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• AP source: Suspected shooter got poor evaluation (AP)
• Congressman: 2 soldiers released from custody (AP)
• Obama, House Dems press for health care votes (AP)
• Senate rejects bid aimed at Sept. 11 terrorists (AP)
• Tea partiers descend on Capitol (Politico)
• New Afghan violence makes Obama decision tougher (AP)
• Obama laments 'horrific outburst of violence' (AP)
• A big new tax break for homebuyers; signing Friday (AP)
• Liberal lawmakers defy Obama on Patriot Act (AP)
• First lady praises employees at Energy Department (AP)
• U.S. wants Japan base decision by year's end: report (Reuters)
• USTR Kirk says Korean trade pact needs new auto deal (Reuters)
• AP NewsBreak: NYC mayor's Dem foe might run again (AP)
• Conn. anti-war candidate weighs run for governor (AP)
• Obama: Fort Hood shooting 'horrific' (Politico)
• Northwest pilots appeal license revocation (AP)
• Obama: US must reverse course with Indians (AP)
• Obama calls mass shooting at Texas army base horrific (Reuters)
• Army officer opens fire at Fort Hood, killing 12 (AP)
• New gene therapy halts 2 boys' rare brain disease (AP)

AP source: Suspected shooter got poor evaluation (AP) Posted: 05 Nov 2009 04:12 PM PST AP - Military officials say the suspected shooter at Fort Hood was a psychiatrist at Walter Reed Army Medical Center for six years before being transferred to the Texas base in July.

Congressman: 2 soldiers released from custody (AP) Posted: 05 Nov 2009 04:45 PM PST AP - The office of a Texas congressman says two soldiers who were taken into custody following a deadly rampage at Fort Hood have been released.

Obama, House Dems press for health care votes (AP) Posted: 05 Nov 2009 04:54 PM PST AP - President Barack Obama and House Democrats scrambled on Thursday to secure the votes to pass a historic health care overhaul initiative, working to ease disagreements with rank-and-file over abortion and illegal immigrations.

Senate rejects bid aimed at Sept. 11 terrorists (AP) Posted: 05 Nov 2009 04:38 PM PST AP - The Democratic-controlled Senate on Thursday turned back a GOP-led effort to bar Sept. 11 terrorists from being prosecuted in civilian federal courts.

Tea partiers descend on Capitol (Politico) Posted: 05 Nov 2009 08:14 AM PST Politico - The Tea Party holds no seat in Congress, but at least 10,000 of the party’s members descended on Capitol Hill Thursday to rally against a Democratic-written health care overhaul.

New Afghan violence makes Obama decision tougher (AP) Posted: 05 Nov 2009 03:19 PM PST AP - President Barack Obama's next move on Afghanistan is growing more difficult by the day. Deadly attacks this week deepened British and U.N. alarm over their commitments, and fresh worries about Iraq could delay the exit of U.S. troops there, squeezing an already overstretched military.

Obama laments 'horrific outburst of violence' (AP) Posted: 05 Nov 2009 03:11 PM PST AP - President Barack Obama on Thursday called a mass shooting at a Texas Army base "a horrific outburst of violence."

A big new tax break for homebuyers; signing Friday (AP) Posted: 05 Nov 2009 02:16 PM PST AP - Missed out on Cash for Clunkers? Congress has another deal for you: Buy a home before May 1 and collect up to $6,500 from the government. If you're a first-time homebuyer, get up to $8,000.

Liberal lawmakers defy Obama on Patriot Act (AP) Posted: 05 Nov 2009 02:36 PM PST AP - Defying the Obama administration, the House Judiciary Committee voted Thursday to remove from the USA Patriot Act a tool for tracking non-U.S. citizens in anti-terrorism investigations.

First lady praises employees at Energy Department (AP) Posted: 05 Nov 2009 02:21 PM PST AP - On a visit to the Energy Department on Thursday, first lady Michelle Obama quizzed middle-school students about red blood cells and nanotechnology during a practice science quiz competition.

U.S. wants Japan base decision by year's end: report (Reuters) Posted: 05 Nov 2009 04:45 PM PST Reuters - The United States and Japan look set to avoid a collision over where to relocate a Marine base when President Barack Obama visits Tokyo next week, but Washington is pressing for a decision on the touchy topic by the end of this year, the Nikkei business daily reported Friday.

USTR Kirk says Korean trade pact needs new auto deal (Reuters) Posted: 05 Nov 2009 04:12 PM PST Reuters - South Korea must do more to open its market to U.S. cars before President Barack Obama will send a free trade agreement signed in June 2007 to Congress for a vote, the chief U.S. trade negotiator said on Thursday.

AP NewsBreak: NYC mayor's Dem foe might run again (AP) Posted: 05 Nov 2009 04:01 PM PST AP - The Democrat who came within 50,000 votes of unseating billionaire New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg is open to running again and said he's not bitter that many in his party deserted his campaign when it seemed like a long shot.

Conn. anti-war candidate weighs run for governor (AP) Posted: 05 Nov 2009 02:41 PM PST AP - While Ned Lamont's entry into Connecticut's governor's race has created a stir, some question whether the businessman can generate the same enthusiasm he did in 2006 when he challenged Sen. Joe Lieberman.

Obama: Fort Hood shooting 'horrific' (Politico) Posted: 05 Nov 2009 02:40 PM PST Politico - President Barack Obama promised "answers to every single question" about Thursday's shooting at Fort Hood after an attack by at least one U.S. service member that left 12 soldiers dead and 31 wounded.

Northwest pilots appeal license revocation (AP) Posted: 05 Nov 2009 02:39 PM PST AP - The Northwest Airlines pilots who overshot Minneapolis by 150 miles are appealing their license revocations with the National Transportation Safety Board.

Obama: US must reverse course with Indians (AP) Posted: 05 Nov 2009 02:32 PM PST AP - President Barack Obama assured American Indians on Thursday that they have a place in his White House and on his agenda, telling tribal leaders their marginalized community deserves more from its government.

Obama calls mass shooting at Texas army base horrific (Reuters) Posted: 05 Nov 2009 02:17 PM PST Reuters - President Barack Obama on Thursday called a mass shooting at Fort Hood military base in which at least 12 people were killed and 31 wounded a "horrific outburst of violence".

Army officer opens fire at Fort Hood, killing 12 (AP) Posted: 05 Nov 2009 03:41 PM PST AP - An Army officer opened fire Thursday with two handguns at the Fort Hood military base in an attack that left 12 people dead and 31 wounded. Authorities killed the gunman and apprehended two other soldiers in what appears to be the worst mass shooting at a U.S. military base.

New gene therapy halts 2 boys' rare brain disease (AP) Posted: 05 Nov 2009 02:12 PM PST AP - French scientists mixed gene therapy and bone marrow transplants in two boys to seemingly halt a brain disease that can kill by adolescence. The surprise ingredient: They disabled the HIV virus so it couldn't cause AIDS, and then used it to carry in the healthy new gene.

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