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A gunman opened fire at a Las Vegas Strip nightclub early Monday amid a dispute over a cover charge, killing a male patron who tried to restrain the shooter and injuring two employees, authorities said.The unidentified gunman opened fire at roughly 5:45 a.m. (8:45 a.m.

A US Airways plane was detained at a North Carolina airport on Monday after a suspicious note was found on board, airport and airline officials said. The plane was cleared to continue into service after a security sweep. The US Airways flight from Buffalo, N.Y.

We already know CEOs of major corporations took home 354 times more pay than the average rank-and-file U.S. worker in 2012. Now, we have the opportunity to see what CEOs make compared with the typical worker in their own companies.A rule proposed by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) would require companies to disclose the ratio of total compensation between CEOs and the pay of the typical worker. The SEC rule is part of the Dodd–Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010. Major corporations like Walmart really don't like this, which is why we need your help.Tell the SEC companies must disclose CEO-to-worker pay ratios. 

Two Utah men have been removed as Boy Scouts leaders for toppling a boulder from a Jurassic-era rock formation during a field trip to a state park — while singing and videotaping it.

A father was killed and his 15-year-old son was grazed by a bullet after they responded to an ad on Craigslist this weekend in a deadly robbery that ended Los Angeles’ 10-day streak of no homicides in the city, authorities said.

A student apparently opened fire at a Nevada middle school Monday, killing a teacher and wounding two boys, authorities said. The shooter was left dead.A hospital said that the two boys arrived in critical condition. One was later upgraded to fair.

Two people were killed and two wounded Monday in a shooting at a Nevada middle school, authorities said. A hospital said that it was treating two boys in critical condition with apparent gunshot wounds.

Maine lobstermen are a pretty independent lot, but they are coming together in a union in hopes that their combined strength will help them get better prices for their catch—which is at a 40-year low—and give them more clout in the commercial fishing industry, the state legislature and agencies that regulate the industry.

U.S. construction workers die on the job four times more often than construction workers in the United Kingdom; overall, U.S. workers are killed on the job at three times the rate of UK workers, according to a new study. Stronger workplace safety rules account for a big part of the difference.

A gunman opened fire Monday at a Nevada middle school, and two boys were taken to the hospital with apparent gunshot wounds, authorities said.Police said that the suspect had been “neutralized.”There was no further word on any victims at the school, Sparks Middle, outside Reno.