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A young man is dead, and an investigation is underway after a shooting inside a Loudoun County, Virginia home. A Sterling homeowner told deputies he shot and killed an intruder early Sunday. The principal at Park View High School says the teen who was killed was Caleb Gordley. There was an assembly at Park View High School on Monday. Facebook was buzzing with people speculating about the cause and the identities of the people involved but we are only releasing information confirmed by police. Here’s what we know: Around 2:30 Sunday morning a man told police that he shot and killed an intruder inside his home in the 45900 block of Pullman Court in Sterling. While our crew was there, investigators returned to the scene and spoke with residents inside the shooter’s home and people from a home two doors down, said to be the victim’s home. Police did not say whether the intruder was armed or if he threatened the residents in some other way, but the homeowner shot and ...

Chinua Achebe in 2008 at Bard College in Annandale-on-Hudson, N.Y., where he was a professor at the time.(Craig Ruttle/Associated Press) LAGOS (Reuters) – Nigerian novelist Chinua Achebe, widely seen as the grandfather of modern African literature, has died at the age of 82.  From the publication of his first novel, “Things Fall Apart”, over 50 years ago, Achebe shaped an understanding of Africa from an African perspective more than any other author.  As a novelist, poet, broadcaster and lecturer, Achebe was a yardstick against which generations of African writers have been judged. For children across Africa, his books have for decades been an eye-opening introduction to the power of literature. Describing Achebe as a “colossus of African writing”, South African President Jacob Zuma expressed sadness at his death. Nelson Mandela, who read Achebe’s work in jail, has called him a writer “in whose company the prison walls fell down.” Achebe’s “Thing...

An escort accused of attacking a man and nearly biting his penis off during a sexual encounter at an Orange County, Florida hotel was arrested on an attempted murder charge this week. Deputies were called to the Crestwood Suites after multiple 911 callers “reported screaming and growling sounds from a room on the second floor” of the hotel. They arrived to find the victim “covered in a significant amount of blood, with numerous bite wounds,” the report states. He was rushed to the Orlando Regional Medical Center trauma center. The man had “significant” bites to his penis and testicles, the report states, as well as damage to his leg, abdomen, chest and fingers. Priscilla Vaughn “was nude, and had blood around her mouth, which had spread to her face and head,” the report states, adding Vaughn “growled and snarled” at deputies. The victim later told deputies his attacker was an escort he’d hired for Monday evening. Af...

Brunswick, Georgia (CNN) -- Two teen boys in this coastal city were under arrest Friday, accused in the fatal shooting of a 13-month-old boy who was in a stroller being pushed by his mother. Aided by a description and a check of school attendance records to determine who was not in classes Thursday, officers searched for the young suspects and took them into custody, police said. The mother told reporters the shooting occurred when one youth demanded money. Police expressed confidence they would find the weapon, believed to be a handgun. Spokesman Todd Rhodes, who described the shooting as "horrific," told CNN's "The Situation Room" on Friday evening that search warrants were being executed in three locations. Chief Tobe Green identified the older suspect as De'Marquise Elkins, 17, and said he will be treated as an adult in criminal proceedings. The 14-year-old was not identified because of his age. Both face first-degree...

By CHRISTINA NG | ABC News  THIS is the dam DEVIL Ohio school shooter TJ Lane spewed vile and unprintable words today at the families of three students he killed, gave them the finger and then laughed and smiled as they described him as an animal and a monster. Lane, 18, got another chuckle when the judge sentenced him to three life terms in prison with no chance for parole. Lane was waiting for a bus to an alternative school when he killed three students during a Feb. 27, 2012 rampage at Chardon High School . Daniel Parmertor , 16, Demetrius Hewlin, 16, and Russell King Jr. , 17, died in the attack. Three other students were injured.   Full coverage of the Chardon High School Shooting Lane arrived at his sentencing hearing today wearing a blue button down shirt. After he sat down, he unbuttoned the shirt to reveal a white T-shirt with the word "killer" emblazoned across the front in black marker. When Lane was given the opportunity to m...

If you have been waiting on some new, unreleased music from Beyonce will be thrilled that a new Baddie track has made it’s way on the internet today.  The song , titled “Bow Down” sounds like it’s just a talk-smack type of track, meant to get a few people talking before she drops the real album. During the first part of the track, Beyonce sings: I know when you were little girls, you dreamed of being in my world Don’t forget it, don’t forget it, Respect that, Bow down b-tches I took some time to live my life, but don’t think I’m just his little wife Don’t get it twisted, get it twisted, this my sh-t, bow down b-tches The beat eventually switches to the track used from her London 02 Arena World Tour Commercial. Her voice has a chopped and screwed effect while she talks about being about that life, running ish and smacking tricks up. “ I heard your boo was talking lip, I told my crew to smack that trick! .” I literally had to clutch my pearls while envisioning Bey in...