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Fort Hood suspect charged with attempted murder (AP)

Posted: 02 Dec 2009 09:09 PM PST

FILE - The 2007 picture provided by the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences shows Nidal Hasan when he entered the program for his Disaster and Military Psychiatry Fellowship. An attorney for the Army psychiatrist charged with killing 13 people at Fort Hood says the Army is ordering a mental evaluation for his client. Attorney John Galligan says he received notice Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2009 that the Army wants to perform the exam on Hasan. (AP Photo/Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences)AP - An Army psychiatrist who may face the death penalty after the mass shooting at Fort Hood was charged Wednesday with 32 counts of attempted premeditated murder relating to the scores of soldiers and two civilian police officers injured in the attack, military officials said.

Tiger Woods: 'Personal failings' let family down (AP)

Posted: 02 Dec 2009 06:12 PM PST

FILE - In this June 11, 2009, file photo, Tiger Woods and his wife, Elin Nordegren watch the fourth quarter of Game 4 of the NBA basketball finals between the Los Angeles Lakers and Orlando Magic in Orlando, Fla. Tiger Woods said he let his family down with 'transgressions' he regrets 'with all of my heart,' and that he will deal with his personal life behind closed doors. His statement Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2009, follows a cover story in Us Weekly magazine that reports a Los Angeles cocktail waitress claims she had a 31-month affair with the world's No. 1 golfer. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip, File)AP - With a public apology and another appeal for privacy, Tiger Woods acknowledged Wednesday that he let his family down with unspecified "transgressions" that he regrets with "all of my heart." "I have not been true to my values and the behavior my family deserves," Woods said on his Web site following a magazine report of an alleged affair.

Only sliver of aid for US-Mexico drug plan spent (AP)

Posted: 02 Dec 2009 10:17 PM PST

Soldiers guard next to a transportation warehouse where a tunnel was found, near the US-Mexico border in Tijuana, Mexico, Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2009. The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration said Mexican authorities discovered an unfinished tunnel that extends into San Diego and is equipped with a lift system, ventilation and lighting. (AP Photo/Guillermo Arias)AP - Only $26 million of the $1.4 billion authorized to help Mexico and Central America fight organized crime has been spent due to bureaucracy, conditions placed on the funds by Congress and preparations in recipient countries, according to a government report scheduled for release Thursday.

Palin book tour host to foreign press: stay away (AP)

Posted: 02 Dec 2009 04:13 PM PST

AP - She's no longer the chief executive of Alaska, but Sarah Palin should still be called "governor." And in English only, please.

NY lawmakers approve deficit-cutting plan (AP)

Posted: 02 Dec 2009 04:52 PM PST

AP - New York's Senate has joined the Assembly in approving a measure to reduce the state's budget deficit by about $2.8 billion.

More unidentified bodies surface at Ill. cemetery (AP)

Posted: 02 Dec 2009 07:11 PM PST

FILE - In this Friday, July 31, 2009 picture, workers move one of two burial vaults that were exhumed in the same grave at Burr Oak Cemetery in Alsip, Ill. Officials say burial problems continue to plague the suburban Chicago cemetery where former workers were charged with digging up hundreds of graves in a scheme to resell burial plots. Burr Oak Cemetery in Alsip reopened in November after being closed for nearly four months after police arrested the four workers. They were accused of digging up graves, tossing remains or double-burying bodies in a scheme that went back several years. (AP Photo/Paul Beaty)AP - Officials at a historic black cemetery in suburban Chicago where former workers allegedly dug up graves in a scheme to resell burial plots are again finding human remains in the ground when they try to bury someone else.

Fears mount over giant carp reaching Great Lakes (AP)

Posted: 02 Dec 2009 06:39 PM PST

FILE - In this Thursday, Jan. 5, 2006 file photo, a bighead carp, front, a species of the Asian carp, swims in a new exhibit that highlights plants and animals that eat or compete with Great Lakes native species, at Chicago's Shedd Aquarium. Illinois environmental officials will dump a toxic chemical into a nearly 6-mile stretch of the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2009 to keep the voracious Asian carp from entering the Great Lakes while an electrical barrier is turned off for maintenance. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green, File)AP - Fears that giant, voracious species of carp will get into the Great Lakes and wipe out other fish have led to rising demands that the government close the waterway connecting the lakes to the Mississippi River — an unprecedented step that could disrupt the movement of millions of tons of iron ore, coal, grain and other goods.

2 NY soldiers stabbed to death, a 3rd in custody (AP)

Posted: 02 Dec 2009 03:46 PM PST

This undated photo released by the Scioto County Sheriff's Office shows Joshua Hunter, 20, of Watertown, N.Y., a Fort Drum, N.Y., soldier. Hunter was arrested at a hotel in southern Ohio, Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2009, on a warrant charging him in Tuesday's stabbing deaths of two fellow servicemen, Waide James, 20, and Diego Valbuena, 23, in northern New York. (AP Photo/Scioto County Sheriff's Office)AP - A Fort Drum soldier was arrested at a hotel in southern Ohio early Wednesday on a warrant charging him in the stabbing deaths of two fellow servicemen at an apartment near the military post in northern New York.

Party crashing: A flourishing phenomenon (AP)

Posted: 02 Dec 2009 01:52 PM PST

FILE-This Nov. 27, 2009 file photo released by the White House shows President Barack Obama greeting Michaele and Tareq Salahi, right, at a State Dinner hosted by Obama at the White House in Washington Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2009. The Salahis deny they were crashing the White House dinner. In any case, party crashing is a flourishing phenomenon, harried event planners say. (AP Photo/The White House, Samantha Appleton,File)AP - There was a list at the door, but the beautifully dressed guest in the chic, red-soled Christian Louboutin shoes wasn't on it. Still, she insisted she was a friend of the host. Not wanting to offend, the staffer at the door waved her in.

New York state lawmakers reject gay marriage bill (AP)

Posted: 02 Dec 2009 07:48 PM PST

New York state Sens. Ruben Diaz, D-Bronx, left, and Thomas Duane, D-Manhattan, shake hands after a debate over same-sex marriage in the New York state Senate at the Capitol in Albany, N.Y., on Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2009. The bill, supported by Duane and opposed by Diaz, was defeated 38-24. (AP Photo/Tim Roske)AP - New York lawmakers on Wednesday rejected a bill that would have made their state the sixth to allow gay marriage, stunning advocates who suffered a similar decision by Maine voters just last month.

Baltimore mayor back on job despite guilty verdict (AP)

Posted: 02 Dec 2009 02:27 PM PST

Baltimore Mayor Sheila Dixon leaves a news conference concerning the police department's mounted unit, Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2009, in Baltimore. Dixon resumed her regular duties a day after her misdemeanor conviction for taking gift cards meant for a program to help the city's poor children. (AP Photo/Rob Carr)AP - Mayor Sheila Dixon's misdemeanor fraud conviction fails to meet a key standard necessary for her removal from office, her attorney said Wednesday as the mayor resumed her regular duties a day after the verdict.

AP Enterprise: Crew blames capt. for pirate attack (AP)

Posted: 02 Dec 2009 05:57 PM PST

FILE - In this Nov. 19, 2009 file photo former Captain of the container ship Maersk Alabama, Richard Phillips, listens to a question during a news conference in Norfolk, Va. The lifeboat , that he was rescued from is on display behind him. Phillips, who was toasted as a hero after his ordeal as a captive of Somali pirates in April of 2009 unnecessarily exposed his crew to danger by not heeding repeated maritime safety warnings about pirate attacks in the Gulf of Aden before his ship was attacked, some members of his crew now allege. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)AP - Richard Phillips, the ship captain toasted as a hero after he was taken captive by Somali pirates, ignored repeated warnings last spring to keep his freighter at least 600 miles off the African coast because of the heightened risk of attack, some members of his crew now allege.

Ohio suspect's old home searched for more bodies (AP)

Posted: 02 Dec 2009 05:21 PM PST

FILE - This Nov. 13, 2009 file photo shows Anthony Sowell in Cleveland. The registered sex offender attacked 14 women and killed 11 of them, leaving their remains in and around his home, a prosecutor said Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2009 in announcing a grand jury indictment against the suspected serial killer. (AP Photo/Mark Duncan, File)AP - A home outside Cleveland where a suspected serial killer once lived was searched in vain by FBI agents and cadaver dogs Wednesday for any remains in addition to the 10 female bodies and skull found at his more recent home nearby.

What's red, green and now greener? This poinsettia (AP)

Posted: 02 Dec 2009 12:45 PM PST

In this photo taken, Nov. 25, 2009, University of New Hampshire assistant manager of the greenhouses, Dave Goudreault, talks passionately about the many different varieties of poinsettias grown at the university in Durham, N.H. Now in its fourth year, the University of New Hampshire MacFarlane Greenhouses and Thompson School Horticultural Facility host the popular Poinsettia Trials Open House Thursday, Dec. 3 through Saturday, Dec. 5, 2009. (AP Photo/Cheryl Senter)AP - The 700 poinsettias lined up in a University of New Hampshire greenhouse are all red, but the technique used to grow them is a bit more green than usual.

Obama science advisers grilled over hacked e-mails (AP)

Posted: 02 Dec 2009 03:17 PM PST

Nepalese children play in an alley in Lukla, 140 kilometres northeast of Kathmandu on December 2. Ministers from teh Himalayan nation have begun arriving in the town, one of the main towns in the Everest region, ahead of a high-altitude cabinet meeting to stress the impact of global warming on the mountain range.(AFP/Prakash Mathema)AP - House Republicans pointed to controversial e-mails leaked from climate scientists and said it was evidence of corruption. Top administration scientists looking at the same thing found no such sign, saying it doesn't change the fact that the world is warming.

Looted artifacts being returned to Italy from NYC (AP)

Posted: 02 Dec 2009 02:25 PM PST

This undated photo provided by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement shows an ancient plaster wall painting that was stolen from Italy, turned up in New York, and is headed back to Italy. This Pompeii wall panel fresco, and a large water urn were were recovered by Immigration and Customs officials in June. Both had been scheduled to be auctioned in New York before they were discovered to have been looted. The items were turned over to a representative of the Italian government in a ceremony at U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement offices in New York on Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2009. (AP Photo/U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement)AP - Two stolen ancient artifacts are being returned to Italy from New York City.

Iranian to be sentenced in arms smuggling case (AP)

Posted: 02 Dec 2009 03:46 PM PST

AP - An Iranian man who secretly pleaded guilty to plotting to ship sensitive U.S. military technology to Iran will be sentenced this month, federal authorities said Wednesday as they also revealed that the suspect told an undercover investigator Iran's leaders believe war is coming.

Judge dismisses libel lawsuit against Dixie Chicks (AP)

Posted: 02 Dec 2009 11:57 AM PST

AP - The Dixie Chicks can't be sued for libel by the stepfather of one of three 8-year-old boys killed in Arkansas 15 years ago because singer Natalie Maines based her statements on legal documents she believed were true, a federal judge ruled.

`Twilight,' `Sopranos' stars bound for Sundance (AP)

Posted: 02 Dec 2009 01:43 PM PST

In this film publicity image released by the Sundance Film Festival, Jon Hamm, left, and David Strathairn, seated right, are shown in a scene from the film, 'Howl.' (AP Photo/Sundance Film Festival, JoJo Whilden)AP - Dramas featuring "Twilight" star Kristen Stewart, Natalie Portman and "The Sopranos" co-stars James Gandolfini and Edie Falco are in the hunt for awards at the Sundance Film Festival.
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