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Bank robber kills self after standoff

A gunman who took a dozen hostages in a suburban Chicago bank after wresting a gun from a police officer Friday died after shooting himself in the head, police said. <p><a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~a/rss/cnn_topstories?a=xzpDkU"><img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~a/rss/cnn_topstories?i=xzpDkU" border="0"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_topstories?a=OL4eL"><img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_topstories?i=OL4eL" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_topstories?a=Wpo5L"><img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_topstories?i=Wpo5L" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_topstories?a=j5MRl"><img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_topstories?i=j5MRl" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_topstories?a=jZJ3L"><img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_topstories?i=jZJ3L" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_topstories?a=n1kOl"><img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_topstories?i=n1kOl" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_topstories/~4/385042871" height="1" width="1"/>