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Suspect at Ft. Hood asked for advice on going to fight Muslims

The Army psychiatrist suspected of going on a shooting rampage at Fort Hood recently asked for advice on what he should tell fellow soldiers concerned about fighting Muslims in Iraq or Afghanistan, a local Muslim leader said Saturday.

Democrats clear impasse blocking health care vote

Capping months of months of struggle, House Democrats cleared an abortion-related impasse blocking a vote on sweeping health care legislation late Friday and officials expressed optimism they had finally lined up the support needed to pass President Barack Obama's top domestic priority.

Teen charged with killing nun in NM

A teenager was charged Friday with killing a nun after allegedly breaking into her trailer home on the Navajo Indian reservation in search of cash or valuable items.

House Dems struggle for final votes on health care

Amid intense lobbying by the Obama administration, House Democratic leaders struggled Friday for the final votes needed to pass sweeping health care legislation, weighing fresh concessions to abortion opponents and working to ease concerns among Hispanic holdouts.

Boeing 777 engine cone falls off mid-flight onto home's lawn

An engine tailcone fell off a Delta Air Lines jet shortly after takeoff Thursday and plummeted thousands of feet before landing harmlessly on a lawn in a Long Island residential neighborhood.

Fort Hood suspect said his goodbyes before rampage

The 39-year-old Army psychiatrist emerged as a study in contradictions: a polite man who stewed with discontent, a counselor who needed to be counseled himself, a professional healer now suspected of cutting down the fellow soldiers he was sworn to help.

Cops: Wife faked own abduction to scam hubby

The made-for-TV intrigue has everyone from TMZ.com to Oprah Winfrey's producers nosing around this exclusive community to seek salacious details of a pretty blonde's downfall from executive's wife to criminal suspect.

Jury convicts man claiming to be 'too fat to kill'

A New Jersey jury has rejected a Florida man's claims that he was too fat to kill his former son-in-law and has convicted him of murder.

Report: Two U.S. soldiers missing in Afganistan

NATO forces headquarters in Afghanistan said the two paratroopers from the 4th Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, went missing on Wednesday. Officials indicated it was unlikely the two missing had been taken captive.

Florida shooting suspect: 'they left me to rot'

A television reporter who was present as police walked suspect Jason Rodriguez into a police station asked him why he went on an alleged shooting spree and Rodriguez responded "they left me to rot." He did not specify who "they" were. One person was killed and five others hurt.