A camouflaged gunman was killed and a 6-year-old hostage was shot in the leg during a two-hour standoff with police Tuesday that began when the man snatched the child off a sidewalk and barricaded himself in a restaurant east of

Several reports due Wednesday are expected to provide more evidence that consumers are cutting back on spending and companies are eliminating jobs in the face of a deepening recession.

A smashed guitar from the late grunge rocker Kurt Cobain has been sold to an unidentified private collector for $100,000.

From a series of street bashings in Seattle to the baseball bat murder of an Ecuadorean immigrant in New York, episodes of anti-gay violence punctuated a year now ending with police investigating the alleged gang rape of a lesbian near

It was a surprise that took a lot of work to pull off, but when Gus Francis e-mailed CBS 2 to help with his wedding proposal - we said yes! The rest is matrimonial history.

Santa and Mrs. Claus paid visits Tuesday to the homes of 32 children whose parents were killed or injured in the line of duty.

Post offices and branches in Chicago will be open for business on Christmas Eve and New Year's Eve, but will close early.

Tina Fey is the entertainer of the year? You betcha. Fey was voted The Associated Press' Entertainer of the Year, anannual honor chosen by newspaper editors and broadcast producers acrossthe country. Fey was selected by AP members as the performer

The Screen Actors Guild has delayed a vote that would give the union the power to call a strike and bring the entertainment business to a virtual halt.

Bruce Springsteen says he was energized to make a new album quicklyafter recording a song he calls a "love-in-the-time-of-Bush meditation." Innotes posted on his Web site Tuesday, Springsteen explains the creationof his new disc "Working on Dream" (due out Jan.

The Chicago Bears kept their playoffs hopes alive with a thrilling, comeback victory over the Green Bay Packers on Monday night.

The New York Yankees not only failed to make the playoffs, they werehit with their highest luxury tax in three years. The Yankees wereassessed a $26.9 million tax by the commissioner's office on Monday.

Roger Clemens' former personal trainer has filed a defamation lawsuitagainst the seven-time Cy Young award winner, the New York Postreported Tuesday.

Robbie Gould kicked a 38-yard field goal with 11:28 left in overtimeand the Chicago Bears overcame frigid conditions and the Green BayPackers for a 20-17 victory Monday night to stay in the running for theplayoffs.

Add this to the growing list of Plaxico Burress' problems: getting in acar crash and not having insurance on his nearly $140,000 Mercedes-Benz.

Pitcher Chien-Ming Wang and the New York Yankees avoided salaryarbitration when they agreed Monday to a $5 million, one-year contract.

New York Jets defensive end Shaun Ellis has been fined $10,000 by the NFL for throwing snow at fans following the team's loss at Seattle on Sunday.