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The 2007 picture provided by the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences shows Nidal Malik Hasan when he entered the program for his Disaster and Military Psychiatry Fellowship.
Photo: AP/Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences

The 2007 picture provided by the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences shows Nidal Malik Hasan when he entered the program for his Disaster and Military Psychiatry Fellowship

US Military Ability to Find Militancy in Ranks Questioned

At least one prominent former senior officer says current guidance to commanders is not sufficient

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Thomas John Sweet (TJ) had been in Iraq two months. He killed himself on Thanksgiving Day, November 27th, 2003

Suicides in US Army At Record Levels

US Army says campaign to get soldiers help is showing progress at some bases

WHO: H1N1 May Be Peaking in N. Hemisphere, But Outbreak Not Over

Transmission remains active and geographically widespread in places like United States

In this May 28, 2009 file photo, a foreclosed home is shown in Mountain View, Calif. Lenders are ramping up efforts to avoid home foreclosures, but a report by bank regulators said Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2009, more than half of borrowers who get help fall b

More US Home Foreclosures, Job Losses Reported

Economists say overall recovery of battered housing industry will be key to sustained economic recovery

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In large cities like Washington, to ensure the fastest response to medical calls, fire departments dispatch trucks carrying a paramedic with the firefighters

Washington DC Firefighters Often on Front Line of Health Care

Fire Dept. shoulders costs in neighborhoods lacking doctors and medical clinics

California Students Protest Tuition Hikes

Increases come in response to budge shortfall

Mark Ndesandjo, US President Barack Obama's half-brother, during interview at hotel in Beijing, China, 18 Nov 2009

Obama Meets Half-Brother in Beijing

President says he took five minutes out of his busy overseas diplomatic schedule to meet Mark Ndesandjo who lives in China

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More than 300 animal species and 1200 types of plants are found at the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum in the city of Tucson, Arizona (US)

Desert Museum in Arizona Exhibits Native Plants and Animals

Some animals are rarely seen in the wild

The Pony Express Will Ride Again!

St. Joseph, Missouri, saddles up for 150 year anniversary of legendary mail service to American West

Lidded basket with knob handle, stacked wood design; plain twined; 3-strand twine; beargrass; and maidenhair fern<br />Made by Elizabeth Hickox (Karuk/ Wiyot) Circa 1913<br />

Autry Center Exhibit Showcases Native American Basketry

New exhibit at Autry National Center of the American West brings together some of finest traditional and modern examples

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Director Lee Daniels Delivers A Hard-edged Film, 'Precious'

Clareece Precious Jones, an obese teenager, has been abused by her parents but prevails in end

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Latest Twilight Saga 'New Moon' Features Teenage Love, Supernatural Secret

Robert Pattinson, Kristen Stewart co-star in second installment of teenage vampire series

Teen Mega-Hit 'Twilight' Centers on Vampire Romance

Movie is adapted from 2005 novel by Stephanie Meyer that began as series of four books

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