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Suspect held in school hostage standoff

29 minutes ago

A gunman was holding a school principal hostage Tuesday at a high school in Pine Plains, New York, about 90 miles north of New York City, police and the town supervisor told CNN.

  • Missed clues sought in Ft. Hood inquiry 54 minutes ago

    Investigators believe the suspected gunman in the Fort Hood massacre acted alone, but his communications were flagged by intelligence agencies in 2008, the FBI said.

  • Korean navy vessels exchange fire 58 minutes ago

    North and South Korean naval forces exchanged fire Tuesday in disputed waters, South Korea's semi-official Yonhap news agency reported.

  • Tropical Storm Ida makes landfall on Gulf Coast 1 hour, 20 minutes ago

    Tropical Storm Ida slowed to a crawl as it reached the U.S. Gulf Coast early today, losing much of its punch -- but still dumping plenty of rain on the Southeast.

  • Golf balls: 'Humanity's signature litter' 1 hour, 26 minutes ago

    Research teams at the Danish Golf Union have discovered it takes between 100 to 1,000 years for a golf ball to decompose naturally. A startling fact when it is also estimated 300 million balls are lost or discarded in the United States alone, every year. It seems the simple plastic golf ball is increasingly becoming a major litter problem.

  • At least 15 dead in Pakistan traffic blast Tue Nov 10, 7:32 AM ET

    An explosion on Tuesday struck a congested traffic circle outside Peshawar, killing at least 10 and injuring 30 others, police officials said.

  • Virginia set to execute 'Beltway sniper' Tue Nov 10, 7:30 AM ET

    John Allen Muhammad, the mastermind of the 2002 sniper attacks that terrorized the suburbs of the nation's capital, is scheduled to die by lethal injection Tuesday evening at a state prison near Jarratt, Virginia.

  • Strollers recalled over amputations Tue Nov 10, 7:25 AM ET

    Close to one million strollers have been recalled by their manufacturer following reports at least 12 babies or toddlers had their fingers amputated after they were caught in the hinges.

  • WH denies Afghan decision made Tue Nov 10, 7:14 AM ET

    White House National Security Adviser Retired Gen. Jim Jones issued a rare public statement Monday vehemently denying media reports that suggest U.S. President Barack Obama has privately decided to send close to 40,000 more U.S. troops to Afghanistan.

  • Hoops great Abdul-Jabbar has cancer Tue Nov 10, 7:07 AM ET

    Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, one of the greatest college and professional basketball players of all time, says he has been diagnosed with a form of blood cancer.

  • Deal offered in space love triangle case Tue Nov 10, 1:13 AM ET

    A plea deal has been offered in the case of a former astronaut accused of being involved in a well-publicized, violent love triangle, prosecutors said.

  • MJ's father moves to oust executors Mon Nov 9, 11:12 PM ET

    The battle for control of Michael Jackson's estate took another turn Monday as the pop singer's father filed a challenge of the men named as executors in Jackson's 2002 will.

  • Tropical Storm Ida bears down on U.S. Gulf Coast Mon Nov 9, 11:08 PM ET

    Tropical Storm Ida is bearing down on the U.S. Gulf Coast, bringing floodwaters hours before it is expected to come ashore Tuesday, the National Hurricane Center said.

  • Family: Texas killed an innocent man Mon Nov 9, 10:03 PM ET

    The story of how Todd Willingham went from a home on a shaded Texas street to the death chamber is a tale of science and skull tattoos, of hopes raised and dashed.

  • Bill Clinton to address Senate Dems Mon Nov 9, 9:24 PM ET

    CNN has learned from two senior Democratic sources that former President Bill Clinton will attend the Senate Democrats' weekly luncheon Tuesday to address the caucus about health care.

  • Teens face attempted murder charges in burned boy case Mon Nov 9, 7:51 PM ET

    Three teens who allegedly set a 15-year-old friend ablaze were charged Monday as adults, and with attempted murder, prosecutors said.

  • Comic Katt Williams accused of burglary Mon Nov 9, 6:36 PM ET

    Comedian Katt Williams was arrested on burglary and criminal trespass charges in a west Georgia community Sunday night, according to a court official.

  • Justices won't halt DC sniper execution Mon Nov 9, 6:27 PM ET

    The Supreme Court refused to block Tuesday's scheduled execution of John Allen Muhammad, the leader of the sniper team that terrified Washington's suburbs in 2002.

  • Indie drummer dies in elevator shaft fall Mon Nov 9, 6:11 PM ET

    Thirty-four-year-old Gerhardt "Jerry" Fuchs, a beloved fixture of both the New York and Athens, Georgia, rock scenes who played with LCD Soundsystem, !!! (pronounced Chk Chk Chk), Turing Machine, MSTRKRFT, and The Juan MacLean, died Saturday night after attempting to crawl out of a broken elevator shaft at a benefit party in Brooklyn.

  • Mayor's niece lived with suspect Sowell Mon Nov 9, 5:52 PM ET

    The niece of the mayor of Cleveland, Ohio, once lived with murder suspect Anthony Sowell, a registered sex offender charged with murder after the remains of 11 victims were found at his home, a spokeswoman for the mayor said Monday.

  • Mudslides devastate El Salvador, bury communities Mon Nov 9, 5:46 PM ET

    At least 130 people have died and dozens are missing after heavy rains triggered flooding and mudslides that buried communities in El Salvador, officials said Monday.

  • Health care reform faces Senate battle Mon Nov 9, 3:24 PM ET

    President Obama calls House passage of a health care reform bill "historic." Now Obama and fellow Democrats face another tough fight, getting the bill through the Senate.

  • U.S. hikers to face espionage charges Mon Nov 9, 3:20 PM ET

    Iran will charge three American hikers who strayed into the country with espionage, a Tehran prosecutor said today.

  • Romney bides time 'till 2012 run Mon Nov 9, 2:15 PM ET

    For a moment, you might think Mitt Romney was still running for office if you look at his travel schedule crisscrossing the country.

  • Fort Hood soldier's training kicked in Mon Nov 9, 2:08 PM ET

    Pvt. Joseph Foster was filling out routine paperwork for his upcoming deployment to Afghanistan on Thursday when he heard a shout quickly followed by a burst of gunfire from just a few feet away.

  • Obama: Health care reform up to Senate Mon Nov 9, 8:23 AM ET

    President Obama today praised the "historic" House vote to pass a bill overhauling the health care system and said it's time for the Senate to complete the work.

  • At least 2 dead in Pakistan attack Mon Nov 9, 1:26 AM ET

    An apparent suicide attack killed at least two people in the northwest Pakistani city of Peshawar on Monday, police said.

  • Painful memories of another attack Mon Nov 9, 1:17 AM ET

    For Kirby Lack, the Fort Hood shootings last week bring back a dark chapter in his life -- he was at the 1991 Luby's cafeteria massacre.

  • Gulf Coast braces for Ida Sun Nov 8, 11:43 PM ET

    Hurricane Ida moved into the southern Gulf of Mexico on Sunday, prompting a declaration of emergency in Louisiana and concern along the U.S. Gulf Coast.