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DINWIDDIE, Va. (AP) - The star herself was not on board, but one of Miley Cyrus&#8217; tour buses overturned on a highway in Virginia this morning.
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          <title>Window Washer: DRAMATIC Video Catches Fall</title>
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Take a look at this terrifying moment captured on tape. A window washer fell eight stories in downtown Seattle, Washington. Then - a miracle happened - and he&#8217;s alive!           ]]></description>
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          <title>Caught On Tape: Child Abuse</title>
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Police officers in Spokane, Washington are looking for assistance from the community to help identify a woman who is seen throwing a child down to the pavement in front of the transit center.            ]]></description>
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          <title>Caught on Tape: TX Woman Robbed</title>
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The video easily makes you angry. 
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          <title>Oprah wrapping up talk show, for now</title>
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CHICAGO (AP) - &#8220;The Oprah Winfrey Show&#8221; is coming to an end, at least in its current form.
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          <title>Former Marine sentenced to death in hammer murders</title>
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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) - A former Marine has been sentenced to death in Florida for using a hammer to murder two people.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Fla. man accused of setting wife on fire</title>
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APOLLO BEACH, Fla. (AP) - A Florida man accused of setting his estranged wife on fire has been charged with attempted first-degree murder.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Boeing breaking ground for historic SC plant</title>
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NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) - Boeing is breaking ground in South Carolina on a $750 million aircraft assembly plant - the largest industrial investment in state history.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Astronauts get extra moving time at space station</title>
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - The astronauts aboard the shuttle-station complex are getting some extra moving time.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Govt wants speedy screening at more airports</title>
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WASHINGTON (AP) - The Homeland Security Department wants to expand speedy screening of pre-approved, low-risk air travelers arriving in the United States.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Gas explosion flattens Missouri home</title>
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Springfield, MO (AP) - Authorities say eight other homes were damaged, but fortunately, no one was hurt.           ]]></description>
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Police dash cam captured a wild shoot out that led to the death of a suspect in Cincinnati Tuesday (11/17).            ]]></description>
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Firefighters in Iowa battled a blaze in the flood-damaged Czech Village area in Cedar Rapids.           ]]></description>
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          <title>NY town decides to re&#45;Christmas its holiday parade</title>
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PATCHOGUE, N.Y. (AP) - A town on New York&#8217;s Long Island is hoping for better attendance at its 16th annual holiday boat parade this year by restoring &#8220;Christmas&#8221; to the event&#8217;s name.
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          <title>METEOR: Caught on tape (Alternate View)</title>
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A bright meteor in the night sky provided many Utah residents with a rare treat early Wednesday morning (11/18).&nbsp;            ]]></description>
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A bright meteor in the night sky provided many Utah residents with a rare treat early Wednesday morning (11/18).&nbsp;            ]]></description>
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          <title>Computer that triggered widespread flight delays back up and running</title>
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A computer system that triggered widespread flight delays this morning is now up and running.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Stimulus watchdog: Job creation data flawed</title>
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WASHINGTON (AP) - The government watchdog overseeing economic stimulus spending says the White House was too quick to take credit for saving or creating 640,000 jobs.           ]]></description>
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LOS ANGELES (AP) - The daughter of Sen. John Kerry has been arrested in Hollywood for allegedly driving drunk.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Artist Jeanne&#45;Claude dies; co&#45;created &#8216;The Gates&#8217;</title>
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NEW YORK (AP) - The artist Jeanne-Claude has died. She created the 2005 art installation in Central Park called &#8220;The Gates&#8221; with her husband, Christo.           ]]></description>
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FORT COLLINS, Colo. (AP) - Colorado-based weather researchers say three hurricanes formed in the Atlantic this year, two fewer than they predicted before the season and one less than their August update called for.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Domino game dispute prompts SC jail beating</title>
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SUMTER, S.C. (AP) - Authorities have accused a South Carolina man in jail on a murder charge of severely beating a fellow inmate after an argument during a game of dominoes.           ]]></description>
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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - A tour bus driver suffered a ruptured aneurysm before a crash on a southern Minnesota interstate that killed two people and injured 21 others.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Explosion at Va Guard base sends 14 to hospitals</title>
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BLACKSTONE, Va. (AP) - A pyrotechnic device used in training exercises exploded at Fort Pickett, sending 14 Virginia National Guard soldiers to hospitals, most as a precautionary measure.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Popular Santa letter program ends in Alaska</title>
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ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - Starry eyed children around the world are writing letters to the jolly man at the North Pole, but this holiday season they&#8217;ll not likely to get a response from Santa or his helpers.           ]]></description>
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JERSEY CITY, N.J. (AP) - A wild turkey that has been playing chicken along the New Jersey Turnpike won&#8217;t have to dodge Thanksgiving traffic.           ]]></description>
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - Power-hungry TVs will be banned from store shelves in California after state regulators adopted a first-in-the nation mandate to lower electricity demand.
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BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) - An undercover officer posing as a prostitute in Alabama tried more than once to run off a 13-year-old boy who asked her for sex, but police say the teen insisted and had to be arrested.
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INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - The NCAA says college athletes continue to graduate at a higher rate than other students.
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          <title>AAA: Thanksgiving travel to go up, air travel down</title>
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WASHINGTON (AP) - A leading auto organization is projecting a 1.4 percent increase in Thanksgiving travel this year, although fewer people will travel by air due to budget concerns, reduced airline capacity and added charges.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - Space shuttle Atlantis has arrived at the International Space Station.
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          <title>DEMOLITION: Reunion Arena Demolished</title>
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A popular arena in Dallas, Texas is in the last stage of demolition.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Pa. woman struck by bullet through wall dies</title>
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CHESTER, Pa. (AP) - Police say a suburban Philadelphia woman lying in bed was struck by a bullet that came through a wall.           ]]></description>
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CLEVELAND (AP) - A tortoise&#8217;s zookeepers in Cleveland are the ones feeling slow because after more than 50 years, they&#8217;ve discovered &#8220;Mary&#8221; is actually a male.
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CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) - A South Carolina man has been accused of stabbing his wife&#8217;s 82-year-old grandfather to death.           ]]></description>
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WASHINGTON (AP) - West Virginia Sen. Robert C. Byrd has now been on Capitol Hill longer than any lawmaker in congressional history.           ]]></description>
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The Nielsen Company says more than 75 billion text messages are sent each month nationwide and the most avid texters are ages 13 to 17. Teens average 2,272 text messages a month, compared with just 203 calls.&nbsp; One teenager in Southlake, TX decided to give up texting for one week to see what would happen.           ]]></description>
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A Central Texas police officer had his patience tested by a friendly feline recently when he made a routine traffic stop.           ]]></description>
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Firefighters continued to monitor hot spots Tuesday following a warehouse fire in downtown Abilene, Texas.            ]]></description>
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RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - Former Bassett Furniture Chairman and Chief Executive Robert Spilman has died at 82.           ]]></description>
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Fans gathered for the premiere of the Twilight saga, &#8220;New Moon&#8221; Monday night.           ]]></description>
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HARDEEVILLE, S.C. (AP) - An Amtrak passenger train hit a car trying to cross the tracks near the South Carolina-Georgia state line and four people have been killed.           ]]></description>
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BEAUFORT, S.C. (AP) - A person is being questioned in the shooting deaths of a South Carolina woman and her 4-year-old son at their home.           ]]></description>
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ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) - A South Carolina man was charged with driving under the influence after a crash with a St. Petersburg police cruiser.           ]]></description>
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SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO, Calif. (AP) - Firefighters are making good progress against a brush fire that spread through more than 250 acres of rugged wilderness northeast of San Juan Capistrano.           ]]></description>
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Space Shuttle Atlantis is up and away Monday heading towards the International Space Station on its&#8217; last trip of the year.           ]]></description>
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&nbsp;  &nbsp;  WASHINGTON (AP) - The Food and Drug Administration is weighing whether to approve an updated version of Pfizer&#8217;s best-selling anti-infection vaccine for children, despite company studies that failed to meet certain goals.           ]]></description>
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&nbsp;  &nbsp;  WASHINGTON (AP) - More than one in seven American households struggled to put enough food on the table in 2008, the highest number since the U.S. Department of Agriculture began tracking food security levels in 1995.           ]]></description>
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - The six &#8220;Atlantis&#8221; astronauts are at the launch pad for a mid-afternoon delivery flight to the International Space Station.
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WASHINGTON (AP) - Congressional investigators say the agency in charge of workplace safety needs to do a better job of making sure employers keep accurate records on worker injuries and illnesses.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - Skies are clouding up a bit, so the chance of acceptable weather for this afternoon&#8217;s launch of the shuttle Atlantis is now listed at just 70 percent.           ]]></description>
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WASHINGTON (AP) - More than 15 million taxpayers could unexpectedly owe taxes when they file their federal returns next spring because the government was too generous with their new Making Work Pay tax credit.           ]]></description>
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TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) - An Ohio jeweler says thieves who smashed their way into his store and got away with rings are in for a surprise when they try to sell them.           ]]></description>
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CLEVELAND (AP) - The Cleveland Rape Crisis Center is launching a special hot line in hopes of hearing from those who survived encounters at the house where remains of 11 women were found.           ]]></description>
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NEW YORK (AP) - The pilot who guided his disabled plane to a safe emergency landing in the Hudson River says that a new book that underscores the role of the jet&#8217;s automation technology in the landing is inaccurate.           ]]></description>
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&nbsp;  &nbsp; Emotions surrounding last week&#8217;s deadly fort hood shootings continue to fan out across the country.           ]]></description>
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A Lansing, MI police officer is suspended for improper use of a Taser.            ]]></description>
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It turns out there&#8217;s quite a bit of water on the moon. NASA scientists say they &#8220;didn&#8217;t find just a little bit,&#8220; but &#8220;a significant amount&#8221; when they analyzed data from a spacecraft that NASA intentionally crashed near the lunar south pole last
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Lansing Police officer Ryan Smith has been suspended for 2 weeks without pay for improper use of a taser during an Aug 16th incident of alleged domestic abuse.            ]]></description>
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The self-proclaimed mastermind behind the 9/11 attacks in New York and Washington is set to stand trial in New York City.           ]]></description>
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President Obama is looking for answers, following the deadly shooting at Fort Hood last week.           ]]></description>
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Mister Obama is taking his first presidential trip to Asia.           ]]></description>
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GREENVILLE, S.C. (AP) - Authorities in South Carolina say at least 12 people have been taken to the hospital after two school bus wrecks in Greenville County.           ]]></description>
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MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. (AP) - An airport on the South Carolina coast says it will again offer nonstop international flights beginning next year.           ]]></description>
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NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) - An arrest warrant says DNA evidence on a bloody sock found in the ceiling and an ink pen found under the body of a Yale graduate student links an animal research technician to her killing.           ]]></description>
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EXPORT, Pa. (AP) - Pennsylvania State Police say a man was drunk when he hopped on a lawn tractor and drove it to buy more beer.           ]]></description>
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MILFORD, Conn. (AP) - Connecticut authorities say a car smashed through the front windows of a nail salon and ended up halfway into the shop, injuring eight people.           ]]></description>
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BELLAIRE, Ohio (AP) - Ohio parents who say their children endured long, complicated walks home are panning the disruption of school bus service for a Hollywood movie shoot.           ]]></description>
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POINT PLEASANT BEACH, N.J. (AP) - The Coast Guard has identified three fishermen who are missing after their boat sank in rough seas off southern New Jersey.           ]]></description>
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EDINBORO, Pa. (AP) - Authorities in western Pennsylvania say a head-on crash killed three Edinboro University students.           ]]></description>
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DENVER (AP) - The attorney for the Colorado father who reported his son floated away in a helium balloon says his client and the boy&#8217;s mother will both plead guilty to charges in the case.           ]]></description>
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WASHINGTON (AP) - A new survey suggests the tradition of a family dinnertime survives in America, though with a side order of modern distractions.           ]]></description>
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CHRISTIANSBURG, Va. (AP) - Hospitals in the New River Valley are getting ready to go tobacco-free - even outside their buildings.           ]]></description>
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LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - The nine black students who confronted angry white mobs as they integrated Little Rock Central High School in 1957 took solace each day at the home of Daisy and L.C. Bates.           ]]></description>
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PARSIPPANY, N.J. (AP) - Sanitation workers sorted through 10 tons of trash to recover a wedding ring accidentally thrown away by a New Jersey couple.           ]]></description>
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SEATTLE (AP) - The 37-year-old son of Washington state&#8217;s lieutenant governor has been released from a Seattle hospital, while the man accused of shooting him remains in critical condition.           ]]></description>
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U.S. 64 in Polk County, Tennessee is closed at mile marker 17.6 due to a major rock slide near the Ocoee 2 Dam.&nbsp;            ]]></description>
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LIMA, Ohio (AP) - A state trooper in northwest Ohio who was honored by Mothers Against Drunk Driving in 1997 for the number of drunken-driving arrests he made has been charged with drunken driving.
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ATLANTA (AP) - Federal authorities say they&#8217;ve cracked a sophisticated computer hacking ring that stole more than $9 million within 12 hours last November, securing indictments against eight people from Russia, Estonia and Moldova.           ]]></description>
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TAMPA, Fla. (AP) - The driver and the child in her lap survived when a pickup truck slammed into a 1,500-gallon aquarium at Tampa International Airport. The tropical fish were not so lucky.
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RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine has cleared the way for the execution of sniper John Allen Muhammad.
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WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama is headed to Texas, to pay respects and offer comfort to those affected by last week&#8217;s shooting rampage at Fort Hood.
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PINE PLAINS, N.Y. (AP) - A state government official says a former student has surrendered to police after taking a school administrator hostage at an upstate New York high school.
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PINE PLAINS, N.Y. (AP) - A town official says a gunman at an upstate New York high school has taken the principal hostage.           ]]></description>
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The attorney for the army psychiatrist accused in the mass shooting at Fort Hood says he&#8217;s met with his client.           ]]></description>
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Tropical Storm Ida made landfall near Mobile Bay, Alabama early Tuesday morning, but the storm has already caused problems along its path.           ]]></description>
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WALTERBORO, S.C. (AP) - A South Carolina coroner says three people including a young child are dead and six were injured in a drive-by shooting in a small town.           ]]></description>
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SEATTLE (AP) - A close friend of Washington state Lt. Gov. Brad Owen has allegedly shot one of Owen&#8217;s sons, then shot himself in the head.           ]]></description>
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