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A close friend of Washington Lt. Gov. Brad Owen shot one of Owen's sons in an apparent workplace dispute Monday afternoon and then shot himself in the head, the lieutenant governor said.

Defiant and unapologetic, a man accused of shooting a Kansas abortion provider confessed to the slaying Monday, telling The Associated Press that he killed the doctor to protect unborn children.

The Army psychiatrist accused of the Fort Hood massacre is believed to have acted alone despite repeated communications - monitored by authorities - with a radical imam overseas, U.S. officials said Monday. The FBI will conduct an internal review of its handling of the information, they said.

Squalls ahead of a rare late-season tropical storm blew in heavy rain late Monday to parts of the Gulf Coast where residents hunkered down at home and in shelters anticipating high winds and flooding.

Of all the items set to go on the auction block this week at a midtown Manhattan hotel, there's one that would take some mettle to wear in public: A satin New York Mets baseball jacket emblazoned with the name "Madoff."

The family of an 8-year-old boy who fatally shot himself at a gun show in western Massachusetts say the Uzi submachine gun jammed twice before he lost control of the weapon and fired into his head.

The attorney for the Army psychiatrist accused in the mass shooting at Fort Hood says he's met with his hospitalized client.

U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Monday that while she opposes an anti-abortion amendment to the House version of the health care bill, it was necessary for the measure to pass.

A radical American imam on Yemen's most wanted militant list who had contact with two 9/11 hijackers praised alleged Fort Hood shooter Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan as a hero on his personal Web site Monday.

A man who was in an Orlando office when a former employee came in and started shooting said Monday that the ordeal that left one dead and five injured lasted about a minute.