After shooting several people at the home of his former in-laws, police say Bruce Jeffrey Pardo, dressed as Santa Claus, sprayed gasoline in the home. The house exploded, and he suffered third-degree burns. That’s why, police say, Pardo decided to kill himself rather than use the airline ticket to Canada that was in his pocket.

Investigators won’t know until next week the cause of death of Thierry de la Villehuchet, a hedge fund adviser whose firm reportedly lost .5 billion investing with Bernard Madoff.

A former Utah cop is suspected in at least three of Monday’s four rush-hour shootings near Dallas, Texas — including one fatal attack, police said. The suspect, Brian Smith, tried to commit suicide after the shootings and was in a hospital in serious condition, police said.

A 9 mm handgun, a rifle, ammunition and blood-stained jeans were confiscated during a search of the New Jersey home of Giants wide receiver Plaxico Burress, police said. Burress faces gun charges after accidentally shooting himself in the leg at a Manhattan nightclub. He has been suspended from regular season play.

Five of six men were found guilty Monday of plotting to kill U.S. soldiers at Fort Dix in New Jersey.

A construction company and three supervisors were indicted on manslaughter and related charges in the deaths of two firefighters battling a 2007 blaze at the Deutsche Bank building in lower Manhattan. Joseph Graffagnino and Robert Beddia were trapped in a smoke-filled stairway.

Lillo Brancato Jr., an actor who appeared in “The Sopranos,” was acquitted of the 2005 killing an off-duty New York City police officer but found guilty of attempted burglary.

Sherry Johnston, whose son is having a baby with the daughter of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, was arrested Thursday on drug charges, Alaska State Police said.

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Now that Caylee Anthony’s remains have been identified, the search for the Florida toddler turns into a prosecution of her mother. Although Orange County, Florida, Medical Examiner Jan Garavaglia said Friday she could not determine how Caylee died, she concluded the death was a homicide.