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The hostage situation in Sydney finally came to an end Monday after about 16 hours. Police stormed Lindt Chocolate Cafe at Martin Place when they heard a gun go off, and then the hostages ran out. Three people were killed, including the gunman, and some were injured, Sydney's Seven News reported. However, 15 out of the 17 hostages made it out alive, The Sydney Morning Herald reported.

This is one of those stories we hear about quite a bit. A guy in Massachusetts went to an auction and paid $40 for an old desk. According to officials from the auction house, Kelley Auctions, they see this type of desk every day. They're extremely common. But the one thing that wasn't common about this desk is what was left inside, WCVB-TV reported.

High school football is a pretty big deal in many parts of the U.S. Michigan is no exception.

Here's a tale of possibly the easiest arrest a police officer has ever made.

There was a time when women couldn't vote and their place was in the home. The crazy thing is that it wasn't all that long ago.

7News Sydney's Peter Steer was on his way to report on an incident in Australia where a man broke into a woman's home, injuring her and then fleeing on his motorcycle. While en route to the crime scene, a man on a motorcycle flagged him down and confessed to the crime on camera!

Poor Sarina Fazan. On Election Day, she was simply trying to do a news report for Tampa Bay's WFTS-TV on the Florida gubernatorial race between Republican Gov. Rick Scott and Democratic challenger Charlie Crist, Florida's former governor.

Mistakes happen when you record the news live. Most of the time it's no big deal, but sometimes something glorious happens.

Here's some advice for anyone who works in a field where microphones are used: Always assume the microphone is on and people can hear you. The reporter on this newscast didn't heed that advice and the results were devastating for one person.

Guess you could say this forecast called for a bark-tic chill.

Local reporters often get a bad rap for generally being terrible, and rightfully so. Jared Goodell, though, wasn't going to stand for the establishment shutting his reporting down.

Over the weekend, Free Beer was at his parent's house and came across a box of old stuff from the early days of "The Free Beer & Hot Wings Morning Show."