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Suspect in Fla. office shooting denied bond
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) -- A man charged with killing a worker and wounding five others in the Orlando engineering firm where he once worked has been denied bond....
Suspect asked for advice on going to fight Muslims
FORT HOOD, Texas (AP) -- A Muslim leader says the Army psychiatrist suspected of going on a shooting rampage at Fort Hood asked him for advice on what he should tell soldiers who had concerns about going to fight Muslims in Iraq and Afghanistan....
Ida spurs tropical storm warnings in Caribbean
MIAMI (AP) -- Tropical storm warnings have been issued for parts of Mexico and Cuba as Ida rapidly gains strength over Caribbean waters....

MIAMI (AP) -- Tropical storm warnings issued in Mexico, Cuba as Ida rapidly strengthens over Caribbean....
NJ jurors convict Fla. man in 'fat defense' trial
HACKENSACK, N.J. (AP) -- A jury convicted a Florida man Friday of murdering his former son-in-law, rejecting the man's defense that he was too fat to have run up and down a flight of stairs to commit the crime and make a quick getaway....
Gift card scandal could sink Baltimore mayor
BALTIMORE (AP) -- The accusations that Mayor Sheila Dixon used holiday gift cards for the needy during personal shopping sprees may sound like a minor embarrassment at worst, a small-time case of a politician enjoying the perks of power....
Both sides set to vote on Philly transit contract
PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- Members of Philadelphia's largest transit union and the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority are set to vote on a contract to end the strike that has idled buses, subways and trolleys for five days....
Navy ship built with WTC steel to go into service
NEW YORK (AP) -- The Navy is commissioning its newest battleship with a bow forged from steel that once held up the World Trade Center....
Pa. locals, Flight 93 families united by history
SHANKSVILLE, Pa. (AP) -- Esther Heymann was overflowing with grief for her stepdaughter. Standing in a blustery snow, overlooking the empty field where Flight 93 had crashed a couple of years earlier, she couldn't stop crying....
Island village hit by suspected swine flu
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) -- Suspected swine flu is sweeping a traditional Eskimo whaling village on a remote Alaska island - prompting an urgent medical mission to deliver help....
Ida returns to tropical storm strength
MIAMI (AP) -- Ida has become a tropical storm again, with top winds of 45 mph (72 kph), as it swirls in the Caribbean on a track that could bring it to the U.S. Gulf Coast next week....
Fort victims had different reasons for enlisting
The 13 people killed when an Army psychiatrist allegedly opened fire on fellow soldiers at Fort Hood, Texas, included a pregnant woman who was preparing to return home, a man who quit a furniture company job to join the military about a year ago, a newlywed who had served in Iraq and a woman who had vowed to take on Osama bin Laden after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. Here is a look at some of the victims....
After immigrant killed in NY, others tell of abuse
PATCHOGUE, N.Y. (AP) -- The high school buddies who trolled the streets looking for Hispanics to attack called it "beaner hopping."...
NY town marks year since immigrant fatally stabbed
PATCHOGUE, N.Y. (AP) -- The family of an Ecuadorean man slain on a Long Island street will be among those participating in a candlelight vigil and memorial service to mark the first anniversary of the killing....
Computers, records seized at ACORN offices in La.
NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- State investigators raided ACORN offices on Friday, taking away computer hard drives and documents as part of a probe into alleged embezzlement and tax fraud when the organization's national headquarters was based in New Orleans....
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