Discovery Channel building held up in armed hostage situation

A hostage situation is underway at the Discovery Communications building after an armed man reportedly walked into the lobby with explosives, Montgomery County Police say. Police say the man walked into the lobby around 1 p.m. Wednesday. The man may have at least one hostage. Multiple witnesses reported shots being fired, CBS radio affiliate WTOP reports. Read the full article from CBS News.

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Ala. grandmother shoots intruder in her bedroom

A pistol-packing grandmother in northern Alabama believes intruders will think twice before messing with her again. Police say 69-year-old Ethel Jones shot an 18-year-old man in the stomach when she found him inside her bedroom at her home in Decatur. Jones says she sleeps with her gun under a pillow next to her. She says she grabbed it after hearing a door rattle shortly before 3 a.m. Monday. Read the rest from the Associated Press. 

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