Man holds girl, 6, prisoner in ongoing siege

An explosive siege is occuring in Scarborough, UK, in which a man has taken a six-year-old girl hostage. He could be heard last night by observers shouting to police officers, "I'm going to die tonight." The standoff has now entered its third day, and police are still...

Armed man barricaded inside flat in Suffolk, England

Police in Suffolk have been called to deal with an armed seige as a man has barricaded himself inside a flat with a gun.Earlier today a man was killed in Chelsea in central London after he shut himself in his house with a gun."A man has locked himself inside a flat on the...

Gunman Opens Fire at NASA

"A man with a gun entered a building on the sprawling campus of Johnson Space Center Friday, forcing the evacuation of the building and putting the entire center on alert. A witness reported two shots fired, said Houston Police spokesman Capt. Dwayne Ready, who described the...

Protests after flawed Nigeria poll

As the votes get counted, results begin to point to a victory by the ruling party, causing many to cry foul.The voting process was far from smooth, and one gets the feeling that the tallying process will be equally turbulent."Opposition supporters burned buildings, blocked...

Plea deal reached in El Nuevo standoff

This is the guy who made dozens of Miami Herald employees wish they stayed home the day after Thanksgiving.  "The man who barricaded himself inside the newsroom of El Nuevo Herald in November pleaded no contest to assault and burglary charges and received two years of...

Reservist Due for Iraq Is Killed in Standoff With Police

"Wanda Matthews, who lives next door to Dean's father and said she thought of the younger man as a son, described him as a "very good boy." "His dad told me that he didn't want to go to war," Matthews said. "He had already been out there and didn't want to go again.""

Losing Lebanon to Civil War? ? ? ?

"Once a beacon of democracy in the Middle East, Lebanon is veering toward civil war. Here's what went wrong. It's never a good sign for a country when the Prime Minister and most of his Cabinet members spend their days barricaded in an Ottoman-era compound. That's what Fouad...