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(AP) The 13 people killed when an Army psychiatrist allegedly opened fire on fellow soldiers at Fort Hood, Texas, included several people who shared the same profession as the alleged shooter, a father of three with ties to Laos whose family had a history of military service, a civilian who had ...

Some saw trouble ahead with Hasan

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(AP) In retrospect, the signs of Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan's growing anger over the U.S. wars in Iraq and Afghanistan seem unmistakable. But even people who worried his increasingly strident views were clouding his ability to serve the U.S. military could not predict the murderous rampage of which he now stands ...

Ida becomes hurricane a 2nd time off Mexico coast

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(AP) Ida grew into a hurricane for a second time as it roared over the Caribbean on a path that could take it between Mexico's resort-studded Yucatan Peninsula and Cuba before heading for the southern United States.Tour operators and fishermen along Mexico's Caribbean coast, including Cancun, pulled their boats out of ...

Mexico issues hurricane warning as Ida approaches

1 hour, 16 minutes ago

(AP) The U.S. National Hurricane Center says Mexico has issued a hurricane warning for parts of the Yucatan Peninsula as Ida nears the popular resort town of Cancun.The Miami-based center says the warning is in effect from Playa del Carmen to Cabo Catoche, including Cancun and Cozumel.It says winds have picked ...

Health

House narrowly passes health care reform legislation

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(AP) WASHINGTON — In a victory for President Barack Obama, the Democratic-controlled House narrowly passed landmark health care legislation Saturday night to expand coverage to tens of millions who lack it and place tough new restrictions on the insurance industry. Republican opposition was nearly unanimous. The 220-215 vote cleared the way ...

General

Ida becomes hurricane as it nears Cancun, Mexico

3 hours, 39 minutes ago

(AP) Ida has strengthened to a hurricane over the Caribbean as it nears Cancun, Mexico.Forecaster Todd Kimberlain with the the U.S. National Hurricane Center in Miami says Ida's winds have picked up to 75 mph (120 kph).The storm is expected to pass between Mexico and Cuba on Sunday, with its center ...

Murder case a glimpse into stresses of caretaking

3 hours, 39 minutes ago

(AP) The scenes seared into the minds of those who know Bobby Yurkanin differed only in place: Whether in the pool, around the dinner table or at the bowling alley, he was the 50-something man whose life had long before been handed over to the sickness of his parents. Always his ...

Police: 1 killed, 2 injured in shooting near Vail

3 hours, 39 minutes ago

(AP) The police chief in Vail says one person has been killed and two injured in a shooting at a bar near the Colorado ski resort town.Police Chief Dwight Henniger said Saturday night that authorities took one person into custody after the shooting at the Sandbar in West Vail.Bar patron Nancy ...

Va. Tech advises Army on Texas shootings response

6 hours, 48 minutes ago

(AP) Virginia Tech administrators have been advising Pentagon officials on how to respond to the mass shootings at Fort Hood.University spokesman Mark Owczarski (oh-ZAR-skee) says that Virginia Tech President Charles Steger (STEE-ger) and about a dozen administrators had a teleconference with Pentagon officials Friday.He says Pentagon officials asked for guidance on ...

Talks in Philadelphia transit strike break off

7 hours, 15 minutes ago

(AP) Negotiations aimed at ending a transit strike in Philadelphia broke off Saturday night with Pennsylvania's governor calling on the union to let its members vote on the transit authority's offer."In my 32 years in government, I have never been more disappointed by a negotiation than I am right now tonight," ...

Army: Officer shot at Fort Hood in good condition

7 hours, 41 minutes ago

(AP) Authorities say one of the officers who has been hailed as a hero in the Fort Hood massacre has had a second surgery and is grateful for all the good wishes.Sgt. Kimberly Munley was injured during the shooting rampage at the Texas post that she has been credited with helping ...

Union leader says Philly transit strike will go on

7 hours, 42 minutes ago

(AP) The president of Philadelphia's largest transit union says it will continue to strike and its members will not be back to work Monday morning.Willie Brown says his union has agreed only on proposed wages in a contract presented by the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority. He says that the union wants ...

Army: Shooting suspect taken off ventilator

7 hours, 42 minutes ago

(AP) A U.S. Army spokesman says the man authorities say went on a shooting spree at Fort Hood has been taken off a ventilator but still remains in intensive care at a military hospital.Spokesman Col. John Rossi told reporters on Saturday at Fort Hood that he is not sure if Maj. ...

NY vigil marks immigrant's hate-crime killing

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(AP) Dozens of people are holding a candlelight vigil on Long Island to mark the one-year anniversary of the stabbing death of Ecuadorean immigrant Marcelo Lucero.Lucero was fatally attacked by what prosecutors called a "lynch mob" near the Patchogue (PACH'-awg) train station last Nov. 8.Seven teenagers have been charged in the ...

Governor: Talks in transit strike have broken off

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(AP) Gov. Ed Rendell says a negotiations in Philadelphia's transit strike have broken off.Early Saturday evening, Rendell called for members of the city's largest transit union to vote on a contract proposal presented by the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority.Rendell announced late Friday night that a tentative agreement has been reached to ...