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Soldiers pray during a vigil at Ft. Hood, Tex. Authorities said Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan shot and killed 13 people at the military base. (Photo by LM Otero / AP)

House passes key hurdle on health care legislation

After receiving a pep talk from President Barack Obama, House Democrats cleared a key procedural hurdle in the debate over expanding the nation's health care system.

Washington Post

Your guide to health care reform

MSNBC

Special section:

Prescriptions for change

NPR

NFL plans to dress up female fans

For most of its nearly 90 years in existence, the NFL has sold merchandise designed for male fans. It is now selling feminine team apparel with great success, with the women's pro shop growing fast.

NPR

Ft. Hood gunman used 'cop killer' weapon

The Army major who carried out the Fort Hood massacre sprayed more than 100 rounds at his comrades using a gun nicknamed the "cop killer."

Telegraph.co.uk

Ft. Hood victims

CNN

VA expert gives opinion on Ft. Hood shooting

Gainesville Sun

Muslim and in the army

Houston Chronicle

Orlando shooting comes as trend in workplace violence drops

The shooting in Orlando follows other incidents, including Ft. Hood. But the trend is downward in recent years due to new workplace protections and policies.

Christian Science Monitor

UK joins G-20 push for levy on banks

Britain threw its weight behind proposals to impose a global levy on banks to fund future bailouts and called on the G-20 to work toward a $100 billion deal to meet the cost of climate change.

Reuters

NATION

US official endorses workplace clinics for vaccine distribution

The federal health official in charge of immunization and respiratory diseases said that H1N1 vaccines should be distributed through many outlets, including workplace clinics, to get it to high-risk people quickly.

New York Times

Another reason to cover your cough: pets at risk

Reuters

Tentative SEPTA pact announced

Pennsylvania Gov. Rendell and U.S. Rep. Bob Brady announced a tentative agreement to end the four-day-old transit strike that has paralyzed the region.

Philadelphia Inquirer

Cars are approaching 'auto' pilot mode

When it comes to driving, humans have an appalling safety record. According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, more than 2.35 million were injured in car accidents last year.

MSNBC

POLITICS

Report: 237 millionaires in Congress

Talk about bad timing. As Washington reels from the news of 10.2 percent unemployment, the Center for Responsive Politics is out with a new report describing the wealth of members of Congress.

Arizona Republic

Unemployment rate jumps into double digits

Kansas City Star

Mississippi governor touts election success for GOP

This week's elections were a wake-up call that the American people disagree with the Democrats' agenda, according to Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour.

The Hill

ENVIRONMENT

Spirit bears become 'invisible'

On a few islands in Canada, white 'spirit bears' walk the woods. Now scientists have discovered how these striking animals, a race of black bear, survive.

BBC

Plan to save world's rarest duck

Fewer than 20 Madagascar pochard are believed to be living on just one lake in the wild. The endangered duck is so rare that it was declared extinct in the late 90s.

Telegraph.co.uk

EDUCATION

Teachers' trainers must make the grade

Texas is among the first states to toughen its standards for colleges of education and other teacher-training programs amid criticism that too many are "cash cows" that produce weak instructors.

Houston Chronicle

Report: Student health plans inefficient

A new report shows that the health insurance plans sold to almost 100,000 college students in Massachusetts result in higher profits for insurance companies than those available to the general public.

Boston Herald

HEALTH

Alternative medicine is becoming mainstream for Americans

Alternative medicine is becoming mainstream. Many Americans are choosing to treat themselves using nontraditional methods, but to what end?

Los Angeles Times

Hormone that affects finger length key to social behavior

Research at the universities of Liverpool and Oxford into the finger length of primate species has revealed that cooperative behavior is linked to exposure to hormone levels in the womb.

ScienceDaily

LIVING & ENTERTAINMENT

Hip Berlin: Europe's capital of cool

Two decades after the Wall that cut through Berlin's heart came tumbling down, the city is once again a happening place, drawing international designers, writers and artists.

TIME

Wanda Sykes unplugged

Wanda Sykes’ mouth has always gotten her in trouble. Sykes’ unique brand of humor will be on display in her new weekly talk show, “The Wanda Sykes Show.”

Boston Herald

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GOOD NEWS

Fashion industry helps power shelter

Clothing offered by an LA shelter is an essential aspect of the support services it offers, and has a host of individuals and organizations in the fashion industry to thank for its continued availability.

USA TODAY

Small nonprofits dominate 30-day online giving challenge

A 30-day online competition showed how social media allows small nonprofits to garner huge support from donors during America's Giving Challenge.

NonProfit Times

Perot pledges $6.1M to Kan. Army college

Texas billionaire and two-time presidential candidate Ross Perot has pledged $6.1 million to a private foundation to pay for programs at the Army's Command and General Staff College.

Seattle Times

WORLD

UN attempts to slow the new scramble for African land

More than 50 heads of state will gather for a summit to look at ways of policing the extraordinary "land grab" that has seen richer countries buy up at least 20 million hectares of farmland in Africa.

The Independent

Dalai Lama caught in the middle of China-India border dispute

Tawang, in northeast India, is once again the focus of a border dispute between the world’s two most populous countries, now both nuclear armed and competing for superpower status.

Times Online

BUSINESS

Is the dollar dying a slow death?

The U.S. dollar seems to have many lives. Even before 2008's financial crisis, countless pundits and economists predicted its demise as the world's primary currency.

TIME

Freebies for the jobless

CNNMoney

Social media going corporate

The reticence to use social media may diminish soon because the corporate world already has adopted technologies that were once called employee distractions.

San Francisco Chronicle

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Survey finds 22 of the earliest galaxies

A new survey has found 22 of the earliest galaxies to form in the universe, confirming the age of one at 787 million years after the theoretical Big Bang.

MSNBC

Space junk buzzes near station as astronauts sleep

A small chunk of space trash made an uncomfortably close pass by the International Space Station, but not close enough to force the astronauts aboard to take shelter in their Russian lifeboats.

MSNBC

Internet, cell phones don't increase isolation, study says

The Pew Internet and American Life Project has found that the Internet and cell phones have not increased social isolation in the U.S. Pew's Personal Networks and Community Survey.

NewsFactor

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Its 'Mother' dead, the future of a doomsday sect is in doubt

Members of a Montana-based sect whose influence expanded as it prepared for a nuclear holocaust, now search for new directions after the death of Elizabeth Clare Prophet — "Mother" to her followers.

Google News

Online worship is becoming popular

The World Wide Web has become the hottest place to build a church. A growing number of congregations are creating Internet offshoots that go far beyond streaming weekly services.

San Antonio Express

SPORTS

Crowds roar, bells ring as NYC throws parade for Yankees

Crowds roared, church bells rang and streams of paper rained down on Broadway as the New York Yankees celebrated their 27th championship with a parade up the Canyon of Heroes.

USA TODAY

Yankees and their fans celebrate

NY Daily News

Mickelson, Woods together in final pairing for HSBC championship

Mickelson and Woods will be in the final group together for the first time since 2005, that famous "Duel at Doral," when Woods rallied from a two-shot deficit in the final round to win.

ESPN

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