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Recent developments in the US debate over guns
Developments Wednesday connected to the debate over gun violence and weapons control in the U.S.: GIFFORDS BEFORE CONGRESS Former Arizona Rep.
Standoff: Ala. gunman holed up with kidnapped boy
A gunman holed up in a bunker with a 5-year-old hostage kept law officers at bay Wednesday in an all-night, all-day standoff that began when he killed ...
MSNBC criticized for editing of gun hearing video
MSNBC invited viewers Wednesday to draw their own conclusions about whether the parent of a Connecticut school shooting victim was heckled at a ...
Newtown families hope massacre transforms nation
Newtown officials and parents of children killed in last month's elementary school massacre called on lawmakers Wednesday to turn the tragedy into ...
Suspected doc killer was patient with appointment
A retired barber accused of fatally shooting a California urologist was a patient who had an appointment with the victim and brought the gun with him ...
Victim portrayed as contradiction in Ariz. trial
Attorneys for a woman charged with killing her lover worked Wednesday at her trial to portray the victim as a liar and cheat who repeatedly deceived ...
Priest, teacher convicted in Pa. church abuse case
A jury on Wednesday convicted a priest and teacher in a pivotal church-abuse case that rocked the Philadelphia archdiocese and sent a church official ...
Pa. judge nixes Sandusky's bid for new abuse trial
Jerry Sandusky lost a bid for a new trial Wednesday when a judge rejected his argument that his lawyers were not given enough time to prepare for the ...
Fort Hood suspect still faces possible execution
The Army psychiatrist charged in the Fort Hood shooting rampage still faces the death penalty if convicted in the worst mass shooting on a U.S.
Giffords pleads for gun curbs; NRA fights back
Severely wounded and still recovering, former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords begged lawmakers at an emotional hearing Wednesday to act quickly to curb ...
Seattle LB Leroy Hill arrested on assault charges
Seattle Seahawks linebacker Leroy Hill was arrested after police say he assaulted his girlfriend and kept her in his home against her will.
Police: DNA ties dead man to Mo. prof's '05 murder
Authorities announced Wednesday that they know who killed a University of Missouri professor in a campus parking garage eight years ago, but that they ...
Next in BP spill saga: civil trial worth billions
Now that a $4 billion plea deal has resolved BP's criminal liability for the massive Gulf of Mexico oil spill nearly three years ago, the company will ...
Ex-police captain released in ex-wife's killing
A former Ohio police captain who spent nearly 15 years in prison in his ex-wife's killing was released Tuesday hours after a judge ruled that DNA test ...
Egypt army chief warns state could collapse
Residents of this Mediterranean coastal city burying their dead from Egypt's wave of political violence vented their fury at Egypt's Islamist ...
After school shooting, Conn. debates mental health
Connecticut lawmakers on Tuesday began reviewing mental health care following the deadly Newtown school shooting, even though they and the public have ...
Calif. woman, 70, is fatally stabbed at NH hotel
A 70-year-old California woman who was a trustee at a private school and a retired business counselor with the U.S. Commerce Department was stabbed ...
NRA says more gun control not a serious proposal
Banning some assault weapons and requiring background checks for all firearms purchases aren't a serious attempt to reduce gun violence, a top ...
Judge OKs $4B BP oil spill criminal settlement
BP PLC closed the book on the Justice Department's criminal probe of its role in the Deepwater Horizon disaster and Gulf oil spill Tuesday, when a ...
After gun crime, weapon history takes time to find
In the fictional world of television police dramas, a few quick clicks on a computer lead investigators to the owner of a gun recovered at a bloody ...
Video shows South Africa police shooting miners
Cellphone video of last year's massacre by police during a strike outside Lonmin's platinum mine in Marikana, South Africa shows one police officer ...
Underworld boss shot outside Bulgarian courthouse
A convicted underworld boss was shot and seriously wounded in broad daylight outside a courthouse in Bulgaria's capital on Tuesday, sending panicked ...
Newtown expands scope of planned children's museum
Months before she was killed in a gunman's rampage, Sandy Hook Elementary School Principal Dawn Hochsprung wrote a letter expressing her excitement ...