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Officer praised for taking down suspected gunman

KILLEEN, Texas -- A civilian police officer is being praised for taking down a man suspected of opening fire on fellow soldiers at Fort Hood when she shot him in the torso. [Full Story]

Several hundred gather at Fort Hood vigil
FORT HOOD, Texas -- Several hundred people gathered at a base stadium where the Army's chief chaplain offered prayers for families and victims of the shooting rampage that left 13 dead and 30 wounded at Fort Hood, Texas. [full story]
Suspect in Orlando office shooting had money woes
ORLANDO, Fla. -- A man so broke that he said he didn't have the money to visit his son 30 minutes away opened fire Friday at the engineering firm that fired him two years ago, killing one person and wounding five, authorities said. [full story]
Circus elephant that escaped and was hit by SUV OK
OKLAHOMA CITY -- An animal rights group on Friday asked a U.S. Department of Agriculture agency to look into an owner's treatment of a circus elephant that escaped and was hit by a sport utility vehicle on a northwestern Oklahoma highway. [full story]
Teen charged with killing nun in NM
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- A teenager was charged Friday with killing a nun after allegedly breaking into her trailer home on the Navajo Indian reservation in search of cash or valuable items. [full story]
Fort Hood suspect said methodical goodbyes
FORT HOOD, Texas -- As if going off to war, Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan cleaned out his apartment, gave leftover frozen broccoli to one neighbor and called another to thank him for his friendship -- common courtesies and routines of the departing soldier. Instead, authorities say, he went on the killing spree that left 13 people at Fort Hood, Texas, dead. [full story]
1 dead, 5 hurt in Orlando shooting
ORLANDO, Fla. -- A gunman opened fire Friday in the offices of an engineering firm where he was let go more than two years ago, authorities said, killing one person and injuring five others. [full story]
Los Angeles moves to ban declawing of cats
LOS ANGELES -- The Los Angeles City Council has given preliminary approval to an ordinance that would ban the declawing of cats. [full story]
13 injured in Grambling St. bus crash in Arkansas
FORDYCE, Ark. -- A dozen students and a bus driver are being treated for injuries after three buses carrying members of the renowned Grambling State University marching band were involved in a traffic crash in southern Arkansas. [full story]
Stepfather convicted in death of 'Baby Grace'
GALVESTON, Texas -- Two years after the remains of a toddler who came to be known as "Baby Grace" were dumped in Galveston Bay, the child's stepfather was convicted of capital murder in her beating death. [full story]