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Fort Hood, community mourn shooting victims
FORT HOOD, Texas (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 psychiatrist allegedly went on a deadly shooting spree at the military base.
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Another attack leaves US Muslims fearing backlash
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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Decision day for health care in the House
WASHINGTON (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 seen as a test of his presidency.
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Afghan gov't says UN representative out of line
KABUL (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 warlords.
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British treasury chief urges climate agreement
ST. ANDREWS, Scotland (AP) — British treasury chief Alistair Darling urged the world's top finance officials on Saturday to reach an agreement on bearing the cost of fighting climate change before a UN summit on global warming next month.
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Police: Fla. shooting suspect was angry at company
ORLANDO, Fla. (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 then walked into the office and unloaded several more rounds, wounding five other employees at the company that fired him two years ago.
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Police: LA celebrity burglaries led by 19-year-old
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Investigators cracked a youthful burglary ring that preyed on Hollywood's rich and famous, often brazenly walking into their unlocked homes to make off with cash, jewels and family heirlooms, authorities said.
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Pakistan's fashionistas defy Taliban
KARACHI, Pakistan (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 models wore long, Islamic robes as well as shorts and sequined T-shirts.
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Seattle team wins $900,000 in Space Elevator Games
LOS ANGELES (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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Mickelson takes lead over Woods, Watney at HSBC
SHANGHAI (AP) — Tiger Woods stalled with pars. Phil Mickelson poured it on with birdies.
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British treasury chief urges climate agreement
ST. ANDREWS, Scotland (AP) — British treasury chief Alistair Darling urged the world's top finance officials on Saturday to reach an agreement on bearing the cost of fighting climate change before a UN summit on global warming next month.
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Afghan gov't says UN representative out of line
KABUL (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 warlords.
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Ministry: NATO airstrike kills Afghan soldiers
KABUL (AP) — Afghanistan's Defense Ministry says a NATO airstrike in the western province of Badghis mistakenly hit a joint base housing coalition troops and Afghan security forces, killing four Afghan soldiers and three policemen.
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Pakistan's fashionistas defy Taliban
KARACHI, Pakistan (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 models wore long, Islamic robes as well as shorts and sequined T-shirts.
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Pakistan: 12 militants killed in offensive
ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistani soldiers killed 12 militants in gunbattles over the past day, officials said Saturday, as government forces pressed on with their offensive in the mountainous Taliban sanctuary of South Waziristan.
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Unique homecoming to Vietnam for US commander
DANANG, Vietnam (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 homecoming — as the commander of a U.S. Navy destroyer.
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Obama to meet Myanmar, other ASEAN leaders
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — President Barack Obama will meet leaders of Southeast Asian nations, including Myanmar, in a high-level affirmation of Washington's new policy of engaging the military-ruled country despite its dismal human rights record.
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Venezuelans struggling with water shortages
FILAS DE MARICHES, Venezuela (AP) — While a drought has put Caracas under widespread water rationing for the first time in years, for Venezuelans in this hillside slum it's just more of the same.
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UN urges Karzai to fight corruption
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. Security Council joined calls Friday on Afghan President Hamid Karzai to fight corruption, with Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon calling the country's political situation "delicate" following deeply flawed elections.
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China offers Africa more trade, investment
BEIJING (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 economic ties, China's commerce minister said in an article published Saturday.
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Fort Hood, community mourn shooting victims
FORT HOOD, Texas (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 psychiatrist allegedly went on a deadly shooting spree at the military base.
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Police: Fla. shooting suspect was angry at company
ORLANDO, Fla. (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 then walked into the office and unloaded several more rounds, wounding five other employees at the company that fired him two years ago.
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After immigrant killed in NY, others tell of abuse
PATCHOGUE, N.Y. (AP) — The high school buddies who trolled the streets looking for Hispanics to attack called it "beaner hopping."
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Police: LA celebrity burglaries led by 19-year-old
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Investigators cracked a youthful burglary ring that preyed on Hollywood's rich and famous, often brazenly walking into their unlocked homes to make off with cash, jewels and family heirlooms, authorities said.
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Another attack leaves US Muslims fearing backlash
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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Ida returns to tropical storm strength
MIAMI (AP) — Ida has become a tropical storm again, with top winds of 45 mph (72 kph), as it swirls in the Caribbean on a track that could bring it to the U.S. Gulf Coast next week.
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But for heroes, bloodbath could have been worse
FORT HOOD, Texas (AP) — Pfc. Marquest Smith, on his way to Afghanistan in January, was completing routine paperwork about a bee-sting allergy when the sounds erupted.
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Stepfather convicted in death of 'Baby Grace'
GALVESTON, Texas (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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Computers, records seized at ACORN offices in La.
NEW ORLEANS (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 national headquarters was based in New Orleans.
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Pa. governor: Philly transit strike could end soon
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A tentative contract agreement has been reached that could end the public transit strike that has idled Philadelphia's subways, buses and trolleys for four days, Gov. Ed Rendell said late Friday.
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