http://news.aol.com Latest News Articles From AOL News Copyright 2005 America Online, Inc. Sat, 07 Nov 2009 21:49:53 GMT AOLNews, LLC 2009-11-07T21:49:53Z Copyright 2005 America Online, Inc. http://www.aolcdn.com/dynanews/aolnewslogo_small http://news.aol.com AOL News! http://news.aol.com/article/house-preps-for-weekend-health-care-vote/742849 President Barack Obama is traveling to Capitol Hill on Saturday to try to close the sale on his signature health care overhaul, facing a make-or-break vote in the House certain to be seen as a test of his presidency. Health News National News Political News Sat, 07 Nov 2009 21:18:50 GMT 742849 2009-11-07T21:18:50Z <a name="742849"></a><div class="hentry a742849" reltag="Health News"> <h3 class="entry-title "><a rel="bookmark" href="http://news.aol.com/article/house-preps-for-weekend-health-care-vote/742849">Health Care Hinges on Saturday Vote</a></h3> <h4 class="byline"> <span class="posted"><abbr class="synpAbbr" title="2009-11-07T16:18:50Z">posted:<span class="bylinDt"> 31 MINUTES AGO</span><!-- trri: trriAppID=dynanews --><!-- trri: trriCategory=news-news-article --><!-- trri: trriAssetType=articles --><!-- trri: trriObjectURI=757360 --><!-- trri: trriItemOverrideUrl= -->comments:<span class="cmnt"> <a href="http://news.aol.com/article/house-preps-for-weekend-health-care-vote/742849#Comments">3775</a></span></abbr></span></h4> <h4 class="byline"> <span class="filedUnder">filed under: <a href="http://news.aol.com/health">Health News</a>, <a href="http://news.aol.com/nation">National News</a>, <a href="http://news.aol.com/main/politics">Political News</a></span></h4> <div class="entry-summary"><!-- Enhancement List size = 2 --><!-- adding key 2.1 --><!-- adding key 2.2 --> <div class="synpTxt">Congress begins debating a bill that would overhaul the nation's health care system. A vote is scheduled for late Saturday. President Barack Obama visits Capitol Hill to rally Democrats during the rare weekend session.</div> <!-- enhAlign: Centered, enhSize: Large--> <!-- enhAlign Number: 3, enhSize Number: 3--> <a href="#axs174" style="display:block;position:absolute;left:-3000px;">Skip over this content</a> <div class="enhanCenter"> <div class="enhanCenterInner enhanLarge enhanCmn"><!-- contentType = html--><!-- column slot = synopsis_paragraph_2_1--><br clear=all><div class="left"> <iframe src="http://webcenter.polls.aol.com/modular.jsp?template=1381&view=179893&pollId=180185&channel=aol_us_news3" frameborder="0" width="205" height="185"></iframe></div> <div class="right"> <iframe src="http://webcenter.polls.aol.com/modular.jsp?template=1381&view=179894&pollId=180186&channel=aol_us_news3" frameborder="0" width="205" height="185"></iframe></div> <br clear=all> </div> </div> <a name="axs174"></a> <!-- enhAlign: Centered, enhSize: Large--> <!-- enhAlign Number: 3, enhSize Number: 3--> <a href="#axs934" style="display:block;position:absolute;left:-3000px;">Skip over this content</a> <div class="enhanCenter"> <div class="enhanCenterInner enhanLarge enhanCmn"><!-- contentType = html--><!-- column slot = synopsis_paragraph_2_2--><center><h1>House Leaders Face Off on Bill: <br><a href="http://www.sphere.com/2009/11/06/opinion-the-more-the-public-knows-about-our-reform-the-more-th/ " target="_blank">Case for It </a> | <a href="http://www.sphere.com/2009/11/06/opinion-democrats-health-care-bill-will-destroy-millions-of-jo/" target="_blank">Case Against It</a></h1></center> </div> </div> <a name="axs934"></a> <div class="entry-permalink"> <a rel="bookmark" href="http://news.aol.com/article/house-preps-for-weekend-health-care-vote/742849">Full Coverage</a></div> </div> <div class="synpRatng"> <div class="synpVot"> <a href="http://news.aol.com/article/house-preps-for-weekend-health-care-vote/742849#MustRead"> <span class="synpMstRd">Must Read:</span> <span class="thmbsUp">0%</span> <span class="thmbsDwn">0%</span> </a> </div><a class="addthis_button_email" href="javascript: void(0)" onclick="shareOperation(2, 'http://news.aol.com/article/house-preps-for-weekend-health-care-vote/742849', 'Health Care Hinges on Saturday Vote');"><span class="emai">Email</span></a><a href="http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php" style="text-decoration:none;" onmouseover="return addthis_open(this, '', 'http://news.aol.com/article/house-preps-for-weekend-health-care-vote/742849', 'Health Care Hinges on Saturday Vote');" onmouseout="addthis_close();" onclick="return addthis_sendto();"><img src="http://o.aolcdn.com/art/ch_news/plussym12x12" border="0" alt="Share" /><span class="share">Share</span></a> <a class="nbdr" href="http://news.aol.com/article/house-preps-for-weekend-health-care-vote/742849#Comments"><span class="synpCmnt">Comments (3775)</span></a> </div></div> http://news.aol.com/article/profiles-of-fort-hood-shooting-victims/756775 The 13 people killed when an Army psychiatrist allegedly opened fire on fellow soldiers at Fort Hood, Texas, included a pregnant woman who was preparing to return home, a man who quit a furniture company job to join the military about a year ago, a newlywed who had served in Iraq and a woman who had vowed to take on Osama bin Laden after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. Here is a look at some of the victims. National News Sat, 07 Nov 2009 21:43:33 GMT 756775 2009-11-07T21:43:33Z <a name="756775"></a><div class="hentry a756775" reltag="National News"> <h3 class="entry-title "><a rel="bookmark" href="http://news.aol.com/article/profiles-of-fort-hood-shooting-victims/756775">Portraits Emerge of Shooting Victims</a></h3> <h4 class="byline"> <span class="posted"><abbr class="synpAbbr" title="2009-11-07T16:43:33Z">posted:<span class="bylinDt"> 6 MINUTES AGO</span><!-- trri: trriAppID=dynanews --><!-- trri: trriCategory=news-news-article --><!-- trri: trriAssetType=articles --><!-- trri: trriObjectURI=757360 --><!-- trri: trriItemOverrideUrl= -->comments:<span class="cmnt"> <a href="http://news.aol.com/article/profiles-of-fort-hood-shooting-victims/756775#Comments">355</a></span></abbr></span></h4> <h4 class="byline"> <span class="filedUnder">filed under: <a href="http://news.aol.com/nation">National News</a></span></h4> <div class="entry-summary"><!-- Enhancement List size = 1 --><!-- adding key 1.1 --> <!-- enhAlign: Centered, enhSize: Large--> <!-- enhAlign Number: 3, enhSize Number: 3--> <a href="#axs35" style="display:block;position:absolute;left:-3000px;">Skip over this content</a> <div class="enhanCenter"> <div class="enhanCenterInner enhanLarge enhanCmn"><!-- contentType = html--><!-- column slot = synopsis_paragraph_1_1--><script src='http://www.aolcdn.com/keyexp/kits/ke_kits.js' type='text/javascript' language='javascript' charset='utf-8'></script> <!-- START KE KIT --> <div name="ke_kit"> <div id="news-news_forthood_victims" version="2.0" type="013" style="display:none;"> <div id="news-news_forthood_victims-launcher"></div> <div class="ke_kit_settings"> <div id="news-news_forthood_victims-ad" width="300" height="250" type="I" rate="1" magicnumber="93244038"></div> <div id="news-news_forthood_victims-link" placement="1424748" domain="1380767" rate="5"> <div name="url"></div> </div> <div id="news-news_forthood_victims-swf" width="640" height="618" bgcolor="#ffffff" version="9.0.115" > <div name="appConfigURL">http://xml.channel.aol.com/xmlpublisher/fetch.v2.xml?option=expand_relative_urls&dataUrlNodes=uiConfig,feedConfig,localizationConfig,entry&id=768253&pid=768252&uts=1257547291</div> <div name="mmxOverride"></div> <div name="swfWrapper">http://www.aolcdn.com/ke/media_gallery/v1/ke_media_gallery_wrapper.swf</div> </div> <div id="news-news_forthood_victims-css" dynamicslide="/ajax/photogallery/gatphotoKE.jsp?id=25521&feedtype=0&index=1" size="456t" photonumber="0" numimages="9" baseimageurl="http://o.aolcdn.com/photo-hub/" imageurl="http://o.aolcdn.com/photo-hub/news_gallery/6/3/637024/1257541546937.JPEG" dims="http://o.aolcdn.com/dims/PGMC/5/193/269/90/" showdisclaimertext="" css_notitle="" css_title="#333333" css_caption="#333333" css_disclaimer="#565656" css_container="" css_border="#ededed" css_photowell="#ededed" css_photoholder="#ffffff" css_buttons="#7e7e7e" css_btnover="#252525" css_scroll="#7e7e7e" css_margins="107,0,193,269,408,269,0,0"> <div name="title">Fort Hood Shooting Victims</div> <div name="caption">Spc. <b>Jason Dean Hunt</b>, 22, was one 13 people killed n the Fort Hood massacre. Hunt, from Frederick, Okla., joined the military after graduating from high school in 2005. He had served 3 1/2 years in the Army, including a stint in Iraq, and had just gotten married two months ago. Known as "J.D.," Hunt was "a very quiet boy who enjoyed video games," said his mother, Gale Hunt.</div> <div name="credit">Family photo / AP</div> <div name="source">Family photo / AP</div> <div name="disclaimertext"></div> </div> </div> </div> <script>oKExp.start("news-news_forthood_victims");</script> </div> <!-- END KE KIT --> </div> </div> <a name="axs35"></a> <div class="entry-permalink"> <a rel="bookmark" href="http://news.aol.com/article/profiles-of-fort-hood-shooting-victims/756775">Full Coverage</a></div> </div> <div class="synpRatng"> <div class="synpVot"> <a href="http://news.aol.com/article/profiles-of-fort-hood-shooting-victims/756775#MustRead"> <span class="synpMstRd">Must Read:</span> <span class="thmbsUp">0%</span> <span class="thmbsDwn">0%</span> </a> </div><a class="addthis_button_email" href="javascript: void(0)" onclick="shareOperation(2, 'http://news.aol.com/article/profiles-of-fort-hood-shooting-victims/756775', 'Portraits Emerge of Shooting Victims');"><span class="emai">Email</span></a><a href="http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php" style="text-decoration:none;" onmouseover="return addthis_open(this, '', 'http://news.aol.com/article/profiles-of-fort-hood-shooting-victims/756775', 'Portraits Emerge of Shooting Victims');" onmouseout="addthis_close();" onclick="return addthis_sendto();"><img src="http://o.aolcdn.com/art/ch_news/plussym12x12" border="0" alt="Share" /><span class="share">Share</span></a> <a class="nbdr" href="http://news.aol.com/article/profiles-of-fort-hood-shooting-victims/756775#Comments"><span class="synpCmnt">Comments (355)</span></a> </div></div> http://news.aol.com/article/web-pages-links-missing-daughter-dad/757743 After 30 years of looking for his daughter April-- after spending tens of thousands of dollars and beeing hoodwinked more than once -- Dr. Scott Becker finally found the woman he last saw as an infant, all thanks to the Web site, "Scott Becker looking for April." Sat, 07 Nov 2009 20:48:20 GMT 757743 2009-11-07T20:48:20Z <a name="757743"></a><div class="hentry a757743" reltag=""> <h3 class="entry-title "><a rel="bookmark" href="http://news.aol.com/article/web-pages-links-missing-daughter-dad/757743">Web Page Links Long Lost Daughter, Dad</a></h3> <h4 class="byline"> <span class="posted"><abbr class="synpAbbr" title="2009-11-07T15:48:20Z">posted:<span class="bylinDt"> 1 HOUR 1 MINUTE AGO</span><!-- trri: trriAppID=dynanews --><!-- trri: trriCategory=news-news-article --><!-- trri: trriAssetType=articles --><!-- trri: trriObjectURI=757360 --><!-- trri: trriItemOverrideUrl= -->comments:<span class="cmnt"> 0</span></abbr></span></h4> <div class="entry-summary"><!-- Enhancement List size = 1 --><!-- adding key 2.1 --> <div class="synpTxt">Almost a decade ago Dr. Scott Becker created a simple Web page, just in case the daughter he hadn't seen since her infancy 30 years ago tried to find him. 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National News Weather News Sat, 07 Nov 2009 20:33:27 GMT 754444 2009-11-07T20:33:27Z <a name="754444"></a><div class="hentry a754444" reltag="National News"> <h3 class="entry-title "><a rel="bookmark" href="http://news.aol.com/article/tropical-storm-ida-gains-strength-in/754444">Ida Gains Strength in Caribbean</a></h3> <h4 class="byline"> <span class="posted"><abbr class="synpAbbr" title="2009-11-07T15:33:27Z">posted:<span class="bylinDt"> 1 HOUR 16 MINUTES AGO</span><!-- trri: trriAppID=dynanews --><!-- trri: trriCategory=news-news-article --><!-- trri: trriAssetType=articles --><!-- trri: trriObjectURI=757360 --><!-- trri: trriItemOverrideUrl= -->comments:<span class="cmnt"> <a href="http://news.aol.com/article/tropical-storm-ida-gains-strength-in/754444#Comments">38</a></span></abbr></span></h4> <h4 class="byline"> <span class="filedUnder">filed under: <a href="http://news.aol.com/nation">National News</a>, <a href="http://news.aol.com/main/weather">Weather News</a></span></h4> <div class="entry-summary"><!-- Enhancement List size = 1 --><!-- adding key 2.1 --> <div class="synpTxt">Tropical storm Ida rapidly gains strength over Caribbean waters, spurring storm warnings for parts of Mexico and Cuba. 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Jason Rodriguez, 40, surrendered about three hours later, after officers saw him through the window of his mother's home and asked him to come outside, Orlando Police Chief Val Demings said. Asked by a reporter outside the police station why he did it, he replied: "Because they left me to rot." Crime News National News Sat, 07 Nov 2009 18:34:34 GMT 756593 2009-11-07T18:34:34Z <a name="756593"></a><div class="hentry a756593" reltag="Crime News"> <h3 class="entry-title "><a rel="bookmark" href="http://news.aol.com/article/1-dead-5-wounded-at-orlando-office/756593">Alleged Florida Shooter's Mom Apologizes</a></h3> <h4 class="byline"> <span class="posted"><abbr class="synpAbbr" title="2009-11-07T13:34:34Z">posted:<span class="bylinDt"> 3 HOURS 15 MINUTES AGO</span><!-- trri: trriAppID=dynanews --><!-- trri: trriCategory=news-news-article --><!-- trri: trriAssetType=articles --><!-- trri: trriObjectURI=757360 --><!-- trri: trriItemOverrideUrl= -->comments:<span class="cmnt"> <a href="http://news.aol.com/article/1-dead-5-wounded-at-orlando-office/756593#Comments">1605</a></span></abbr></span></h4> <h4 class="byline"> <span class="filedUnder">filed under: <a href="http://news.aol.com/main/crime">Crime News</a>, <a href="http://news.aol.com/nation">National News</a></span></h4> <div class="entry-summary"><!-- Enhancement List size = 1 --><!-- adding key 1.1 --> <!-- enhAlign: Left, Wrap, enhSize: Small--> <!-- enhAlign Number: 1, enhSize Number: 1--> <a href="#axs956" style="display:block;position:absolute;left:-3000px;">Skip over this content</a> <div class="enhanLeftWrap"> <div class="enhanLeftWrapInner enhanSmall enhanCmn"><!-- contentType = html--><!-- column slot = synopsis_paragraph_1_1--><div class="enhanPhoto"><img src="http://o.aolcdn.com/photo-hub/news_gallery/6/3/637074/1257616456862.JPEG" alt="Jason Rodriguez" width="186" height="124" /> <div class="credit">AP</div></div> </div> </div> <a name="axs956"></a> <div class="synpTxt">The mother of a man suspected of killing one person and injuring five others at a Florida office building apologizes for the rampage. Meanwhile Jason Rodriguez, 40, sans tie, makes a brief court appearance. A judge orders him held without bail. Rodriguez allegedly opened fire at the engineering firm that had dismissed him more than two years ago.</div> <div class="entry-permalink"> <a rel="bookmark" href="http://news.aol.com/article/1-dead-5-wounded-at-orlando-office/756593">Full Coverage</a></div> </div> <div class="synpRatng"> <div class="synpVot"> <a href="http://news.aol.com/article/1-dead-5-wounded-at-orlando-office/756593#MustRead"> <span class="synpMstRd">Must Read:</span> <span class="thmbsUp">0%</span> <span class="thmbsDwn">0%</span> </a> </div><a class="addthis_button_email" href="javascript: void(0)" onclick="shareOperation(2, 'http://news.aol.com/article/1-dead-5-wounded-at-orlando-office/756593', 'Alleged Florida Shooters Mom Apologizes');"><span class="emai">Email</span></a><a href="http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php" style="text-decoration:none;" onmouseover="return addthis_open(this, '', 'http://news.aol.com/article/1-dead-5-wounded-at-orlando-office/756593', 'Alleged Florida Shooters Mom Apologizes');" onmouseout="addthis_close();" onclick="return addthis_sendto();"><img src="http://o.aolcdn.com/art/ch_news/plussym12x12" border="0" alt="Share" /><span class="share">Share</span></a> <a class="nbdr" href="http://news.aol.com/article/1-dead-5-wounded-at-orlando-office/756593#Comments"><span class="synpCmnt">Comments (1605)</span></a> </div></div> http://www.sphere.com/2009/11/06/did-we-domesticate-dogs-or-did-dogs-domesticate-us/ A new book by two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning science journalist Jon Franklin concludes that man's best friends may have been responsible for our emergence as the alpha dogs of the animal kingdom. Animal News Science News Sat, 07 Nov 2009 12:50:50 GMT 757612 2009-11-07T12:50:50Z <a name="757612"></a><div class="hentry a757612" reltag="Animal News"> <div class="synpTtlArt"><img src="http://www.aolcdn.com/aolnews/sphereeyebrow" alt="Sphere" title="Sphere" /></div> <h3 class="entry-title TtlArt"><a rel="bookmark" href="http://www.sphere.com/2009/11/06/did-we-domesticate-dogs-or-did-dogs-domesticate-us/">Did Dogs Domesticate Humans?</a></h3> <h4 class="byline"> <span class="posted"><abbr class="synpAbbr" title="2009-11-07T07:50:50Z">posted:<span class="bylinDt"> 8 HOURS 59 MINUTES AGO</span></abbr></span></h4> <h4 class="byline"> <span class="filedUnder">filed under: <a href="http://news.aol.com/main/animals">Animal News</a>, <a href="http://news.aol.com/science">Science News</a></span></h4> <div class="entry-summary"><!-- Enhancement List size = 1 --><!-- adding key 1.1 --> <!-- enhAlign: Right, Wrap, enhSize: Medium--> <!-- enhAlign Number: 4, enhSize Number: 2--> <a href="#axs336" style="display:block;position:absolute;left:-3000px;">Skip over this content</a> <div class="enhanRightWrap"> <div class="enhanRightWrapInner enhanMedium enhanCmn"><!-- contentType = html--><!-- column slot = synopsis_paragraph_1_1--><iframe src="http://webcenter.polls.aol.com/modular.jsp?template=1381&view=179892&pollId=180184&channel=aol_us_news2" frameborder="0" width="205" height="185"></iframe> </div> </div> <a name="axs336"></a> <div class="synpTxt">Twenty years of research convinced Pulitzer Prize-winning science journalist Jon Franklin that people wouldn't be where they are today if it weren't for our four-legged panting friends. Some doubt his conclusions, likening him to a dyslexic churchgoer. But others support his findings. </div> <div class="entry-permalink"> <a rel="bookmark" href="http://www.sphere.com/2009/11/06/did-we-domesticate-dogs-or-did-dogs-domesticate-us/">Full Coverage</a></div> </div><div class="synpShrHide"></div></div> http://news.aol.com/article/exonerated-florida-man-seeks-cash-for-27/755831 No bars or razor wire hold former Florida inmate No. 082629. Instead, William Dillon sits on furniture the color of ripe lemons, surrounded by cheerful animal statues and blooming plants, a prisoner no longer after 27 years. Crime News Law News National News Fri, 06 Nov 2009 23:07:00 GMT 755831 2009-11-06T23:07:00Z <a name="755831"></a><div class="hentry a755831" reltag="Crime News"> <h3 class="entry-title "><a rel="bookmark" href="http://news.aol.com/article/exonerated-florida-man-seeks-cash-for-27/755831">Exonerated Man Seeks Cash for Sentence </a></h3> <h4 class="byline"> <span class="posted"><abbr class="synpAbbr" title="2009-11-06T18:07:00Z">posted:<span class="bylinDt"> 22 HOURS 42 MINUTES AGO</span><!-- trri: trriAppID=dynanews --><!-- trri: trriCategory=news-news-article --><!-- trri: trriAssetType=articles --><!-- trri: trriObjectURI=757360 --><!-- trri: trriItemOverrideUrl= -->comments:<span class="cmnt"> <a href="http://news.aol.com/article/exonerated-florida-man-seeks-cash-for-27/755831#Comments">397</a></span></abbr></span></h4> <h4 class="byline"> <span class="filedUnder">filed under: <a href="http://news.aol.com/main/crime">Crime News</a>, <a href="http://news.aol.com/main/law">Law News</a>, <a href="http://news.aol.com/nation">National News</a></span></h4> <div class="entry-summary"><!-- Enhancement List size = 2 --><!-- adding key 0.1 --><!-- adding key 2.2 --> <!-- enhAlign: Right, Wrap, enhSize: Small--> <!-- enhAlign Number: 4, enhSize Number: 1--> <a href="#axs215" style="display:block;position:absolute;left:-3000px;">Skip over this content</a> <div class="enhanRightWrap"> <div class="enhanRightWrapInner enhanSmall enhanCmn"><!-- contentType = html--><!-- column slot = synopsis_paragraph_0_1--><div class="enhanPhoto"><img src="http://o.aolcdn.com/photo-hub/news_gallery/6/3/637034/1257543268405.JPEG " alt="William Dillon" width="186" height="124" /> <div class="credit">AP</div></div> </div> </div> <a name="axs215"></a> <div class="synpTxt">Wrongfully imprisoned for a murder he didn't commit, a Florida man who spent 27 years behind bars now seeks more than a million dollars in restitution from the state. Cleared by the use of DNA evidence, 50-year-old William Dillon says, "I think the people that did it to me -- knowingly did it to me -- should have to pay for it." </div> <!-- enhAlign: Centered, enhSize: Large--> <!-- enhAlign Number: 3, enhSize Number: 3--> <a href="#axs235" style="display:block;position:absolute;left:-3000px;">Skip over this content</a> <div class="enhanCenter"> <div class="enhanCenterInner enhanLarge enhanCmn"><!-- contentType = html--><!-- column slot = synopsis_paragraph_2_2--><br clear=all><div class="left"> <iframe src="http://webcenter.polls.aol.com/modular.jsp?template=1381&view=179869&pollId=180161&channel=aol_us_news6" frameborder="0" width="205" height="185"></iframe></div> <div class="right"> <iframe src="http://webcenter.polls.aol.com/modular.jsp?template=1381&view=179871&pollId=180163&channel=aol_us_news6" frameborder="0" width="205" height="185"></iframe></div> <br clear=all> </div> </div> <a name="axs235"></a> <div class="entry-permalink"> <a rel="bookmark" href="http://news.aol.com/article/exonerated-florida-man-seeks-cash-for-27/755831">Full Coverage</a></div> </div> <div class="synpRatng"> <div class="synpVot"> <a href="http://news.aol.com/article/exonerated-florida-man-seeks-cash-for-27/755831#MustRead"> <span class="synpMstRd">Must Read:</span> <span class="thmbsUp">0%</span> <span class="thmbsDwn">0%</span> </a> </div><a class="addthis_button_email" href="javascript: void(0)" onclick="shareOperation(2, 'http://news.aol.com/article/exonerated-florida-man-seeks-cash-for-27/755831', 'Exonerated Man Seeks Cash for Sentence ');"><span class="emai">Email</span></a><a href="http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php" style="text-decoration:none;" onmouseover="return addthis_open(this, '', 'http://news.aol.com/article/exonerated-florida-man-seeks-cash-for-27/755831', 'Exonerated Man Seeks Cash for Sentence ');" onmouseout="addthis_close();" onclick="return addthis_sendto();"><img src="http://o.aolcdn.com/art/ch_news/plussym12x12" border="0" alt="Share" /><span class="share">Share</span></a> <a class="nbdr" href="http://news.aol.com/article/exonerated-florida-man-seeks-cash-for-27/755831#Comments"><span class="synpCmnt">Comments (397)</span></a> </div></div> http://www.gnn.com/article/van-stolen-35-years-ago-in-washington/755780 A Volkswagen van stolen 35 years ago in Washington State has been found at the Los Angeles/Long Beach seaport. Customs agents found the 1965 van on Oct. 19 when they opened a shipping container bound for the Netherlands, the Spokesman-Review newspaper reported. 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Nicknamed the Southern Pinwheel, M83 is undergoing more rapid star formation than our own Milky Way galaxy, especially in its nucleus. 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Nationwide, only 1 percent of Americans are that wealthy. In addition, some of the stocks held most widely by lawmakers are those of banking and investment companies that the federal government bailed out in 2008. National News Political News Bailout Vote Sat, 07 Nov 2009 03:11:01 GMT 757360 2009-11-07T03:11:01Z <a name="757360"></a><div class="hentry a757360" reltag="National News"> <div class="synpTtlArt"><img src="http://www.aolcdn.com/aolnews/sphereeyebrow" alt="Sphere" title="Sphere" /></div> <h3 class="entry-title TtlArt"><a rel="bookmark" href="http://www.sphere.com/2009/11/06/44-percent-of-congress-are-millionaires/">Congress Teeming with Millionaires</a></h3> <h4 class="byline"> <span class="posted"><abbr class="synpAbbr" title="2009-11-06T22:11:01Z">posted:<span class="bylinDt"> 18 HOURS 38 MINUTES AGO</span></abbr></span></h4> <h4 class="byline"> <span class="filedUnder">filed under: <a href="http://news.aol.com/nation">National News</a>, <a href="http://news.aol.com/main/politics">Political News</a>, <a href="http://news.aol.com/main/politics/bailout-vote">Bailout Vote</a></span></h4> <div class="entry-summary"><!-- Enhancement List size = 1 --><!-- adding key 1.1 --> <!-- enhAlign: Left, Wrap, enhSize: Small--> <!-- enhAlign Number: 1, enhSize Number: 1--> <a href="#axs882" style="display:block;position:absolute;left:-3000px;">Skip over this content</a> <div class="enhanLeftWrap"> <div class="enhanLeftWrapInner enhanSmall enhanCmn"><!-- contentType = html--><!-- column slot = synopsis_paragraph_1_1--><div class="enhanPhoto"><img src="http://o.aolcdn.com/photo-hub/news_gallery/6/3/637047/1257547380393.JPEG" alt="U.S. Capitol" width="186" height="124" /> <div class="credit">AFP/Getty</div></div> </div> </div> <a name="axs882"></a> <div class="synpTxt">A review of financial data shows that nearly half of all members of Congress are millionaires. 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