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Few answers in base bloodshed

Neighbors, friends say suspect said goodbye days before attack

An Army psychiatrist suspected of opening fire on fellow soldiers at Fort Hood cleaned out his apartment and left a phone message saying goodbye to a friend in the days before the rampage that left 13 people dead, neighbors said Friday.
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Father pleads not guilty to killing daughter

A man serving time for killing his infant son and trekking around the country with the child’s body pleaded not guilty Friday to doing the same thing to his baby daughter.
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Suspect in Orlando office shooting had money woes

A man so broke that he said he didn’t 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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1 dead, 5 hurt in Orlando shooting

Officials said at least eight people were hurt in a shooting at a downtown office building Friday and a gunman was on the loose.
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Neighbor: Fort Hood suspect emptied his apartment

An Army psychiatrist suspected of opening fire on fellow soldiers at Fort Hood cleaned out his apartment in the days before the rampage that left 13 people dead, a neighbor said Friday.
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Update: Now 13 dead, 30 wounded in Fort Hood Attack

A military official says one more person has died after being injured during a shooting rampage at Fort Hood in Texas.
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Attacker kills 12, injures 31 at Fort Hood

Identified as Army doctor, shooting suspect wounded

An Army mental health doctor facing deployment overseas reportedly opened fire Thursday at the Fort Hood military base in an attack that killed 12 people and wounded 31.
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AARP gets behind House’s health plans

The nation’s largest organization for older adults on Thursday announced its support for health-care legislation being considered in Washington, just 48 hours before the House is expected to vote.
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Missing’s kin urged to give DNA

Pastors say samples can help identify bodies at Cleveland house

Pastors urged the families of missing people Thursday to provide DNA samples that could help the coroner’s office identify the remains of 11 people found in a home, and they claimed nearly two dozen others are still missing in the community.
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American: Torture spurred confession

An American citizen convicted on terrorism charges in the United Arab Emirates said Thursday that he confessed under torture and suspected that U.S. authorities played a role in his detention and prosecution in the Persian Gulf country.
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Texas sect member guilty in sex case

The first polygamist sect member to face criminal trial after last year’s raid at the Yearning For Zion Ranch in West Texas was convicted Thursday of sexually assaulting an underage girl with whom he had a “spiritual marriage.” Raymond Jessop, 38, didn’t visibly react when the verdict was read after just more than two hours of jury deliberations.
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Senate blocks try to put citizenship query in census

Senate Democrats on Thursday blocked a GOP attempt to require next year’s census forms to ask people whether they are U.S. citizens.
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Former Homeland Security nominee admits lying

Former New York City Police Commissioner Bernard Kerik admitted in court Thursday that he lied to the White House while being considered for chief of the Homeland Security Department.
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Added aid for homebuyers, jobless clears Congress

Congress passed legislation expanding an $8,000 tax credit for first-time homebuyers, extending unemployment benefits and providing tax refunds to money-losing companies.
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Photograph of Oswald likely real, expert says

The infamous photograph of Lee Harvey Oswald holding a rifle in his backyard would have been nearly impossible to fake, according to a new analysis by a Dartmouth College professor.
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