo., on July 20 were questioned. The role that Batman fiction might have played in motivating alleged attacker James Holmes is unclear. Still, questions persist about possible parallels and that concerns fans of the superhero. (Associated Press)
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The cover of the new Detective Comics No. 1 features Batman and the Joker. Reports surfaced after Colorado shooting that Mr. Holmes had told arresting officers he was Batman’s rival, the Joker. (DC Comics via Associated Press)
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A campaign poster in a Paris subway station says “Shoving 5 people out of the way will not make you go any quicker.” France, a country famed for its arrogant waiters and proud taxi drivers, is finally getting fed up with rudeness. (Associated Press)
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Stickers show which credit cards are accepted at a shop in Frankfurt, Germany, yet only 36 percent of Germans older than 15 possess a credit card, compared with 62 percent in the U.S. It’s that financial culture — an aversion to debt and an emphasis on savings — that makes Chancellor Angela Merkel’s hard-line approach to resolving the European economic crisis through austerity and budget reforms so popular among her constituents. (Associated Press)
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This undated photo provided by the Pennsylvania State Police shows Kevin Cleeves. Trooper Adam Reed says an Amber Alert was canceled July 28, 2012, after police in Austintown, Ohio, apprehended Cleeves, 35, who was traveling with his missing daughter, Leia. (Associated Press)
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Moldova's Cristina Iovu lifts during the women's 53-kg, group A, weightlifting competition at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Sunday, July 29, 2012, in London. (AP Photo/Mike Groll)
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Japan's Kanae Yagi lifts during the women's 53-kg, group B, weightlifting competition at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Sunday, July 29, 2012, in London. (AP Photo/Mike Groll)
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Australia's Warwick Draper competes in the men's K-1 kayak slalom heats at the Lee Valley White Water Center at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Sunday, July 29, 2012, in London. (AP Photo/Victor R. Caivano)
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Slovenia's Peter Kauzer competes in the men's K-1 kayak slalom heats at the Lee Valley White Water Center at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Sunday, July 29, 2012, in London. (AP Photo/Victor R. Caivano)
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Japan's Kazuki Yazawa competes in the men's K-1 kayak slalom heats at the Lee Valley White Water Center at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Sunday, July 29, 2012, in London. (AP Photo/Victor R. Caivano)
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**FILE** Former Hawaii Rep. Ed Case holds a sign May 22, 2010, as he campaigns in Honolulu. (Associated Press)
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**FILE** Amazon.com founder and CEO Jeff Bezos and his wife, MacKenzie, arrive May 7, 2012, at the Metropolitan Museum of Art Costume Institute in New York for a gala benefit celebrating Elsa Schiaparelli and Miuccia Prada. (Associated Press)
