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A 20-year-old student opened fire in a community college classroom, but did not hit anyone and was arrested in a hallway, police said Tuesday. Read More

A fierce winter storm hammered more than a dozen states Tuesday with dangerous ice, heavy snow and vicious winds that threatened to create 15-foot drifts in parts of the Upper Midwest. Read More

A "disgruntled patient" shot his doctor to death Tuesday at a rural southeastern Kentucky health clinic in what might have been a dispute over prescription pills, officials said. Read More

An Ivy League lawyer and a county commissioner will meet in a runoff to replace ousted Birmingham mayor Larry Langford. Read More

A prominent attorney died Tuesday after he was shot in the head outside his California home. Read More

The Los Angeles City Council could vote Wednesday on a much-anticipated medical marijuana ordinance that would greatly reduce the number of pot dispensaries in the city and push them to industrial areas. Read More

A coroner says a Wisconsin man wanted in the deaths of his two young children and their mothers likely killed himself. Read More

Former Vice President Dick Cheney says trying suspected Sept. 11 terrorist Khalid Sheikh Mohammed (HAH'-leed shayk moh-HAH'-med) in New York City will make him "as important or more important than Osama bin Laden." Read More

A California man accused of gunning down two police officers 27 years ago has been found guilty of murder for a second time. Read More

About 20,000 mourners, mostly members of law enforcement from Washington state and across the country, honored four slain officers who were remembered Tuesday as heroes and loving family members. Read More

As of Tuesday, Dec. 8, 2009, at least 4,367 members of the U.S. military had died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count. Read More

A California grand jury has indicted a man whose decomposed daughter was found in the freezer of his motor home. Read More

The Los Angeles school board has approved a budget plan that calls for more than 5,000 job cuts. Read More

An attorney says a former Missouri House speaker plans to withdraw from politics altogether after he was accused of assaulting a woman during a sexual encounter. Read More

Two former Cuban intelligence officers convicted of spying in the U.S. were handed reduced prison sentences Tuesday after an appeals court ruled their original terms were too severe. Read More

A 90-year-old Medal of Honor winner can keep his 21-foot flagpole in his front yard after a homeowner's association dropped its request to remove it, a spokesman for Democratic Virginia Sen. Mark Warner said Tuesday. Read More

The man charged in the 2002 abduction of Elizabeth Smart has a delusional disorder and exhibited deviant sexual behavior and paranoia as a teen, a forensic psychologist said Tuesday. Read More

Four Missouri men have received prison sentences for federal crimes involving dogfighting. Read More

An Ohio killer was put to death in an efficient 10 minutes Tuesday in the first U.S. execution to use a single drug injection instead of the standard three-chemical combination that has come under legal attack because it can cause excruciating pain. Read More

A white retired police officer was acquitted Tuesday of manslaughter and assault for shooting two unarmed black men, angering the victims' families and prompting a call for peace from the city's mayor. Read More