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FBI reassessing past look at Fort Hood suspect (AP)

Posted: 10 Nov 2009 12:15 AM PST

A family member listens to music during a vigil, in front of the home of Army Pvt. Francheska Velez, 21, in Chicago, Monday, Nov. 9, 2009. Velez, pregnant and preparing to return home, was among those killed in the Fort Hood shootings last week by a fellow soldier who opened gunfire at the military base in Texas. Dozens were injured. (AP Photo/John Smierciak)AP - Nearly a year before Maj. Nidal Hasan allegedly went on a shooting rampage at Fort Hood, terrorism investigators conducted an "assessment" of him before deciding he did not pose a threat.

Obama pressed into role as national healer (AP)

Posted: 10 Nov 2009 12:24 AM PST

Soldiers from Fort Hood fold a American flag inside Fort Hood in Killeen, Texas, Monday, Nov. 9, 2009 in preparation for President Obama's planned visit on Tuesday. Army psychiatrist Maj. Nidal Malik 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 - Presidents get elected to run the nation. Some days that means knowing how to heal it.

Navies of 2 Koreas exchange fire (AP)

Posted: 10 Nov 2009 12:45 AM PST

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.

Rains hitting Gulf Coast ahead of tropical storm (AP)

Posted: 10 Nov 2009 12:07 AM PST

This Monday Nov. 9, 2009 satellite image provided by NOAA and annotated by the source shows Tropical Storm Ida moving north in the Gulf of Mexico. 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. (AP Photo/NOAA)AP - Squalls ahead of a rare late-season tropical storm that was crawling toward the Gulf Coast blew in heavy rain Monday as residents hunkered down mostly at home to ride out high winds and anticipated flooding.

Bill Clinton meets with Senate Dems on health care (AP)

Posted: 10 Nov 2009 12:33 AM PST

Graphic shows the process of making the health care reform bill into lawAP - Former President Bill Clinton knows just how high the political stakes are in the fight to overhaul America's health care system.

D.C. sniper mastermind set to be executed Tuesday (AP)

Posted: 10 Nov 2009 12:36 AM PST

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 - Unless Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine steps in, sniper mastermind John Allen Muhammad will be executed Tuesday for the attacks that terrorized the nation's capital region for three weeks in 2002.

Landslide kills 39 in southern India (AP)

Posted: 09 Nov 2009 11:51 PM PST

AP - A landslide triggered by torrential seasonal rains swept through a hilly region in southern India, killing at least 39 people, an official said Tuesday.

Mexican clergy seek global help as violence grows (AP)

Posted: 10 Nov 2009 12:42 AM PST

Mexican Cardinal Norberto Rivera speaks during a Mass at the metropolitan cathedral in Mexico City, Sunday, Nov. 8, 2009. Roman Catholic clergy, increasingly caught in the middle of Mexico's drug war, are drafting a strategy this week to cope with the violence, aided by advice from colleagues who have faced similar threats in Colombia and Italy. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)AP - Gunmen shoot a priest and two seminary students in the back. Federal police storm a Mass to capture a suspected drug kingpin. Priests pray with the families of murdered men, then face killers in the confessional.

Maya Angelou, Rihanna among Glamour mag's honorees (AP)

Posted: 10 Nov 2009 12:27 AM PST

Poet Maya Angelou accepts a lifetime achievement award during Glamour magazine's 2009 Women of the Year awards at Carnegie Hall in New York, Monday, Nov. 9, 2009. (AP Photo/Henny Ray Abrams)AP - Even for a venue as grand as New York's Carnegie Hall, there was a pretty dazzling concentration of star power at Glamour magazine's Women of the Year awards.

Carter fills in for Clark, sparks Steelers to win (AP)

Posted: 10 Nov 2009 12:16 AM PST

Pittsburgh Steelers safety Tyrone Carter, left, celebrates with teammates after his second quarter interception touchdown against the Denver Broncos in an NFL football game Monday, Nov. 9, 2009, in Denver. The Steelers beat the Broncos 28-10. (AP Photo/Jack Dempsey)AP - Rarely has playing it safe paid off so well for the Pittsburgh Steelers. Tyrone Carter started in place of safety Ryan Clark as a precaution Monday night and made the big play that sparked the Steelers to their fifth straight win, taking the first of his two interceptions 48 yards for a touchdown in Pittsburgh's 28-10 win over the Denver Broncos.

Fort Hood suspect contacted Islamist: sources (Reuters)

Posted: 09 Nov 2009 09:31 PM PST

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.

Obama to visit Asia as domestic issues smolder (Reuters)

Posted: 09 Nov 2009 10:09 PM PST

Reuters - Barack Obama this week makes his first trip to Asia as president, leaving behind a host of domestic problems with a visit that recognizes the region's economic and diplomatic importance to the United States.

Two Koreas in brief naval clash, vessels hit (Reuters)

Posted: 10 Nov 2009 12:00 AM PST

Lee Ki-sik, chief of Intelligence Operation Division at South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff, speaks to the media during a news briefing at the Defence Ministry in Seoul November 10, 2009. REUTERS/Choi Bu-SeokReuters - Navies from the rival Koreas exchanged gunfire for the first time in seven years on Tuesday, damaging vessels on both sides and raising tension just days before President Barack Obama travels to Asia.

Dodd set to unveil financial reform bill (Reuters)

Posted: 09 Nov 2009 11:41 PM PST

Senate Banking Committee Chairman Sen. Chris Dodd listens to testimony at the Senate Banking Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington in this July 23, 2009 file photo. Dodd will unveil long-awaited draft legislation on financial regulation reform on Tuesday, his office said on Monday. REUTERS/Larry DowningReuters - Senate Banking Committee Chairman Christopher Dodd will unveil long-awaited draft legislation on financial regulation reform on Tuesday, his office said on Monday.

Iran charges three detained Americans with spying (Reuters)

Posted: 09 Nov 2009 12:32 PM PST

Missing American hiker Sarah Shourd is seen here in this undated photo released by freethehikers.org, August 20, 2009. REUTERS/freethehikers.org/HandoutReuters - 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.

Leaders hail Wall fall, vow to topple new barriers (Reuters)

Posted: 09 Nov 2009 01:28 PM PST

People walk past the Brandenburg Gate where domino pieces mark the former border line between East and West in Berlin November 8, 2009. REUTERS/Thomas PeterReuters - 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.

Health-care bill faces tough path in Senate (Reuters)

Posted: 09 Nov 2009 04:56 AM PST

U.S. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (R) laughs during a news conference about the House vote on health care reform on Capitol Hill in Washington November 7, 2009. REUTERS/Yuri GripasReuters - 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.

U.S. says can give Iran time to okay nuclear deal (Reuters)

Posted: 09 Nov 2009 06:52 PM PST

U.S. International Atomic Energy Agency IAEA ambassador Glyn Davies gestures as he attends a board of governors meeting in Vienna September 7, 2009. REUTERS/Herwig PrammerReuters - The United States is willing to give Iran time to decide whether to accept a U.N.-brokered deal meant to allay suspicions it is after atomic bombs but which has drawn Iranian objections, a U.S. diplomat said Monday.

NKorea boat "in flames" after clash: Seoul officials (AFP)

Posted: 10 Nov 2009 12:53 AM PST

South Korean Commodore Lee Ki-Sik, chief of the Intelligence Operation Division, speaks at a briefing on the clash between the North and South Korean navies at the Defense Ministry in Seoul on November 10. The North Korean patrol boat involved in the skirmish was set ablaze after exchanging fire with South Korea's navy, as tensions rose a week before a scheduled US presidential visit.(AFP/Jung Yeon-Je)AFP - A North Korean patrol boat was set ablaze after exchanging fire with South Korea's navy on Tuesday, Seoul officials said, as cross-border tensions rose a week before a scheduled US presidential visit.

China defends handling of Xinjiang executions (AFP)

Posted: 10 Nov 2009 12:48 AM PST

Armed Chinese security forces seen on patrol in Urumqi in northwest China's Xinjiang province. China has defended its handling of the executions of nine people over deadly ethnic unrest in its far-western Xinjiang region in July, saying the cases were dealt with AFP - China on Tuesday defended its handling of the executions of nine people over deadly ethnic unrest in its far-western Xinjiang region in July, saying the cases were dealt with "according to law".
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