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An off-duty Las Vegas police officer shot a home invasion suspect in the leg at the officer's Henderson residence Sunday afternoon. The suspect was hospitalized with non-life threatening injuries. The officer was uninjured and has been placed on paid administrative leave. Most Popular Stories 1. Off-duty Las Vegas officer shoots armed suspect in Henderson home invasion 2. Man arrested, pair shot in car incident 3. Hepatitis C fight consumes patients 4. 'Dice' miffed over 'Donny Clay' show 5. UNLV budget axe could cut entire programs 6. San Diego State defeats Rebels 55-45 for title; UNLV waits for NCAA bid 7....

RICHMOND, Va.—An intruder was shot this morning after forcing his way into a home in a Henrico County. Henrico police say an adult male was shot in the lower torso around 5:30 a.m. in the 10300 block of Longdale Ave. The victim was transported to VCU Medical Center with non-life-threatening injuries. According to police, an elderly female homeowner reported that an intruder forced his way into her home, physically attacked her and then physically attacked her adult grandson, who was also present inside the home. The woman was knocked to the floor and her grandson obtained a handgun and “fired...

What Obama Mortgage Plan 2010 Needs To Target? President Obama inherited these issues when he assumed his responsibilities, and his desire to provide a suitable and effective solution to the mortgage related issues, and to improve upon the American economy resulted into a new mortgage plan - the Homeowner Affordability and Stability Plan or the HASP plan, and the Obama's Loan Modification Plan. These plans initially looked good on paper, and Americans had a lot of hope and many expectations from the reform programs. However, as on today, the ground reality is different, and findings as well as economic reports...

WEST BABYLON, NY (WABC) -- A man was shot and killed inside a home in West Babylon, Long Island Monday night. It happened around 7:30 in the evening. When officers arrived, they found a man shot to death in the kitchen of the home on 6th Street. He was taken to Good Samaritan Hospital where he was pronounced dead. Related Content More: Contact the WABC-TV Long Island Bureau Apparently a woman and her boyfriend were inside the home when the woman's ex-husband came inside the home. The couple said they assumed a burglar was breaking in and the boyfriend allegedly...

3/11/2010 - JOINT BASE McGUIRE-DIX-LAKEHURST, N.J. (AFNS) -- Officials from the 305th Air Mobility Wing here welcomed home Airmen from the 6th Airlift Squadron March 2 as they returned from supporting operations Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom. Throughout their four-month deployment, the C-17 Globemaster III squadron Airmen executed more than 3,000 sorties, off-loaded 101 million pounds of equipment and airlifted 146,000 passengers. "Our mission was to provide combat airlift support to operations Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom," said Lt. Col. John Price, the 6th Airlift Squadron commander. "Without combat airlift, operations on this scale simply are not possible. We employed...

He's 70 years old, and his health isn't what it used to be, but Raymond Michel is not someone who should be taken lightly. The south Bakersfield resident shot at a suspected burglar in his house Wednesday afternoon and held the man at gunpoint until police arrived. The suspect, identified by police as John Jenaro Garner, tried to get up twice, but Michel warned him to stay down. "I told my wife to call the cops because (the burglar) was staying here one way or another," Michel said. Bakersfield police Lt. Andrew Garner, no relation to the supsect, confirmed that...

Police have a clear, simple response when it comes to what residents should do if they think they've been the victim of a burglary -- call 911. Don't go in the house, and if you're already inside, get out, Bakersfield police Detective Blaine Craig said Thursday. Just call 911 and let officers deal with the situation. South Bakersfield resident Raymond Michel arrived home with his wife and grandchildren Wednesday afternoon when his wife noticed signs that someone else had been in the house. Michel armed himself with a handgun, found the intruder holding a rifle in an upstairs bathroom and...