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An autopsy was scheduled late this morning on the Texas man who Valparaiso Police say fatally shot himself on Friday after holding hostages at a local real estate office.

A Texas man who died from gunshot wounds after holding hostages at a northwestern Indiana realty office had been reeling from a financial betrayal by a man who worked in that office, his fiancee said.

Sen. John McCain says the U.S. shouldn't count on Russia to force out Syrian President Bashar al-Assad , and he blames President Barack Obama for a "feckless foreign policy" that hasn't... The U.S. can't count on Russia - a major arms supplier to Syria - to force President Bashar al-Assad from power, Sen.

Dana and James Totzke took the time Saturday to attend the dedication of 21 headstones for Civil War veterans at Maplewood Cemetery.

The building where the situation was unraveling was close to his home, and so he went to the scene with his camera only to find a large group of people looking on as well.

Accountant Carolyn Biesen was working in her Indiana real estate office when she heard a commotion near the front desk.

Police escort two women away from the Prudential Executive Group Real Estate office in Valparaiso, Ind.

But Saturday, she had the chance to learn a little more about the Michigan City man who died in Vietnam the day before she was born in 1969.

Articles/News Or Photos Letter To Editor New "Ask BT" Question Free Classified Ad New Event New Poll New Forum Topic Police tactical officers stormed into an office building in Valparaiso, Ind., late Friday afternoon shortly after a gunman released the last of his several hostages.

An Arkansas judge who ordered a new trial in a lawsuit over a $1 million lottery ticket that a woman says she mistakenly discarded announced Friday that he won't preside over.

The suspect who held people hostage inside a Valparaiso, Indiana insurance building Friday afternoon, shot himself twice in the head.

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Police surround a real estate office Friday, May 25, 2012, in Valpariso, Ind., where they say a gunman is holding an unknown number of hostages.

Police say there is a gunman inside the bulding with hostages but the number is not known.

The privately bankrolled Dragon capsule made a historic arrival at the International Space Station on Friday, triumphantly captured by astronauts wielding a giant robot arm.

The Senate Ethics committee has admonished Republican Sen. Tom Coburn over his involvement with a staffer to former Sen.

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VALPARAISO, Ind. - Valparaiso police have swarmed a real estate office building, where a man with a gun is inside and is believed to be holding hostages after shooting two people.