Copyright (c) 2009 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reserved. http://news.yahoo.com/i/718 us U.S. News en-us Sun, 08 Nov 2009 03:01:37 GMT 5 142 18 http://news.yahoo.com/i/718 http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/nws/th/main_142b.gif http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/us/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091108/ap_on_re_us/us_fort_hood_hasan_s_condition ap/20091108/us_fort_hood_hasan_s_condition AP us Sun, 08 Nov 2009 01:16:05 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/us/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091108/ap_on_re_us/us_fort_hood_hasan_s_condition"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091106/capt.196ec4e2d95044d49a9b7f37a1fbedbf.fort_hood_shooting_ny252.jpg?x=103&y=130&q=85&sig=Lqn_dxmBCs_ST86CQDrhzA--" align="left" height="130" width="103" alt="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)" border="0" /></a>AP - A U.S. Army spokesman says the man authorities say went on a shooting spree at Fort Hood has been taken off a ventilator but still remains in intensive care at a military hospital.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/us/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091108/ap_on_re_us/us_fort_hood_hasan_s_condition"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091106/capt.196ec4e2d95044d49a9b7f37a1fbedbf.fort_hood_shooting_ny252.jpg?x=103&y=130&q=85&sig=Lqn_dxmBCs_ST86CQDrhzA--" align="left" height="130" width="103" alt="photo" title="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)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/us/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091108/ap_on_re_us/us_fort_hood_shooting ap/20091108/us_fort_hood_shooting AP us Sun, 08 Nov 2009 01:41:39 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/us/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091108/ap_on_re_us/us_fort_hood_shooting"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091107/capt.2c983a9de1d447e2899862d7b336d653.fort_hood_shooting_txps103.jpg?x=130&y=91&q=85&sig=P_nvzMFrwkpCX6puhi771Q--" align="left" height="91" width="130" alt="Flowers are left outside the entrance of Fort Hood in Killeen, Texas, Saturday, Nov. 7, 2009. Army psychiatrist Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan is suspected of opening fire on fellow soldiers during a rampage that left 13 people dead and 30 injured on Thursday. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)" border="0" /></a>AP - There was the classroom presentation that justified suicide bombings. Comments to colleagues about a climate of persecution faced by Muslims in the military. Conversations with a mosque leader that became incoherent.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/us/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091108/ap_on_re_us/us_fort_hood_shooting"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091107/capt.2c983a9de1d447e2899862d7b336d653.fort_hood_shooting_txps103.jpg?x=130&y=91&q=85&sig=P_nvzMFrwkpCX6puhi771Q--" align="left" height="91" width="130" alt="photo" title="Flowers are left outside the entrance of Fort Hood in Killeen, Texas, Saturday, Nov. 7, 2009. Army psychiatrist Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan is suspected of opening fire on fellow soldiers during a rampage that left 13 people dead and 30 injured on Thursday. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/us/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091108/ap_on_bi_ge/us_health_care_overhaul ap/20091108/us_health_care_overhaul AP business Sun, 08 Nov 2009 02:14:58 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/us/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091108/ap_on_bi_ge/us_health_care_overhaul"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091107/capt.0a63dba46f524a2a897ac31f39ec8e06.health_care_overhaul_obama_dcab105.jpg?x=88&y=130&q=85&sig=lKytRlWL67lnKBUE02cXCQ--" align="left" height="130" width="88" alt="Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., center, speaks as others, including Majority Whip James Clyburn, D-S.C., left, and Rep. Steny Hoyer, D-Md., listen outside the Cannon Caucus Room after meeting with President Obama about health care on Capitol Hill in Washington, Saturday, Nov. 7, 2009. In the back are Rep. Chris Van Hollen, D-Md., Rep. John Larson, D-Conn., and Rep. Xavier Becerra, D-Calif. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)" border="0" /></a>AP - President Barack Obama summoned Democrats to "answer the call of history" Saturday as the House pushed toward a vote on a landmark health care bill holding out the promise of coverage for tens of millions who lack it.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/us/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091108/ap_on_bi_ge/us_health_care_overhaul"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091107/capt.0a63dba46f524a2a897ac31f39ec8e06.health_care_overhaul_obama_dcab105.jpg?x=88&y=130&q=85&sig=lKytRlWL67lnKBUE02cXCQ--" align="left" height="130" width="88" alt="photo" title="Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., center, speaks as others, including Majority Whip James Clyburn, D-S.C., left, and Rep. Steny Hoyer, D-Md., listen outside the Cannon Caucus Room after meeting with President Obama about health care on Capitol Hill in Washington, Saturday, Nov. 7, 2009. In the back are Rep. Chris Van Hollen, D-Md., Rep. John Larson, D-Conn., and Rep. Xavier Becerra, D-Calif. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/us/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091108/ap_on_re_us/us_cleveland_bodies_found ap/20091108/us_cleveland_bodies_found AP us Sun, 08 Nov 2009 02:16:37 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/us/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091108/ap_on_re_us/us_cleveland_bodies_found"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091104/capt.533f66cec5e7454f9c68eb3284cd1c65.aptopix_cleveland_bodies_found_cd102.jpg?x=130&y=98&q=85&sig=.Bq4wGLRbWvEUzmxfhji7g--" align="left" height="98" width="130" alt="Anthony Sowell, right, stands behind public defender Kathleen DeMetz during his court appearance Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2009, in Cleveland. Sowell, 50, has been charged with five counts of aggravated murder and held without bond after 10 bodies were discovered in his home over the past few days. Sowell was ordered held without bond. (AP Photo/Mark Duncan)" border="0" /></a>AP - Authorities say Anthony Sowell lured women into his home in a busy neighborhood, killed them &mdash; most by strangulation &mdash; and scattered their remains throughout the inside and buried some in the backyard.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/us/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091108/ap_on_re_us/us_cleveland_bodies_found"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091104/capt.533f66cec5e7454f9c68eb3284cd1c65.aptopix_cleveland_bodies_found_cd102.jpg?x=130&y=98&q=85&sig=.Bq4wGLRbWvEUzmxfhji7g--" align="left" height="98" width="130" alt="photo" title="Anthony Sowell, right, stands behind public defender Kathleen DeMetz during his court appearance Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2009, in Cleveland. Sowell, 50, has been charged with five counts of aggravated murder and held without bond after 10 bodies were discovered in his home over the past few days. Sowell was ordered held without bond. (AP Photo/Mark Duncan)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/us/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091108/ap_on_re_us/us_fort_hood_victim_vignettes ap/20091108/us_fort_hood_victim_vignettes AP us Sun, 08 Nov 2009 01:36:58 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/us/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091108/ap_on_re_us/us_fort_hood_victim_vignettes"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091107/capt.df08e76e15884f3b8e76165f32ae4a5f.fort_hood_victim_ny115.jpg?x=130&y=72&q=85&sig=pGlZtbAph3aneuQ999yz4w--" align="left" height="72" width="130" alt="In this combo, victims killed during a shooting at Fort Hood, Texas on Nov. 5, 2009 are shown. From top left, Spc. Jason Dean Hunt, 22, of Frederick, Okla., Sgt. Amy Krueger, 29, of Kiel, Wis., Pfc. Aaron Thomas Nemelka, 19, of West Jordan, Utah, Michael Grant Cahill, 62, of Cameron, Texas, Pfc. Kham Xiong, 23, of St. Paul, Minn., Staff Sgt. Justin M. DeCrow, 32, of Evans, Ga. From bottom left, Pfc. Michael Pearson, 21, of Bolingbrook, Ill., Russell Seager, 51, of Racine, Wis., Francheska Velez, 21, of Chicago, Capt. John Gaffaney, 56, of Williston, N.D., and Major L. Eduardo Caraveo, 52, of Juarez, Mexico. (AP Photo)" border="0" /></a>AP - The 13 people killed when an Army psychiatrist allegedly opened fire on fellow soldiers at Fort Hood, Texas, included several people who shared the same profession as the alleged shooter, a father of three with ties to Laos whose family had a history of military service, a civilian who had returned to work a week after suffering a heart attack, and a psychiatric nurse who arrived at Fort Hood a day before the shooting.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/us/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091108/ap_on_re_us/us_fort_hood_victim_vignettes"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091107/capt.df08e76e15884f3b8e76165f32ae4a5f.fort_hood_victim_ny115.jpg?x=130&y=72&q=85&sig=pGlZtbAph3aneuQ999yz4w--" align="left" height="72" width="130" alt="photo" title="In this combo, victims killed during a shooting at Fort Hood, Texas on Nov. 5, 2009 are shown. From top left, Spc. Jason Dean Hunt, 22, of Frederick, Okla., Sgt. Amy Krueger, 29, of Kiel, Wis., Pfc. Aaron Thomas Nemelka, 19, of West Jordan, Utah, Michael Grant Cahill, 62, of Cameron, Texas, Pfc. Kham Xiong, 23, of St. Paul, Minn., Staff Sgt. Justin M. DeCrow, 32, of Evans, Ga. From bottom left, Pfc. Michael Pearson, 21, of Bolingbrook, Ill., Russell Seager, 51, of Racine, Wis., Francheska Velez, 21, of Chicago, Capt. John Gaffaney, 56, of Williston, N.D., and Major L. Eduardo Caraveo, 52, of Juarez, Mexico. (AP Photo)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/us/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_on_re_us/us_fort_hood_suspect_s_family ap/20091107/us_fort_hood_suspect_s_family AP us Sat, 07 Nov 2009 22:53:26 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/us/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_on_re_us/us_fort_hood_suspect_s_family"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091106/capt.7a315ccc4e384d918936386a93b3c129.fort_hood_shooting_ny251.jpg?x=86&y=130&q=85&sig=.i57pCLZqWvEA9iiBXDdhQ--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="This 2000 picture provided by the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences shows Nidal Malik Hasan when was a medical student at the F. Edward Hebert School of Medicine, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences. (AP Photo/Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences)" border="0" /></a>AP - A brother of the man authorities say went on a shooting spree at Fort Hood says the Army psychiatrist is peaceful person &mdash; and hopes he will be treated fairly by the legal system.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/us/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_on_re_us/us_fort_hood_suspect_s_family"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091106/capt.7a315ccc4e384d918936386a93b3c129.fort_hood_shooting_ny251.jpg?x=86&y=130&q=85&sig=.i57pCLZqWvEA9iiBXDdhQ--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="photo" title="This 2000 picture provided by the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences shows Nidal Malik Hasan when was a medical student at the F. Edward Hebert School of Medicine, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences. (AP Photo/Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/us/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_on_bi_ge/us_health_overhaul_abortion ap/20091107/us_health_overhaul_abortion AP business Sat, 07 Nov 2009 23:14:15 GMT AP - A bipartisan coalition sought to impose stricter abortion limits on insurance sold under a new health care bill Saturday, hoping to leave their imprint on legislation otherwise crafted largely by more liberal lawmakers. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/us/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091108/ap_on_re_us/us_philadelphia_transit_strike ap/20091108/us_philadelphia_transit_strike AP us Sun, 08 Nov 2009 03:01:37 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/us/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091108/ap_on_re_us/us_philadelphia_transit_strike"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091106/capt.e3d1c7910e2d475ba32a109a0ea4caf7.philadelphia_transit_strike_pamr201.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=1Oo1T.a1M2xR9AaX1rlGIg--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Transport workers are seen on strike in Philadelphia, Friday, Nov. 6, 2009. Philadelphia transit system's largest union went on strike early Tuesday, bringing the city's bus, subway and trolley operations to a halt.(AP Photo/Matt Rourke)" border="0" /></a>AP - Negotiations aimed at ending a transit strike in Philadelphia broke off Saturday night over disagreement on pensions and the impact of possible national health care overhaul, and Pennsylvania's governor walked away from the negotiations.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/us/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091108/ap_on_re_us/us_philadelphia_transit_strike"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091106/capt.e3d1c7910e2d475ba32a109a0ea4caf7.philadelphia_transit_strike_pamr201.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=1Oo1T.a1M2xR9AaX1rlGIg--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="Transport workers are seen on strike in Philadelphia, Friday, Nov. 6, 2009. Philadelphia transit system's largest union went on strike early Tuesday, bringing the city's bus, subway and trolley operations to a halt.(AP Photo/Matt Rourke)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/us/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091108/ap_on_re_us/us_immigrant_hate_crimes ap/20091108/us_immigrant_hate_crimes AP us Sun, 08 Nov 2009 01:33:10 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/us/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091108/ap_on_re_us/us_immigrant_hate_crimes"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091105/capt.83358f30baca4563b2b0a1b0eb01c8dc.hate_crime_stabbing_nyr101.jpg?x=90&y=130&q=85&sig=BDZcoH65uUwCNElu_1To3A--" align="left" height="130" width="90" alt="FILE - In this file photo of Jan. 28, 2009, Nicholas Hausch appears in court in Riverhead, N.Y. where he and six other Long Island teenagers are accused in the stabbing death of Ecuadorean immigrant Marcelo Lucero. Hausch pleaded guilty Thursday, Nov. 2, 2009 to gang assault and hate crime charges. The agreement requires him to testify against the six other defendants. (AP Photo/Ed Betz, Pool. File)" border="0" /></a>AP - The high school buddies who trolled the streets looking for Hispanics to attack called it "beaner hopping."</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/us/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091108/ap_on_re_us/us_immigrant_hate_crimes"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091105/capt.83358f30baca4563b2b0a1b0eb01c8dc.hate_crime_stabbing_nyr101.jpg?x=90&y=130&q=85&sig=BDZcoH65uUwCNElu_1To3A--" align="left" height="130" width="90" alt="photo" title="FILE - In this file photo of Jan. 28, 2009, Nicholas Hausch appears in court in Riverhead, N.Y. where he and six other Long Island teenagers are accused in the stabbing death of Ecuadorean immigrant Marcelo Lucero. Hausch pleaded guilty Thursday, Nov. 2, 2009 to gang assault and hate crime charges. The agreement requires him to testify against the six other defendants. (AP Photo/Ed Betz, Pool. File)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/us/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_on_re_us/us_uss_new_york ap/20091107/us_uss_new_york AP us Sat, 07 Nov 2009 22:31:27 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/us/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_on_re_us/us_uss_new_york"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091107/capt.a68bb9ed7dbe4c3cadb379a700bdf1f5.aptopix_uss_new_york_nydg101.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=2w.hwI0kknDNCEgjxEnRCw--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Port Authority Sgt. Christopher Bergman, center, a 9/11 first responder who lost friends in the attack, looks on as the USS New York, a Navy amphibious assault ship containing 7.5 tons of steel salvaged from the World Trade Center, gets formally commissioned in New York Saturday Nov. 7, 2009. The $1 billion warship was built near New Orleans by workers who survived Hurricane Katrina. (AP Photo/David Goldman)" border="0" /></a>AP - The USS New York, built with steel from the rubble of the World Trade Center, was put into Navy service Saturday both as a symbol of healing and strength.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/us/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_on_re_us/us_uss_new_york"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091107/capt.a68bb9ed7dbe4c3cadb379a700bdf1f5.aptopix_uss_new_york_nydg101.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=2w.hwI0kknDNCEgjxEnRCw--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="Port Authority Sgt. Christopher Bergman, center, a 9/11 first responder who lost friends in the attack, looks on as the USS New York, a Navy amphibious assault ship containing 7.5 tons of steel salvaged from the World Trade Center, gets formally commissioned in New York Saturday Nov. 7, 2009. The $1 billion warship was built near New Orleans by workers who survived Hurricane Katrina. (AP Photo/David Goldman)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/us/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_on_re_us/us_orlando_office_shooting ap/20091107/us_orlando_office_shooting AP business Sat, 07 Nov 2009 23:19:11 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/us/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_on_re_us/us_orlando_office_shooting"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091107/capt.573b4d1741fc4426819e8d350323d284.orlando_office_shooting_florl105.jpg?x=92&y=130&q=85&sig=YETE3odlz8gFqnT1tqLCIQ--" align="left" height="130" width="92" alt="Jason Rodriguez makes his first appearance before Circuit Judge Walter Komanski at the Orange County Jail, on Saturday, Nov. 7, 2009 in Orlando, Fla. 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, bankruptcy and unemployment, his attorney said Saturday. Rodriguez, 40, was ordered held without bail at the Orange County Jail, where he is under suicide watch after Friday's shooting. (AP Photo/Ricardo Ramirez Buxeda, Pool)" border="0" /></a>AP - Jason Rodriguez's marriage long ago went sour, his home taken in foreclosure, his job lost to incompetence, his finances sunk in bankruptcy. It was a "stress overload" for the man accused of a deadly shooting rampage at his former office, his lawyer said Saturday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/us/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_on_re_us/us_orlando_office_shooting"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091107/capt.573b4d1741fc4426819e8d350323d284.orlando_office_shooting_florl105.jpg?x=92&y=130&q=85&sig=YETE3odlz8gFqnT1tqLCIQ--" align="left" height="130" width="92" alt="photo" title="Jason Rodriguez makes his first appearance before Circuit Judge Walter Komanski at the Orange County Jail, on Saturday, Nov. 7, 2009 in Orlando, Fla. 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, bankruptcy and unemployment, his attorney said Saturday. Rodriguez, 40, was ordered held without bail at the Orange County Jail, where he is under suicide watch after Friday's shooting. (AP Photo/Ricardo Ramirez Buxeda, Pool)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/us/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_on_re_us/us_fort_hood_shooting_perry ap/20091107/us_fort_hood_shooting_perry AP us Sat, 07 Nov 2009 22:49:47 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/us/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_on_re_us/us_fort_hood_shooting_perry"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091107/capt.5bd6c854381f44c69c49f54bf1b755f5.fort_hood_shooting_perry__txtg102.jpg?x=130&y=94&q=85&sig=SK.N5eWWuXAxkpn_qXauRw--" align="left" height="94" width="130" alt="Rep. Sid Miller, R-Stephenville, left, looks on as Texas Gov. Rick Perry, at podium, pauses during his statement to the media after visiting with victims from Thursday's mass shooting at Fort Hood, in front of Scott & White hospital, Saturday, Nov. 7, 2009, in Temple, Texas. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)" border="0" /></a>AP - Texas governor Rick Perry has visited with wounded victims from the Fort Hood shooting.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/us/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_on_re_us/us_fort_hood_shooting_perry"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091107/capt.5bd6c854381f44c69c49f54bf1b755f5.fort_hood_shooting_perry__txtg102.jpg?x=130&y=94&q=85&sig=SK.N5eWWuXAxkpn_qXauRw--" align="left" height="94" width="130" alt="photo" title="Rep. Sid Miller, R-Stephenville, left, looks on as Texas Gov. Rick Perry, at podium, pauses during his statement to the media after visiting with victims from Thursday's mass shooting at Fort Hood, in front of Scott & White hospital, Saturday, Nov. 7, 2009, in Temple, Texas. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/us/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_on_re_us/us_fort_hood_muslims_in_the_military ap/20091107/us_fort_hood_muslims_in_the_military AP us Sat, 07 Nov 2009 22:20:22 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/us/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_on_re_us/us_fort_hood_muslims_in_the_military"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091107/capt.f3fb4fb687a842d1a2d069fc27f7edb8.islam_us_military_gfx903.jpg?x=50&y=130&q=85&sig=10vZDRdpqWj0cTeA9wefqQ--" align="left" height="130" width="50" alt="Graphic shows the number of active duty U.S. soldiers of the Islam faith as of Aug. 2009; includes other faiths and Islam faith by U.S. military branch" border="0" /></a>AP - Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan's family says he confided in them that he felt harassed as a Muslim in the U.S. military &mdash; and wasn't treated as an American and soldier should be.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/us/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_on_re_us/us_fort_hood_muslims_in_the_military"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091107/capt.f3fb4fb687a842d1a2d069fc27f7edb8.islam_us_military_gfx903.jpg?x=50&y=130&q=85&sig=10vZDRdpqWj0cTeA9wefqQ--" align="left" height="130" width="50" alt="photo" title="Graphic shows the number of active duty U.S. soldiers of the Islam faith as of Aug. 2009; includes other faiths and Islam faith by U.S. military branch" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/us/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_on_re_us/us_flight93_memorial ap/20091107/us_flight93_memorial AP us Sat, 07 Nov 2009 21:28:54 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/us/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_on_re_us/us_flight93_memorial"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091107/capt.d66a72498fcd49109e6a6d47fbfeef95.flight_93_memorial_pagp101.jpg?x=118&y=130&q=85&sig=LIfjb2RaUza.oxLu4SIcrA--" align="left" height="130" width="118" alt="Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar, right rear, and Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell, left rear, lead the ground breaking for the Flight 93 National Memorial Saturday, Nov. 7, 2009 in Shanksville, Pa. From foreground left, are Campbell Peterson, and Peyton Peterson, grandsons of Flight 93 passengers Donald Peterson and Jean Hoadley Peterson, and Sarah Wainio, sister of Flight 93 passenger Honor Elizabeth Wainio. Plans are for the memorial to be dedicated on Sept. 11, 2011. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)" border="0" /></a>AP - With the words "Let's roll" &mdash; the command issued by United Flight 93 passenger Todd Beamer to lead the passenger revolt &mdash; U.S. Interior Secretary Ken Salazar and 39 victims' relatives and dignitaries turned shovels of dirt at a groundbreaking ceremony Saturday for a permanent national memorial.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/us/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_on_re_us/us_flight93_memorial"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091107/capt.d66a72498fcd49109e6a6d47fbfeef95.flight_93_memorial_pagp101.jpg?x=118&y=130&q=85&sig=LIfjb2RaUza.oxLu4SIcrA--" align="left" height="130" width="118" alt="photo" title="Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar, right rear, and Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell, left rear, lead the ground breaking for the Flight 93 National Memorial Saturday, Nov. 7, 2009 in Shanksville, Pa. From foreground left, are Campbell Peterson, and Peyton Peterson, grandsons of Flight 93 passengers Donald Peterson and Jean Hoadley Peterson, and Sarah Wainio, sister of Flight 93 passenger Honor Elizabeth Wainio. Plans are for the memorial to be dedicated on Sept. 11, 2011. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/us/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_on_re_us/us_fort_hood_shooting_officers ap/20091107/us_fort_hood_shooting_officers AP us Sat, 07 Nov 2009 23:47:14 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/us/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_on_re_us/us_fort_hood_shooting_officers"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20091108/i/ra602095202.jpg?x=130&y=91&q=85&sig=vDSwL251dFw4Om8UudRrRg--" align="left" height="91" width="130" alt="United States Army Specialist Ryan Hill (R) lights a candle with the help of his daughter Emma, 3, at the Fort Hood Army Post in Fort Hood, Texas November 7, 2009. President Barack Obama and his wife, Michelle, will attend a memorial service in Fort Hood, Texas, on Tuesday for victims of a mass shooting. REUTERS/Jessica Rinaldi" border="0" /></a>AP - One of two police officers who confronted the alleged Fort Hood killer says he shot Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan before kicking the man's weapon away, handcuffing him and ending the nation's worst killing spree on a military base.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/us/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_on_re_us/us_fort_hood_shooting_officers"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20091108/i/ra602095202.jpg?x=130&y=91&q=85&sig=vDSwL251dFw4Om8UudRrRg--" align="left" height="91" width="130" alt="photo" title="United States Army Specialist Ryan Hill (R) lights a candle with the help of his daughter Emma, 3, at the Fort Hood Army Post in Fort Hood, Texas November 7, 2009. President Barack Obama and his wife, Michelle, will attend a memorial service in Fort Hood, Texas, on Tuesday for victims of a mass shooting. REUTERS/Jessica Rinaldi" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/us/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_on_sp_ot/us_yankees_parade_documents ap/20091107/us_yankees_parade_documents AP sports Sat, 07 Nov 2009 21:03:28 GMT AP - New York City office workers who got carried away during the Yankees victory parade Friday apparently began tossing files and documents out the window when they couldn't get their hands on confetti. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/us/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_on_re_us/us_sept11_memorial ap/20091107/us_sept11_memorial AP us Sat, 07 Nov 2009 19:22:15 GMT AP - A memorial to honor a Sept. 11 victim from a small northwestern Connecticut town has been halted by the unexpected conflict arising from his father's insistence it say his son was murdered by "Muslim terrorists." http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/us/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_on_bi_ge/us_health_care_comparing_the_bills ap/20091107/us_health_care_comparing_the_bills AP business Sat, 07 Nov 2009 21:54:47 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/us/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_on_bi_ge/us_health_care_comparing_the_bills"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091107/capt.43c5d1ba4b2b4f37974c8598ad41c6bd.health_care_overhaul_dcab118.jpg?x=130&y=91&q=85&sig=Xye996Dkz027VMLZbLOInw--" align="left" height="91" width="130" alt="Rep. Peter Hoekstra, R-Mich., left, and Rep. Steve King, R-Iowa, pick up a copy of the house health care bill HB-3962 after they took it up the steps to the House after a rally against the health care bill on Capitol Hill in Washington, Saturday, Nov. 7, 2009.(AP Photo/Alex Brandon)" border="0" /></a>AP - Here is a comparison of the three health care bills before Congress, including one by House Democrats and an alternative by House Republicans.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/us/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_on_bi_ge/us_health_care_comparing_the_bills"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091107/capt.43c5d1ba4b2b4f37974c8598ad41c6bd.health_care_overhaul_dcab118.jpg?x=130&y=91&q=85&sig=Xye996Dkz027VMLZbLOInw--" align="left" height="91" width="130" alt="photo" title="Rep. Peter Hoekstra, R-Mich., left, and Rep. Steve King, R-Iowa, pick up a copy of the house health care bill HB-3962 after they took it up the steps to the House after a rally against the health care bill on Capitol Hill in Washington, Saturday, Nov. 7, 2009.(AP Photo/Alex Brandon)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/us/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_on_re_us/us_sniper_unanswered_questions ap/20091107/us_sniper_unanswered_questions AP us Sat, 07 Nov 2009 18:48:48 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/us/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_on_re_us/us_sniper_unanswered_questions"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091105/capt.9cd876f6eb5b4d33b81fee8824c85d79.sniper_shootings_witnesses_ny108.jpg?x=90&y=130&q=85&sig=91QJUELLNWLZJhY317nDfA--" align="left" height="130" width="90" alt="FILE -- In a March 9, 2004, file photo convicted sniper John Allen Muhammad stands as he is sentenced to death for the shooting of Dean Meyers at the Prince William County Circuit Court in Manassas, Va. Forty-eight-year-old John Allen Muhammad is set to die by lethal 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. (AP Photo/Steve Helber/file)" border="0" /></a>AP - It galled her to do it, but Sarah Dillon was desperate for answers, so she wrote letters to convicted snipers John Allen Muhammad and Lee Boyd Malvo: If you murdered my son, please confess, she wrote.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/us/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_on_re_us/us_sniper_unanswered_questions"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091105/capt.9cd876f6eb5b4d33b81fee8824c85d79.sniper_shootings_witnesses_ny108.jpg?x=90&y=130&q=85&sig=91QJUELLNWLZJhY317nDfA--" align="left" height="130" width="90" alt="photo" title="FILE -- In a March 9, 2004, file photo convicted sniper John Allen Muhammad stands as he is sentenced to death for the shooting of Dean Meyers at the Prince William County Circuit Court in Manassas, Va. Forty-eight-year-old John Allen Muhammad is set to die by lethal 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. (AP Photo/Steve Helber/file)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/us/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091108/ap_on_re_us/us_fort_hood_virginia_tech ap/20091108/us_fort_hood_virginia_tech AP us Sun, 08 Nov 2009 02:54:48 GMT AP - Virginia Tech administrators have been advising Pentagon officials on how to respond to the mass shootings at Fort Hood.