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Obamas to attend Fort Hood memorial Tuesday
Reuters
(08 November 12:39) |
| Reuters - President Barack Obama and his wife, Michelle, will attend a memorial service in Fort Hood, Texas, on Tuesday for victims of a mass shooting. |
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G-20 finance officials Too early to end stimulus
AP
(08 November 12:28) |
| AP - Finance officials from rich and developing countries pledged Saturday to maintain emergency support for their economies until recovery is assured, but failed to reach a clear agreement ... |
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Obama appeals for health care votes
AP
(07 November 11:42) |
| AP - President Barack Obama made a last-minute personal appeal to Democrats to pass landmark health care legislation Saturday as the House opened debate on a bill to expand coverage to milli... |
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House opens debate on health care overhaul bill
AP
(07 November 10:15) |
| AP - President Barack Obama's landmark health care overhaul moved toward a vote in the House Saturday after anti-abortion lawmakers won a chance to knock out language that would let people w... |
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Iran says over 100 people detained at anti-US rally
Reuters
(07 November 09:30) |
| Reuters - Iranian police detained more than 100 people for "disturbing public order" during a rally this week to mark the anniversary of the seizure of the U.S. embassy, the official IRNA ne... |
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Unique homecoming to Vietnam for US commander
AP
(07 November 07:17) |
| AP - On the day his side lost the Vietnam War, Hung Ba Le fled his homeland at the age of 5 in a fishing trawler crammed with 400 refugees. Thirty-four years later, he made an unlikely homec... |
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Prized mushroom collection returns to China
AP
(07 November 06:56) |
| AP - A Chinese scholar persecuted during the Cultural Revolution for smuggling a rare collection of mushrooms out of China before World War II was honored Saturday when the collection was re... |
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China offers Africa more trade investment
AP
(07 November 06:15) |
| AP - China is offering to abolish import duties on some commodities from Africa and make sure Chinese exports to the continent are safe as part of a package to boost already thriving economi... |
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Decision day for health care in the House
AP
(07 November 03:46) |
| AP - 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 se... |
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Seattle team wins $900000 in Space Elevator Games
AP
(07 November 03:12) |
| AP - A Seattle teams has collected a $900,000 prize in a NASA-backed competition to develop the concept of an elevator to space — an idea spurred by science fiction novels. |
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Iran refuses to send enriched uranium abroad MP
AFP
(07 November 12:52) |
| AFP - Iran is refusing to send its low-enriched uranium abroad for further processing, the influential head of parliament's national security and foreign policy committee was quoted as sayin... |
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Bluebeat to battle EMI over Beatles songs
AFP
(07 November 09:36) |
| AFP - US online music service Bluebeat said it plans to fight British recording label EMI over rights to stream and sell versions of Beatles songs. |
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Gordon earns pole at Texas his 1st of season
AP
(07 November 09:24) |
| AP - Jeff Gordon is suddenly having all kind of success at Texas Motor Speedway, a track where he had never won until earlier this season. |
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Revolutionary War hero becomes honorary US citizen
AP
(07 November 08:18) |
| AP - Finally, Gen. Casimir Pulaski became an American citizen on Friday, 230 years after the Polish nobleman died fighting for the as yet-unborn United States. |
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Shooting reveals tensions over Muslims in the military
McClatchy Newspapers
(07 November 07:29) |
| McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON — The killings of 13 people at Fort Hood, Texas, by an Army psychiatrist who also was a Muslim set off a rancorous debate Friday that once again spotl... |
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Oil settles lower after US unemployment report
AP
(07 November 06:09) |
| AP - Oil prices tumbled Friday after the government said the U.S. unemployment rate topped 10 percent for the first time since 1983. |
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NASCAR to honor fallen soldiers at Texas race
AP
(07 November 06:08) |
| AP - Dale Earnhardt Jr. loves to talk about his sponsorship ties to the military. He had a hard time finding the words Friday to discuss the massacre that left 13 people dead at Fort Hood. |
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Honduras leadership in limbo as accord dissolves
AP
(07 November 05:59) |
| AP - They can't both be right. Ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya says a deal that could have returned him to power is defunct. Roberto Micheletti, who took power after a coup, says the... |
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Obama signs bill assisting homebuyers jobless
AP
(07 November 05:26) |
| AP - President Barack Obama signed a $24 billion economic stimulus bill into law Friday, giving tax incentives to prospective homebuyers and additional jobless benefits to those idled by the... |
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Analysis 10 percent jobless is Obamas new world
AP
(07 November 04:26) |
| AP - For months he had warned it was coming but that didn't ease the political shockwaves for President Barack Obama when unemployment topped 10 percent. |
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House Dems struggle for final votes on health care
AP
(07 November 04:17) |
| AP - Amid intense lobbying by the Obama administration, House Democratic leaders struggled Friday for the final votes needed to pass sweeping health care legislation, working to ease concern... |
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Details emerge about Fort Hood suspects history
AP
(07 November 04:16) |
| AP - He was by turns caring and contentious, a man quick to say "I am blessed" in casual greeting yet one who seemed to stew in discontent that he could not always keep to himself. |
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Fort Hood suspect said his goodbyes before rampage
AP
(07 November 04:15) |
| AP - As if going off to war, Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan cleaned out his apartment, gave leftover frozen broccoli to one neighbor and called another to thank him for his friendship — common... |
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World leaders needed at talks to cut climate deal
AP
(07 November 03:55) |
| AP - After two years of tough U.N. climate talks often pitting the world's rich against the poor, negotiators said Friday a new global agreement now rides on industrial nations pledging prof... |
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Obesity causes 100000 US cancers every year study
AFP
(07 November 03:47) |
| AFP - Obesity causes more than 100,000 incidents of cancer in the US every year, the American Institute for Cancer Research said in estimates published Friday. |
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Laid-off Orlando engineer kills one wounds five
Reuters
(07 November 03:12) |
| Reuters - An ex-employee of an engineering consulting firm who was laid off in 2007 opened fire at his former workplace in Orlando, Florida, on Friday, killing one person and wounding five o... |
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Oregon man charged with DUI after 911 call
AP
(07 November 03:06) |
| AP - Oregon police have charged a man with drunken driving after he called 911 to report his marijuana as stolen but the dispatcher couldn't understand him because he was vomiting while on t... |
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New Mexico suspends hair-pulling soccer player
AP
(07 November 02:12) |
| AP - A New Mexico soccer player has become an Internet celebrity for the wrong reasons. |
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Islam not responsible for Fort Hood massacre US imam
AFP
(07 November 02:07) |
| AFP - Islam is "not responsible" for the bloodbath at an army base in Texas where Muslim-American army Major Nidal Malik Hasan allegedly gunned down 13 people, the prayer leader at the mosqu... |
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Crowds roar confetti falls as NYC fetes Yankees
AP
(07 November 01:53) |
| AP - Crowds roared, church bells rang and streams of paper rained down on Broadway as the New York Yankees celebrated their 27th championship Friday in a way only this city can, with a parad... |
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G-20 officials to wrestle over economic imbalances
AP
(07 November 01:13) |
| AP - The world's top financial officials on Friday sought a blueprint for securing future global growth and worked to break a deadlock over who bears the cost of fighting climate change. |
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At least 25 hurt in US troop search in Afghanistan
Reuters
(07 November 01:13) |
| Reuters - More than 25 NATO and Afghan troops were wounded during a search Friday for two missing U.S. paratroopers in western Afghanistan, the NATO-led force said. |
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Couples book tackles evangelicals questions on climate change
McClatchy Newspapers
(07 November 01:01) |
| McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON — As an evangelical Christian living in Texas, climate scientist Katharine Hayhoe found that many conservatives had questions about climate change bas... |
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House Dems say Sat vote on health care may slip
AP
(07 November 12:08) |
| AP - House Democrats acknowledged they don't yet have the votes to pass a sweeping overhaul of the nation's health care system, and signaled they may push back the vote until Sunday or early... |
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Manager Muslim sticker removed from suspects car
AP
(07 November 12:00) |
| AP - An apartment complex manager says the man accused of opening fire at Fort Hood, Texas recently had a religious bumper sticker torn off his car. |
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Army Shooting suspect was bound for Afghanistan
AP
(07 November 12:00) |
| AP - An Army spokeswoman says the suspect in the Fort Hood shootings had been scheduled to deploy to Afghanistan to counsel soldiers suffering from combat stress. |
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US Army committed to religious tolerance general
AFP
(06 November 11:11) |
| AFP - The US Army said Friday it is committed to treating all its soldiers with respect without regard to their religious identity, amid concern about a possible backlash after a Muslim offi... |
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Ft Hood Drowns Out the Tea Party
The Nation
(06 November 10:34) |
| The Nation - The Nation -- Don't bring your pitchforks. This is to be our "last stand" to stop health care reform, it's Alamo time. |
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Obama says dont jump to conclusions on shooting
AP
(06 November 10:16) |
| AP - President Barack Obama says the "whole nation is grieving right now" over the mass killings at Fort Hood. He urged people not to jump to conclusions while law enforcement officials gath... |
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Motive probed in Fort Hood shooting rampage
Reuters
(06 November 09:59) |
| Reuters - Investigators on Friday searched for the motive behind a mass shooting at a sprawling U.S. army base in Texas, in which an army psychiatrist trained to treat war wounded is suspect... |
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Neighbor Fort Hood suspect emptied his apartment
AP
(06 November 09:46) |
| AP - An Army psychiatrist suspected of opening fire on fellow soldiers at Fort Hood cleaned out his apartment in the days before the rampage that left 13 people dead, a neighbor said Friday. |
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Planned Sat vote on health care may be delayed
AP
(06 November 09:42) |
| AP - A House leader says Democrats haven't yet lined up enough votes to pass their health care overhaul bill and may push the vote set for Saturday back one day or more. |
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Details emerge about Fort Hood suspect background
AP
(06 November 09:22) |
| AP - His name appears on radical Internet postings. A fellow officer says he fought his deployment to Iraq and argued with soldiers who supported U.S. wars. He required counseling as a medic... |
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Man makes living by selling the shirt on his back
Reuters
(06 November 09:01) |
| Reuters - A T-shirt a day has kept unemployment at bay for an American man who is making about $85,000 a year by selling advertising space on his torso. |
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Miss England gives up crown over brawl reports
Reuters
(06 November 08:59) |
| Reuters - Beauty pageant winner Miss England gave up her title on Friday after reports she had been involved in a nightclub brawl with another beauty queen. |
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Obama to address economy Fort Hood shooting
AP
(06 November 08:54) |
| AP - President Barack Obama is expected to talk about the Fort Hood shootings and the double-digit unemployment figures at the White House later this morning. |
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Rihanna Chris Brown had no soul in his eyes
AP
(06 November 08:42) |
| AP - Rihanna on Friday described the horror she felt as her ex-boyfriend Chris Brown was biting and punching her during a violent argument in February, saying she saw "no soul in his eyes." |
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Ft Hood suspect reportedly shouted Allahu Akbar
AP
(06 November 08:02) |
| AP - Soldiers who witnessed the shooting rampage at Fort Hood that left 13 people dead reported that the gunman shouted "Allahu Akbar!" — an Arabic phrase for "God is great!" — b... |
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Rolex-obsessed thief to be sentenced in Florida
AP
(06 November 07:31) |
| AP - A Florida thief with a peculiar penchant for Rolex watches faces up to 25 years in prison. |
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Obama Fails in Middle East
The Nation
(06 November 07:26) |
| The Nation - The Nation -- The announcement by Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas that he will not run for reelection is the exclamation point on the utter collapse of the Obama adminstrat... |
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