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CALIFORNIA: Son guilty in Nazi's slaying

A boy who was 10 when he fatally shot his white supremacist father was convicted Monday of second-degree murder by a judge who said the child knew what he did was wrong. Riverside Superior Court Judge Jean Leonard weighed the severity of the crime versus whether the amount of abuse and neglect suffered by the boy, now 12, played a significant role in the slaying of Jeff Hall, 32, a regional leader of the National Socialist Movement. Leonard noted the boy shot his dad at point-blank range with a .357 Magnum as he slept on a sofa. "This was not a complex killing," said Leonard, who heard the case without a jury. "He thought about the idea and shot his father." Defense attorney Matthew Hardy said because of the abuse his client learned it was acceptable to kill people who were a threat.

5 held in Nordstrom siege

Five people, all of Los Angeles, have been arrested in connection with a takeover robbery at Nordstrom Rack last week in Westchester that included taking 14 employees captive, Los Angeles police said Monday. Among those arrested was Raymond Sherman Jr., 34, on Saturday in Phoenix on suspicion of robbery. He is thought to have sexually assaulted a Nordstrom Rack employee, according to law-enforcement sources. Booked on suspicion of robbery were Troy Marsay Hammock, 29, and Everette Oneal Allen, 24. Rochelle Monique Sherman, 33, and Paula Roneshia Bradley, 29, were arrested on suspicion of being accessories to a crime.

MISSOURI: Dad, 2 sons die on a hike

An outdoors-loving Air Force veteran ventured out with two of his sons for a weekend hike on a remote trail. Clad only in light jackets and sweaters, the three apparently didn't know how rapidly the weather would turn ugly, and that proved deadly. The soaked bodies of David Decareaux, 36, and the two boys -- ages 8 and 10 -- were found on the Ozark Trail on Sunday.