Text of Obama's remarks at the Fort Hood ceremony
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Text of President Barack Obama's remarks Tuesday during a memorial service at Fort Hood, Texas, as transcribed by the White House: To the Fort Hood community; to Adm. Mullen; Gen. Casey; Gen. Cone; Secretary McHugh;...
Obama salutes Fort Hood victims, promises justice
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Somberly reciting 13 names and 13 stories, President Barack Obama saluted the Americans killed at this Army post as heroes who died for their country _ and promised a nation demanding answers that "the killer will be...
White House: Obama weighs 4 options in Afghanistan
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President Barack Obama is considering four options for realigning U.S. strategy in Afghanistan, his spokesman said Tuesday, while military officials said the choices involve several ways the president could employ...
US announces NKorea nuclear talks
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A senior U.S. diplomat will travel to North Korea before year's end to try to pull the Koreans back into international negotiations on nuclear disarmament, the State Department said Tuesday. Stephen Bosworth, the...
Conn. gov's departure gives Dems hope to take seat
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Connecticut Republican Gov. M. Jodi Rell's decision not to seek re-election could create big political drama in a small state, where Democrats hope to reclaim the governor's mansion for the first time in nearly two...
Police: NY school gunman upset over GI treatment
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Upset by the treatment of U.S. military personnel, a 42-year-old father of an Army veteran sneaked a disassembled shotgun into a middle school just after classes began Tuesday, put it together in a bathroom, then held...
Milwaukee muggers see Army ID, return wallet
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A Milwaukee Army reservist's military identification earned him some street cred Tuesday, when he says four men who mugged him at gunpoint returned his belongings and thanked him for his service after finding the ID. ...
Former rape suspect says he tried to help victim
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A man who was arrested but later released in connection with the rape of a 16-year-old girl outside a high school homecoming dance in California says he didn't take part in the attack, but was trying to help the girl. ...
Fire damages Portland elementary school
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More than 400 students escaped a three-alarm fire that heavily damaged a southeast Portland elementary school. Portland Fire Bureau spokeswoman Kim Kosmas says the school's 17 teachers also made it out safely late...
Suit accusing TSA of wrongful detention dropped
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The American Civil Liberties Union has dropped a lawsuit against the Transportation Security Administration that claimed a man was wrongly detained the St. Louis airport because he was carrying about $4,700 in cash. ...
Mexico's tough-talk mayor has gotten threats
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A Mexican mayor known for his tough anti-crime proposals and seeming advance knowledge of the death of a purported kidnapper said Tuesday that he has received threats and now has a security escort. Mauricio Fernandez,...
Brazil, US urge talks in Venezuela, Colombia spat
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Brazil and the U.S. urged Colombia and Venezuela on Tuesday to talk out their differences after Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez ordered his military to prepare for a possible war with his neighbor. The push for diplomacy...
New prime minister confirmed by lawmakers in Haiti
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Lawmakers overwhelmingly gave final approval to Jean-Max Bellerive as Haiti's new prime minister Tuesday, making him the sixth person to hold the post since 2004 in this politically unstable nation. The Chamber of...
Venezuela: swine flu contained among Indians
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Venezuela's health minister says an outbreak of swine flu among isolated Amazon Indians has been contained. The appearance of swine flu among the Yanomami Indians has been seen as a major health threat because diseases...
US diplomat in Honduras trying to revive pact
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A senior U.S. diplomat flew in Tuesday to try to revive a U.S.-brokered pact between Honduras' deposed president and the coup-imposed government ahead of elections this month. Ousted President Manuel Zelaya declared...
Bill Clinton urges Senate passage of health bill
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Former President Bill Clinton urged Senate Democrats on Tuesday to pass health care legislation by year's end, pointedly telling skittish lawmakers that an imperfect bill is preferable to another failure like the one he...
Senate Dems move to curb Fed's powers
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Senate Democrats on Tuesday proposed stripping the Federal Reserve of its supervisory powers and creating instead three new federal agencies to police banks, protect consumers and dismantle failing institutions. The...
Appeals panel: No landfill near SoCal nat'l park
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A federal appeals court panel on Tuesday upheld a 2005 court decision that effectively halted the development of what would have been one of the nation's largest landfills near Joshua Tree National Park. The 9th U.S....
UT board: Depleted uranium disposal needs scrutiny
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Utah's Radiation Control Board is moving forward with efforts to require a company that wants to dispose of depleted uranium in the state to first submit a report confirming that additional safeguards will work. The...
GM chairman says co. is committed to repaying aid
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General Motors Co. remains committed to repaying its billions of dollars in government loans, though it's too soon to say when that will happen, the automaker's chairman said Tuesday. "Can GM pay back its loans? You...
Sotomayor poses in court for Latina magazine cover
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Sonia Sotomayor heeded White House advice to paint her fingernails a neutral shade during her Supreme Court confirmation process _ up to a point. At a White House reception after her confirmation, Sotomayor showed her...
Records: Jackson's funeral cost nearly $1 million
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Michael Jackson's private family funeral was fit for a king and had a price tag to match: roughly $1 million, according to court documents released Tuesday. Although Jackson died in June and had a large public tribute...
Semifinal slate sealed on 'Dancing With the Stars'
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He shed tears on the show and once fought for his spot with a dance-off, but Aaron Carter has performed his last dance on "Dancing With the Stars." The 21-year-old singer and his professional partner, Karina Smirnoff,...
Intrepid Maine troop greeters age along with wars
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Jerry Mundy rarely misses an opportunity to extend his hand and offer thanks to young soldiers and Marines returning home, or departing for the war zone, during their brief layovers at the nation's easternmost major...
Reggaeton singer Daddy Yankee taking music classes
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Reggaeton singer Daddy Yankee has told a Mexican newspaper that he's taking music classes _ 17 years after he started his career. The Puerto Rican star says he has been taking classes on keyboards and expects to...
Pro-lifers: No room for compromise in health care
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WASHINGTON (BP)--President Obama said Nov. 9 he hopes to see the House health care bill's restrictions on federal funding of abortion changed so that it pleases both sides, but pro-lifers countered by saying the House...
Federal judge nixes SC license tag with cross
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A federal judge ruled Tuesday that South Carolina can't issue license plates showing the image of a cross in front of a stained glass window along with the phrase "I Believe." U.S. District Judge Cameron Currie's...
Iowa messengers approve sale of building
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DES MOINES, Iowa (BP)--Messengers approved the sale of the Baptist Convention of Iowa building and paved the way for relocation to a new facility during their Nov. 6-7 annual meeting in Des Moines.The convention...
FIRST-PERSON: Happy birthday to us
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DULUTH, Ga. (BP)--Three years ago, I got a birthday present that can never be topped. It can only be equaled if the same thing happens again. To greatly condense it, 2006 was a very hectic and trying time for my wife...
States to handle DR for Ida
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ALPHARETTA, Ga. (BP)--As Hurricane Ida made landfall near Mobile, Ala., Nov. 10, the North American Mission Board reported that disaster relief operations will not involve a national DR deployment."All of the states...
AMA votes to seek repeal of 'don't ask,don't tell'
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The American Medical Association on Tuesday voted to oppose the military's "don't ask, don't tell" policy, and declared that gay marriage bans contribute to health disparities. The nation's largest doctors' group...
UK starts study on using human DNA in animals
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British scientists begin a new study on Tuesday to consider how human DNA is used in animal experiments and to determine what the boundaries of such controversial science might be. Though experts have been swapping...
Experts: Placebo power behind many natural cures
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EDITOR'S NOTE: Ten years and $2.5 billion in research have found no cures from alternative medicine. Yet these mostly unproven treatments are now mainstream and used by more than a third of all Americans. This is one in...
US health care sector is a fairly green giant
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Health care, a giant in the U.S. economy, may be a gentle giant when it comes to greenhouse gases. According to the first estimate of the sector's carbon footprint, the health care industry emits less than its share of...
Scanning invisible damage of PTSD, brain blasts
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Powerful scans are letting doctors watch just how the brain changes in veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder and concussion-like brain injuries _ signature damage of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars. It's work that...
Microsoft's monthly security fixes spare Windows 7
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Microsoft's newest computer operating system has survived its first few weeks on the market without needing any security fixes. Microsoft Corp. plugged several security holes Tuesday, but none are aimed at Windows 7,...
Vatican looks to heavens for signs of alien life
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E.T. phone Rome. Four hundred years after it locked up Galileo for challenging the view that the Earth was the center of the universe, the Vatican has called in experts to study the possibility of extraterrestrial alien...
Altera names Michael Nevens to board
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Chip maker Altera Corp. said Tuesday that Michael Nevens has joined its board of directors. The company said Nevens previously worked for 22 years in various management positions at the consulting group McKinsey &...
AOL lays off 100 employees ahead of spinoff
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Internet company AOL LLC, which will soon be spun off from parent Time Warner Inc., laid off about 100 full-time employees Tuesday. AOL spokeswoman Tricia Primrose said the layoffs were spread across the company. The...
Wi-Fi for travelers becomes Web marketing lure
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Google, Yahoo, eBay and Microsoft, competitors on the Web, all have the same idea for marketing themselves this holiday season: temporarily providing free Wi-Fi access in airports, airplanes and public places. Google...
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...