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adults. Police say the gunman killed his mother before heading to the school and committed suicide afterward.
• People with bouquets of flowers, teddy bears and cameras walked along the closed road to the makeshift memorial near the school. Mark Burkhart brought his wife and daughter from Wingdale, N.Y., to pay their respects.
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Police: Idaho Sen. Crapo arrested in northern Virginia, charged with DUI

• ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) -- Idaho Sen. Michael Crapo was arrested early Sunday morning and charged with driving under the influence in a Washington, D.C., suburb, authorities said.
• Police in Alexandria, Va., said Sunday that the three-term Republican was pulled over after his vehicle ran a red light. Police spokesman Jody Donaldson said Crapo failed field sobriety tests and was arrested at about 12:45 a.m. He was transported to the Alexandria jail and released on an unsecured $1,000 bond at about 5 a.m.
• "There was no refusal (to take blood alcohol tests), no accident, no injuries," Donaldson said. "Just a traffic stop that resulted in a DUI."
• Police said Crapo, who was alone in his vehicle, registered a blood alcohol level of .11 percent. The legal limit in Virginia, which has strict drunken driving laws, is .08 percent.
• The 61-year-old Crapo (KRAY'-poh) has a Jan. 4 court date.
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Lawmakers worry 'fiscal cliff' deal elusive; some predict small-scale patch may be only option

• WASHINGTON (AP) -- With anxiety rising as the country lurches towards a "fiscal cliff," lawmakers are increasingly skeptical about a possible deal and some predict the best possibility would be a small-scale patch because time is running out before the yearend deadline.
• Sen. Joe Lieberman predicted Sunday: "We're going to spend New Year's Eve here, I believe."
• Even those who see the possibility of a deal don't expect a lot.
• Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison, R-Texas, said she expects "it is going to be a patch because in four days we can't solve everything."
• With the collapse Thursday of House Speaker John Boehner's plan to allow tax

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