Fort Hood, community mourn shooting victims
FORT HOOD, Texas (AP) -- A chaplain exhorted hundreds of mourners gathered at a candlelight vigil to not give up hope as Fort Hood and its surrounding community looked to each other for comfort after an Army psychiatrist allegedly went on a deadly shooting spree at the military base....
Police: Fla. shooting suspect was angry at company
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) -- Employees at an engineering firm recognized their former co-worker when he drew a handgun from under his shirt, police said, and shot his first victim dead in the reception area. He then walked into the office and unloaded several more rounds, wounding five other employees at the company that fired him two years ago....
Another attack leaves US Muslims fearing backlash
As word spread that a gunman had opened fire at Fort Hood leaving a trail of carnage, a chilling realization swept across the U.S. Muslim community: He has an Islamic name....
Police: LA celebrity burglaries led by 19-year-old
LAS VEGAS (AP) -- Investigators cracked a youthful burglary ring that preyed on Hollywood's rich and famous, often brazenly walking into their unlocked homes to make off with cash, jewels and family heirlooms, authorities said....
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....
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....
But for heroes, bloodbath could have been worse
FORT HOOD, Texas (AP) -- Pfc. Marquest Smith, on his way to Afghanistan in January, was completing routine paperwork about a bee-sting allergy when the sounds erupted....
Stepfather convicted in death of 'Baby Grace'
GALVESTON, Texas (AP) -- Two years after the remains of a toddler who came to be known as "Baby Grace" were dumped in Galveston Bay, the child's stepfather was convicted of capital murder in her beating death....
Iran lawmakers: No shipment of uranium abroad
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) -- Senior Iranian lawmakers rejected on Saturday any possibility of Tehran shipping uranium abroad for further enrichment, intensifying pressures on the government to reject the U.N.-backed plan altogether....
Afghan gov't says UN representative out of line
KABUL (AP) -- Pushing back against international criticism, Afghanistan's Foreign Ministry said Saturday that the top U.N. official in the country overstepped his authority by giving instructions on how to rid the government of corruption and warlords....
Britain urges steps to insure financial system
ST. ANDREWS, Scotland (AP) -- Britain called Saturday for consideration of a tax on financial transactions to insure against another crisis and urged world finance officials meeting in Scotland to agree on bearing the cost of fighting climate change....
Ministry: NATO airstrike kills Afghan soldiers
KABUL (AP) -- Afghanistan's Defense Ministry said Saturday that a NATO airstrike in the western province of Badghis mistakenly hit a joint base housing coalition troops and Afghan security forces, killing four Afghan soldiers and three policemen....
Rival Lebanon factions agree on unity government
BEIRUT (AP) -- Lebanon's Syrian-backed factions finally agreed on a unity government proposed by their pro-Western rivals on Saturday, ending a four-month deadlock in the deeply divided country....
US: More foreign troops certain in new Afghan plan
BRUSSELS (AP) -- A top Pentagon official says President Barack Obama's new strategy for Afghanistan will be certain to include reinforcements of foreign troops....
Pakistan: 12 militants killed in offensive
ISLAMABAD (AP) -- Pakistani soldiers killed 12 militants in gunbattles over the past day, officials said Saturday, as government forces pressed on with their offensive in the mountainous Taliban sanctuary of South Waziristan....
Pakistan's fashionistas defy Taliban
KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) -- Some women strode the catwalk in vicious spiked bracelets and body armor. Others had their heads covered, burqa-style, but with shoulders - and tattoos - exposed. Male models wore long, Islamic robes as well as shorts and sequined T-shirts....
Unique homecoming to Vietnam for US commander
DANANG, Vietnam (AP) -- On the day his side lost the Vietnam War, Hung Ba Le fled his homeland at the age of 5 in a fishing trawler crammed with 400 refugees. Thirty-four years later, he made an unlikely homecoming - as the commander of a U.S. Navy destroyer....
Obama to meet Myanmar, other ASEAN leaders
MANILA, Philippines (AP) -- President Barack Obama will meet leaders of Southeast Asian nations, including Myanmar, in a high-level affirmation of Washington's new policy of engaging the military-ruled country despite its dismal human rights record....
