CA: Home invasion turns deadly for robber: "A home invasion robbery went awry for three intruders late Monday night, leaving one dead following a gun battle with the home owner. The shooting happened at about 10 p.m. Monday. The Bakersfield Police Department said it received a 911 call from a home on Kearney Drive in northwest Bakersfield; the caller said shots had been fired. When police arrived, they found one man dead on the front lawn of the home and another man with several gunshot wounds. A third suspect had fled on foot. Police said the three men broke into the home and assaulted an elderly man. They said he pulled out a gun and fought back."

MO: Man charged in death of accomplice: "Tony Rolf, 19, was accused of storming into a Kansas City house, and together with his cousin holding a woman at gunpoint over a car -- a Monte Carlo with tricked out gold rims. What they didn't know was that the woman's boyfriend was about to defend her and their property. He fired several shots at Rolf and his cousin, hitting them both, according to police. Rolf's cousin, 19-year-old Ronnie Frederick, died at a hospital. Rolf was treated for a shot to the arm and released. Investigators said he refused to cooperate with them, saying they'd been victims of a drive-by shooting on Prospect Avenue. Ballistics cracked the case, according to authorities. Investigators said the bullet pulled from Rolf's cousin's body matched the homeowner's gun. Rolf was charged not only with two counts of armed criminal action and burglary but with second-degree murder as well because his cousin was allegedly killed in the commission of a felony."


Hitler's gun to be auctioned: "A gun that may have belonged to Adolf Hitler is expected to fetch thousands of dollars when it's auctioned off. The bidding on the German-made shotgun with the initials "A.H." begins Jan. 30 in an online auction hosted by a pawn shop in Bloomington, Illinois. Shop owner Wes Lane says he didn't believe it when he was first told the weapon once belonged to Hitler. But he changed his mind after hearing the story about how it was taken from one of Hitler's secret hideaways in May 1945. Now he's 'totally convinced.' The gun found its way into the hands of a soldier who settled in central Illinois and kept it under his bed. The man died more than a decade ago and his family no longer wants the gun. Net proceeds from the auction will go to the Anti-Defamation League."