February 04, 2013

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ALABAMA HOSTAGE CRISIS OVER

Image: Armed law enforcement personnel station themselves near the property of Jimmy Lee Sykes.
AP
  The weeklong standoff in rural Alabama has ended, law enforcement officials say, with the captor dead and his five-year-old hostage alive.

    'Negotiations deteriorated': Officials describe the end

Obama on guns: 'We're not going to wait until the next Newtown'

  Veteran-friendly shooting clubs eyed after SEAL’s death
McCain compares Iran leader to monkey, draws GOP charge of racism