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Obama on killings: 'Incomprehensible'

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 19:24:58 EST

President Obama joined top brass, thousands of rank-and-file troops and dignitaries Tuesday to pay tribute to the 13 people killed in last week's massacre at the largest U.S. military installation.

Fort Hood fire chief recalls response to 'shots fired' moment

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 11:59:50 EST

The call came over the radio. "Shots fired." And then, even worse: "Officer down." Billy Rhoads, chief of the Fort Hood Fire Department, grabbed a radio and donned his flak jacket. He tore down the road. A dozen or so blocks away, a gunman had opened fire on fellow soldiers.

Ida dwindles to tropical depression off Gulf Coast

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 11:46:45 EST

Tropical Storm Ida weakened as it closed on the U.S. Gulf Coast early Tuesday, but the storm's rain bands were already spreading heavy rain well inland.

Congress to miss health care deadline, key senator says

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 17:08:38 EST

Congress will miss President Obama's deadline to enact health care reform by the end of the year, a key Democratic senator said Tuesday.

Ex-astronaut accepts plea deal in love triangle case

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 17:41:49 EST

A plea deal has been offered in the case of a former astronaut accused of being involved in a well-publicized, violent love triangle, prosecutors said.

Michael Jackson estate fight becomes public family dispute

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 15:59:59 EST

A legal battle between Michael Jackson's mother and father broke out in a Los Angeles court Tuesday morning, just as Katherine Jackson dropped her challenge of the executors named in her son's will.

Basketball great Abdul-Jabbar has cancer

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 11:35:01 EST

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, one of the greatest college and professional basketball players of all time, says he has been diagnosed with a form of blood cancer.

Chris Brown, Rihanna videos to premiere on same day

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 18:24:28 EST

Chris Brown and Rihanna's careers will go head to head again on Friday, when the pair release music videos on the same day.

Chili Pepper's music school has kids hoppin', learning

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 07:52:53 EST

The Silverlake Conservatory of Music is a quaint storefront nestled in a hipster block of Los Angeles called Sunset Junction. Just before 3:30 p.m. on weekdays, kids stream through the front door toting drumsticks, violins and guitar cases, the latter taller than they are.

Iowa paper boy vanished on route in 1982

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 21:33:35 EST

When the Sunday edition of the Des Moines Register came off the presses on September 5, 1982, the front page headlines included: "USDA Focus Shifts Back to Farmers"; "Video Recorders Let Viewers 'Beat the Clock,' Spark TV Boom"; and "China Offers Accord with Soviet Union."