Mo. man acquitted in friend's suicide

Weird case from St. Louis County, where two friends made a suicide pact and went to a conservation area to carry it out in 2008. Jacob Runge allegedly test-fired the gun and then handed it to his friend, Alex Harkins, who killed himself. Runge changed his mind, though, and didn't kill himself, the P-D reports. He was charged after he later led Harkins' parents to the body. Today, Runge has been cleared voluntary manslaughter and armed criminal action charges.