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The state Supreme Court said in an order on Monday that a September date has been set for the execution of Gaile Owens, one of two women on Tennessee's death row.

The (Nashville) Tennessean reported on Monday that if the sentence is carried out Sept. 28 as scheduled, Owens would be the first woman executed in Tennessee since 1820.

U. S. and Iraqi leaders announced on Monday that two Iraqi al-Qaida leaders have been killed in a U. S. air-strike.

Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki said that the bodies of the two al-Qaida leaders were found in a ditch after the Saturday air-strike.

Former U. S. President Bill Clinton has said that Violence or the threat of it is the "bright line" that must never be crossed in disagreements over public policy.

Police has said that a gunman shot three women, one fatally, at a Knoxville, Tenn., hospital Monday afternoon before killing himself.

The two surviving victims of the 4:30 p. m. shooting at Parkwest Medical Center were taken to the University of Tennessee Medical Center, the Knoxville News Sentinel has reported. Their conditions were not reported.

The newspaper further said that Police found the body of a man lying on the sidewalk at the entrance to the patient discharge area and SWAT teams went room by room of the facility to make sure there weren't any suspects.

Knoxville Police Chief Sterling P. Owen IV said, "We have cleared the hospital and there do not appear to be any other suspects out there."

The launch of the HTC Legend in India was announced today by HTC Corporation, a global designer of smartphones. The main aim of HTC Legend is to take Android to the next level with the enhanced HTC Sense experience.

The HTC Legend, with sleek uni-body design and a brushed metallic finish, sports a unique design with a smooth, continuous surface, machined from a single aluminum block into a seamless compact frame. The HTC Legend includes a stunning 3.2 inch, OLED HVGA display to complement its looks. Surrounded by a narrow button to improve usability without interrupting its unique design, the traditional trackball has also been replaced with an optical joystick.

According to official reports, a U. S. Senate subcommittee Monday subpoenaed Attorney General Eric Holder and Defense Secretary Robert Gates to testify about the Fort Hood, Texas, shooting.

ABC News has reported that the subpoenas, to appear before the Senate Homeland Security Committee April 27, were issued by Chairman Joe Lieberman, Ind-Conn., and Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, the ranking Republican on the committee.