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Jobless 10 percent is tougher than it used to be
AP
(08 November 01:06) |
| AP - It hurts more to be unemployed now than the last time the jobless rate hit 10 percent. |
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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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Muslim leader had troubling talks with suspect
AP
(08 November 12:16) |
| AP - An Army psychiatrist who authorities say went on a shooting rampage at Fort Hood was so conflicted over what to tell fellow soldiers about fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan that a local ... |
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West Africas last giraffes make surprise comeback
AP
(08 November 12:01) |
| AP - A crisp African dawn is breaking overhead, and Zibo Mounkaila is on the back of a pickup truck bounding across a sparse landscape of rocky orange soil. |
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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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Bruni-Sarkozy tells of 8 years in psychoanalysis
AP
(07 November 11:03) |
| AP - During her years as a top model, French first lady Carla Bruni-Sarkozy gave psychoanalysis nary a thought. |
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US tourist dies car surfing in Puerto Rico
AP
(07 November 10:59) |
| AP - Police say a U.S. tourist who was pretending to be surfing on the hood of a friend's moving car was killed when he fell and broke his neck in a popular Puerto Rican beach town. |
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Lawyer Fla office shooting suspect mentally ill
AP
(07 November 10:17) |
| AP - The engineer accused of fatally shooting one employee and wounding five others at the firm where he once worked is "very mentally ill" and crumbled under the stress of his divorce, bank... |
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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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Suspect asked for advice on going to fight Muslims
AP
(07 November 10:13) |
| AP - The Army psychiatrist suspected of going on a shooting rampage at Fort Hood recently asked for advice on what he should tell fellow soldiers concerned about fighting Muslims in Iraq or ... |
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G-20 finance officials Too early to end stimulus
AP
(07 November 10:10) |
| AP - Finance officials from rich and developing countries pledged Saturday to maintain emergency support for their economies until recovery is assured and committed themselves to urgent acti... |
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Shock sadness grip tight-knit Fort Hood community
AP
(07 November 08:10) |
| AP - A chaplain exhorted hundreds of mourners gathered at a candlelight vigil to not give up hope as Fort Hood and its surrounding community looked to each other for comfort after an Army ps... |
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Afghan ministry NATO strike kills Afghan soldiers
AP
(07 November 07:59) |
| AP - Afghanistan's Defense Ministry said Saturday that a NATO airstrike in the western province of Badghis the previous day mistakenly hit a joint base housing coalition troops and Afghan se... |
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Mickelson takes lead over Woods Watney at HSBC
AP
(07 November 06:06) |
| AP - Tiger Woods stalled with pars. Phil Mickelson poured it on with birdies. |
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Britain urges steps to insure financial system
AP
(07 November 05:38) |
| AP - Britain called Saturday for consideration of a tax on financial transactions to insure against another crisis and urged world finance officials meeting in Scotland to agree on bearing t... |
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Obama praises those who ended Fort Hood violence
AP
(07 November 05:17) |
| AP - President Barack Obama, seeking to reassure a nation shaken by the mass shooting on an Army post in Texas, said Saturday that the training designed to keep U.S. forces safe abroad preve... |
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Iran lawmakers No shipment of uranium abroad
AP
(07 November 04:48) |
| AP - Senior Iranian lawmakers rejected on Saturday any possibility of Tehran shipping uranium abroad for further enrichment, intensifying pressures on the government to reject the U.N.-backe... |
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Another attack leaves US Muslims fearing backlash
AP
(07 November 03:52) |
| AP - As word spread that a gunman had opened fire at Fort Hood leaving a trail of carnage, a chilling realization swept across the U.S. Muslim community: He has an Islamic name. |
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Afghan govt says UN representative out of line
AP
(07 November 03:47) |
| AP - Afghanistan's Foreign Ministry said Saturday that the top U.N. official in the country overstepped his authority by giving instructions on how to rid the government of corruption and wa... |
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Island village hit by suspected swine flu
AP
(07 November 03:32) |
| AP - Suspected swine flu is sweeping a traditional Eskimo whaling village on a remote Alaska island — prompting an urgent medical mission to deliver help. |
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Decision day for health care in the House
AP
(07 November 02:17) |
| 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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After immigrant killed in NY others tell of abuse
AP
(07 November 02:14) |
| AP - The high school buddies who trolled the streets looking for Hispanics to attack called it "beaner hopping." |
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Fort Hood community mourn shooting victims
AP
(07 November 02:04) |
| AP - A chaplain exhorted hundreds of mourners gathered at a candlelight vigil to not give up hope as Fort Hood and its surrounding community looked to each other for comfort after an Army ps... |
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Police Fla shooting suspect was angry at company
AP
(07 November 02:00) |
| AP - Employees at an engineering firm recognized their former co-worker when he drew a handgun from under his shirt, police said, and shot his first victim dead in the reception area. He the... |
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Pakistans fashionistas defy Taliban
AP
(07 November 12:52) |
| AP - Some women strode the catwalk in vicious spiked bracelets and body armor. Others had their heads covered, burqa-style, but with her shoulders — and tattoos — exposed. Male m... |
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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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Teens Lie About His Past Jeopardizes Future With Girl
Dear Abby
(07 November 12:46) |
| Dear Abby - DEAR ABBY: I am a 16-year-old guy in my sophomore year of high school. I am known as a friendly, outgoing guy who gets along with girls. My problem is, I used to be one of the bi... |
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Unique homecoming to Vietnam for US commander
AP
(07 November 12:25) |
| 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 makes an unlikely home... |
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Democrats clear impasse blocking health care vote
AP
(07 November 12:20) |
| AP - Capping months of struggle, House Democrats cleared an abortion-related impasse blocking a vote on sweeping health care legislation late Friday and officials expressed optimism they had... |
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Seattle team wins $900000 in Space Elevator Games
AP
(07 November 11:16) |
| AP - A space elevator may not be rocket science but it can be just as complicated — and rewarding. |
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Honolulu Symphony cancels remaining 2009 concerts
AP
(07 November 10:42) |
| AP - The Honolulu Symphony said Friday it's canceling concerts for the rest of the year and filing for bankruptcy, citing a big drop in donations. |
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Space Junk Buzzes Station as Astronauts Sleep
SPACEcom
(07 November 09:32) |
| SPACE.com - A small
chunk of space trash made an uncomfortably close pass by the
International Space Station late Friday, but not close enough to force the
astronauts aboard to take shelter ... |
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Fort Hood suspect said methodical goodbyes
AP
(07 November 09:21) |
| 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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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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Police LA celebrity burglaries led by 19-year-old
AP
(07 November 08:17) |
| AP - A young woman broke into the homes of Hollywood celebrities she admired, including Lindsay Lohan, Paris Hilton and Audrina Patridge, because she wanted to own their designer clothes and... |
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Obama calls holdouts on health care
AP
(07 November 08:07) |
| AP - Amid intense lobbying by the Obama administration, House Democratic leaders struggled Friday for the final votes needed to pass sweeping health care legislation, offering fresh concessi... |
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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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Stepfather convicted in death of Baby Grace
AP
(07 November 07:23) |
| AP - Two years after the remains of a toddler who came to be known as "Baby Grace" were dumped in Galveston Bay, the child's stepfather was convicted of capital murder in her beating death. |
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Joe Jackson seeks stipend from Michaels estate
AP
(07 November 06:52) |
| AP - Michael Jackson's father is seeking an allowance from his son's estate to help cover expenses that exceed $15,000 a month, according to court documents filed Friday. The request seeking... |
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Teen charged with killing nun in NM
AP
(07 November 06:22) |
| AP - A teenager was charged Friday with killing a nun after allegedly breaking into her trailer home on the Navajo Indian reservation in search of cash or valuable items. |
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Computers records seized at ACORN offices in La
AP
(07 November 05:36) |
| AP - State investigators raided ACORN offices on Friday, taking away computer hard drives and documents as part of a probe into alleged embezzlement and tax fraud when the organization's nat... |
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Suspect in Orlando office shooting had money woes
AP
(07 November 05:35) |
| AP - A man who was so deep in debt that he did not have the money to visit his son 30 minutes away opened fire Friday at the engineering firm that fired him two years ago, killing one person... |
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What recovery Unemployment shoots past 10 percent
AP
(07 November 05:09) |
| AP - Just when it was beginning to look a little better, the economy relapsed Friday with a return to double-digit unemployment for only the second time since World War II and warnings that ... |
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Officer praised for taking down suspected gunman
AP
(07 November 04:43) |
| AP - A civilian police officer is being praised for taking down a man suspected of opening fire on fellow soldiers at Fort Hood when she shot him in the torso. |
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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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Police Gunman caught after killing 1 in Orlando
AP
(07 November 04:17) |
| AP - A gunman opened fire Friday in the offices of an engineering firm where he was let go more than two years ago, authorities said, killing one person and injuring five others. |
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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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Gay marriage foes win with message about schools
AP
(07 November 04:00) |
| AP - Gay marriage opponents pulled off another victory at the ballot box this week by using a tried-and-tested argument: Approve it and children will be taught homosexuality in school. |
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Fort victims had different reasons for enlisting
AP
(07 November 03:49) |
| AP - 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... |
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