You all know the story. Guy gets dumped by his girlfriend, guy shoots himself in the arm because that's the number one way to get her back, yadda yadda.

Cell phones can provide you with the opportunity to pretend that you're texting or taking an important call when those professional street botherers try to sell you hair salon packages. But did you know they can also stop bullets?

In the beginning frames of Rihanna's new video, she lurks in the shadows at a train station, spots a man in the crowd, raises a gun, and blows his brains out. The lyrics: "I didn't mean to end his life / I know it wasn't right/ I can't even sleep at night / Can't get it off my mind / I need to get out of sight /…

The shooting occurred early this morning at a fraternity house near Ohio's Youngstown State University. Police have identified a suspect but have no one in custody and have no information on whether the suspect acted alone.

Two students were hurt at LA's Gardena High School this morning when a gun apparently went off accidentally inside another student's backpack. The suspected owner of the weapon, a tenth-grader, is in custody.

Ruhpolding, Germany, January 16: Norway's Tora Berger, left, shoots next to Germany's Andrea Henkel during the women's 10 kilometers pursuit race at the Biathlon World Cup competition.

Just a week after being shot, Arizona Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords is breathing on her own! She remains in critical condition but is fighting back hard. Docs have installed a tracheotomy tube and will now look for signs she can speak.

As Rep. Gabrielle Giffords lies in an induced coma, the country's begun to argue about the causes of her brutal shooting — and, less contentiously, to honor those who stepped in to protect her.

Horrible, breaking news: Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords (D-AZ) was shot at close range outside a Safeway grocery store in Tucson while hosting a public event. Update: She's in "very critical" condition.

Allen Robert Reyes, 31, has been arrested for allegedly shooting a woman in the face at a party. A tipster tells us that Allen Robert Reyes is the real name of pickup guru "Gunwitch."

A D.C. college student says a man shot her in the ankle at a party on Sunday. "He told my cousin he was going to shoot at us if I didn't give him my number," she said. [N.Y. Post]

Neuroscientist Amy Bishop — now under investigation for her 1986 shooting of her brother as well as the murder of three of her colleagues — shows that women can be killers. Why is everyone so surprised?

Investigation into the Fort Hood massacre raises a troubling question: Why did initial accounts make Sgt. Kimberly Munley sound like the hero of the day, and downplay the role of her partner, Senior Sgt. Mark Todd?

The man suspected of shooting a Wesleyan University student turned himself in yesterday. Police say he was stalking his victim and planned to go on a shooting spree, targeting both Jews and Wesleyan students.

Yesterday afternoon, a disguised gunman shot and killed Wesleyan University student Johanna Justin-Jinich, who was working at a local bookstore. Police have advised students to stay indoors, as the shooter is still at large.