Southern Illinoisans stunned by attack at military base

By Mark Fitton, The Southern

Southern Illinois was left stunned and without answers Thursday afternoon when an Army physician-officer reportedly opened fire inside Fort Hood, Texas, killing fellow soldiers and a police officer. Twelve were reported dead and 31 wounded.

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Tragedy in Texas

BY April Castro and Devlin Barrett, The Associated Press

FORT HOOD, Texas - An Army psychiatrist set to be shipped overseas opened fire at the Fort Hood Army post Thursday, authorities said, a rampage that killed 12 people and left 31 wounded in the worst mass shooting ever at a military base in the United States.

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Troubling portrait emerges of Fort Hood suspect

BY Brett J. Blackledge, The Associated Press

WASHINGTON - His name appears on radical Internet postings. A fellow officer says he fought his deployment to Iraq and argued with soldiers who supported U.S. wars. He required counseling as a medical student because of problems with patients.

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Anguish over California teen suicides spurs action

By Lisa Leff, The Associated Press

PALO ALTO, Calif. - Grim news hit this university town in late October just two days before a PTA forum on teenage stress: Another Palo Alto teen had died after stepping in front of a commuter train, the fourth such suicide in less than six months.

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CIT files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection

By Stephen Manning, The Associated Press

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Ohio coroner: 6 bodies found were homicide victims

By Thomas J. Sheeran, The Associated Press

CLEVELAND - Six women whose badly decomposed bodies were found at the home of a convicted rapist were all victims of homicide, the coroner's office said Sunday.

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A few elections, a few clues about our politics

By Liz Sidoti, The Associated Press

WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama isn't on the ballot. Neither are all members of Congress, nor most governors.

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Cheney told FBI he had no idea who leaked Plame ID

PETE YOST, Associated Press Writer

WASHINGTON - Former Vice President Dick Cheney told the FBI in 2004 he had no idea who leaked to the news media that Valerie Plame, wife of a Bush administration critic, worked for the CIA.

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Obama declares swine flu a national emergency

By Phillip Elliot, The Associated Press

WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama declared the swine flu outbreak a national emergency, giving his health chief the power to let hospitals move emergency rooms offsite to speed treatment and protect noninfected patients.

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Boy found hiding in garage, not in balloon

BY P. Solomon Banda and Ivan Moreno, The Associated Press

FORT COLLINS, Colo. - It looked like something straight out of science fiction and sounded like a parent's worst nightmare: A flying saucer-shaped helium balloon zooming across the skies of Colorado with a boy named Falcon inside.

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Chicago loses Olympic bid, Rio will host 2016 games

BY DEANNA BELLANDI, The Associated Press

CHICAGO (AP) - Thousands of people stood in bewildered silence in downtown Chicago on Friday after the International Olympic Committee eliminated the city from the race for the 2016 Summer Olympics in the first round of voting.

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Obama makes final pitch for Chicago to Olympic committee

BY JULIE PACE, The Associated Press

COPENHAGEN (AP) - Combining hometown pride and political muscle, President Barack Obama lobbied Olympic leaders on Friday to give the 2016 Summer Games to Chicago, saying a nation shaped by the people of the world ``wants a chance to inspire it once more.''

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Jimmy Carter hopes revamped library will inspire

GREG BLUESTEIN, The Associated Press

The Jimmy Carter Library and Museum reopened Thursday during an emotional ceremony on the former president's 85th birthday, unveiling an overhaul that devotes more space than any other presidential library to a commander-in-chief's work after the White House.

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