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ALEXANDRIA, Va. – After 20 hours, a standoff between police and an armed man holding his son hostage ended Wednesday with officers fatally shooting the suspect when he threatened them with a gun. “The child is fine,” said Capt. John Crawford, an Alexandria Police (search) spokesman. After the shooting, officers …

KABUL, Afghanistan – An airstrike on a suspected insurgent camp killed three civilians and four militants in central Afghanistan (search), the U.S. military said Saturday. Afghan security forces opened fire during a celebration in a western city, killing a mother and her daughter. The shootings, which occurred Friday during celebrations …

NEW YORK – Stocks tumbled Friday, with the Dow losing almost 200 points on Wall Street’s worst day so far in 2005, as disappointing results from IBM and mediocre industrial production figures pointed to a slowing economy and fed investors’ worries. The Dow Jones industrial average (search) was down 198.41 …