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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

High court to reevaluate life in prison sentences for juveniles

The Supreme Court will hear arguments on the constitutionality of life sentences with no chance of parole for juveniles. Over 100 prison inmates in the U.S. are currently serving those terms.

San Francisco Chronicle

Student journalists question convictions

CNN

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

VA expert gives opinion on Ft. Hood shooting

Gainesville Sun

Muslim and in the army

Houston Chronicle

UCBH Holdings’ Bank is seized

UCBH Holdings Inc.’s United Commercial Bank, a San Francisco-based lender with $11.2 billion in assets, was seized by regulators, becoming the 120th U.S. bank to fail in 2009.

Bloomberg

Cost of German reunification revealed

As Germany prepares to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, a study shows that some 1.3 trillion euros have been transferred from the west to rebuild the east.

Reuters

Unique homecoming for US commander

On the day his side lost the Vietnam War, Hung Ba Le fled his homeland at age 5 in a fishing trawler. He made an unlikely homecoming 34 years later as the commander of a U.S. Navy destroyer.

Google News

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

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

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

Education groups warn K-12 cuts will mean bigger classes, teacher layoffs

Education groups say the 4.6 percent cut to K-12 education proposed by Colorado Gov. Bill Ritter will mean bigger class sizes, teacher layoffs and fewer electives, resources and services.

Denver Post

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

A different look in late night

New York Times

Losing the limo: new fashion dolls

The Moxie Girlz, along with four Liv dolls and the Barbie Fashionistas, introduced in August, are more funky than flashy, their high-style, low-key personas embodying their marketers’ response to sober times.

New York Times

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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