| Fort Hood Investigators Focus on Motive Posted: 06 Nov 2009 05:58 AM PST  Amid a public outpouring of grief on Friday for those gunned down at the Fort Hood Army base, new details emerged about the chaotic moments of the shooting.
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| Suspect in Orlando office shooting had money woes (AP) Posted: 06 Nov 2009 09:46 AM PST  AP - A man who was so deep in debt that he did not have the money to visit his son 30 minutes away opened fire Friday at the engineering firm that fired him two years ago, killing one person and wounding five, authorities said.
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| Rihanna: Chris Brown 'Blacked Out' During Assault Posted: 06 Nov 2009 07:20 AM PST  "He had ... no soul in his eyes," she says. "Just blank"
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| Unemployment rate hits 10.2%, worst since 1983 (CNNMoney.com) Posted: 06 Nov 2009 07:55 AM PST ![]() The nation's unemployment rate rose above 10% for the first time since 1983 in October, a much worse jump than expected as employers continued to trim jobs from payrolls.
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| Obama's Frightening Insensitivity Following Shooting Posted: 06 Nov 2009 05:45 AM PST  President Obama didn't wait long after Tuesday's devastating elections to give critics another reason to question his leadership, but this time the subject matter was more grim than a pair of governorships. After news broke out of the shooting at the Fort Hood Army post in Texas, the nation watched in horror as the toll of dead and injured climbed. The White House was notified immediately and by late afternoon, word went out that the president would speak about the incident prior to a previously scheduled appearance. At about 5 p.m., cable stations went to the president. The situation called
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| Gay marriage foes win with message about schools (AP) Posted: 06 Nov 2009 12:33 PM PST  AP - Gay marriage opponents pulled off another victory at the ballot box this week by using a tried-and-tested argument: Approve it and children will be taught homosexuality in school.
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| Exhaust cone falls off jet onto NY home's lawn (AP) Posted: 06 Nov 2009 06:44 AM PST ![]() AP - An engine tailcone fell off a Delta Air Lines jet shortly after takeoff Thursday and plummeted thousands of feet before landing harmlessly on a lawn in a Long Island residential neighborhood.
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| Long-dead man found in Redwood City pool Posted: 06 Nov 2009 10:36 AM PST ![]() An autopsy is to be conducted today on a man whose decomposing body was found in a Redwood City pool that has been covered for several months, authorities said today. A maintenance worker investigating neighbors'...
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| Why The U.S. Should Accept Defeat And Start Withdrawing From Afghanistan Posted: 05 Nov 2009 11:42 PM PST  The conventional wisdom among most Republicans is that while the United States had serious difficulty in Vietnam during the early years, by the early 1970s things were turning around, and victory was on the verge. Unfortunately, the craven Democrats in Congress bowed to widespread anti-war sentiment and forced the Ford administration to end almost all support to South Vietnam, allowing the North Vietnamese to win the war in 1975. In the GOP version of the story, this decision was a disastrous mistake. Read more: US Foreign Policy, Warwire, Afghanistan, US Troops, World News
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| SKorean woman passes driver's exam on 950th try Posted: 05 Nov 2009 09:54 PM PST ![]() SEOUL, South Korea – A woman in South Korea who tried to pass the written exam for a driver's license with near-daily attempts since April 2005 has finally succeeded on her 950th time.
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| Van stolen 35 years ago in Wash. state recovered Posted: 05 Nov 2009 10:33 PM PST ![]() SPOKANE, Wash. – A Volkswagen van stolen 35 years ago in Washington state has been found in a shipping container at the Los Angeles/Long Beach seaport.
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| China golf fans not yet up on Tiger Woods' no-camera law Posted: 05 Nov 2009 02:12 PM PST ![]() Everybody loves Tiger Woods, but not everyone's quite sure how to react when they see him.
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| Dems see lessons in defeat of Deeds (Politico) Posted: 06 Nov 2009 02:58 AM PST  Politico - Faced with the choice of running as an unapologetic Democrat in a state trending toward his party or keeping his distance from Washington in the fashion of a generation of Southern Democrats, Creigh Deeds tried to do both.
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| Yankees Celebrate World Series Win in New York Posted: 06 Nov 2009 11:52 AM PST  No one parties like the Bronx Bombers. New York City is one giant party right now. After winning the World Series on Wednesday, the New York Yankees have been the pride of their city and are on a roaring tear through talk shows and ticker tape parades.
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| Jon Stewart Does Glenn Beck: Devotes Segment To Crazy Conspiracy Theories And Almost Crying (VIDEO) Posted: 06 Nov 2009 05:43 AM PST  We knew Jon Stewart was a talented comedian, but until last night we didn't know he had missed his true calling: Being Glenn Beck. Yes, the "Daily Show" host spent an entire segment acting like, talking like, crying like, dancing like, and gesticulating like Glenn Beck. He was inspired by the fact that Beck recently had his appendix removed to create the 11/3 project--taking America back to a time before Beck lost his vestigial organ. "Apparently the medicine that was good enough for our founding fathers is now considered politically or medically incorrect," Stewart said employing both air q
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