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With Obama's help, House
passes sweeping bill
House Democrats, overcoming nearly united Republican opposition and dozens of defections within their own ranks, narrowly approved a historic health care expansion. (By Lisa Wangsness and Susan Milligan, Globe Staff)
(George Frey/Getty Images)Muslim leader troubled by talks
At a press conference, Ashlee Brewer, (above center) holds a picture of her brother Pfc. Aaron Thomas Nemelka, who was killed in Thursday's shooting rampage at Fort Hood in Texas. An Army psychiatrist who authorities say went the rampage was so conflicted over what to tell fellow soldiers about fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan that a local Islamic leader was deeply troubled by it, the leader said. (By Angela K. Brown, Boston Globe)
Military counselors face case overload
Those who work treating the psychological wounds of the country's warriors say Thursday's rampage in Texas has put a spotlight on the strains of their profession and of the patients they treat. (By Benedict Carey and Damien Cave, New York Times)
Fla. suspect ‘mentally ill’
The engineer accused of fatally shooting an 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. (Associated Press)
Ground breaks on Flight 93 memorial
With the words "Let's roll," the command issued by United Flight 93 passenger Todd Beamer to lead the passenger revolt, Interior Secretary Ken Salazar and 39 victims' relatives and dignitaries turned shovels of dirt at a groundbreaking for a national memorial. (Associated Press)
Obama to attend Hood memorial
President Obama will attend a memorial service Tuesday honoring victims of the Fort Hood shootings, an attack he described as "all the more heartbreaking and all the more despicable" because it occurred on the nation's largest Army post. (Associated Press)
Court to review juveniles' sentences
The Supreme Court will hear appeals from two such juvenile offenders: Joe Sullivan, who raped a woman when he was 13, and Terrance Graham, who committed armed burglary at 16. They claim that the Eighth Amendment's ban on cruel and unusual punishment forbids sentencing them to die in prison for crimes other than homicide. (By Adam Liptak, New York Times)
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2010 elections: Democratic fears, Republican hopes
Oh, how the tables have turned. Nervous Democrats are on defense and emboldened Republicans sense opportunity heading into 2010 and the midterm elections. It was just three years ago that the GOP lost the House and Senate as well as governors' races in a cross-country Democratic wave. (AP National Political Writer, 4:42 a.m.)
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 several people who shared the same profession as the alleged shooter, a father of three with ties to Laos whose family had a history of military service, a civilian who had returned to work a week after suffering a heart attack, ... (Associated Press Writer, 3:53 a.m.)
Some saw trouble ahead with Fort Hood shooter
In retrospect, the signs of Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan's growing anger over the U.S. wars in Iraq and Afghanistan seem unmistakable. But even people who worried his increasingly strident views were clouding his ability to serve the U.S. military could not predict the murderous rampage of which he now stands accused. (Associated Press Writers, 4:13 a.m.)
Suspect identified in Seattle police killing
Police described a suspect in the shooting death of a Seattle policeman as a "lone domestic terrorist" and said he was also suspected of firebombing four police vehicles. (AP, 4:51 a.m.)
House Roll Call: How they voted on abortion issue
The 240-194 roll call Saturday by which the House voted to prohibit federal funding of abortions in a Democratic-written health care bill. (By The Associated Press, AP)
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