Three hostages escape safely after nearly four-hour standoff at Discovery Channel building in Maryland that ends with police shooting the gunman, known to employees for protesting the channel's environmental programming. | VIDEO

Profiler: Gunman Viewed Himself as Martyr

Discovery Hostage Standoff | MAP

Brother-in-Law on Gunman's Past

Hostage Standoff as It Happened

She's out of rehab, so could LiLo soon be on the silver screen? Here's YOUR take on personalities you'd like to see in a film after rehab

Poll spells more bad news for Dems heading into elections, with voters preferring Republicans to Democrats on seven of nine key election issues — including an 11-point margin on the economy

Victory for Tea Party?

Murkowski Concedes To Tea Party Favorite

Joe Miller Reacts to Primary Victory

Apple fans web-wide tune in to an annual music-themed event, where Steve Jobs unveils software updates — and funky new iPods

Will Apple kill the iPod? Or transform it into a new, more drool-worthy device? We round up the rumors ahead of Wednesday's event

Federal health regulators are weighing restrictions on Robitussin, NyQuil and other cough suppressants to curb cases of abuse that send thousands of people to the hospital each year.