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Witnesses Kelly Lay and Mira Sytsma recount the terrifying moments when a man opened fired at Portland-area mall, killing two before turning the gun on himself. (TODAY)

A natural gas explosion levels a strip club and causes damage to surrounding buildings in Springfield, Mass. WHDH's Adam Harding reports. (NBC News)

Rebels say minority Shiite and Alawite Muslims, the groups that have ruled Syria for decades, are being left alone in the carnage inflicted by Syrian troops. NBC's Richard Engel reports. (Nightly News)

Actress Nicollette Sheridan's former "Desperate Housewives" castmates could be asked to testify in court regarding her claim that she was wrongfully terminated after an on-set scuffle with the show's top producer. NBC's Kristen Dahlgren reports. (TODAY)

During the murder trial of University of Virginia lacrosse player George Hugely, witnesses say his drinking was "out of control" and that on the night his girlfriend Yeardley Love died, he "made no sense." NBC's Lilia Luciano reports. (TODAY)

A lawyer for one of the alleged victims of Jerry Sandusky, the former Penn State football coach who now faces 40 counts of child sex abuse, says Sandusky's long New York Times interview raises new questions about whether he may have attempted to influence witnesses just before he got indicted. NBC's Michael Isikoff reports. (TODAY)

30 years after Natalie Wood's mysterious death, investigators question two potential witness who believe the starlet clung to a raft, crying for help, before drowning. NBC's Miguel Almaguer reports. (TODAY)

Witnesses recall Michael Jackson's final hours in what was another powerful day of testimony at the manslaughter trial of Dr. Conrad Murray.  NBC's Jeff Rossen reports. (TODAY)

Casey Anthony, accused of murdering her daughter, has cried, smiled and remained stoic throughout the past 33 days of her trial. Closing arguments should come Sunday. NBC's Kerry Sanders reports. (Nightly News)