A 2008 graduate of Winona State University, recently married to his college sweetheart from Stillwater, posted on his Facebook page that he was shot in the leg at "The Dark Knight Rises" screening in Aurora, Colo., just after midnight Friday.

According to a new study, half a million people went to events at the four live theater venues on Hennepin Avenue last year. That foot traffic and the businesses it supports are the payoff for the $38 million spent renovating those theaters.

"Rock Center" will profile Penumbra Theater's founder and artistic director, Lou Bellamy, on Monday's broadcast. A trace of New York snobbery shows through in NBC's promotional material, though. It remarks that "the nation's largest African-American theater company is in St. Paul, Minnesota, of all places."

Bulletproof glass, security training and armed guards are among the steps Twin Cities prosecutors are taking to protect themselves after the court shooting in Grand Marais. The Star Tribune reports many courthouses were looking to increase security even before the shooting.