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(CNN) -- All 24 hostages held captive by a hangun-toting student in northeast Wisconsin were freed Monday night, after several hours of being confined inside a high school classroom, police said.

Despite protests and last-minute lawsuits, New Jersey's first bear hunt in five years is all set to start today.

It is this attitude, of believing that anything is possible as long you have the will and the money, that has been at the heart of Qatar's successful bid to host the 2022 World Cup.

When it was announced that Qatar wanted to host the 2022 World Cup, it was initially seen as a hopeless task. After all, the World Cup finals would take place in the middle of Qatar's sweltering summer, when temperatures easily exceed 50 degrees Celsius.

Washington (CNN) -- Top senators from both parties indicated Sunday that a deal was likely soon on temporarily extending Bush-era tax cuts for all Americans, along with unemployment benefits that have expired.

shooting during a funeral for a homicide victim appears to be gang-related, St. Louis, Missouri, Police Chief Dan Isom said Tuesday. Two men were shot multiple times and killed, and a 34-year-old man was wounded, police said. They were all attending the funeral.

With his wife and two of his three children sitting a few feet away, Urban Meyer didn't have to look very far to be reminded why he's leaving one of the premier jobs in college football. It's all about family.

TAMPA, Fla. - From the start, the Derek Jeter contract negotiations had all the makings of a soap opera: The shadow of a domineering patriarch, the powerful family, the stylish clothes, the big money, the favored son, and, of course, the squeaky-clean leading man.

Back in December, Facebook introduced its new profiles to the world. For the first month, users could choose between the new profile and the old profile. Starting today, all accounts will be upgraded to the new profile.

Newfound concern about the wellbeing of football players has focused on the tip of a very large iceberg. Parents, schools, and athletes worry that thousands of amateurs each year may be suffering head injuries similar to the ones that make us gasp during NFL games. But there's a worse possibility: The most serious brain injuries at all levels of the sport are going completely undiagnosed and undetected

PITTSBURGH - Braylon Edwards practiced all week motivated by the thought he might get a lot of chances this week. He was right.

James Bond creator Ian Fleming once wrote of the Seven Deadly Sins, "How drab life would be without these sins. What dull dogs we all would be without a healthy trace of many of them in our makeup."

(CNN) -- A California woman stabbed repeatedly by her then-boyfriend, a comedic Hollywood actor, on Friday described his courtroom antics explaining his violence as "very surreal and bizarre" -- and, above all, insincere.

CNN) -- A federal judge was killed and a congresswoman gravely wounded Saturday in a shooting outside of a Tucson, Arizona, grocery store, according to police and government officials. In all, six people died and 12 were wounded in the shooting, including U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, D-Arizona, according to Rick Kastigar, bureau chief for the Pima County Sheriff's Department.

(Mashable) -- There's a silly rumor exploding on the Internet this weekend, alleging that Facebook is shutting down on March 15 because CEO Mark Zuckerberg "wants his old life back," and desires to "put an end to all the madness."

Bad habits afflict us all. But whether your particular fixation is merely annoying, wastes time or could actually hurt someone (like poor, long-suffering Katie), there are tricks and techniques to nip it in the bud. Of course, serious habitual behaviors might require years -- and even some bona fide therapy sessions -- to break.

We've all seen it. The driver inching down the road ahead of us, hunched over the steering wheel to peer through the 6-inch porthole his defroster has cleared on his iced-up windshield. And how many times have you been going 65 mph on Route 78 behind a vehicle when the glacier on its roof finally lets go, heading right for you? It's not just a good idea to clear your car of ice and snow before you head out; it's the law in New Jersey.

President Obama's State of the Union address Tuesday night will be "all about America winning," one of his top advisers told CNN.

New York (CNN) -- All four women found dead in Long Island, New York, last month were prostitutes who advertised on the website Craigslist, and were probably slain by a serial killer, according to Suffolk County Police Commissioner Richard Dormer.