May 25, 20129:32 PM ET

VALPARAISO, Ind. (AP) — A gunman looking for someone he believed owed him money shot himself inside an Indiana real estate office several hours after releasing hostages Friday, and he died after being rushed to a hospital, police said.

May 25, 20125:38 PM ET

NEW YORK (AP) — Profits at big U.S. companies broke records last year, and so did pay for CEOs.

May 25, 20127:44 PM ET

NEW YORK (AP) — Thirty-three years to the day after 6-year-old Etan Patz vanished without a trace while walking to catch a school bus, a man accused of strangling him and dumping his body with the trash was arraigned on a murder charge on Friday in a locked hospital ward where he was being held as a suicide risk.

May 25, 20125:42 PM ET

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — The commander in charge of the raid to kill Osama bin Laden is defending his proposal that would give him more authority to send special operations forces overseas to address problems like terrorists or sudden Arab Spring-style unrest.

May 25, 20128:50 PM ET

CENTRALIA, Pa. (AP) — It's an anniversary the few remaining souls who live here won't be celebrating.

May 25, 20125:38 PM ET

GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) — The judge in the John Edwards trial abruptly closed the courtroom Friday to talk to attorneys about an issue with a juror and sent the panel home after six days of deliberations with a stern warning not to talk about the case.

May 25, 20125:18 PM ET

WASHINGTON (AP) — Visibly pained, Vice President Joe Biden recalls the wrenching sorrow of losing his first wife and his daughter to a car accident in 1972.

May 25, 20124:34 PM ET

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — The private company SpaceX made history Friday with the docking of its Dragon capsule to the International Space Station, the most impressive feat yet in turning routine spaceflight over to the commercial sector.