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NFL linebacker kills his baby's mother, then
himself as coaches look on
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Jovan Belcher had been a success story, an
underdog done good. An undrafted free agent from
the fringes of the college football universe, he
not only made the Kansas City Chiefs' roster, he
made his mark -- playing every game since
2009. On Saturday, it all came to a bloody
end. Belcher first ended his girlfriend's life,
police said, before taking his own just outside
the front door of the Chiefs' practice facility.
He and the woman he killed left behind a
3-month-old daughter. Why? That much no one knows
or at least has said publicly, beyond that
Belcher and his girlfriend had been fighting of
late.
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  official stressed that the Obama administration
  has not come to a final conclusion about Syria's
  intent.
• Longtime men's college basketball coach Rick
  Majerus, who led Utah to the NCAA final in 1998,
  died Saturday from heart problems. He was 64.
  "Nobody loved basketball and teaching kids more
  that Rick," Saint Louis coach says. Majerus had
  just one losing season in 25 years.
• On Monday, the Vatican revealed the new personal
  Twitter account for Pope Benedict XVI, _at_Pontifex.
  The pontiff officially join millions of people
  around the globe on Twitter. The Pope will answer
  a question in his first tweet December 12.
  Officials said anyone can send in a question via
  the hashtag askpontifex or B16.