Town's residents, Flight 93 families united by tragedy

SHANKSVILLE, Pa. -- Esther Heymann was overflowing with grief for her stepdaughter. Standing in a blustery snow, overlooking the empty field where Flight 93 had crashed a couple of years earlier, she couldn't stop crying.

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Whoops: Airplane part falls onto home's front lawn

ROOSEVELT, N.Y. -- An engine tail cone popped off a Delta airlines jet shortly after takeoff from New York's Kennedy Airport. It plummeted thousands of feet into a Long Island neighborhood before landing harmlessly on someone's lawn.

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Muslim leader had troubling talks with suspect

An Army psychiatrist who authorities say went on a shooting rampage at Fort Hood was so conflicted over what to tell fellow soldiers about fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan that a local Islamic leader said Saturday he was deeply troubled by it.

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Killings remain unsolved as sniper execution nears

Questions about how many people the D.C. snipers killed aren't expected to end with Tuesday's execution of mastermind John Allen Muhammad.

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Fort victims had different reasons for enlisting

The 13 people killed when an Army psychiatrist allegedly opened fire on fellow soldiers at Fort Hood, Texas, included a pregnant woman who was preparing to return home, a man who quit a furniture company job to join the military about a year ago, a newlywed who had served in Iraq and a wo…

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West Africa's last giraffes make surprise comeback

A crisp African dawn is breaking overhead, and Zibo Mounkaila is on the back of a pickup truck bounding across a sparse landscape of rocky orange soil.

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NY case spotlights Dead Sea Scrolls, fake e-mails

Students and university officials started getting e-mails last year in which a prominent Judaic studies scholar seemed to make a startling confession: He had committed plagiarism.

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Perry says he's humbled after visiting wounded

Texas governor Rick Perry has visited with wounded victims from the Fort Hood shooting.

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Ida spurs tropical storm warnings in Caribbean

Tropical storm warnings were issued Saturday for parts of Mexico and Cuba as Ida rapidly gained strength over Caribbean waters, and the storm could start affecting the U.S. Gulf Coast by Tuesday.

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Spat over 'terrorists' halts Conn. 9/11 memorial

An effort to honor a Sept. 11 victim in Connecticut has been halted by the unexpected conflict arising from the victim's father insisting that his son's memorial say he was murdered by "Muslim terrorists."

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George W. Bush visits Fort Hood, wounded soldiers

Former President George W. Bush and his wife, Laura, have visited wounded soldiers and their families after the mass shooting at Fort Hood.

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Man sought in police killing in serious condition

A man shot by police as he was sought in connection with the Halloween killing of a Seattle police officer was in serious condition Saturday following hours of surgery.

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Lawyer: Fla. office shooting suspect mentally ill

The engineer accused of fatally shooting one employee and wounding five others at the firm where he once worked is "very mentally ill" and crumbled under the stress of his divorce, bankruptcy and unemployment, his attorney said Saturday.

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Chicago police arrest 4 in lottery ticket scam

Chicago police say four people have been charged in a lottery scam that targeted older Hispanics.

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Colo. man who threatened Obama makes weapons plea

A man who threatened to kill Barack Obama last summer just before the Democratic National Convention in Denver has pleaded guilty to federal weapons charges.

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Alabama county celebrates official Obama holiday

The sign going on the front door at the Perry County courthouse reads: "Closed for the Obama Holiday."

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Navy ship built with WTC steel to go into service

A military band played and sailors fired off cannons as the Navy began a ceremony to commission its newest assault ship forged with tons of steel from the World Trade Center.

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To defang Taliban, some look to private schools

The schoolhouse is so tiny that dozens of pupils have to sit outdoors. They're lucky if their teachers have more than a basic education. And the chanting of math equations and Quranic verses gets so loud that the children have a hard time hearing themselves.

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Madagascar political rivals reach government deal

Madagascar's political rivals have agreed on posts within a transitional government that will hold power until next year's elections following a power struggle that brought months of volatility to the country, an African Union statement said.

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Alaska island village hit by suspected swine flu

Suspected swine flu is sweeping a traditional Eskimo whaling village on a remote Alaska island _ prompting an urgent medical mission to deliver help.

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Sex-toy study at Duke raises some eyebrows

DURHAM, N.C. -- A campus religious leader is unhappy about a study at Duke University that invites female students to attend parties where they can buy sex toys.

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Afghan ministry: NATO strike kills Afghan soldiers

NATO and Afghan authorities were investigating Saturday whether an airstrike during the intensive search for two missing U.S. paratroopers mistakenly killed eight Afghans and wounded more than 20 Afghan and American forces.

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Afghan gov't says UN representative out of line

Pushing back against international criticism, Afghanistan's Foreign Ministry said Saturday that the top U.N. official in the country overstepped his authority by giving instructions on how to rid the government of corruption and warlords.

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Tropical storm warnings issued in Mexico, Cuba as Ida rapidly strengthens over Caribbean.

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