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Mon, Nov 9 09:52 PM

FILE -  In this July 28, 2009 file photo, Scott Roeder attends his preliminary hearing in court in Wichita, Kan. Roeder confessed to the Associated Press Monday, Nov. 9, 2009 to killing abortion provider Dr. George Tiller, saying he has no regrets. (AP Photo/Jaime Oppenheimer, Pool)AP - Defiant and unapologetic, a man accused of shooting a Kansas abortion provider confessed to the slaying Monday, telling The Associated Press that he killed the doctor to protect unborn children.


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Mon, Nov 9 09:51 PM

A U.S. army soldier pass by a burning fuel truck on a road outside Jalalabad, Nangarhar province, east of Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, Nov. 8, 2009. A supply convoy of NATO and coalition forces was attacked by militants near Jalalabad city, two of the tankers were set on fire and three others damaged. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)AP - President Barack Obama is nearing a decision to add tens of thousands more forces to Afghanistan, though likely not quite the 40,000 sought by his top general there, as Pentagon planners work to ready bases and provide equipment the troops would need in a country with scant resources.


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Mon, Nov 9 09:31 PM
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. intelligence agencies learned an Army psychiatrist contacted an Islamist sympathetic to al Qaeda and they relayed the information to authorities before the man allegedly went on a shooting spree that killed 13 people in Texas last week, U.S. officials said on Monday.
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Mon, Nov 9 09:30 PM
For many, last week’s carnage was another blow in an area that has been beset by violence since the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq began.

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Mon, Nov 9 09:29 PM
Health economists say it is impossible to know whether the bill would meet cost-cutting goals, and many are skeptical that they even come close.

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Mon, Nov 9 09:23 PM

FILE - In this June 15, 2009 photo, South Korean Navy patrol boats engage in an exercise in the West Sea, South Korea. Navy ships of the two Koreas exchanged fire Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2009, along their disputed western sea border, a South Korean military officer said.  (AP Photo/Yonhap, Shin Young-gun, File)AP - The two Koreas briefly exchanged naval fire Tuesday along their disputed western sea border, with a North Korean ship suffering heavy damage before retreating, South Korean military officials said.


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Mon, Nov 9 09:22 PM
Even the best cardholders are seeing their interest rates rise and credit lines get cut as financial firms struggle to make money in their card units.

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Mon, Nov 9 09:22 PM
For those fighting to expand gay rights in New York, State Senator Rubén Díaz Sr., a Pentecostal minister, represents the most outspoken and unpredictable of foes.

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Mon, Nov 9 09:20 PM
Authorities intercepted communications between the Army major charged in the Fort Hood killings and a radical cleric but took no action.

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Mon, Nov 9 09:11 PM
Some communities are working to curtail sudden, puzzling increases in pedestrian traffic deaths while safety advocates urge states ...


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Mon, Nov 9 09:04 PM

An unidentified skimboarder tries out the waves on Monday Nov. 9, 2009  in Pensacola Beach, Fla. Tropical storm warnings were in effect across Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and Florida. (AP Photo/Mari Darr~Welch)AP - Squalls ahead of a rare late-season tropical storm blew in heavy rain late Monday to parts of the Gulf Coast where residents hunkered down at home and in shelters anticipating high winds and flooding.


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Mon, Nov 9 08:52 PM
The Army psychiatrist accused of killing 12 soldiers and a civilian at the Fort Hood Army post exchanged between 10 and 20 e-mails ...


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Mon, Nov 9 08:45 PM
The president said he wanted to make sure “we’re not restricting women’s insurance choices” in an amendment to the health bill.

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Mon, Nov 9 08:28 PM

Flags and flowers are shown in front of the apartment, upper right, where Army psychiatrist Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan lived outside of Fort Hood in Killeen, Texas, Monday, Nov. 9, 2009. Hasan is suspected of opening fire on fellow soldiers during a rampage that left 13 people dead on Thursday, Nov. 5, 2009. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)AP - The Army psychiatrist accused of the Fort Hood massacre is believed to have acted alone despite repeated communications — monitored by authorities — with a radical imam overseas, U.S. officials said Monday. The FBI will conduct an internal review of its handling of the information, they said.


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Mon, Nov 9 08:20 PM
Police probe Anthony Sowell's past for clues to unsolved murders worldwide.

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Mon, Nov 9 08:03 PM
A garbage patch in the Pacific is one of five that may be caught in giant gyres scattered in the world’s oceans.

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Mon, Nov 9 07:49 PM
Scott Roeder tells Associate Press he shot Dr. George Tiller and has no regrets.

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Mon, Nov 9 07:34 PM
AP - Federal prosecutors accused a high-profile South Florida attorney of concocting a Ponzi scheme that lured millions of dollars from investors with promises of big payoffs from legal settlements that never existed, according to court documents filed Monday.Yahoo! News: U.S. News
Mon, Nov 9 07:05 PM
Residents along the Gulf Coast in Alabama, Florida and Mississippi prepared Monday for the arrival of Tropical Storm Ida, which ...


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Mon, Nov 9 06:41 PM

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, center, is flanked by Rep. Jim McDermott, right, and Rep. Jay Inslee during a news conference at Swedish Medical Center Monday, Nov. 9, 2009, in Seattle. Pelosi toured Swedish on her first public appearance after the House passed a health care bill over the weekend. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)AP - Abortion opponents in the Senate are seeking tough restrictions in the health care overhaul bill, a move that could roil a shaky Democratic effort to pass President Barack Obama's signature issue by year's end.


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Mon, Nov 9 06:30 PM

This 2003 picture provided by the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences shows Nidal Malik Hasan in his graduation photo when he completed his M.D. degree. (AP Photo/Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences)AP - A radical American imam on Yemen's most wanted militant list who had contact with two 9/11 hijackers praised alleged Fort Hood shooter Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan as a hero on his personal Web site Monday.


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Mon, Nov 9 06:30 PM

FILE - This undated file photo, released by freethehikers.org, Aug. 20, 2009, shows Americans Shane Bauer, left, and Sarah Shourd. Iranian state news agency IRNA said Monday, Nov. 9, 2009 that Iran has charged Bauer, Shourd and Josh Fattal with espionage.  (AP Photo/freethehikers.org, File)  NO SALESAP - Iran accused three detained Americans of spying Monday, signaling Tehran intends to put them on trial. It drew a sharp U.S. response that the charges are baseless because the hikers strayed across the border from Iraq.


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Mon, Nov 9 06:22 PM
The majority of Baby Boomers are white, married, have some college education and were employed in 2006, says a U.S. Census Bureau ...


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Mon, Nov 9 06:14 PM

FILE - In this Jan. 12, 2009 file photo, Los Angeles street artist Shepard Fairey poses for a picture in front of  Barack Obama 'HOPE' posters in the Echo Park area of Los Angeles. The Associated Press has asked a judge on Monday Nov. 9, 2009 to deny a request by Fairey's attorneys to withdraw from his copyright battle over the Barack Obama 'HOPE' poster. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, File)AP - The Associated Press has asked a judge to deny a request by the attorneys of street artist Shepard Fairey to withdraw from his copyright battle over the Barack Obama "HOPE" poster.


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Mon, Nov 9 05:26 PM
The Obama administration and top military leaders are discouraging an anti-Muslim backlash in the aftermath of last week's deadly ...


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Mon, Nov 9 05:20 PM
Part therapy, part art installation and part fundraiser, Veterans and artists at the Greater Los Angeles Veterans Administration ...


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Mon, Nov 9 05:18 PM
On confusing orders and hundreds bearing down, guard made fateful decision.

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Mon, Nov 9 05:07 PM
John P. Galligan was once a military judge at Fort Hood.

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Mon, Nov 9 04:04 PM

This Nov. 1, 2009 file photo provided by the Cleveland Police Department shows Anthony Sowell, 50. The number of bodies found in and near a sex offender's home rose to at least 10 on Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2009,  when authorities unearthed four corpses from Sowell's backyard and found a skull in a bucket in the basement. (AP Photo/Cleveland Police Department)AP - Authorities are investigating whether a suspected serial killer whose home and yard harbored the remains of at least 11 people is connected to any killings in places he lived while in the military, including Japan, California and the Carolinas.


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Mon, Nov 9 03:44 PM
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Mon, Nov 9 03:44 PM
Rescuers search for survivors in town covered by mudslide.

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Mon, Nov 9 03:32 PM
The Obama administration is ready to hand out more stimulus dollars for schools, but this time, strings are attached.


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Mon, Nov 9 03:00 PM
AP - Authorities called to check on a family's well-being in a rural southeast Texas home found the bodies of four people in what they're calling a triple murder-suicide.Yahoo! News: U.S. News
Mon, Nov 9 02:48 PM

FILE -This recent but undated photo from the Virginia Department of Corrections shows convicted sniper John Allen Muhammad. John Allen Muhammad, 48, is set to die by injection in a Virginia prison Nov. 10, 2009, seven years after he and his teenage accomplice terrorized the area in and around the nation's capital for three weeks. (AP Photo/Virginia Department of Corrections, file)AP - The U.S. Supreme Court has refused to block Tuesday's scheduled execution of sniper mastermind John Allen Muhammad.


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Mon, Nov 9 02:46 PM
Amendment in health care bill would prohibit federal funding for abortions.

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Mon, Nov 9 01:59 PM
BERLIN (Reuters) - World leaders hailed the ordinary people who helped bring down the Berlin Wall and said the historic events of 20 years ago showed nations were capable of rising to new challenges, from terrorism to climate change.
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Mon, Nov 9 01:34 PM
Fall of the wall 20 years ago is reason for today's party.

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Mon, Nov 9 12:48 PM
Elizabeth Lambert's dirty play earns her a suspension -- and Internet stardom.

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Mon, Nov 9 12:32 PM
TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran has charged three detained U.S. citizens with espionage, the official IRNA news agency quoted a prosecutor as saying on Monday, but Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said there was no evidence to back the charges.
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Mon, Nov 9 12:24 PM
Major in massacre used "electronic means" to connect with terrorists-- and intel agencies knew months ago.

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Mon, Nov 9 10:47 AM
Family marks 100 days of detention as Clinton calls charges baseless.

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Mon, Nov 9 08:56 AM
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - After a landmark win in the House of Representatives, President Barack Obama's push for healthcare reform faces a difficult path in the Senate amid divisions in his own Democratic Party on how to proceed.
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Mon, Nov 9 08:24 AM
One woman recounts the fall of the Berlin Wall and how she picked up the pieces.

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Mon, Nov 9 05:51 AM
Friend of Sgt. Kimberly Munley gets tattooed in honor of hero friend.

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Mon, Nov 9 01:22 AM
U.S. military says 2 U.S. pilots, Marine die in separate incidents in Iraq.

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Fri, Nov 20 05:02 PM
Michael Jackson Memorabilia Goes Up for AuctionTIME.com: Top Stories
Thu, Nov 19 10:25 PM
If the brouhaha over new mammogram guidelines has proved anything, it's that even modern medicine does not rely on statistics, scientific facts and clinical outcomes aloneTIME.com: Top Stories
Fri, Nov 20 09:30 AM
While Tehran pushes to renegotiate a deal on nuclear fuel, the U.S. is pushing for more sanctions. Iran seems to be betting that it can withstand whatever Washington can musterTIME.com: Top Stories
Fri, Nov 20 03:35 PM
Nobody, not even Oprah herself, knows what kind of a creature the post-network-show Oprah will beTIME.com: Top Stories
Thu, Nov 19 11:00 PM
Santas across the country are hoping for a little gift from U.S. public health officials -- a chance to cut the line for the swine flu vaccineTIME.com: Top Stories
Fri, Nov 20 09:30 AM
The Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams heads to Rome a month after the Vatican outlined new procedures designed to help disaffected conservative Anglicans enter the Roman Catholic ChurchTIME.com: Top Stories
Fri, Nov 20 04:40 PM
A few Indian tour operators are cashing in on Indian's rising divorce rate with a new offer: The perfect holiday -- just you, your spouse, and a relationship counselorTIME.com: Top Stories
Fri, Nov 20 03:35 PM
In Chris Weitz's energetic sequel to 'Twilight,' the wolves comes out to playTIME.com: Top Stories
Fri, Nov 20 01:40 PM
There can be something thrilling about accountability, so it was nice to see a federal judge declare the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers directly responsible for the destruction of most of New Orleans during Hurricane KatrinaTIME.com: Top Stories
Fri, Nov 20 01:30 AM
Rapid growth in China's west is bringing new riches to its residents -- and hope for the global economyTIME.com: Top Stories
Fri, Nov 20 01:40 PM
White House plans for terror suspects currently in detention are likely to outrage liberals and conservativesTIME.com: Top Stories
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