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Semifinal slate sealed on 'Dancing With the Stars' (AP)
November 10, 2009 at 10:41 pm

AP - He shed tears on the show and once fought for his spot with a dance-off, but Aaron Carter has performed his last dance on "Dancing With the Stars."

Howard, Carter power Magic past Bobcats 93-81 (AP)
November 10, 2009 at 10:39 pm

Charlotte Bobcats' Gerald Wallace (3) is fouled by Orlando Magic's Vince Carter (15) as Magic's Matt Barnes, back, and Bobcats' Vladimir Radmanovic, left, of Serbia, look on in the first half of an NBA basketball game in Charlotte, N.C., Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2009.  (AP Photo/Chuck Burton)AP - Dwight Howard had 15 points and 10 rebounds, Vince Carter scored 15 points in his return from a sprained ankle, and the Orlando Magic bounced back from an ugly loss to beat the Charlotte Bobcats 93-81 on Tuesday night.



Sniper who terrorized Washington area is executed (Reuters)
November 10, 2009 at 10:30 pm

Sniper suspect John Allen Muhammad stands as the judge enters the court after a break in his trial in the Virginia Beach Circuit Court in Virginia Beach, Virginia, in this November 12, 2003 file photograph. John Allen Muhammad was executed on Tuesday for masterminding and carrying out with his teenage accomplice the 2002 sniper shootings that killed 10 people and terrified the Washington, D.C., region a year after the 9/ll and the deadly anthrax attacks. The 48-year-old Muhammad was put to death by lethal injection at the Greensville Correctional Center in Jarratt, Virginia, said Virginia Department of Corrections spokesman Larry Traylor. REUTERS/Lawrence Jackson/Pool/FilesReuters - John Allen Muhammad was executed on Tuesday for masterminding and carrying out with his teenage accomplice the 2002 sniper shootings that killed 10 people and terrified the Washington, D.C., region a year after the September 11 and the deadly anthrax attacks.



Police: NY school gunman upset over GI treatment (AP)
November 10, 2009 at 10:21 pm

Christopher Craft Sr. is led to town court for his arraignment in Pine Plains, N.Y., Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2009. Craft sneaked a disassembled shotgun into his old middle school just after classes began Tuesday, put it together in a bathroom then held the principal hostage for more than two hours before surrendering without firing a shot, police said. (AP Photo/Mike Groll)AP - Upset by the treatment of U.S. military personnel, a 42-year-old father of an Army veteran sneaked a disassembled shotgun into a middle school just after classes began Tuesday, put it together in a bathroom, then held the principal hostage for more than two hours before surrendering without firing a shot, police said.



Obama vows justice for Fort Hood victims (AFP)
November 10, 2009 at 9:29 pm

A US Army soldier listens as US President Barack Obama gives an address at the Fallen Soldier Memorial in Killeen, Texas. Obama has vowed justice during a speech which warned that even twisted faith could not explain such AFP - US President Barack Obama has vowed justice as he eulogized the dead of the Fort Hood shootings and warned that even twisted faith could not explain such "craven" mass murder.



Kerry vows US climate outline for Copenhagen (AFP)
November 10, 2009 at 9:03 pm

Steam billows from the cooling towers at a nuclear power station in Illinois. Senator John Kerry has pledged to complete a framework of an elusive US climate change deal in time for next month's high-stakes summit in Copenhagen, vowing not to let the world down.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Scott Olson)AFP - Senator John Kerry has pledged to complete a framework of an elusive US climate change deal in time for next month's high-stakes summit in Copenhagen, vowing not to let the world down.



Fort Hood suspect contacted Islamist: sources (Reuters)
November 10, 2009 at 8:56 pm

Reuters - U.S. intelligence agencies learned an Army psychiatrist contacted an Islamist sympathetic to al Qaeda and they relayed the information to authorities before the man allegedly went on a shooting spree that killed 13 people in Texas last week, U.S. officials said on Monday.

Blackwater approved payments in Iraq shooting: report (Reuters)
November 10, 2009 at 8:49 pm

A woman stands next to her relative, who was wounded in a shooting attack by Blackwater security guards, in a hospital in Baghdad, September 20, 2007. REUTERS/Ceerwan AzizReuters - Top Blackwater executives authorized about $1 million in payments to Iraqi officials to buy support and silence criticism of the private security firm after a deadly shooting in Baghdad in 2007, The New York Times reported on Tuesday.



Jury acquits ex-Bear Stearns hedge fund managers (Reuters)
November 10, 2009 at 7:31 pm

Two former Bear Stearns hedge fund managers were acquitted Tuesday in New York of defrauding investors, in a setback for government attempts to punish Wall Street for the 2008 financial meltdown.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Mario Tama)Reuters - Two former Bear Stearns hedge fund managers were found not guilty of fraud, a decision that could make government prosecutors less likely to bring criminal charges against Wall Street executives for their role in the financial crisis.



Police: Man opens fire at Ore. lab, killing woman (AP)
November 10, 2009 at 7:09 pm

Police crime scene technicians work at the sight of a multiple shooting at a Legacy testing lab in Tualatin, Ore., Tuesday Nov. 10, 2009. (AP Photo/Greg Wahl-Stephens)AP - A man opened fire with a rifle Tuesday at a drug-testing laboratory in suburban Portland, killing one woman and wounding two other people before fatally shooting himself, police said. No names were immediately released.



DOD worker assessed Fort Hood suspect months ago (AP)
November 10, 2009 at 7:05 pm

Major Nidal Malik Hasan, the U.S. Army doctor identified by authorities as the suspect in a mass shooting at the U.S. Army post in Fort Hood, Texas, is seen in this undated handout photo from a pdf file of the U.S. Government Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences downloaded on November 6, 2009. REUTERS/Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences/HandoutAP - A Defense Department investigator on a terrorism task force looked into Fort Hood shooting suspect Nidal Hasan's background months ago, officials said Tuesday — providing fresh evidence the military knew worrisome details about the Army psychiatrist before last week's deadly rampage.



DC sniper's Muhammad's execution set for tonight (AP)
November 10, 2009 at 7:05 pm

Convicted sniper John Allen Muhammad (C) addresses the court in Manassas, Virginia, along with his attorneys Peter Greenspun (L) and Jonathan Shapiro, prior to being sentenced to death in March, 2004. Muhammad, who killed 10 people in a 2002 shooting spree around the US capital, was due to be put to death Tuesday after the nation's top court denied a stay of execution.(AFP/Pool/File/Steve Helber)AP - Virginia's governor refused to spare the life of John Allen Muhammad and cleared the way for his execution Tuesday night for the sniper attacks in 2002 that left 10 dead and spread such fear people were afraid to go shopping, cut grass or pump gas.



Bill Clinton urges Senate passage of health bill (AP)
November 10, 2009 at 7:05 pm

Former U.S. President Bill Clinton gives a lecture in the Andalusian capital of Seville November 5, 2009.  REUTERS/Marcelo del Pozo (SPAIN SOCIETY)AP - Former President Bill Clinton urged Senate Democrats on Tuesday to pass health care legislation by year's end, pointedly telling skittish lawmakers that an imperfect bill is preferable to another failure like the one he and the party endured in 1994.



US imam wanted in Yemen over al-Qaida suspicions (AP)
November 10, 2009 at 7:05 pm

This Oct. 2008 photo by Muhammad ud-Deen shows Imam Anwar al-Awlaki in Yemen. The imam, who communicated with Fort Hood shooting suspect Maj. Nidal Hasan and called him a hero, was once arrested in Yemen on suspicion of giving religious approval to militants to conduct kidnappings. (AP Photo/Muhammad ud-Deen)   MANDATORY CREDIT  NO SALESAP - A radical American imam who communicated with the Fort Hood shooting suspect and called him a hero was once arrested in Yemen on suspicion of giving religious approval to militants to conduct kidnappings. Yemeni authorities are now hunting for Anwar al-Awlaki to determine whether he has al-Qaida ties.



White House: Obama eyeing host of Afghan choices (AP)
November 10, 2009 at 7:05 pm

U.S. army soldiers secure a road as a fuel truck burns outside Jalalabad, Nangarhar province, east of Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, Nov. 8, 2009. A supply convoy of NATO and coalition forces was attacked by militants near Jalalabad city, two of the tankers were set on fire and three others damaged. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)AP - President Barack Obama is considering four options for realigning U.S. strategy in Afghanistan, his spokesman said Tuesday, while military officials said the choices involve several ways the president could employ additional U.S. forces next year.



UA pilot charged with being over alcohol limit (AP)
November 10, 2009 at 7:05 pm

A commercial airliner prepares to land at London's Heathrow airport. Police arrested a United Airlines pilot on suspicion of being drunk as he was about to help fly a passenger plane from London's Heathrow Airport, an officer and the airline said Tuesday.(AFP/File/Adrian Dennis)AP - British police have charged a United Airlines pilot with being over the alcohol limit while on the job at London's Heathrow Airport.



Vatican looks to heavens for signs of alien life (AP)
November 10, 2009 at 7:05 pm

FILE - In this July 17, 2008 file photo, Pope Benedict XVI admires the sky above Sydney, Australia. The Vatican has hosted a dayslong conference to study the possibility of alien life in the universe and its implication for the Catholic Church.  (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia, file)AP - E.T. phone Rome. Four hundred years after it locked up Galileo for challenging the view that the Earth was the center of the universe, the Vatican has called in experts to study the possibility of extraterrestrial alien life and its implication for the Catholic Church.



Man allegedly reports fake murder to speed police (AP)
November 10, 2009 at 7:05 pm

AP - Police said an East Texas man has outsmarted himself in trying to get a quicker response from officers to an alleged assault. Tyler police said 38-year-old Mark Anthony Johnson called 911 on Monday night and reported that he'd just committed a homicide and was armed with a weapon.

Jeter, Teixeira win Gold Gloves; Mauer honored (AP)
November 10, 2009 at 7:05 pm

New York Yankees' Derek Jeter makes the play at second base to tag out Philadelphia Phillies' Shane Victorino (8) on a ground out by Chase Utley during the first inning of Game 6 of the Major League Baseball World Series Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2009, in New York. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)AP - Derek Jeter sure is stuffing his trophy case this year. The steady Yankees shortstop won his fourth Gold Glove on Tuesday, joining New York first baseman Mark Teixeira among the American League players rewarded for fantastic fielding.



At Fort Hood, Obama condemns shooter's 'twisted logic' (AFP)
November 10, 2009 at 6:23 pm

US First Lady Michelle Obama (L) and President Barack Obama walk past the Fallen Hero Memorial at Fort Hood.(AFP/Paul J. Richards)AFP - US President Barack Obama led a tearful memorial service Tuesday for victims of the Fort Hood massacre, saying "no faith" could justify the "murderous and craven" shootings.



Bill Clinton rallies Senate Democrats on healthcare (Reuters)
November 10, 2009 at 6:08 pm

Former US President Bill Clinton talks with reporters after discussing health care legislation during the Democrats' weekly caucus inside the Capitol in Washington, DC. Clinton paid a rare visit to the US Senate on Tuesday to urge divided Democrats to unite behind President Barack Obama's historic plan to overhaul US health care.(AFP/Tim Sloan)Reuters - Former President Bill Clinton visited the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday to urge Senate Democrats to quickly pass a broad healthcare overhaul, but a party leader said final action could spill into next year.



Oversight of U.S. aid to Afghanistan "sloppy" (Reuters)
November 10, 2009 at 5:45 pm

Reuters - Oversight and controls for more than $40 billion in U.S. funds to rebuild Afghanistan have been "sloppy" so far despite lessons from Iraq, the U.S. chief inspector for Afghanistan reconstruction said on Tuesday.

Senators debate requiring sick leave for flu (Reuters)
November 10, 2009 at 4:53 pm

Reuters - When Desiree Rosado's daughter got the flu last month, she took a week off without pay; just an hour after finally returning to work Rosado had to leave again to take her feverish son home.

Obama: Gunman in Fort Hood rampage to pay for crimes (Reuters)
November 10, 2009 at 3:53 pm

President Barack Obama speaks behind a portrait of Fort Hood shooting victim Sgt. Amy Krueger during the III Corps and Fort Hood Memorial Ceremony held to honor the victims of the shootings on the Fort Hood Army post in Fort Hood, Texas, November 10, 2009. REUTERS/Kevin LamarqueReuters - President Barack Obama vowed on Tuesday to make sure the gunman who killed 13 people in a rampage at a U.S. Army base in Texas pays for his crimes.



Ex-astronaut gets 1-year probation in attack (AP)
November 10, 2009 at 2:23 pm

This photo released by the Orange County, Florida jail shows Lisa Marie Nowak, an astronaut who was a mission specialist on a Space Shuttle Discovery flight in 2006. Nowak was arrested February 5, 2006 in Orlando after allegedly driving more than 12 hours from Texas to confront a younger woman who had been dating a fellow astronaut Nowak was also involved with.  (Orange County Jail via Getty Images)AP - A former astronaut has been sentenced to one-year probation after pleading guilty to attacking a romantic rival.



Irishman wins euro46,000 after island home disappears (AP)
November 10, 2009 at 2:04 pm

This is  the former Tory Island home of  filmmaker Neville Presho pictured in 1976 before it was demolished. Presho  has won euro46,000 ($69,000) in damages after his Irish island home was transformed into a parking lot while he was overseas. Presho successfully sued Patrick Doohan, owner of a Tory Island hotel off Ireland's northwest coast, after he returned from New Zealand to find no trace of his six-bedroom house. In its place stood a septic tank and parking lot for Doohan's newly built business.  (AP Photo)AP - A Northern Ireland filmmaker has won euro46,000 ($69,000) in damages after a judge ruled that his Irish island home was transformed into a parking lot while he was overseas for six years.



All-Star ballot allow fans to vote by text message (AP)
November 10, 2009 at 2:03 pm

AP - The NBA has released its All-Star ballot and is allowing fans to vote by text messaging for the first time.

Obama weighs four options in Afghanistan: White House (Reuters)
November 10, 2009 at 1:59 pm

U.S. Army soldiers of A-BTRY 2/377 PFAR Task Force Steel wait to fire a 105mm Howitzer during a training session at FOB Tillman, Afghanistan, November 10, 2009. REUTERS/Bruno DomingosReuters - President Barack Obama's deliberations over war strategy in Afghanistan have narrowed to four options but a decision is still weeks away, the White House said on Tuesday.



Dodd: new gov't powers could prevent economy crash (AP)
November 10, 2009 at 1:32 pm

Senate Banking Committee Chairman Sen. Christopher Dodd, D-Conn., announces a financial reform package, Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2009, during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)AP - Senate Banking Committee Chairman Christopher Dodd on Tuesday called for sweeping new government powers to prevent another economic collapse, protect consumers and dismantle failing institutions.



Suicide car bomb kills 32 in Pakistan market: officials (AFP)
November 10, 2009 at 12:27 pm

A Pakistani policeman carries a girl injured in a suicide car bomb to a hospital in Peshawar. A suicide car bomb tore through a crowded shopping street in Pakistan on Tuesday, killing 32 people in the third militant attack to strike the nuclear-armed country in as many days.(AFP/Hasham Ahmed)AFP - A suicide car bomb tore through a crowded shopping street in Pakistan on Tuesday, killing 32 people in the third militant attack to strike the nuclear-armed country in as many days.



Palestinian vote and Abbas threat might be a bluff (Reuters)
November 10, 2009 at 12:24 pm

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas (C) receives grapes from supporters during a Fatah gathering in the West Bank village of Halhul near Hebron November 8, 2009. REUTERS/Ammar AwadReuters - Voter registration for a Palestinian election failed to get under way as scheduled Tuesday, adding to signs that President Mahmoud Abbas might be bluffing about a make-or-break vote in January.



'Glee' wheelchair episode hits bump with disabled (AP)
November 10, 2009 at 11:59 am

This photo taken Nov. 5, 2009 shows Janis Hirsch, right, a writer for the television sitcom 'Brothers,' and actor Daryl 'Chill' Mitchell posing on the set at Sony Pictures Studio in Culver City, Calif.  (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)AP - The glee club members twirl their wheelchairs to the tune of "Proud Mary" and in joyful solidarity with Artie, the fellow performer who must use his chair even when the music stops.



Dodd proposes bold financial overhaul (Reuters)
November 10, 2009 at 11:54 am

Reuters - The chairman of the U.S. Senate Banking Committee introduced a financial regulation reform bill on Tuesday that leaps beyond earlier proposals, calling for new government agencies on financial stability, bank supervision and financial consumer protection.

Bomb kills 24, wounds dozens in northwest Pakistan (AP)
November 10, 2009 at 9:31 am

In this image taken off TV footage aired by Express News, shown is a view of destruction caused after a suicide attack in Charsadda near Peshawar, Pakistan on Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2009. A suspected car bomb exploded just outside a crowded market in northwest Pakistan on Tuesday, killing 20 people and wounding 55, police said. (AP Photo/Express News)AP - A suspected car bomb exploded outside a crowded market in northwestern Pakistan on Tuesday, killing at least 24 people in the latest attack by suspected militants apparently aimed at avenging an army offensive along the Afghan border.



Boston subway train stops short of woman on tracks (AP)
November 10, 2009 at 9:29 am

AP - The driver of Boston subway train that came to a screeching halt just before hitting a woman who had fallen onto the tracks has been hailed as a hero.
 

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