Pictured: British tourist gunned down in Amarillo, Texas, after stopping off 'because he liked the Tony Christie song': PHOTO
Thomas Reeve, 28, was killed in Amarillo, Texas, after shots were fired at several drinkers. According to US reports, Ray Carlos Cisneros, 25, was being questioned over the shooting.

BBC News | News Front Page | World Edition: Afghans die in -Nato air strike'
This is a syndicated post. Original article from BBC News | News Front Page | World Edition , available at BBC News | News Front Page | World Edition . NATO officials investigate whether the death of eight Afghans working with US Troops was a "friendly-fire" incident.

At least one dead in shooting at Orlando high-rise (Roundup)
Washington - At least one person was killed and five others injured in a shooting Friday at a high-rise office building in Orlando, Florida. The suspect, Jason Rodriguez, opened fire in the morning at the offices of his former employer in downtown Orlando, police said. Rodriguez fled the scene and was apprehended later at his mother's residence. Authorities said Rodriguez was a former employee of engineering firm Reynolds, Smith & Hills, which has offices in the 16-storey Gateway Center. A...

St. Paul soldier was killed at Fort Hood: PHOTO
WASHINGTON -- An active duty soldier from St. Paul was killed in Thursday’s shooting rampage at Fort Hood, Minnesota political leaders have been told. The Minnesota National Guard told the offices of Gov. Tim Pawlenty and the state's congressional delegation that PFC Khan Xiong was killed on the Military base in Texas. Xiong, who was married, was an active duty soldier assigned to Company A, 20th Engineer Battalion, 36th Brigade, at Fort Hood. The shootings left...

Teen girl dies in Guilford car crash: PHOTO
Guilford (WTNH) - Guilford police are investigating an early morning car crash that killed a 17-year old girl. Police say the accident happened at 1:30 Saturday morning on Durham Road in Guilford. EMS officials say the girl, who was a passenger in the car, had severe head trauma and was pronounced dead at the scene. Officers say the driver of the vehicle, 18-year old, Brian Peeler of Durham, was taken to Yale New Haven Hospital for serious injuries. The teen's body was taken to the medical...

Utah soldier killed in Fort Hood shootings
WEST JORDAN, Utah (ABC 4 News) - The family of a U.S. Army soldier from West Jordan says he was killed in the Fort Hood shootings on Thursday.

Gay Lover Plans Paton Book: PHOTO
The gay lover of controversial Bay City Rollers manager Tam Paton is writing an expose on his life with the music mogul. Paton, who managed the Scottish rockers at the height of their fame in the 1970s, died in April (09) at the age of 70. Now his former boyfriend, Ray Cotter, has stepped forward with plans tolift the lid on their life together. Cotter, who was just 18 when he first met Paton, alleges the star had him beaten up after their vicious arguments, and once threw him out on thestreet...

Lawyer: Fla. shooting suspect mentally ill
ORLANDO, Fla., Nov. 7 (UPI) -- A Florida judge ordered the man accused of a deadly shooting spree in an Orlando office building held without bail at a brief jailhouse hearing Saturday. Jason Rodriguez was advised he is being held on a charge of first-degree murder, the Orlando Sentinel reported. One person was killed and five wounded Friday. The shootings occurred at an architectural and engineering firm where Rodriguez once worked. A spokesman for Reynolds, Smith & Hill told The Wall Street...

Arrest made in Lisbon Ave. party stabbing
A Buffalo man was arrested Friday in the fatal stabbing of a 19-year-old Clarence man outside a University District house. Todd Heatley, 28, was charged with second-degree murder in the death of Jacob Herbert, who was stabbed several times at about 4:30 a.m. last Saturday outside 112 Lisbon Ave. The stabbing followed Herbert's demand for a refund of his cover charge after Buffalo police shut down a party. Herbert, a 2008 graduate of Clarence High School, was stabbed several times and died later...

Protest against death of a local youth in Jammu and Kashmir
Srinagar, Nov 7- ANI: Police were compelled to use tear gas and air firing on Saturday to disperse violent mobs protesting against the death of a local youth. The youth took to the streets after a body of a man, identified as Mohammed Yaqoob, was recovered on Saturday morning. The dead body of Yaqoob, who used to sell barbecues at Lal Chowk in Maisuma, was recovered from a shed where he used to sell meat preparations. After Yaqoobs body was sent for post-mortem, the youth took to the streets and...

Murder Probe After Mum Dies In Firework Blaze
<p>The death of a mother in a house blaze sparked by a firework pushed through the letterbox is being treated as murder, police say.</p>

Protest against death of a local youth in Jammu and Kashmir
Srinagar, Nov 7(ANI): Police were compelled to use tear gas and air firing on Saturday to disperse violent mobs protesting against the death of a local youth. The youth took to the streets after a body of a man, identified as Mohammed Yaqoob, was recovered on Saturday morning. The dead body of Yaqoob, who used to sell barbecues at Lal Chowk in Maisuma, was recovered from a shed where he used to sell meat preparations. After Yaqoob's body was sent for post-mortem, the youth took to the streets...

DVDs' days are numbered as viewers run for the stream
Electronics manufacturers and retailers have begun to prepare for the death of the DVD as sales of the physical format continue to plunge. This week Best Buy, one of the world’s biggest retailers of consumer electronics, announced plans to push consumers away from its stores’ DVD aisles by making it easier for them to rent and buy movies and TV shows over high-speed Internet connections. Ways to download or stream movies are proliferating via gaming consoles and set-top boxes and TV...

1 Dead Following Butler County Hit And Run
BUTLER, Pa. -- One person was killed following a hit and run in Butler County. According to emergency dispatchers, a car hit a male pedestrian in the 300 block of Ziegler Avenue in the city of Butler late Friday night. Investigators are working to learn the circumstances surrounding the incident. The victim’s name is unknown.

Police: House fire death was murder
Police are treating the death of a woman in a house fire sparked by a firework as murder, and warned the culprits that they will be caught.

Protest against death of a local youth in Jammu and Kashmir
Srinagar, Nov 7(ANI): Police were compelled to use tear gas and air firing on Saturday to disperse violent mobs protesting against the death of a local youth. The youth took to the streets after a body of a man, identified as Mohammed Yaqoob, was recovered on Saturday morning. The dead body of Yaqoob, who used to sell barbecues at Lal Chowk in Maisuma, was recovered from a shed where he used to sell meat preparations. After Yaqoob's body was sent for post-mortem, the youth took to the streets...

British man shot dead in Texas bar
Thomas Reeve, 28, was killed in Amarillo, Texas, after shots were fired at several drinkers, the Foreign Office confirmed. The attacker also robbed and sexually assaulted other customers, it was alleged. A Foreign Office spokeswoman said: "We can confirm the death of Thomas Reeve and we are providing consular assistance to the family." According to US reports, Ray Carlos Cisneros, 25, is being questioned over the shooting.

At least one dead in shooting at Orlando high-rise (2nd Lead)
Washington - At least one person has been killed and five injured in a shooting at a high-rise office building in Orlando, Florida, the city's Fire Department said Friday. The 16-storey building in downtown Orlando was in lock down, ambulances were on scene and police were searching the high-rise floor-by-floor for more victims. Local media in Florida reported at least two dead and six people injured. The suspected shooter, Jason Rodriguez, was still on the loose, but it was not known if he was...

At least one dead in shooting at Orlando high-rise (1st Lead)
Washington - At least one person has been killed and five injured in a shooting at a high-rise office building in Orlando, Florida, the city's Fire Department confirmed Friday. The building was in lock down, ambulances were on scene and police were searching the high-rise floor-by-floor for more victims. Local authorities could not confirm whether the shooter was still on the loose. Local media in Florida reported at least two dead and eight people injured. Your Talkback on this Story Note posts...

Gunman arrested in Orlando shooting; one dead, 5 injured: PHOTO
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At least 6 injured as former employee opens fire in Orlando office tower: PHOTO
ORLANDO, Fla. – Police in Orlando say a gunman has been apprehended after killing one person and injuring five others at a downtown office building where he was let go two years ago.

L.I. Tourist Dies 'Car Surfing' In Puerto Rico
Police say a U.S. tourist who was pretending to be surfing on the hood of a friend's moving car was killed when he fell and broke his neck in a popular Puerto Rican beach town. Police spokeswoman Yolanda Hernandez says 29-year-old Long Beach, N.Y., resident Jorge Geysel fell off his friend's Isuzu Trooper as he was "car surfing" along a road in the west coast community of Rincon early Saturday. Hernandez says the Insurance salesman died instantly. "

British tourist shot dead in bar in Amarillo Texas: PHOTO
A 28-year-old British man, Thomas Reeve, was shot dead when a gunman opened fire after walking into a bar in Amarillo, Texas, police have said.

New shooting in the US leaves two dead, eight injured: PHOTO
Two people were killed and six injured by a gunman who opened fire in a high-rise office building in Orlando, Florida on Friday. A police spokeswoman said there were multiple victims in the shooting at the Gateway Center in downtown Orlando, but she could not immediately confirm any fatalities. The Orlando Sentinel newspaper and local TV networks reported that two people had been killed. Police evacuated the building and said the gunman was still at large. The Orlando Sentinel said bodies were...

Fort Hood gunman 'loved US' - Uncle
The alleged gunman in Thursday's shooting at the Fort Hood Military base in Texas, Major Nidal Malik Hasan, was wounded and taken into custody after an exchange of gunfire with two police officers. At least 13 people died and more than two dozen were wounded. His uncle Rafik Hamad, 64, said that Hasan, an Army psychiatrist, was emotionally shaken by his work treating US Soldiers returning from war zones. Still, he wanted to serve his country because of the opportunities it had given him as an...