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• Fort Hood, community mourn shooting victims (AP)

  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.

  
  
• Another attack leaves US Muslims fearing backlash (AP)

  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.

  
  
• Decision day for health care in the House (AP)

  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.

  
  
• British treasury chief urges climate agreement (AP)

  AP - British treasury chief Alistair Darling urged the world's top finance officials on Saturday to reach an agreement on bearing the cost of fighting climate change before a UN summit on global warming next month.

  
  
• Police: Fla. shooting suspect was angry at company (AP)

  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.

  
  
• Afghan gov't says UN representative out of line (AP)

  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.

  
  
• Police: LA celebrity burglaries led by 19-year-old (AP)

  AP - Investigators cracked a youthful burglary ring that preyed on Hollywood's rich and famous, often brazenly walking into their unlocked homes to make off with cash, jewels and family heirlooms, authorities said.

  
  
• Pakistan's fashionistas defy Taliban (AP)

  AP - Some women strode the catwalk in vicious spiked bracelets and body armor. Others had their heads covered, burqa-style, but with her shoulders — and tattoos — exposed. Male models wore long, Islamic robes as well as shorts and sequined T-shirts.

  
  
• Seattle team wins $900,000 in Space Elevator Games (AP)

  AP - A Seattle teams has collected a $900,000 prize in a NASA-backed competition to develop the concept of an elevator to space — an idea spurred by science fiction novels.

  
  
• LeBron gets 33 in only MSG visit; Cavs beat Knicks (AP)

  AP - LeBron James celebrated with the Yankees and toyed with the Knicks.

  
  
• U.S. House set to open healthcare debate (Reuters)

  Reuters - With a close vote looming, the U.S. House of Representatives was expected to open debate on Saturday on a sweeping reform bill that would spark the biggest healthcare changes in four decades.

  
  
• Motive probed in Fort Hood shooting rampage (Reuters)

  Reuters - Investigators searched on Friday for the motive behind a mass shooting at a sprawling U.S. Army base in Texas, in which an Army psychiatrist trained to treat war wounded is suspected of killing 13 people.

  
  
• Iran says over 100 people detained at anti-U.S. rally (Reuters) Reuters - Iranian police detained more than 100 people for "disturbing public order" during a rally this week to mark the anniversary of the seizure of the U.S. embassy, the official IRNA news agency reported on Saturday.
• Laid-off Orlando engineer kills one, wounds five (Reuters)

  Reuters - An ex-employee of an engineering consulting firm who was laid off in 2007 opened fire at his former workplace in Orlando, Florida, on Friday, killing one person and wounding five others, police said.

  
  
• IMF warns G20 off cutting economic support too fast (Reuters)

  Reuters - The International Monetary Fund warned global financial leaders on Friday not to repeat the mistakes of the Great Depression and choke off emergency support for their economies too quickly.

  
  
• Bin Laden videotape not new, monitoring site says (Reuters)

  Reuters - A videotape of Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden released on Friday is the Pashto-language version of a tape released several months ago, said IntelCenter, a U.S.-based terrorism monitoring firm.

  
  
• U.S. OKs two more import probes versus China (Reuters)

  Reuters - A U.S. trade panel on Friday approved two new investigations into charges of unfair trade practices by China, but rejected another one week ahead of President Barack Obama's trip to Asia.

  
  
• At least 25 hurt in search for U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan (Reuters)

  Reuters - More than 25 NATO and Afghan troops were wounded during a search Friday for two missing U.S. paratroopers in western Afghanistan, the NATO-led force said.

  
  
• Iran refuses to send enriched uranium abroad: MP (AFP)

  AFP - Iran is refusing to send its low-enriched uranium abroad for further processing, the influential head of parliament's national security and foreign policy committee was quoted as saying on Saturday.

  
  
• US grieves after Muslim doctor kills 13 on army base (AFP)

  AFP - US President Barack Obama led his nation in mourning Saturday as shocked Americans struggled to understand why a Muslim army doctor unleashed a massacre at a US military base, killing 13.