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• PARAMUS, N.J. (AP) -- A 20-year-old man suspected of firing multiple shots and causing a lockdown at New Jersey's largest shopping mall has been found dead of a self-inflicted wound, authorities said Tuesday.
• Bergen County Prosecutor John Molinelli said the body of Richard Shoop, 20, of Teaneck was found in a back area of the Garden State Plaza mall in Paramus. He said Shoop killed himself with the same weapon he used at the mall and that a note was found.
• There were no other injuries.
• Paramus Police Kenneth Ehrenberg said Shoop's body was discovered around 3:20 a.m. Tuesday deep within a lower level of the mall that is not a public area. Shoop did not work at the mall, he said, and police are still seeking a motive for the shooting.
• Chaos erupted shortly before the mall's 9:30 p.m. closing time on Monday when authorities said a man dressed in black and wearing what is believed to be a motorcycle helmet fired shots. There were no injuries.
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• DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) -- Big judgments about the direction of the country will have to wait on this Election Day as voters around the country express opinions on a couple of governors' races, several mayoral races and a host of local issues.
• Among the contests around the country Tuesday are governor's races in Virginia and New Jersey, and such questions as how best to turn the page in San Diego's scandal-ridden mayor's office and whether to spend more than $217 million to revive Houston's shuttered Astrodome.
• From ballot initiatives to mayor's races, these off-year elections will shed virtually no light on how the American public feels about today's two biggest national debates -- spending and health care. Those will have to be addressed in next fall's midterm elections.
• Here's a look at some of the more interesting matters on which voters will render judgment:

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