| Fort Hood, community mourn shooting victims
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 AP - A chaplain exhorted hundreds of mourners gathered at a candlelight vigil to not give up hope as Fort Hood and its surrounding community looked to each other for comfort after an Army psychiatrist allegedly went on a deadly shooting spree at the military base.
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| Another attack leaves US Muslims fearing backlash
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| AP - As word spread that a gunman had opened fire at Fort Hood leaving a trail of carnage, a chilling realization swept across the U.S. Muslim community: He has an Islamic name. |
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| Decision day for health care in the House
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 AP - President Barack Obama is traveling to Capitol Hill on Saturday to try to close the sale on his signature health care overhaul, facing a make-or-break vote in the House certain to be seen as a test of his presidency.
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| Police: Fla. shooting suspect was angry at company
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 AP - Employees at an engineering firm recognized their former co-worker when he drew a handgun from under his shirt, police said, and shot his first victim dead in the reception area. He then walked into the office and unloaded several more rounds, wounding five other employees at the company that fired him two years ago.
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| Afghan gov't says UN representative out of line
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 AP - 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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| No. 5 Boise State survives Louisiana Tech 45-35
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 AP - Just when Boise State looked vulnerable, Kellen Moore and the Broncos quickly reminded a national television audience why they've been unbeatable.
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| LeBron gets 33 in only MSG visit, Cavs beat Knicks
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 AP - LeBron James celebrated with the Yankees and toyed with the Knicks.
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| Colts put CB Jackson, S Sanders on IR
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 AP - The injury bug is still haunting the Indianapolis Colts.
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| Heat deal Nuggets 1st loss of year, 96-88
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 AP - Dwyane Wade scored 22 points, Jermaine O'Neal added 18 and the Miami Heat dealt the Denver Nuggets their first loss of the season, 96-88 on Friday night.
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| Ramirez to return to Dodgers next season
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| AP - Manny Ramirez is coming back to the Dodgers next season. |
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| Gellar loves being a mother |
| Sarah Michelle Gellar and her husband, Freddie Prinze Jr., know what everyone has been thinking: What took so long?
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| Burruss is still flying above |
| Not many people have had to grieve as publicly as Kandi Burruss, but the Atlanta "Housewife" has been strong.
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| Celebs pay big bucks for security |
| Celebrities are always trying to build walls around themselves -- and those walls cost money.
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| Jackson's father seeks allowance |
| Michael Jackson's father wants a judge to order the pop star's estate to pay him a monthly allowance, according to papers filed in court Friday.
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| Rihanna gives details of assault |
| In a "20/20" interview, the singer offers her graphic account of the fateful confrontation with Chris Brown.
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| Leon Trotsky (1879) |
| Trotsky was a Marxist intellectual whose ideas form the basis of Trotskyism, a Communist ideology based on the theory of worldwide revolution. He was a crucial figure in the 1917 Bolshevik Revolution in Russia and organized the Red Army in the civil war that followed. After a power struggle with Joseph Stalin in the 1920s, Trotsky was exiled from the USSR. In 1940, he was assassinated in Mexico by an alleged Soviet agent with ties to Stalin. From whom did he borrow the name "Trotsky"? Discuss |
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| Suleiman the Magnificent (1494) |
| Sultan Suleiman I, or Suleiman the Magnificent, reigned from 1520 to 1566, during which time the Ottoman Empire reached the height of its power and prestige. Suleiman restructured the Ottoman legal system, a move that earned him the name Kanuni, or "the Lawgiver." At the time of his death, Mecca, Medina, Jerusalem, Damascus, Baghdad, many Balkan provinces, and most of North Africa were under his empire's control. Why did Suleiman have his close boyhood friend, Ibrahim Pasha, executed? |
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| Ida Tarbell (1857) |
| Tarbell's investigative journalism earned her a reputation as a leading "muckraker"—one who investigates and exposes issues of corruption and misconduct. Her 19-part exposé for McClure's magazine, later published in a book titled The History of the Standard Oil Company, led to the breakup of the Standard Oil monopoly and is seen as a model for journalism today. Where did this book rank on a 1999 list of the top 100 works of American journalism in the 20th century? |
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| Construction of Canadian Pacific Railway Completed (1885) |
| The Canadian Pacific Railway was originally built between eastern Canada and British Columbia, fulfilling a promise made to British Columbia when it agreed to join the Canadian Confederation in 1871. The railway's transcontinental passenger service was instrumental in the settlement and development of Western Canada. Today, it also includes US hubs, such as New York, but its primary passenger service was dropped in 1986. Why was the image of a beaver chosen for the railway's logo? Discuss |
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| Dominican Republic Adopts First Constitution (1844) |
| The Dominican Republic declared its independence from Haiti in a movement led by Juan Duarte and Pedro Santana. It adopted a presidential form of government, but Santana forced the constitutional assembly to include an article in the constitution that gave him dictatorial powers, allowing him to drive out his political opponents, including Duarte. In 1861, Santana restored the Dominican Republic to what country? |
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| Susan B. Anthony Breaks US Law to Vote (1872) |
| Anthony was an important figure in the 19th-century US women's suffrage movement. In 1869, Anthony, together with Elizabeth Cady Stanton, founded an association dedicated to securing voting rights for women. Three years later, she defied US law and voted in the presidential election, asserting that the 14th Amendment entitled her to do so. She was arrested and fined, but her actions drew great attention to the women's rights movement. Why was she expelled from the National Labor Union? |
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