Good morning! 10 things to know for Monday

Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today:

1. "DARK KNIGHT" MASSACRE SUSPECT IN COURT: James Holmes, accused of slaying 12 moviegoers in a suburban Denver theater during opening night of the new Batman movie, is slated to make his first court appearance at 11:30 a.m.

2. MOVIEGOERS JITTERY BUT UNDETERRED: As moviegoers returned to theaters, the AP's Jocelyn Noveck found that some Batman fans preferred a back-row seat or glanced to see what security was in place, but were determined to look beyond the horrific shooting in Aurora, Colo.

3. WHAT'S IN STORE FOR PENN STATE: At 9 a.m., the NCAA will announce what are expected to be severe sanctions on the Nittany Lions' football program and university.

4. DEADLY DAY IN IRAQ WORST IN 2012: A wave of bombings kills scores in Iraq, just days after an al-Qaida leader warned that the militant group is regrouping there.

5. NOT ALL AGREE ON KIDS' CHOLESTEROL TESTS: Doctors are still debating the question months after a government-appointed panel recommended widespread screening that would lead to prescribing medicine for some children.

6. CANDIDATES BACK ON THE STUMP: Obama speaks at the National Convention of the Veterans of Foreign Wars in Reno, Nev., at 12:35 p.m. and Romney holds a small business round table in Costa Mesa, Calif., at 1:30 p.m.

7. LONG-DELAYED TRIAL FOR DREW PETERSON BEGINS: At 10 a.m., jury selection gets under way in the trial of the former suburban Chicago police officer charged with drowning his third wife, Kathleen Savio, in 2004. He's also a suspect in the 2007 disappearance of his fourth wife, Stacy Peterson.

8. SINISTER. DISTURBING. CREEPY. FRIGHTENING: The official mascots of London's Olympic Games — Wenlock and Mandeville — have been called all those things, but organizers are hoping to tack on a more positive title: merchandising magic.

9. WHO THE BIG WINNERS WERE AT TEEN CHOICE AWARDS: "The Twilight Saga," the supernatural franchise, added to its surfboard-shaped trophy collection with two more — its 40th and 41st since 2008. Taylor Swift picked up her 20th trophy — the most ever won by a female artist.

10. EPIC COLLAPSE COSTS AUSSIE CLARET JUG: Going for his first major championship at age 32, Adam Scott bogeyed his final four holes, handing golf's oldest championship — the British Open — to Ernie Els in one of the great folds in golfing history.