1.Maryland police say shots were fired and an inmate is dead after escaping from a hospital, taking a guard's gun then shooting a driver in the head before driving off. Police say the driver was not seriously injured by Kelvin Poke.

2.A team from Scotland Yard will help Pakistan investigate the assassination of former Premier Benazir Bhutto. President Pervez Musharraf is blaming terrorists for the shooting. Pakistan is resisting calls that UN commission investigate what happened.

3.In Texas, a charter bus passenger is dead after a bus veered off a highway and flipped onto its side, injuring dozens of others. The bus was travelling from Monterrey, Mexico to Houston.

4.Eddie Murphy celebrated New Year's Day by tying the knot, marrying film producer Tracey Edmonds. They exchange vows on a private island off Bora Bora in French Polynesia.