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Senate to vote...Screening program...Violence in Saipan,... Nov 20 2009 3:05AM
The Senate is holding its first procedural
vote on health care legislation tomorrow night. Majority Leader
Harry Reid set the vote a day after unveiling the nearly $1
trillion measure. Meanwhile, Republicans are deriding the bill as a
collection of t
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| Military experiment seeks to predict PTSD Nov 20 2009 2:34AM
A military experiment is under
way to try to predict who's most at risk for post-traumatic stress
disorder.
Doctors say understanding underlying triggers might help reduce
the burden of those who return from combat psychologically wounded,
if t
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| Lining up the votes...GOP decries Medicare payment bill... Nov 20 2009 1:52AM
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has one more
day to corral his caucus to find the 60 votes needed for the Senate
health care bill to clear its first key procedural hurdle. With
Republicans united in their opposition, Democrats need the vote of
ever
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| KABUL (AP) Afghan police say death toll from suicide bombing... Nov 20 2009 12:42AM
Afghan police say death toll from suicide bombing
in western [[kxtopic:afghanistan:t[Afghanistan]:t]] increases to 13.
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New Age of Soldiers Nov 19 2009 6:55PM
A new generation of patriots are ready to take the front line..
On 9/11 some of these men and women heading to war were not able to drive, take a geometry class or even apply to college.
Brad Feldman has the story of two soldiers preparing for thei
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| AlQaida suspect promises NY trial boycott Nov 19 2009 6:26PM
A scientist trained in the U.S. and suspected of
being an al-Qaida operative has promised to boycott her January
trial in New York.
Aafia Siddiqui (ah-FEE'-uh see-DEE'-kee) interrupted lawyers to
announce in federal court in Manhattan on Thursda
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| Update on the latest news, sports, business and entertainment:... Nov 19 2009 4:55PM
University of California students will get a
much larger tuition bill next year.
The Board of Regents on Thursday approved a 32 percent increase
in undergraduate student fees, despite protests by hundreds of
demonstrators outside the regents' me
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| Latest South Dakota news, sports, business and entertainment:... Nov 19 2009 4:27PM
The American Cancer Society says it
will not appeal a judge's decision that clears the way for South
Dakota's new smoking ban to be referred to a statewide public vote.
Jennifer Stalley, the group's government relations director,
says the societ
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PLANS FOR THIS EVENING
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| Senate passes benefits for vets' caregivers Nov 19 2009 3:03PM
The Senate has unanimously passed legislation
that would provide monthly stipends and medical benefits to family
members who stay home to care for severely injured veterans of the
wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
The bill also includes training for
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| Congresswoman getting briefed on Afghanistan Nov 19 2009 2:21PM
As President Barack Obama apparently is
on the verge of a decision on the war in Afghanistan, U.S. Rep.
Stephanie Herseth Sandlin says she is meeting with administration
officials to get a complete picture of the situation.
The South Dakota De
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| German defense chief: No move now on Afghan troops Nov 19 2009 12:36PM
The visiting German defense chief says Germany
will hold off on any decision about adding troops to Afghanistan at
least until the United States makes a move.
German Minister of Defense Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg paid a
call at the Pentagon on T
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PLANS FOR THIS AFTERNO
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| Oliver North salutes next "greatest generation" Nov 19 2009 11:05AM
Retired Marine Lt. Col. Oliver North
says U.S. service members fighting in [[kxtopic:iraq:t[Iraq]:t]] and [[kxtopic:afghanistan:t[Afghanistan]:t]] are the
next "greatest generation," and he encouraged the nation to
embrace them as such.
Best kno
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| Afghan president sworn in; bombings kill 10 civilians, 2 U.S.... Nov 19 2009 10:37AM
President Hamid Karzai is pledging that Afghanistan
will take control of its own security within five years.
But even as he spoke, a pair suicide bombers struck in the
country's south.
Police say an attacker was targeting an Afghan security
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| Clinton: Karzai outlines agenda for change, reform Nov 19 2009 9:34AM
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton says
she is encouraged by Afghan President Hamid Karzai's pledge to
battle corruption and get his security forces sufficiently trained
to take the lead within five years.
Clinton is in Kabul, where
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| Flight woes...Karzai's pledge...Stocks fall...First spacewalk... Nov 19 2009 8:53AM
People who are planning to fly today are being
advised to check the status of their flights. For the second time
in 15 months, a problem with the FAA system that collects airlines'
flight plans is causing widespread flight cancellations and delays
na
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PLANS FOR TODAY
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| AP OPENWIRE VIDEO NEWS FEED Nov 19 2009 8:17AM
Two days before shipping off to
war, Marine Pfc. Jesse Sheets sat inside a trailer in the Mojave
Desert, his gaze fixed on a computer that flashed a rhythmic pulse
of contrasting images. Smiling kids embracing a soldier. A dog
sniffing blood oozing f
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| URGENT Nov 19 2009 7:42AM
Afghan officials say a suicide
bomber targeting an Afghan security forces convoy in the south of
the country has killed 10 civilians and wounded another 13.
The deputy police chief of Uruzgan province, Gulad Khan, says
the suicide bomber was on
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| Americans k illed...Pakistan holds firm...Fort Hood hearings... Nov 19 2009 6:53AM
NATO says two U.S. service members have been killed
in an explosion in southern Afghanistan. The deaths occurred on the
same day as the inauguration of President Hamid Karzai, who said
Afghanistan will control its own security within five years.
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| KABUL (AP) NATO says 2 US service members have been killed in... Nov 19 2009 6:11AM
NATO says 2 US service members have been killed in
southern Afghanistan.
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| Update on the latest news, sports, business and entertainment:... Nov 19 2009 4:54AM
President Barack Obama is on his way
back to Washington after an Asian tour that included efforts to
prod China on human rights and North Korea to return to nuclear
talks.
Obama today said the United States has begun talking with allies
about f
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| Obama meets with US troops in SKorea Nov 19 2009 1:17AM
President Barack Obama told
U.S. troops stationed in South Korea that their service has ensured
peace in Asia and around the world.
The U.S. fought for South Korea during the Korean War. Nearly
30,000 U.S. troops remain to monitor the cease-fire
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| Obama visiting S.Korea...Terror convictions predicted...Bus crash... Nov 18 2009 10:04PM
President Barack Obama says the U.S.
alliance with South Korea has never been stronger. Obama received a
warm welcome from roadside crowds and at an elaborate welcome in
Seoul. South Korea's president says he and Obama are committed to
ratification
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| Obama's prediction...Afghan inauguration...Stocks dip... Nov 18 2009 4:27PM
As President Barack Obama sees it, people who
are offended by the rights being given to Khalid Sheikh Mohammed
(HAH'-leed shayk moh-HAH'-med) won't be offended when he's
convicted and executed. But Obama, in a TV interview before leaving
Beijing, add
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| Update on the latest news, sports, business and entertainment:... Nov 18 2009 3:31PM
One Republican senator wants to know why it
makes sense to have a civilian trial for the professed 9/11
mastermind when he's already tried to plead guilty before a
military commission.
The question was put today to Attorney General Eric Holder
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| Concerns about Afghanistan...Terror trial defense...Pirate attack... Nov 18 2009 2:56PM
On the eve of Hamid Karzai's inauguration for
another term as Afghanistan's president, there are continued U.S.
concerns about his government. President Barack Obama, in
interviews before leaving China today for South Korea, declined to
say he trus
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| AP OPENWIRE VIDEO NEWS FEED Nov 18 2009 2:42PM
Two days before shipping off to
war, Marine Pfc. Jesse Sheets sat inside a trailer in the Mojave
Desert, his gaze fixed on a computer that flashed a rhythmic pulse
of contrasting images. Smiling kids embracing a soldier. A dog
sniffing blood oozing f
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| Grilled on terror trial...Clinton in Afghanistan...Palin fans... Nov 18 2009 2:07PM
One Republican senator wants to know why it
makes sense to have a civilian trial for the professed 9/11
mastermind when he's already tried to plead guilty before a
military commission. The question was put today to Attorney General
Eric Holder at a
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| Predicting a conviction...No vote of confidence...Sluggish... Nov 18 2009 11:05AM
He's making it clear that the outcome is up to
a jury but President Barack Obama is predicting that the
professed 9/11 mastermind will be convicted and executed after a
civilian trial in New York. His attorney general, Eric Holder,
agrees telling a
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| Obama wants path to ending war in Afghanistan Nov 18 2009 10:51AM
According to President Barack Obama, the goal of
his upcoming strategy in Afghanistan will be to "put us on a path
towards ending the war." And he says he has no intention of
passing the conflict on to the next president.
In interviews before le
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| NATO delays talks on new forces for Afghanistan Nov 18 2009 8:10AM
NATO says it's waiting for President Barack
Obama's decision on additional troops for Afghanistan before it
holds a conference on pledging reinforcements.
The alliance holds regular meetings to raise troops and other
resources for all its operat
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| Obama: Going gray, but not losing weight Nov 18 2009 5:15AM
President Barack Obama says he feels the pressure
of being commander-in-chief but it's not causing him to lose
weight.
Obama says media reports that he's skipping meals and shedding
pounds under the stress of deciding a new Afghanistan war strat
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| Fort Carson honors 15 troops killed in Afghanistan Nov 18 2009 5:01AM
Fifteen soldiers from Fort Carson who
were killed in Afghanistan last month will be remembered in two
memorial services at the post.
Army Secretary John McHugh will attend the services Wednesday at
the post near Colorado Springs, Colo.
One
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| Afghan capital readies for Karzai inauguration Nov 18 2009 3:51AM
Afghanistan is ramping up security in the capital
ahead of tomorrow's inauguration of President Hamid Karzai
(KAHR'-zeye) for a second, five-year term.
The day has been declared a national holiday but the swearing in
will be a tightly controlled
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| Source: Germany to extend Afghanistan mission Nov 18 2009 3:51AM
A source close to Chancellor Angela
Merkel's government says Germany will extend its mission to
Afghanistan for another year. The decision requires parliamentary
approval.
The source, who spoke on condition of anonymity ahead of an
official ann
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| Update on the latest news, sports, business and entertainment:... Nov 17 2009 11:54AM
One of two people charged in the 2002
abduction of Elizabeth Smart has pleaded guilty to federal charges.
In a deal with prosecutors, Wanda Eileen Barzee pleaded guilty
to charges of kidnapping and unlawful transportation of a minor
Tuesday in U
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| Miliband says Afghan political solution will include Taliban in... Nov 17 2009 10:37AM
Britain's foreign secretary says a
political solution in Afghanistan must include senior Taliban
commanders in the government.
David Miliband told NATO's parliamentary assembly meeting in
Scotland, that the "vast majority" of Taliban fighters ar
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| US, China pledge cooperation...Poll: tax the rich for health care... Nov 17 2009 7:14AM
President Barack Obama and Chinese President Hu
Jintao have spoken of moving beyond the divisions between the
nations toward joint efforts on issues they agree on. After a
two-hour meeting, they promised to tackle climate change, nuclear
disarmament
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| Somalia still tops global corruption list Nov 17 2009 4:12AM
An international watchdog says war-ravaged Somalia
remains the world's most corrupt country, followed by [[kxtopic:afghanistan:t[Afghanistan]:t]],
Myanmar, Sudan and [[kxtopic:iraq:t[Iraq]:t]].
The annual report of Transparency International show
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| U.S.,China presidents meet...Child mourned...Marathon surgery... Nov 16 2009 10:03PM
China's president has told President Barack Obama
that he looks forward "to having an in-depth relationship." Obama
is meeting with Hu Jintao in Beijing. Earlier in Shanghai, Obama
held a town-hall-style meeting with university students.
NEW Y
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4:30 p.m. Monday, Nov. 16, 2009
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| Troops hone artillery skills to cut Afghan deaths Nov 16 2009 1:46PM
Soldiers headed for Afghanistan are
getting new training on when to use high-powered weapons as the
U.S. looks to reduce civilian deaths.
Troops with the 101st Airborne Division have been spending weeks
in the woods on the Kentucky-Tennessee lin
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| Soldier mom refuses deployment to care for baby Nov 16 2009 1:25PM
A Georgia-based Army cook and single mother
could face criminal charges after she refused to deploy to
Afghanistan, saying no one could care for her 10-month-old son.
Commanders at Hunter Army Airfield in Savannah had 21-year-old
Spc. Alexis Hut
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| Better GM numbers...Stocks gain...Tax debt Nov 16 2009 11:05AM
It's a sign of just how bad things had been in
the auto industry. GM says it lost $1.2 billion from the time it
left bankruptcy protection through the end of September. But that's
a far better report that it has issued in previous quarters. It
indica
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| Update on the latest news, sports, business and entertainment:... Nov 16 2009 10:23AM
Federal officials are due to arrive in
rural northwest Illinois to inspect a prison that could be bought
by the federal government and used to house Guantanamo Bay
detainees.
Officials from the Federal Bureau of Prisons and the Department
of De
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| More Afghan deaths...Prison visit...Highway searc Nov 16 2009 10:02AM
French forces say the death
toll from rockets fired at a crowded market northeast of Kabul has
increased to 12. The head of French forces in Afghanistan was
holding a meeting nearby with tribal elders. Officials say the
meeting was the intended targe
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| Obama in China...Afghan attack...Shuttle fueling Nov 16 2009 5:01AM
President Barack Obama meets with China's
president shortly, after nudging the country toward being more open
to free speech. Obama told a town hall-style meeting in Shanghai,
"that the more freely information flows, the stronger the society
becomes.
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| EU ministers mull Afghanistan Nov 16 2009 4:33AM
EU defense and foreign ministers will discuss
how to shore up the government of Afghanistan amid plummeting
public support in Europe for the U.S.-led war in Central Asia.
An EU spokeswoman says Kai Eide, the top U.N. official in Kabul,
will brie
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| Obama prods China on rights...Afghanistan attack...Pakistan... Nov 16 2009 2:55AM
President Barack Obama is speaking out against
censorship in China on his first trip there as the U.S. leader. He
says tough criticisms of political leaders should be allowed and
the free flow of information on the Internet "should be
encouraged." Ob
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| Militants attack police in south Afghanistan Nov 16 2009 1:31AM
Police officials in southern
Afghanistan say militants have attacked a police checkpoint in the
violent province of Kandahar overnight, killing at least three
policemen and wounding another six.
The police criminal director of Kandahar, Pashton
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| Report: Imam says he didn't pressure Hasan Nov 16 2009 12:21AM
A newspaper report says the radical imam who
communicated with the Fort Hood suspect claims he never pressured
Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan to harm Americans.
The Washington Post reports imam Anwar al-Awlaki, however,
called the Fort Hood attack that
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| Obama: Terrorist networks largest threat to US Nov 16 2009 12:14AM
President Barack Obama is telling Chinese
students that the greatest threat to the United States' security is
terrorist networks such as al-Qaeda.
Obama on Monday met with students in Shanghai and said al-Qaeda
has crossed from Afghanistan into
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| Terror trial disagreement...Prison dispute...Medication questions... Nov 15 2009 5:59PM
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, a
former New York senator, says she doesn't have a problem with
trying the alleged planner of the Sept. 11 attacks in New York.
Clinton says the goal is for those responsible to "pay the
ultimate penalty."
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| Afghan fighting...Detainee trial debate...Searching for a 5year... Nov 15 2009 4:56PM
A battle is under way in
eastern Afghanistan between insurgents and a coalition of French
and Afghan troops. The mission is to clear militants from an area
to secure a planned road that would move supplies to neighboring
Pakistan.
WASHINGTON
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| Obama in China...Afghan accountability...`2012' is No. 1... Nov 15 2009 1:53PM
President Barack Obama is making his first trip
to China. He's arrived in Shanghai, where he'll hold talks with
local officials and hold an American-style town hall with Chinese
university students. Then it's on to Beijing, where global warming,
Nort
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| Clinton ties US help to improved accountability Nov 15 2009 1:25PM
The United States is demanding more
accountability from Afghanistan before it commits more aid for its
civilians.
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton says Afghan President
Hamid Karzai (HAH'-mihd KAR'-zeye) can do more to reduce corruption
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| US to Afghans: Reduce corruption...Election doubts...Iran's first... Nov 15 2009 12:57PM
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton says
if Afghanistan wants more U.S. aid, it will have to do more to
reduce corruption. Clinton tells ABC's "This Week" that the Obama
administration wants a tribunal to prosecute major corruption
crimes and a
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| French troops launch offensive in eastern Afghan valley... Nov 15 2009 9:55AM
A joint French and Afghan force
is pushing into a volatile valley about 30 miles east of Kabul.
The head of the French marine infantry regiment says about 700
French and 100 Afghan soldiers launched the offensive before dawn.
The (Tagab) va
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| Gitmo detainees to Illinois?...NYC terror trial...Nuclear arms... Nov 15 2009 8:52AM
A nearly empty, maximum-security prison in
northwestern Illinois may end up housing Guantanamo Bay detainees.
A White House official says the Thomson Correctional Facility has
emerged as a leading option among several prisons evaluated.
Illinois
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| Economic outlook...No climate change deal by Dec....Air power for... Nov 15 2009 6:11AM
With the help of stimulus spending and other
emergency moves, leaders of Asian and Pacific countries say the
stage is set for global economic recovery. But after meeting today
in Singapore, President Barack Obama and the other leaders said
that in or
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| Global warming discussed...Obama to meet Medvedev...Ill. prison... Nov 14 2009 8:54PM
An Obama administration official says world
leaders agree that next month's international summit on climate
change will be a preliminary step that will require subsequent
efforts to tackle global warming. National security aide Michael
Froman says Pr
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| Gates blocks release of detainee abuse photos Nov 14 2009 7:23PM
Defense Secretary Robert Gates has blocked the
public release of 44 pictures of foreign detainees abused by their
U.S. captors, saying their release would endanger American
soldiers.
The Obama administration filed a brief with the Supreme Court
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| Father, son, dead in plane crash...Illinois prison eyed for Gitmo... Nov 14 2009 6:54PM
A single-engine plane went down in
southern New Jersey this morning, killing the pilot, a 53-year-old
man, and his 12- year-old son. State police say the plane appeared
to come straight down and ended up in a densely wooded area, not
far from the air
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| Obama to meet with Medvedev...Insurgents killed in Nov 14 2009 5:03PM
President Barack Obama hopes to keep up
momentum toward a new U.S.-Russia arms control treaty when he meets
with President Dmitry Medvedev (dih-MEE'-tree med-VYEH'-dyev) on
the sidelines of an economic forum among Asian nations in
Singapore. Both Was
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| Update on the latest news, sports, business and entertainment:... Nov 14 2009 4:06PM
Across the country today, mourners have been
standing in front of the flag-draped coffins during funeral
services for several of the 13 people killed in the Fort Hood
shootings.
Hundreds lined the main street of Plymouth, Ind. The crowd fell
si
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| Obama to Congress: hold off...Search for evidence in... Nov 14 2009 2:56PM
President Barack Obama is asking Congress to
delay holding hearings on the Ford Hood shootings until the law
enforcement and military investigations are complete. In his
Saturday address, Obama says once all the facts are gathered, "we
must act upon
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| NATO says insurgents killed during search Nov 14 2009 1:11PM
NATO says several insurgents, including an armed
woman, have been killed in a search operation in western
Afghanistan.
But the district governor says three civilians were killed and
three children wounded when insurgents used a civilian house fo
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| Maddoff's stuff...Cleveland search...Fort Hood probes... Nov 14 2009 10:44AM
About 200 remnants of Bernard Madoff's
(MAY'-dawfs) lavish lifestyle are on the auction block in Manhattan
today. Items range from a half-used sticky pad to expensive
jewelry. Proceeds will be divided among Madoff's victims. He's
serving a 150-year s
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| 2 US soldiers killed in Afghanistan explosions Nov 14 2009 8:10AM
NATO says two U.S. service members and an American
contractor have been killed in two separate explosions in
Afghanistan.
NATO headquarters in Kabul said Saturday that one U.S. troop was
killed in a roadside bomb strike in southern Afghanistan t
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| Era of engagement...Fort Hood funerals...Moon money... Nov 14 2009 4:47AM
President Barack Obama is declaring a new age of
engagement with Asia, labeling the U.S. a "nation of the Pacific"
and saying the continent and America are "bound" by the ocean.
Obama says he's determined to engage Asians as equal partners in
the e
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| Some Fort Hood victims' funerals set for Saturday Nov 14 2009 2:56AM
Funerals are planned across the country for
several of the 13 people killed in the Fort Hood shooting rampage.
Services are being held Saturday for at least six of the victims
in cities ranging from San Diego to the 3,500-resident town of
Kiel,
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| Some Fort Hood victims' funerals set for Saturday Nov 14 2009 2:56AM
Funerals are planned across the country for
several of the 13 people killed in the Fort Hood shooting rampage.
Services are being held Saturday for at least six of the victims
in cities ranging from San Diego to the 3,500-resident town of
Kiel,
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| Some Fort Hood victims' funerals set for Saturday Nov 14 2009 2:55AM
Funerals are planned across the country for
several of the 13 people killed in the Fort Hood shooting rampage.
Services are being held Saturday for at least six of the victims
in cities ranging from San Diego to the 3,500-resident town of
Kiel,
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(Stations: Please sub the following for the Today in History
script that moved in advance for Saturday, Nov. 14. Today's
Birthdays, DELETES Robert Ginty, who died in September.)
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| Pelosi: Health bill would limit abortion access Nov 13 2009 6:12PM
Speaker [[kxtopic:nancy-pelosi:t[Nancy Pelosi]:t]] is agreeing with
critics who say an amendment included in the [[kxtopic:health-care:t[health care]:t]] bill
passed by the House would additionally limit access to abortion.
Pelosi on Friday ackno
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| Update on the latest news, sports, business and entertainment:... Nov 13 2009 11:26AM
Attorney General Eric Holder says
self-proclaimed Sept. 11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four
other Guantanamo Bay detainees will be sent to New York for trial
in a civilian federal court and he expects to seek the death
penalty.
At a n
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| Suicide bomber attacks military convoy on outskirts of Kabul... Nov 13 2009 10:16AM
NATO says a suicide bomber has targeted a military
convoy on the outskirts of Afghanistan's capital.
At least two dozen people were wounded in the attack, including
nine international service members, 10 civilian contractors and
several Afghans.
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| Guantanamo detainees to be moved...Morale is down...Coastal floods... Nov 13 2009 10:02AM
President Barack Obama says he's "absolutely
convinced" that Khalid Sheikh Mohammed (HAH'-leed shayk
moh-HAH'-med) will face "the most exacting demands of justice."
He was asked today in Japan about the reports that the
self-proclaimed 9/11 mastermin
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