Husband charged in Calif. mercy killing case dies from gunshot wounds

October 2nd, 2009 6 wounded in shooting at Calif. barROSEMEAD, Calif.

September 26th, 2009 NY congresswoman's husband dies on Tibet tripNEW YORK — An aide to U.S. Rep. Carolyn Maloney says the New York congresswoman's husband has died on a mountain climbing expedition in Tibet.

September 25th, 2009 Manson follower Susan Atkins diesLOS ANGELES — Charles Manson follower Susan Atkins, who admitted killing actress Sharon Tate 40 years ago, has died. She was 61. California Department of Corrections spokeswoman Terry Thornton said Atkins, who suffered from brain cancer, had been in hospice care in recent days.

September 21st, 2009 AZ police investigate apparent murder-suicideMESA, Ariz. — Arizona police are investigating an apparent murder-suicide that left a mother and her two teenage sons dead.

September 20th, 2009 Calif. rapper charged with killing Va. pastorRICHMOND, Va.

September 15th, 2009 Calif. college student charged with campus killingNEWPORT BEACH, Calif. — A California graduate student has been charged with gunning down his ex-wife while she picked up the couple's 4-year-old son.

September 15th, 2009 Police again search home in Calif. kidnap caseANTIOCH, Calif.

August 14th, 2009 Colo. woman accused of killing 2 husbandsGRAND JUNCTION, Colo. — Prosecutors say a 52-year-old Colorado woman accused of shooting and killing her husband last year is responsible for the death of her first husband, too.

August 5th, 2009 Report: 4 dead in Pittsburgh-area shootingBRIDGEVILLE, Pa. — A Pittsburgh television station says a shooting at a suburban health club has left four people dead, including the shooter.

July 21st, 2009 WASHINGTON - A five-year-old boy died from self-inflicted gunshot wounds in Hamilton, Ohio, the Journal News newspaper reported online. The death was from an "accidental, self-inflicted gunshot", Debbie Lacey, the coroner's investigator, was quoted as saying late Monday.

June 17th, 2009 Father suspected of killing 2 children in HoustonHOUSTON — A father was suspected of shooting and killing his two children on Tuesday and then turning the gun on himself in an apparent attempted suicide, police said. Police had been looking for the 8-year-old girl and her 6-year-old brother after their mother reported to authorities that "her estranged husband had called saying he had picked the kids up from the school and planned to drive them to an unknown location and kill them," spokesman John Cannon said.

June 8th, 2009 Pa. state trooper dies after chase, shootoutTOBYHANNA, Pa. — A man who kidnapped his 9-year-old son in northeastern Pennsylvania led police on a 40-mile chase that ended in a crash followed by an exchange of gunfire that killed him and a state trooper, state police said Monday.

June 2nd, 2009 Calif. family charged in kidnapping, bank robberyANAHEIM, Calif. — A California husband, wife and her son have been charged in connection with the kidnapping of a bank teller and taking her to work to steal money from the vault.

May 1st, 2009 NBC Universal programming exec Nora O'Brien diesNEW YORK — NBC Universal says Nora O'Brien, its executive in charge of drama programming, has died. Spokesman Curt King says O'Brien died Wednesday after collapsing in Sausalito, Calif., on the set of a TV series in development for NBC.

April 23rd, 2009 Suspect charged with murder in Chandra Levy caseWASHINGTON — The suspect in the slaying of intern Chandra Levy has been charged with first-degree murder in D.C. Ingmar Guandique was brought Wednesday afternoon to the police department's violent crimes branch for booking ahead of his initial court appearance, which is expected the next day.