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July 23, 2012 | | BEYOND THE SANCTIONS Today’s NCAA punishments for Penn State’s cover-up of Sandusky’s child sex abuse—a $60 million fine, yanked scholarships, revoked victories from 1998 to 2011, and a four-year ban from bowl games—are only the beginning. The Daily Beast’s Kevin Cirilli on the battle brewing off the field—impending legal action against ousted president Graham Spanier. Plus, sex abuse survivor Daleen Berry on how it’s time to forget about football, and Twitter reacts to the news. COLORADO James Holmes, the sole suspect in the Colorado movie-theater shooting, sat silent and seemingly dazed in his first court appearance Monday. Investigators say Holmes is not cooperating with them, and when they searched his apartment Sunday, they found several Batman-related items, including a poster for the movie and a Batman mask. The Batman paraphernalia was found in addition to several booby traps, ammunition, and 10 gallons of gas. Investigators believe Holmes had set up his home so that whoever opened the door would detonate several explosives, trapping people inside the apartment building. Aurora police say Holmes is “lawyered up” ahead of his court appearance and will not talk to investigators. EXCLUSIVE How did a star researcher into the medical mystery of chronic fatigue syndrome end up in jail and unemployed? For the first time, Judy Mikovits shares her story with The Daily Beast’s Casey Schwartz. VIOLENCE Monday marked Iraq’s bloodiest day so far this year, as 93 people died from bombings and shootings. Just a few days prior, the leader of the country’s al Qaeda faction declared a new offensive in an attempt to take advantage of the disorganized Baghdad government U.S. troops are leaving behind. Monday’s violence suggests al Qaeda is much more powerful than U.S. and Iraqi officials admit. Security forces and government offices were the two most common targets of the day’s attacks. The worst part of the offensive took place in an town 12 miles north of Baghdad, where 41 people were killed after bombs exploded around five houses and the police who arrived to help were attacked by a suicide bomber. NEGOTIATING In an effort to end the violence that has raged across Syria for over a year, the Arab League’s secretary-general offered Bashar al-Assad, the country’s president, a “safe exit” if he steps down. The organization also offered $100 million for Syrian refugees who’ve had to flee to other countries. This isn’t the first such offer the despotic president has received. Back in February, the president of Tunisia offered Assad asylum in exchange for ending conflict in his country, but he refused, and just this weekend, his military continued to attack rebel areas in Damascus, showing no signs of quitting. In fact, in his first public statements since his top security officers (including his brother-in-law) were killed in a rebel bombing, Assad urged his new Army chief to “continue the armed forces’ pursuit of terrorists.” | | 
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