Another Margaret bites the dust

Margaret Groening (pictured), the mother of The Simpsons creator Matt Groening and the basis for animated matriarch Marge, has died in Portland, Oregon aged 94. Her death was announced in an obituary notice in The Oregonian, which stated she died in her sleep on 22 April. Many of Matt Groening's family details went on to feature in The Simpsons, among them his mother's maiden name - Wiggum - and his father's name Homer. But enough about that because the man accused of killing 12 people and injuring dozens in the July massacre at a Batman film in Colorado intends to plead not guilty by reason of insanity, his lawyers have said. Lawyers for 25-year-old Holmes said they would ask for the change of plea at a hearing on Monday. A judge previously entered a not guilty plea after the defence said Mr Holmes was not ready to plead. Prosecutors have said they will seek the death penalty, which should most definitely be considered because Mr Holmes is charged with multiple counts of murder and attempted murder in the 20 July attack in Aurora, Colorado. The attack, which was one of the worst mass shootings in US history, took place at the midnight premiere of the newest Batman film in a suburb of Denver. Holmes is also accused of booby-trapping his apartment with explosive chemical and incendiary devices linked by wires, intended to distract emergency responders from the cinema shooting.