Nation IN BRIEF : ARKANSAS : Police Stop 2 Teens, Who Kill Themselves

A pair of runaway boys who made a suicide pact with their 12-year-old girlfriend killed themselves after a state trooper pulled over their stolen car. The trooper grabbed the girl from the car before she could reach the gun to complete the pact, police said. Both boys were infatuated with the girl and all three vowed to kill themselves if they were stopped by authorities, police in Brinkley, Ark., said. Kevin L. Hyde, 15; Joshua G. Rogers, 15; and the 12-year-old, whose identity was not released, stole a car Wednesday after getting into trouble in school earlier in the week in their hometown of Robbinsville, N.C.