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Health Care Hinges on Saturday Vote

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 12:11:55 GMT

Health Care Hinges on Saturday Vote

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filed under: Health News, National News, Political News

President Barack Obama schedules a rare visit to Capitol Hill as Congress readies a rare weekend session to vote on an overhaul of the nation's health care system. An impasse over abortion was resolved late Friday. The vote is seen as a test of Obama's presidency.

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Motive Sought in Fort Hood Rampage

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 01:43:54 GMT

Motive Sought in Fort Hood Rampage

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filed under: Crime News, National News

An Army psychiatrist suspected of opening fire at Fort Hood in Texas cleaned out his apartment and said goodbye to his neighbors in the days before the massacre. Investigators are examining Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan's computer, home and even his garbage as they try to determine a motive for the shooting spree that left 13 people dead. Hasan remains hospitalized in a coma after being shot by police.
Also See: Troubling Portrait of Suspect | Victim Profiles
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CNN: Video Shows Suspect Before Shooting
Sphere: Arabs in Military Try to Rise Above Massacre

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Security video shows Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan at a convenience store early Thursday, hours before he allegedly opened fire at Fort Hood.

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Suspected Florida Shooter Was Broke

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 11:32:07 GMT

Suspected Florida Shooter Was Broke

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filed under: Crime News, National News

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Sources indicate that the man suspected of killing one person and injuring five others at a Florida office building had severe money woes. Jason Rodriguez, 40, allegedly opened fire at the engineering firm that had dismissed him more than two years ago. When a reporter asked him why he had shot up the office, he replied: "Because they left me to rot."

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Did Dogs Domesticate Humans?

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 12:40:07 GMT

Did Dogs Domesticate Humans?

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filed under: Animal News, Science News

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.

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Suspects' Mom Apologizes to Burned Boy

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 20:53:34 GMT

Suspects' Mom Apologizes to Burned Boy

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Congress Teeming with Millionaires

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 03:11:01 GMT

Congress Teeming with Millionaires

posted: 9 HOURS 33 MINUTES AGO

filed under: National News, Political News, Bailout Vote

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A review of financial data shows that nearly half of all members of Congress are millionaires. 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.

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Exonerated Man Seeks Cash for Sentence

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 23:07:00 GMT

Exonerated Man Seeks Cash for Sentence

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filed under: Crime News, Law News, National News

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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."

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Hubble Gives Best View Yet of Star Birth

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 20:55:51 GMT

Hubble Gives Best View Yet of Star Birth

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Suicide Eyed in Census Worker's Death

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:09:49 GMT

Suicide Eyed in Census Worker's Death

posted: 12 HOURS 34 MINUTES AGOcomments: 21

filed under: Crime News, National News

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The Times-Tribune / AP

Bill Sparkman was found hanging from a tree in a Kentucky forest -- his hands bound and the word "fed" scrawled on his chest -- but law enforcement sources say investigators aren't convinced he was murdered. They're looking closely at the possibility the census worker killed himself.

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Jury Convicts Man in 'Fat Defense' Trial

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 11:47:15 GMT

Jury Convicts Man in 'Fat Defense' Trial

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A New Jersey jury finds a Florida man guilty of murder -- despite the defendant's claim that he was too fat to commit the crime. Edward Ates, 62, said he weighed 285 pounds when his former son-in-law, Paul Duncsak, was shot in August 2006. He said he simply didn't have the energy to run up and down a flight of stairs and shoot Dancsak from a perch on a staircase.

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