1. She also asked President Obama to end the standoff without further delay.

2. He says police have swept the area where the standoff took place and found no explosives.

3. Police have surrounded the building and the standoff has continued into the night.

4. At least the standoff has brought people together in one place, he said.

5. He was killed Wednesday in a standoff with French police.

6. Almost as surprising was the resolution to the standoff late Saturday evening.

7. The prospect that the standoff would end sent markets sharply higher.

8. The standoff spurred a day of negotiations that ended in a resolution.

9. Dozens of people were killed in weeks of sporadic fighting before the standoff eased.

10. The tense standoff became a rallying point for those who pointed to the action as federal overreach.

11. The standoff was still ongoing early Thursday morning.

12. One officer in riot gear stood behind a squad car in a standoff with a group of young demonstrators.

13. The standoff forced temporary delays of commuter trains that share the same tracks.

14. They called for backup, and the standoff began.

15. Reid also signaled that the stakes in the standoff had risen.