Flooding last month in the upper midwest caused widespread damage.

In Duluth, Minnesota, officials worry that some roads may remain closed for years.

That didn’t stop a group of skateboard enthusiasts from Dallas.

The Denver Post published this video from the parking lot of the Aurora Century 16 multiplex in Aurora, Colorado. Officials say a Colorado man wearing a gas mask unleashed a canister of gas and then opened fire on patrons in the darkened theater, killing 12 and injuring at least 50 people.

 

This weatherman at WBZ-TV in Boston kept his cool during a storm broadcast as lightning knocked out power at the station. An automatic generator returned the station to the air, but the broadcast continued in an eerie silhouette.

 

 

LeBron James warms up with fellow members of Team USA in advance of the Olympic Games.

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Another day, another filibuster, this time killing the Senate’s so-called “Disclose Act,” which would require the release of the names of any individuals and organizations that donate more than ten thousand dollars to a federal political campaign.

On MSNBC’s “Hardball,” Missouri Democratic Senator Claire McCaskill took it personally, pointing out that unidentified donors have shelled out about eight million dollars so far in attack ads against her.

 

“I don’t think the Republicans want everybody to know who’s paying for these ads,” she said. “I think it would be very unpopular. I think the people of Missouri, if they knew who were paying for these ads against me, I think they’d be proud of the enemies I’ve made. I think it would get me votes.”

“Mark my words: if we don’t get transparency, if we don’t get antiseptic sunshine on the buying of American elections, there’s going to be a big scandal and people are going to go to jail eventually,” she said.

Senate Minority Leader, Mitch McConnell (R – Kentucky) scoffed at the bill on the floor of the Senate.

“The purpose of this legislation is totally clear,” McConnell said. “After Citizens United, Democrats realized they couldn’t shut up their critics, so they went after the microphone instead, by scaring off the funders. The creation of a modern-day Nixonian enemies list is currently in full swing, and frankly the American people should not stand for it.”

(San Clemente, CA) — Crowds formed on the sand at San Onofre State Beach Wednesday to look at two surfing goats who took to the water and cruised the waves like pros. Goat owner and Pismo Beach resident Dana McGregor says he met up with tandem surfing duo Mark and Debbie Gale to see if he could get his goats Pismo and Goatee to ride on a board together.

It didn’t take long before both goats were riding a wave on the tandem surfboard. San Clemente surfer Po Carbal said he thinks it’s probably one of the oddest and coolest things he’s ever seen at the beach.

From NBC’s Late Night with Jimmy Fallon. Either Paul Reubens or Jimmy Fallon as Paul Reubens doing signature Pee-wee Herman voices over the trailer for Christopher Nolan’s “The Dark Knight Rises.”

“Sesame Street’s” Cookie Monster has joined the “Call Me Maybe” parody bandwagon. The video of the blue monster singing “Share It Maybe” hit the web on Tuesday after Sesame Street released the video on their Twitter account. Cookie Monster’s verison of Carly Rae Jepsen’s popular tune has him traveling around a work office desperately trying to get his furry hands on a bowl of cookies.

Celebrity fans like Justin Bieber, Selena Gomez and James Franco have all uploaded YouTube videos of themselves lip-synching along to the track. The trend of uploading covers of Jepsen’s song has even caught the eye of those at the 2012 Teen Choice Awards. Fans are encouraged to send in their own parody of the song. Videos will play during Jepsen’s live performance. Fans must submit their original parody on YouTube and register at TeenChoiceAwards.com. The awards show airs July 22nd on FOX at 8:00 pm Eastern.

Robinson Cano, the captain of the American League team in the MLB Home Run Derby, did not pick Royals DH Billy Butler for the squad.

When he took the field Monday night, Kansas City fans booed Cano of the Yankees. Here’s a pretty good reason why: Cano earlier told ESPN you HAVE to pick a home town player.

Detroit Tiger Prince Fielder won the Home Run Derby. Fielder told reporters that Cano holds no hard feelings toward Butler, and said Cano handled the booing and the jeers with class.

An 18-minute nightworks display in San Diego shot up in about 15 seconds Wednesday, after a glitch ignited all the pyrotechnics at once.

About five minutes before the Port of San Diego’s Big Bay Boom was to begin at 9 p.m., spectators saw a brilliant display of fireworks that shot up in only 15 seconds – an incredible disappointment to hundreds of thousands of spectators who had waited for hours for the 18-minute show.

The Big Bay Boom is advertised as one of the largest fireworks shows in the nation.

Local boosters boast about attracting half a million spectators. The pyrotechnics are launched from five barges in the San Diego Bay.