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NBA commissioner David Stern indefinitely suspended Wizards guard Gilbert Arenas without pay, SI.com reports.

A painting by the Belgian surrealist artist René Magritte was stolen from a small Brussels museum this morning by two armed men who rang the doorbell before putting a gun to the concierge's head.

The Tampa Police Department says a 22-year-old man who refused to pay a $6 cab fare threatened the driver with a handgun and sparked a standoff with authorities.

Lynette "Squeaky" Fromme was released from prison today, a spokeswoman for the U.S. Bureau of Prisons said. Fromme, a follower of Charles Manson, was convicted in 1975 of pointing a gun at President Ford. Secret Service agents prevented her from firing.

A relative of the woman found shot to death with Steve McNair says Nashville police told him she recently purchased a gun.

A couple and their toddler son have been found shot to death in their Orange County apartment in an apparent murder-suicide, police said today.

A Florida boy remains in stable condition just days after he found his parents' long-forgotten handgun in a closet and accidentally shot himself in the head.

Many gun enthusiasts believe President Barack Obama and the Democrats in Congress soon will reimpose a version of an expired federal ban on the sale of so-called assault weapons.

Despite an ever-worsening economy and slumping retail sales, firearm sales increased in February, continuing an upswing that began after November's election. Data from the FBI's National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) show background checks on the sale of firearms jumped 23.3 percent in February when compared to February 2008. The increase follows a 29 percent rise in January, a 24 percent rise in December and a 42 percent jump in November, when a record 1,529,635 background checks were performed.

The tragic shooting death of 7-year-old Earl Robinson remains under investigation. Police believe Robinson's 11-year-old neighbor, whose name has not been released, is responsible. He was taken into custody for questioning Saturday.