| Navajo Code Talkers break silence for Veterans Day (AP) Posted: 10 Nov 2009 05:34 AM PST  AP - The famed Navajo Code Talkers, the elite Marine unit whose unbreakable code stymied the Japanese in World War II, fear their legacy will die with them.
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| Tiffani Thiessen Is Expecting a Baby Posted: 10 Nov 2009 06:07 AM PST  People: Tiffani Thiessen and her husband, artist and actor Brady Smith, are expecting their first baby next May, her rep tells PEOPLE exclusively.
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| Execution set for DC sniper John Allen Muhammad (AP) Posted: 10 Nov 2009 04:12 PM PST  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.
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| Fort Hood Holds Memorial Service Tuesday Posted: 10 Nov 2009 07:30 AM PST  Presidents get elected to run the nation. Some days that means knowing how to heal it. For the first time since winning the White House, President Barack Obama faces such a moment Tuesday at Fort Hood. It his job to offer comfort, if not answers, after the shooting that left 13 people dead and 29 wounded on the bustling Texas Army post five days ago. Obama will privately console families of those killed, and then publicly pay respects at a memorial service sure to be watched by American troops around the world. He and first lady Michelle Obama will also visit wounded troops in the hospital b
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| DC sniper said to be 'fearless' before execution (AP) Posted: 10 Nov 2009 04:24 PM PST  AP - Sniper John Allen Muhammad is meeting with relatives in the hours before his execution and one of his attorneys described the convicted killer as fearless.
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| Bill Clinton rallies Senate Democrats on healthcare (Reuters) Posted: 10 Nov 2009 12:35 PM PST  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.
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| Ex-astronaut pleads guilty in attack on rival (AP) Posted: 10 Nov 2009 08:25 AM PST  AP - A former astronaut who drove 1,000 miles from Houston to Orlando to mount a bizarre attack on a romantic rival pleaded guilty Tuesday to reduced charges and was sentenced to a year on probation.
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| Teen obesity: Lack of exercise may not be to blame (Time.com) Posted: 10 Nov 2009 07:57 AM PST  Time.com - New data from a long-term survey suggests that U.S. teens are no less active today than they were in 1991. Yet they've gotten increasingly heavier over the same period
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| Afghan dog, adopted by U.S. soldiers, comes to Austin Posted: 09 Nov 2009 09:52 PM PST  The white puppy first began following the National Guard squad from Camp Mabry while they were on patrol in the Afghanistan village of Sangh-e-Masha one day in June. She was skinny and malnourished but kept up with the soldiers. "She was pretty cute walking beside us," said Spc. Matt Fleming of Austin, one of the squad's members. The next day, when the soldiers returned to their base, they brought the puppy with them.
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| E.T. phone Rome: Vatican looks for signs of alien life Posted: 10 Nov 2009 03:51 PM PST ![]() Four hundred years after it locked up Galileo for challenging the view that the Earth was the center of the universe, the Vatican ...
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| Does Obama Have a Plan B for the Middle East? Posted: 10 Nov 2009 12:35 AM PST  The Obama Administration's initial efforts to broker Israeli-Palestinian peace have hit a wall, highlighting tactical flaws
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| White House communications chief to step down Posted: 10 Nov 2009 10:35 AM PST ![]() The White House on Tuesday shuffled its communications team, with Anita Dunn stepping down as expected and her deputy taking ...
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| Gunman in Custody After Reportedly Taking Principal Hostage at N.Y. School Posted: 10 Nov 2009 09:08 AM PST  Fox News: A gunman is in custody Tuesday after reportedly taking the principal hostage at an upstate New York high school, a town official told Fox News. A state government official said the suspect surrendered to police Tuesday morning after holding a school administrator at Stissing Mountain High School in Pine Plains, The Associated Press reported. The suspect is a former student, said the official, who isn't authorized to speak publicly. No shots were fired during a standoff with police, according to Pine Plains Town Supervisor Gregg Pulver. He said the suspected gunman is in his 40s. T
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| Dodd circulates financial overhaul bill (AP) Posted: 10 Nov 2009 09:11 AM PST ![]() 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.
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| 2 dead, 2 others wounded at Ore. office park (AP) Posted: 10 Nov 2009 01:35 PM PST  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.
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