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U.S. jobless rate makes jump over 10 percent

By JEANNINE AVERSA and CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABER Associated Press
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Just when it was beginning to look a little better, the economy relapsed Friday with a return to double-digit unemployment for only the second time since World War II and warnings that next year will be even worse than previously thought.

US & WORLD NEWS
Saturday, November 07, 2009

Another attack leaves US Muslims fearing backlash
By ERIC GORSKI AP Religion Writer
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As word spread that a gunman had opened fire at Fort Hood leaving a trail of carnage, a chilling ...

    Afghan gov't says UN representative out of line
By HEIDI VOGT Associated Press
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Pushing back against international criticism, Afghanistan's Foreign Ministry said Saturday ...

Pakistan models defy Taliban with 1st fashion week
By CHRIS BRUMMITT Associated Press
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Some women strode the catwalk in vicious spiked bracelets and body armor. Others had their ...

    Iran lawmakers: No shipment of uranium abroad
By ALI AKBAR DAREINI Associated Press
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Senior Iranian lawmakers rejected on Saturday any possibility of Tehran shipping uranium abroad ...

Obama to House: Time to finish job on health care
By DAVID ESPO Associated Press
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President Barack Obama summoned Democrats to “answer the call of history” Saturday as the House ...

    Investigators look for motive in base shooting
By MIKE BAKER AND BRETT J. BLACKLEDGE Associated Press
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As if going off to war, Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan cleaned out his apartment, gave leftover frozen ...

Brown gets tough with Karzai
By GREGORY KATZ Associated Press
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Prime Minister Gordon Brown, Washington's closest ally in Afghanistan, toughened his tone Friday ...

    2 sides at odds over accord's survival
By Associated Press
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They can't both be right. Ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya says a deal that could have ...

Orlando office shooting kills one, wounds five
By Associated Press
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A man who was so deep in debt that he did not have the money to visit his son 30 minutes away ...

    Daily U.S. casualties
By Associated Press
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Afghanistan: As of Friday, at least 833 members of the U.S. military had died in Afghanistan, ...

News Briefs
By Wire Reports
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A jury convicted a Floridaman Friday of murdering hisformer son-in-law, rejectingthe man’s ...

    Watering Place
By Staff Reports
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Children play around a water distribution truck Friday in the Filas de Mariches neighborhood ...

News Shows
By Associated Press
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Guest lineup for the Sunday TV news shows:

 
Friday, November 06, 2009

Jobless benefits approved
By SHANNON MUCHMORE World Staff Writer
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Unemployed Tulsans are among those looking to Congress for continued help as they try to find ...

    Army post shooting rampage leaves 13 dead, 30 hurt
By APRIL CASTRO and DEVLIN BARRETT Associated Press Writers
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Military officials were starting Friday to piece together what may have pushed an Army psychiatrist ...

Thirteen die in rampage
By Wire Reports
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An Army psychiatrist set to be shipped overseas opened fire at the Fort Hood Army post Thursday, ...

    Congress backs expansion of tax credit for homebuyers
By Staff Reports
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In another effort to help the country’s strugglingeconomy, Congress on Thursday moved toward ...

Oklahoma high school graduate one of the soldiers killed at Fort Hood
By NewsOK.com
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A graduate of Tipton High School was one of the soldiers killed during a gunman's attack Thursday ...

    UK's Brown stands firm on Afghanistan
By JENNIFER QUINN Associated Press
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Prime Minister Gordon Brown warned Afghanistan's government on Friday to take action against ...

Exonerated man seeks cash for 27-year sentence
By SARAH LARIMER Associated Press
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No bars or razor wire hold former Florida inmate No. 082629. Instead, William Dillon sits on ...



AP HEADLINES
House narrowly passes landmark health care bill
Saturday, November 07, 2009
WASHINGTON (AP) -- In a victory for President Barack Obama, the Democratic-controlled House narrowly passed landmark health care legislation Saturday night to expand coverage to tens of millions who lack it and place tough new restrictions on the insurance industry. Republican opposition was nearly unanimous....

Suspect told 'There's something wrong with you'
Saturday, November 07, 2009
FORT HOOD, Texas (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....

Funeral services held for slain New Mexico nun
Saturday, November 07, 2009
GALLUP, N.M. (AP) -- A slain Catholic nun who lived and worked on the Navajo Indian reservation was remembered Saturday for her passion for the poor at funeral services....

Fort victims had different reasons for enlisting
Saturday, November 07, 2009
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. Here is a look at the victims....

Ground broken for Flight 93 memorial in Pa.
Saturday, November 07, 2009
SHANKSVILLE, Pa. (AP) -- With the words 'Let''s roll' - the command issued by United Flight 93 passenger Todd Beamer to lead the passenger revolt - 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....

Alleged Ohio serial killer rare among mass killers
Saturday, November 07, 2009
CLEVELAND (AP) -- Authorities say Anthony Sowell lured women into his home in a busy neighborhood, killed them - most by strangulation - and scattered their remains throughout the inside and buried some in the backyard....

Army: Shooting suspect taken off ventilator
Saturday, November 07, 2009
FORT HOOD, Texas (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....

Brother: Shooting suspect is a peaceful person
Saturday, November 07, 2009
STERLING, Va. (AP) -- A brother of the man authorities say went on a shooting spree at Fort Hood says the Army psychiatrist is peaceful person - and hopes he will be treated fairly by the legal system....













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