2. At least three top Syrian officials have been killed after rebels planted a bomb that ripped through a high-level security meeting in Damascus. Opposition leaders say no one in President Bashar Assad's regime is safe.

 

 

 

3. Police in Alabama say the suspect in a mass shooting at a night club had been fired from his job after a fistfight with a co-worker. It is not clear what role the firing may have played in the shooting incident that wounded 17. Officials say Nathan Van Wilkins had many stresses in his life, including a divorce and a bankruptcy filing.

 

 

 

4. This artwork is straight from a horse's mouth. The 9-year-old horse was introduced to painting by his owner, who noticed him scrawling shapes in the sand with her whip. Justin's work now sells for hundreds of dollars.