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          <title>Alabama unemployment up&#8212;again</title>
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MONTGOMERY  &#8212; Just two years after hitting a record low, the unemployment rate in Alabama climbed to 10.9 percent in October, the highest it has been in more than 25 years, state officials announced 
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          <title>End of an era: Oprah ending show after 25 years</title>
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Oprah Winfrey was set to announce Friday that her powerhouse daytime television show, the foundation of a multibillion-dollar media empire with legions of fans, will end its run in 2011 after 25 seasons on the air. Winfrey planned to announce the final date for &#8220;The Oprah Winfrey Show&#8221; during a live broadcast, according to her production company, Harpo Productions Inc           ]]></description>
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More than 150 Christian leaders, most of them conservative evangelicals and traditionalist Roman Catholics, issued a joint declaration Friday reaffirming their opposition to abortion and gay marriage and pledging to protect religious freedoms. The 4,700-word document, called &#8220;The Manhattan Declaration: A Call of Christian Conscience,&#8220; sounds familiar themes from political and social debates.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Ala. city settles open meetings lawsuit</title>
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The Adamsville City Council has promised to follow Alabama&#8217;s Open Meetings Act, and a case brought by Jefferson County District Attorney Brandon Falls has been dismissed. A lawsuit contended the council discussed issues June 25 at a closed meeting not allowed under the open meetings law and that it failed to give proper notice for a July 6 meeting.
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          <title>Report: 20&#45;somethings can go 2 years between Paps</title>
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 First mammograms. Now &#8212; in an apparent coincidence &#8212; Pap smears. New guidelines by the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists say most women in their 20s can have a Pap smear every two years instead of annually to catch slow-growing cervical cancer.
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          <title>Heidi Klum wows crowd at Victoria&#8217;s Secret show</title>
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Heidi Klum and her post-baby body led the parade at the annual Victoria&#8217;s Secret fashion show, which returned to New York with some fresh faces after four years on the road. The lingerie retailer inducted five more women into its &#8220;Angel&#8221; ranks &#8212; a designation reserved for top models &#8212; in front of a packed house Thursday night at the Lexington Avenue Armory.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Senate girds for historic debate on health bill</title>
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Congressional budget crunchers said Thurday the Democrats&#8217; latest health care plan would hold down federal red ink for at least 20 years, an assessment that gave supporters hope as the Senate moved gingerly toward a historic debate           ]]></description>
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          <title>Weak jobless claims, future economic activity data</title>
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A gauge of future U.S. economic activity and a report on unemployment benefits signaled Thursday that the recovery likely will remain weak in the coming months           ]]></description>
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          <title>Stimulus watchdog: Job creation data flawed</title>
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The government watchdog overseeing economic stimulus spending says the White House was too quick to take credit for saving or creating 640,000 jobs           ]]></description>
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          <title>Behind missed Gitmo deadline: No one wants jailees</title>
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President Barack Obama is now confirming what many have long suspected: He will miss his January deadline to close the Guantanamo prison &#8212; partly because he cannot persuade other nations to take the detainees           ]]></description>
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          <title>Obama says US, allies discussing Iran sanctions</title>
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Showing impatience with Iranian foot-dragging, President Barack Obama said Thursday that the U.S. and its allies are discussing possible new penalties against Iran for defying international attempts to halt its contested nuclear program           ]]></description>
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          <title>FAA officials: Flight computers working again</title>
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FAA officials say failed computers that delayed flights across the country are now working again.            ]]></description>
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          <title>Shuttle astronauts take space walk</title>
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A pair of astronauts ventured out on the first spacewalk of their shuttle mission Thursday to tackle some antenna and cable work at the International Space Station.            ]]></description>
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          <title>No rebuke for &#8216;admonish,&#8216; 2009 Word of the Year</title>
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 When the U.S. House admonished Rep. Joe Wilson for shouting &#8220;You lie!&#8220; at President Barack Obama during a health care speech to Congress sent many people scurrying to the Internet in search of a definition. Admonish, a verb dating to the 14th century meaning &#8220;to express warning or disapproval in a gentle, earnest, or solicitous manner,&#8220; generated enough curiosity to crown it Word of the Year for 2009.

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          <title>Plaintiffs savor legal victory over Army Corps</title>
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The plaintiffs in a lawsuit against the Army Corps of Engineers are savoring the taste of victory after a federal judge ruled that the corps caused the flooding of St. Bernard Parish and New Orleans&#8217; Lower Ninth Ward.
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          <title>Selig: Baseball will tighten playoff schedule</title>
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Baseball plans to cut down on off days during the postseason next year. Commissioner Bud Selig said Wednesday he&#8217;s working on tightening up the 2010 playoff schedule so there will be fewer gaps between games.
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          <title>Riley thanks Baptists for supporting bingo fight</title>
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Gov. Bob Riley has thanked the Alabama Baptist State Convention for supporting the governor&#8217;s efforts to stop electronic bingo operations in Alabama. The convention approved a resolution opposing electronic bingo and praising the governor for his efforts to stop the games.
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          <title>Solar electric system put in service in West Tenn.</title>
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 A solar design and installation company says it has put in service the largest solar electric system of its kind in the state. The company said the Tennessee Valley Authority will contract with the Dentons to purchase their solar-generated electricity. TVA will pay them about twice the price that most Tennessee residents pay for their utility-generated power.
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          <title>Shuttle nears space station, looks &#8216;beautiful&#8217;</title>
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Space shuttle Atlantis closed in on the International Space Station on Wednesday for a high-flying linkup and supply drop.            ]]></description>
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          <title>Factory production dips; wholesale inflation muted</title>
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A decline in factory production in October signals that consumers and businesses remain cautious in their spending, with the economic recovery likely to be sluggish           ]]></description>
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          <title>Fort Hood slayings prompt full Pentagon review</title>
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The Pentagon will investigate its procedures in light of the Fort Hood shooting rampage, looking at how all the military services keep a watch on potential problems in their ranks, officials said Tuesday.            ]]></description>
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          <title>AP POLL: Tax the rich to pay for health bill</title>
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When it comes to paying for a health care overhaul, Americans see just one way to go: Tax the rich           ]]></description>
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          <title>Amtrak train, car collide; four killed</title>
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An Amtrak passenger train hit a car trying to cross the tracks near the South Carolina-Georgia state line and four people have been killed.           ]]></description>
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Space shuttle Atlantis&#8217; astronauts scoured their ship Tuesday for any signs of launch damage while pursuing the International Space Station.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Palin rules out 2012 run, but keeps door open</title>
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Sarah Palin said in an interview broadcast Tuesday that a 2012 presidential bid is &#8220;not on my radar,&#8220; but wouldn&#8217;t rule out playing some role in the next presidential election. When asked whether she&#8217;d play a major role, the former Republican vice presidential candidate replied that &#8220;if people will have me, I will.&#8220;
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Seven years after it began, the wrenching saga of Elizabeth Smart&#8217;s kidnapping is expected to move toward resolution Tuesday with an expected guilty plea from one of the two defendants charged in the case. Wanda Eileen Barzee is scheduled to appear in Utah&#8217;s U.S. District Court on Tuesday to enter the plea on charges of kidnapping and unlawful transportation of a minor, her attorney Scott Williams.
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The pace at which people fell behind on their mortgages slowed during the summer for the third consecutive quarter, but the overall delinquency rate hit another record, a new report shows. For the three months ended Sept. 30, 6.25 percent of U.S. mortgage loans were 60 or more days past due, according to credit reporting agency TransUnion. That&#8217;s up 58 percent from 3.96 percent a year ago.
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          <title>AP POLL: Tax the rich to pay for health bill</title>
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 When it comes to paying for a health care overhaul, Americans see just one way to go: Tax the rich. That finding from a new Associated Press poll will be welcome news for House Democrats, who proposed doing just that in their sweeping            ]]></description>
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          <title>New mammogram advice raises questions, concerns</title>
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For many women, getting a mammogram is already one of life&#8217;s more stressful experiences. Now, women in their 40s have the added anxiety of trying to figure out if they should even be getting one at all.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Body of missing North Carolina girl found</title>
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A missing 5-year-old whose mother was accused of offering her for sex was found dead off a heavily wooded road in a rural area Monday, ending a weeklong search, police said.            ]]></description>
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Space shuttle Atlantis rocketed into orbit Monday with six astronauts and a full load of spare parts for the International Space Station.            ]]></description>
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Retail sales rose more than expected in October due largely to a big rebound in auto sales. But broader consumer spending remains under pressure, raising questions about the durability of the recovery.
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More than 15 million taxpayers could unexpectedly owe taxes when they file their federal returns next spring because the government was too generous with their new Making Work Pay tax credit.            ]]></description>
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NASA fueled space shuttle Atlantis on Monday for an afternoon liftoff to the space station, despite increasingly cloudy skies.           ]]></description>
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President Barack Obama pointedly nudged China on Monday to stop censoring Internet access, offering an animated defense of the tool that helped him win the White House and suggesting Beijing need not fear a little criticism. The president&#8217;s message during a town hall-style meeting focused on one of the trickiest issues separating China&#8217;s communist government and the United States &#8212; human rights.
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Sarah Palin&#8217;s book tour for &#8220;Going Rogue&#8221; visits Alabama in one week.
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A new study raises fresh concerns about Zetia and its cousin, Vytorin &#8212; drugs that are still taken by millions of Americans to lower cholesterol, despite questions raised last year about how well they work. In the study, Zetia failed to shrink buildups in artery walls while a rival drug, Niaspan, did so significantly. Zetia users also suffered more heart attacks and other problems.
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Fingers will be flying when space shuttle Atlantis blasts off Monday: About 100 of NASA&#8217;s geekiest fans will be on hand, pecking away at iPhones, BlackBerrys, laptops and other Twittering gadgets.           ]]></description>
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An 11-year-old Idaho boy fatally shot a black bear on his family&#8217;s front porch after he said it wouldn&#8217;t leave.           ]]></description>
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Estimates of deaths caused by the swine flu have grown to nearly 4,000 since April, roughly quadrupling previous estimates. But that doesn&#8217;t mean swine flu suddenly has worsened. Instead, the federal numbers made public Thursday reflect a long-awaited better attempt to quantify the new flu&#8217;s true toll. Most cases still don&#8217;t require a doctor&#8217;s care.
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Self-proclaimed Sept. 11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four other Guantanamo Bay detainees will be sent to New York to face trial in a civilian federal court, an Obama administration official said Friday. The official said Attorney General Eric Holder plans to announce the decision later in the morning.            ]]></description>
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 Sarah Palin&#8217;s new memoir describes heart-wrenching anguish about her teen daughter&#8217;s pregnancy playing out before a national audience. But the 413-page tome doesn&#8217;t contain a single reference to the father of her granddaughter, soon-to-be Playgirl model Levi Johnston. In &#8220;Going Rogue,&#8220; which will be released Tuesday, Palin also laments about everyone in her entourage being forced to wear fancy clothes..           ]]></description>
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Remnants of Tropical Storm Ida are pounding the East Coast, flooding coastal areas in New Jersey after slamming the Carolinas and Virginia. Strong winds and waves are causing severe beach erosion along the New Jersey shore. However, the rain has not been as heavy as first predicted and that could help ease the flooding.           ]]></description>
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President Barack Obama rejected the Afghanistan war options before him and asked for revisions, his defense secretary said Thursday, after the U.S. ambassador in Kabul argued that a significant U.S. troop increase would only prop up a weak, corruption-tainted government           ]]></description>
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Military officials say the Army psychiatrist accused of killing 13 and wounding 29 in last week&#8217;s shooting rampage at his military post in Texas will face 13 charges of premeditated murder under the military&#8217;s legal system. The decision makes him eligible for the death penalty if convicted           ]]></description>
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An Alabama National Guard soldier from Dothan wounded in the mass shooting at Fort Hood, Texas, has had some famous faces in his hospital room.           ]]></description>
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President Barack Obama has left Washington on his first major trip to Asia, where a surging China and newly assertive Japan are threatening to upend America&#8217;s longtime role as keeper of the peace and trader-in-chief           ]]></description>
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Pass the gravy &#8212; plus the phone and the remote control. It&#8217;s dinnertime in America. Between the blare of the TV, the ring of the phone and Junior texting his buddies under the table or from the couch, the modern dinner comes with a heaping helping of distracting bells and whistles, an Associated Press-iVillage Food poll found.           ]]></description>
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 All four of the guys who lost to Taylor Swift for entertainer of the year at the Country Music Association Awards made a tactical error: They asked the crossover sensation to open for them in their concerts. Swift quickly shed her opener status and shook up the music world with an incredible year that included the best-selling album, a concert tour that sold out and, now, a historic night at the CMAs.           ]]></description>
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President Barack Obama went to the national burial ground for war heros to place a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknowns, a day after leading a memorial service for those slain in the Fort Hood shootings.           ]]></description>
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 Far from winding down, the numbers of wounded U.S. soldiers coming home have continued to swell. The problem is especially acute among those who fought in Afghanistan, where nearly four times as many troops were injured in October as a year ago. Amputations, burns, brain injuries and shrapnel wounds proliferate in Afghanistan, due mostly to crude, increasingly potent improvised bombs targeting U.S. forces. Others are hit by snipers&#8217; bullets or mortar rounds.           ]]></description>
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The longest fishing pier on the Gulf of Mexico will be closed indefinitely after being damaged by waves from Tropical Storm Ida.
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          <pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 06:53:21 CST</pubDate>
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Taylor Swift started what could be an interesting week with her second straight song of the year award at the BMI Country Awards Tuesday, when Kris Kristofferson was honored as an icon. Swift won for her song &#8220;Love Story&#8221; &#8212; the night before she contends for entertainer of the year at the Country Music Association Awards &#8212; Bobby Pinson won songwriter of the year.            ]]></description>
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John Allen Muhammad stepped foot into Virginia&#8217;s death chamber and within seconds was lying on a gurney, tapping his left foot, his arms spread wide with a needle dug into each. &#8220;Mr. Muhammad, do you have any last words?&#8220; the warden asked the mastermind behind the D.C.-area sniper attacks that killed 10 in 2002. Muhammad, calm and stoic, was defiant to the end, refusing to utter any final words.
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The execution was set Tuesday night for John Allen Muhammad, the mastermind behind three weeks of sniper attacks in 2002 that left 10 dead and beset such fear people were afraid to go shopping, cut grass or pump gas           ]]></description>
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Tropical Storm Ida blew ashore with rain and gusty but weakening winds before dawn Tuesday as weather-hardened Gulf Coast residents rode out the rare late-season storm. The U.S. National Hurricane Center in Miami said Ida&#8217;s center first touched land on Dauphin Island and was headed across Mobile Bay for the Alabama mainland, with top sustained winds slowing to about 45 mph (75 kph).           ]]></description>
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A badly damaged North Korean patrol ship retreated in flames Tuesday after a skirmish with a South Korean naval vessel along their disputed western coast, the first such clash in seven years, South Korean officials said. There were no South Korean casualties, the country&#8217;s Joint Chiefs of Staff said in a statement, and it was not immediately clear if there were any casualties on the North Korean side.            ]]></description>
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Even for a venue as grand as New York&#8217;s Carnegie Hall, there was a pretty dazzling concentration of star power at Glamour magazine&#8217;s Women of the Year awards. Pop star Rihanna was there, in the most body-hugging of gowns. Michael Douglas and Catherine Zeta-Jones were presenters; so were Katie Couric and former President Bill Clinton.
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 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is being treated for a rare form of leukemia, and the basketball great said his prognosis is encouraging. The NBA&#8217;s all-time leading scorer was diagnosed last December with chronic myeloid leukemia, he told The Associated Press on Monday.
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The U.S. Supreme Court has refused to block Tuesday&#8217;s scheduled execution of sniper mastermind John Allen Muhammad.            ]]></description>
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A government health insurance plan included in the House bill is unacceptable to a few Democratic moderates who hold the balance of power in the Senate. They&#8217;re locked in a battle with liberals, with the fate of President Barack Obama&#8217;s signature issue at stake.
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Hurricane Ida was weakening early Monday as it headed for the Gulf Coast but could still pack hurricane-strength winds and storm surges when it hits the shore overnight. Despite warnings extending more than 200 miles across several states, residents seemed to take the first Atlantic hurricane to target the U.S. this season in stride.
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Pvt. Joseph Foster took a bullet in the leg during the Fort Hood shooting rampage. He pauses when he&#8217;s asked about the mayhem, then credits a stout heritage with bringing him through the ordeal and leaving him eager for his scheduled January deployment to Afghanistan.
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This school year, students can be seen using cell phones in the hallways between classes, during breaks and in the cafeteria at lunch time. And there&#8217;s no one telling them not to. The Lauderdale County school board changed its policy on student cell phone usage this year to allow students the freedom to not only have them at school, but to use them at specified times during the school day.
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Jim Carrey&#8217;s Scrooge collected holiday donations from movie fans with his new take on &#8220;A Christmas Carol,&#8220; which took in $31 million to open as the weekend&#8217;s top movie. The Disney animated version of the Charles Dickens classic knocked the King of Pop out of the No. 1 spot as &#8220;Michael Jackson&#8217;s This Is It&#8221; slipped to second place with $14 million, according to studio estimates Sunday.
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With prayers, music and pomp, Germany on Monday remembered the 20th anniversary of the day the Berlin Wall fell, sending East Germans flooding west and setting in motion events that soon led to the country&#8217;s reunification. Chancellor Angela Merkel started the day with President Horst Koehler and other leaders at a prayer service at a former East Berlin church that was a rallying point for activists.           ]]></description>
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As if going off to war, Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan cleaned out his apartment, gave leftover frozen broccoli to one neighbor and called another to thank him for his friendship &#8212; common courtesies and routines of the departing soldier. Instead, authorities say, he went on the killing spree that left 13 people at Fort Hood, Texas, dead           ]]></description>
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A gunman opened fire Friday in the offices of an engineering firm where he was let go more than two years ago, authorities said, killing one person and injuring five others           ]]></description>
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Police have surrounded a Florida high-rise after gun shots were reportedly fired. The Legions Place office building in downtown Orlando was ordered on lockdown Friday afternoon as officers began a floor-by-floor evacuation.
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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. There are many unknowns about Nidal Malik Hasan, the man authorities say is responsible for the worst mass killing on a U.S. military base.           ]]></description>
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The base commander at Fort Hood says soldiers who witnessed a shooting rampage that left 13 people dead reported that the gunman shouted &#8220;Allahu Akbar!&#8220; before opening fire at the Texas post.
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Several schools across Alabama will participate in &#8220;Mix It Up at Lunch Day&#8221; on Tuesday, Nov. 10.
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Elton John has been released from a London hospital after being treated for flu and an E. coli bacterial infection.
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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.           ]]></description>
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Big Bird is leaving Sesame Street!

That&#8217;s what he decides on the &#8220;Sesame Street&#8221; season opener. A rapping real-estate agent pitches him on migrating to a new habitat (&#8220;habitat,&#8221; the episode&#8217;s &#8220;Word on the Street&#8221;). After sizing up a beach and a swamp for his new habitat, Big Bird chooses a rain forest.

But then he comes to his senses with a musical number.

&#8220;Sesame Street is my habitat!&#8221; he sings. &#8220;Sesame Street is my home!&#8221;           ]]></description>
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Chanting &#8220;Kill the bill,&#8220; thousands of conservatives incensed over the Democrats&#8217; health care overhaul protested at the Capitol on Thursday, arguing that the legislation amounts to a government takeover of the nation&#8217;s medical system           ]]></description>
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The U.S. Army says 12 people have been killed and 31 wounded in a shooting rampage on the Fort Hood Army base in Texas           ]]></description>
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The U.S. Army says 12 people have been killed and 31 wounded in a shooting rampage on the Fort Hood Army base in Texas.            ]]></description>
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A South Carolina man caught on video having sex with a horse was sentenced Wednesday to three years in prison after pleading guilty for the second time in two years to abusing the creature.            ]]></description>
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Faced with lurking dangers to the budding recovery, Federal Reserve policymakers are sure to leave a key interest rate at a record low to entice Americans to spend more and help the economic turnaround gain traction           ]]></description>
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House Democrats cleared the way Wednesday for a pivotal floor vote on health care overhaul as early as the weekend, after tweaking their 1,900-page bill to crack down harder on insurance companies.           ]]></description>
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Independents who swept Barack Obama to a historic 2008 victory broke big for Republicans on Tuesday as the GOP wrested political control from Democrats in Virginia and New Jersey, a troubling sign for the president and his party heading into an important midterm election year           ]]></description>
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Ford, the only U.S. automaker to dodge direct government aid and bankruptcy court, surprised investors with net income of nearly $1 billion in the third quarter and forecast a &#8220;solidly profitable&#8221; 2011.
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Former Mass. Gov. Mitt Romney says the time has come to stop the economic stimulus program, contending that it has not worked as the Obama administration planned           ]]></description>
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Construction spending in September posted a better-than-expected performance, powered by the largest jump in housing construction in more than six years.           ]]></description>
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NEW YORK &#8212; Third party candidates are shaking up two major races in elections Tuesday, and the success of those candidacies is a warning shot fired at both major parties by voters angry at government and disillusioned by politics as usual.           ]]></description>
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WASHINGTON &#8212; President Barack Obama on Saturday tempered excitement about a growing economy with a sober outlook that more people will lose their jobs. He called that a heartbreaking reality and cautioned that even a burst of upbeat news &#8220;does not mean there won&#8217;t be difficult days ahead.&#8221;           ]]></description>
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JERUSALEM &#8212; U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said Saturday that Israel is making &#8220;unprecedented&#8221; concessions on West Bank settlement construction &#8212; a position clearly at odds with the prevailing Palestinian view.           ]]></description>
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WASHINGTON &#8212; At a former al-Qaida stronghold southeast of the Afghan capital, a state-owned Chinese company is at work on a $3 billion mine project to tap one of the world&#8217;s largest unexploited copper reserves, a potential financial boon for an impoverished country mired in war.           ]]></description>
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KABUL &#8212; Authorities have arrested eight people, including one in Saudi Arabia, in connection with this week&#8217;s deadly attack on a guest house used by United Nations employees, the Afghan intelligence chief said Saturday. He said those arrested claimed the assailants came from Pakistan&#8217;s Swat Valley.           ]]></description>
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KABUL &#8212; President Hamid Karzai&#8217;s challenger plans to call for a boycott of next weekend&#8217;s runoff election, hoping to force a delay until spring to allow time to organize a fair vote, his campaign manager said Saturday.

In the meantime, ex-Foreign Minister Abdullah Abdullah wants an interim government to run the country, Satar Murad told The Associated Press.           ]]></description>
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KABUL &#8212; Kabul remains on edge, with suicide bombings shattering any peace and the growing strength of the Taliban-led insurgency on everyone&#8217;s mind.           ]]></description>
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MANILA, Philippines &#8212; A typhoon battered the Philippine capital and surrounding provinces still reeling from recent flooding, sending residents of one town clambering onto rooftops Saturday to escape rising waters. Seven people died and at least five were missing.           ]]></description>
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VATICAN CITY &#8212; The Vatican said Saturday that married Anglican priests will be admitted to the Catholic priesthood on a case-by-case basis as Rome makes it easier for conservative Anglicans to convert.           ]]></description>
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A WHO expert group says a single dose of swine flu vaccine is enough to immunize adults and children over 10 against the pandemic strain. But the experts say medical regulators should have the final say on which vaccines can be administered as a single shot.
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The State Board of Education is meeting to review three finalists for chancellor of Alabama&#8217;s two-year college system.

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The Yankees waited six long years for this. They had not won a World Series game since that rainy night in Miami when Mike Mussina beat Florida&#8217;s Josh Beckett for a 2-1 lead in 2003. Mark Teixeira and Hideki Matsui shook the Yankees from their lumber slumber with solo homers off familiar foe Pedro Martinez, and Burnett&#8217;s biting curveball frustrated Philadelphia in a 3-1 victory Thursday night.

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The nonprofit body that oversees Internet addresses approved Friday the use of Hebrew, Hindi, Korean and other scripts not based on Latin characters in a decision that could make the Web dramatically more inclusive. The board of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers &#8212; or ICANN &#8212; voted to allow such scripts in so-called domain names at the conclusion of a weeklong meeting in Seoul, South Korea&#8217;s capital.
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After months of struggle, House Democrats unveiled sweeping legislation Thursday to extend health care coverage to millions of Americans who lack it and create a new option of government-run insurance. A vote is likely next week on the plan patterned closely on President Barack Obama&#8217;s own           ]]></description>
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          <title>Pelosi hopes new health plan is poised to pass</title>
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The retooled health care overhaul plan that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is set to unveil Thursday would extend coverage to millions and lets the government sell insurance in competition with private insurers &#8212; although not the way liberals want           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 09:27:29 CST</pubDate>
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