Army: Fort Hood suspect charged with murder
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The Army psychiatrist suspected in a deadly rampage at Fort Hood, Texas, has been charged in a military court with 13 counts of premeditated murder. U.S. Army Criminal Investigation Command spokesman Chris Grey told a...
Obama orders intel review on Fort Hood shooting
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President Barack Obama has ordered a review of all intelligence related to Fort Hood shooting suspect Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, and whether the information was properly shared and acted upon within government agencies. ...
CIA said to have won turf war against intel chief
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The CIA has won a monthslong turf battle over its boss, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, assuring the primacy of CIA personnel over U.S. intelligence operations around the world. CIA Director Leon...
Obama said to want revised Afghanistan options
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President Barack Obama rejected the Afghanistan war options before him and asked for revisions, his defense secretary said Thursday, after the U.S. ambassador in Kabul argued that a significant U.S. troop increase would...
Gates: Obama picking best ideas among many options
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Defense Secretary Robert Gates says President Barack Obama wants to take the best elements from several options presented to him for the next steps in Afghanistan. Gates says the decision is near on whether to add more...
Obama announces December forum on finding jobs
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President Barack Obama announced Thursday that he'll host a White House summit next month on combating the chronic joblessness that continues to be a drag on a struggling economy. "We are open to any demonstrably good...
Health care issues: Controlling medical costs
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A look at key issues in the health care debate: THE ISSUE: How can Americans control medical costs without it leading to rationing of health care? THE POLITICS: There's broad agreement that health care costs are too...
AP source: US envoy objects to troop increase
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The U.S. envoy in Afghanistan, a former Army general who once commanded troops in the country, has objected strongly to emerging plans to send tens of thousands of additional forces to the country, a senior U.S....
Colo. balloon boy parents charged in alleged hoax
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Colorado prosecutors say they've filed criminal charges against the parents accused of staging a hoax when they reported their 6-year-old son floated away aboard a helium balloon. Prosecutors said Thursday that Richard...
5 charged in child sex abuse case appear in court
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Five family members charged in a child sex abuse case in western Missouri made their first court appearance Thursday while crews resumed scouring property where some of the abuse allegedly occurred years ago. The five...
Waning Ida's downpours swamp Mid-Atlantic coast
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Relentless rain drenched much of the Atlantic seaboard Thursday, pelting communities from North Carolina northward with gusty winds and heavy rains, inundating streets and stranding drivers in hard-hit Virginia. The...
Christmas tree goes up in NY's Rockefeller Center
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New York City's Rockefeller Center Christmas tree is almost ready for the holidays. The 76-foot Norway spruce was hoisted into place Thursday morning near the famous skating rink in mid-Manhattan. The next step is to...
DC sniper's ex-wife, children cope with execution
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One of sniper mastermind John Allen Muhammad's ex-wives says it was "very difficult" to watch her children grieve as their father was executed. Mildred Muhammad told The Associated Press on Thursday that she and her...
Jury to decide mom's mental health in murder trial
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A jury will decide if a Texas mother accused of dismembering her 3-week-old son is competent to stand trial. Otty Sanchez appeared in court Thursday for the first time since being charged with capital murder in the...
Gates inspects new armored trucks for Afghan war
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Defense Secretary Robert Gates says armored transport trucks that protect soldiers from roadside bombs are worth every dime spent on them. Gates visited in Oshkosh, Wis., on Thursday to see the newest versions of the...
Lawyer: FBI asked Mass. suspect to be informant
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The lawyer for a Massachusetts man accused of conspiring in an alleged terror plot says his client was charged only after he refused three attempts by the FBI to recruit him as an informant. Tarek Mehanna (TEH'-rek...
Clinton supports Philippine antiterrorism fight
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U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on Thursday vowed support for the Philippine fight against al-Qaida-linked militants and highlighted the U.S. military's role in helping the country recover from deadly...
APNewsBreak: Diplomats: Iran nuke plant 7 yrs old
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Iran's recently revealed uranium enrichment hall is a highly fortified underground space that appears too small to house a civilian nuclear program, but large enough to serve for military activities, diplomats told The...
Expelled West Bank student petitions Israel court
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A female Palestinian student who says she was handcuffed, blindfolded and hauled off to the Gaza Strip by the Israeli army in the middle of the night late last month asked Israel's supreme court Thursday to let her...
Serbian hearings in attack on NY student to start
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Pretrial hearings in the case of a Serb accused of beating a fellow student into a coma in the United States will begin in December, a Serbian court said Thursday. Miladin Kovacevic, a 23-year-old former basketball...
Italy: 17 Algerians arrested in terrorism probe
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Italy's top security official said Thursday that authorities have smashed an international terror cell with the arrest in Italy and elsewhere in Europe of 17 Algerians who were raising money to finance terrorism. ...
Facebook, Wikipedia execs brief Vatican on Web
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Executives from Facebook, Wikipedia and Google are attending a Vatican meeting to brief officials and Catholic bishops about the Internet and digital youth culture. The symposium, which opened Thursday and runs through...
North Korea threatens South over naval clash
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North Korea threatened to punish South Korea following their brief-but-bloody naval firefight, though analysts said Thursday that chances of retaliation appeared slim ahead of planned talks between the U.S. and...
Australia OKs extradition of accused Nazi criminal
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The Australian government on Thursday approved the extradition of an alleged Nazi war criminal accused by Hungary of a World War II killing. Home Affairs Minister Brendan O'Connor said Australia takes war crimes...
Churchill seeks bigger slice of online betting
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Churchill Downs Inc., which counts the Kentucky Derby in its stable of businesses, staked out a bigger share of the Internet wagering sector with its deal to buy online rival Youbet.com. The racetrack operator, steeped...
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Army investigators: Additional charges may be filed against Fort Hood shooting suspect. ...
Obama faces daunting challenges in Far East tour
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Facing a daunting array of Asian challenges, President Barack Obama left Thursday on his first major trip to the region, where a surging China and newly assertive Japan are chipping away at America's standing on...
Coca-Cola to invest $5.8B in Brazil through 2014
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Coca-Cola Co. said Thursday it is investing $5.8 billion in Brazil in the next five years, a steep increase from its current investment in Latin America's biggest economy. The world's largest soft drink maker announced...
Cost cuts, exclusive brands drive Kohl's 3Q profit
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Kohl's said it is set to battle it out for market share during the upcoming holiday season, as it reported Thursday that consumers responded to its exclusive brands and moderate prices and sent profit up 21 percent in...
Dollar edges up but developing nations still worry
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The dollar edged up Thursday, breaking a decline that's caused developing countries to worry that the sinking U.S. currency is making their exports expensive and threatening their fledgling economic recoveries. A lower...
Boeing expected to dump its stake in Sea Launch
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The president of Sea Launch Co. says he expects Boeing to drop all or most of its ownership of the satellite-launching business. Kjell Karlsen heads Long Beach, Calif.-based Sea Launch, which filed for bankruptcy...
Fed: banks need customer consent on overdraft fees
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Banks will have to secure their customers' consent before charging large overdraft fees on ATM and debit card transactions, according to a new rule announced Thursday by the Federal Reserve. The rule responds to...
Scorsese earns DeMille lifetime honor at Globes
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Director Martin Scorsese is receiving the Cecil B. DeMille Award for lifetime achievement at the Golden Globes. The award will be presented to Scorsese at the 67th annual Globes on Jan. 17. Scorsese turns 67 next week...
Top cable programs for Nov. 2-8
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1. NFL Football: Atlanta vs. New Orleans (Monday, 8:30 p.m.), ESPN, 8.8 million homes, 12.37 million viewers. 2. "SpongeBob: Truth or Square" (Saturday, 9:30 a.m.), Nickelodeon, 4.95 million homes, 7.16 million...
'Office Space' star Ron Livingston weds
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Ron Livingston and Rosemarie DeWitt have tied the knot. The 42-year-old "Office Space" star and 35-year-old "Rachel Getting Married" actress married Nov. 2 in San Francisco, according to Livingston's spokeswoman, Carri...
ABC shows `Hank' the door; another Grammer loss
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ABC's cancellation of the comedy "Hank" makes it two failures in three years for star Kelsey Grammer. Grammer, the multiple Emmy winner as the star of "Frasier," also saw his Fox series "Back to You" with Patricia...
John King to be replacing Dobbs' show on CNN
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John King is replacing Lou Dobbs on CNN. Jon Klein, CNN president, said Thursday that veteran reporter King will move into the 7 p.m. EST slot that's been vacated by Lou Dobbs. King will host a show about politics...
Clarence Clemons keeps rockin' with raw willpower
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It's a touching moment, increasingly familiar to fans watching the E Street Band make its entrance: As the audience howls in anticipation and the rest of the band stands at the ready, Bruce Springsteen gently and...
Warhol painting a hot ticket at NYC auction
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A painting by pop artist Andy Warhol, "200 One Dollar Bills," brought $43.8 million at auction, more than three times its highest presale estimate of $12 million. The piece, one of Warhol's first silk-screen paintings,...
James Taylor, Carole King plan tour together
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James Taylor and Carole King are going back to their roots. The two singer-songwriters say they will go on a long concert tour together next year, recalling the first time they played at the Troubadour Club in Los...
Mormons throw support behind gay-rights cause
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It looked like a stunning reversal: the same church that helped defeat gay marriage in California standing with gay-rights activists on an anti-discrimination law in its own backyard. On Tuesday night, after a series...
FIRST-PERSON: Missions and class Christmas parties
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)--What in the world (pun intended) do Sunday School class Christmas parties and international missions have in common? Generally, not much. But you can change that if you start planning right away....
FIRST-PERSON: Christ, at work in the military
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NORFOLK, Va. (BP)--The commitment to service in the armed forces is one of the most binding commitments on earth. Besides the willingness to die for country, it is a commitment to go wherever and do whatever is required...
BP journalism contest draws 20 schools
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)--In its ninth year, the Baptist Press Collegiate Journalism Conference drew contest entries from 20 colleges and universities as nearly 100 awards were distributed, including the President's Award...
VETERANS DAY: Prof to serve God, country
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FORT WORTH, Texas (BP)--Seminary professor John Laing is joining 3,600 citizen-soldiers in the 72nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team as part of the largest Texas Army National Guard deployment since World War II.Lt. Col....
Obama cites troops' defense of freedom
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!P>KILLEEN, Texas (BP)--At a memorial service at Fort Hood, President Obama placed the slaying of 12 servicemen and one civilian in the context of America's defense of freedom at home and abroad.Obama also noted that...
VETERANS DAY: Veteran escaped death at Battle of the Bulge
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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (BP)--After D.J. (Dean) Abernathy was injured during the Battle of the Bulge in 1944, he says at least two angels saved him from death.The angels, an Army medic and a surgeon, stepped in to save the...
VETERANS DAY: WWII POW recounts the faith that sustained him
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EDITOR'S NOTE: Excerpts from Joseph William Plappert's personal account of the Battle of the Bulge, "The Long Journey," which was handwritten by his wife Lois, appear throughout this story. Each citation will begin with...
US adult smoking rate rises slightly
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Cigarette smoking rose slightly for the first time in almost 15 years, dashing health officials' hopes that the U.S. smoking rate had moved permanently below 20 percent. A little under 21 percent of Americans were...
WHO: Give at-risk groups anti-flu drugs early
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Doctors should give anti-viral drugs to pregnant women, young children and other at-risk groups as soon as they show clinical symptoms of swine flu to prevent them developing serious complications, the World Health...
Few Americans make end-of-life wishes known
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Lillian Landry always said she wasn't afraid to die. So when death came last week, the 99-year-old was lying peacefully in a hospice with no needles or tubes. Her final days saw her closest friend at her side and...
Review: Reports on Pfizer drug studies misleading
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Analysis of a dozen published studies testing possible new uses for a Pfizer Inc. epilepsy drug found that reporting of the results was often misleading, indicating the medicine worked better than internal company...
CDC now says 4,000 swine flu deaths in US
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Federal health officials now say that 4,000 or more Americans likely have died from swine flu _ about four times the estimate they've been using. The new, higher figure was first reported by The New York Times. It...
WHO says country measures on swine flu can vary
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Countries can choose from stronger measures like school closures that may slow the spread of swine flu in the beginning, but the disease will continue to spread anyway, a World Health Organization spokesman said...
UN says hunger stunts some 200 million children
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Nearly 200 million children in poor countries have stunted growth because of insufficient nutrition, according to a new report published by UNICEF Wednesday before a three-day international summit on the problem of...
Study: Kidney angioplasty brings risks, no benefit
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If you're among the hundreds of thousands of Americans with clogged kidney arteries, you might want to consider trying medicines before rushing into angioplasty to open them up. The pricey procedure is no more effective...
Temperature records: More highs than lows
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Record high temperatures are occurring more than twice as often as record lows. According to a new study, between Jan. 1, 2000 and Sept. 30, this year the continental United States set 291,237 record highs and 142,420...
Clicker.com aims to become Internet's TV guide
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Web surfing is becoming more like channel surfing as television shows, movies and music videos pour onto the Internet. That's why pointing people to their favorite TV episodes and flicks could emerge as next big...
Facebook message frees NYC robbery suspect
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A 19-year-old New York City man arrested on robbery charges has been exonerated thanks to his Facebook page. Rodney Bradford was held for 12 days on suspicion of robbing two people on Oct. 17 in the Brooklyn public...
Stuck Mars rover to begin moving
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The Mars rover Spirit will soon try to drive itself out of a sand trap where it has been stuck for the past six months. NASA is set to outline plans to try to free Spirit, a risky process that could take months. ...
Rare iceberg spotted off island south of Australia
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A large iceberg was spotted off an island about halfway between Antarctica and Australia, a rare sight in waters so far north, Australian scientists said Thursday. Australian Antarctic Division researchers working on...
Ctrip.com International 3Q profit up 80 percent
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Ctrip.com International Ltd., a Chinese travel service provider, said Wednesday its third-quarter profit rose 80 percent on higher revenues from hotel and flight reservations and tour bookings. Its shares jumped in...
Computer Sciences posts drop in fiscal 2Q profit
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Information technology services provider Computer Sciences Corp. said Wednesday its fiscal second quarter profit fell more than 50 percent from last year when it reaped a large tax benefit, but still beat Wall Street's...
Gene found that seems key in evolution of speech
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Chimps, our nearest relative, don't talk. We do. Now scientists have pinpointed a mutation in a gene that might help explain the difference. The mutation seems to have helped humans develop speech and language. It's...
The nation's weather
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The remnants of Tropical Storm Ida were expected to continue tracking through the Southeastern U.S. on Thursday. The system was forecast to continue pulling abundant moisture from the Gulf of Mexico and allow for wet...
The nation's weather
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A strong storm in the center of the country was expected to continue bringing wintry weather to the Central Rockies and Plains on Thursday. A strong low pressure system that developed over the Rockies would continue...
The nation's weather
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Unsettlement was expected over most of the country Friday as two strong systems were forecast to continue kicking up wet weather. In the East, a strong low pressure system was expected to sweep eastward from the...
The nation's weather
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Wet weather was forecast to sweep through the Central U.S. on Thursday as a strong low pressure system pushed off the Rockies and into the Plains. The system that developed over the Great Basin and spread light...
The nation's weather
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Drier conditions were expected for the Eastern U.S., while a strong storm would continue tracking over the Rockies. A high pressure system would continue building over the East Coast as a low pressure system slowly...
The nation's weather
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Wet weather was forecast to persist in the Northeast while diminishing across the Southeast as a front pushed off the East Coast on Tuesday. A strong low pressure system would continue to track over the Great Lakes and...
The nation's weather
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Monday's main weather event was forecast to develop in the Midwest as a deepening area of low pressure in the northern Great Lakes swung a cold front through the Upper Great Lakes. Significant precipitation with...
The nation's weather
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A low-pressure system will begin Sunday over the Ohio Valley before tracking over New England into the Atlantic Ocean by the end of the day. This storm will carry a significant amount of moisture that will produce...