Military officials were starting Friday to piece together what may have pushed an Army psychiatrist trained to help soldiers in distress to turn on his comrades in a shooting rampage that killed 13 people and wounded 30 in Texas. The suspected shooter, Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, left, was on a ventilator and unconscious in a hospital after being shot four times during the shootings at the Army's sprawling Fort Hood.
The November sweeps ratings period is one of the first major milestones of the TV season. Usually, network and station executives can't talk enough about what they have to offer during the month in hopes of attracting viewers. Unless, that is, one of the things you have is "The Jay Leno Show" airing at 10 p.m. thanks to a risky NBC move made in hopes of cutting costs.
If Democratic leaders manage to push a massive health care overhaul through the House of Representatives this weekend, they'll have to do it without one of Maryland's Democratic congressmen.
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NFL injury report RAVENS AT CINCINNATI RAVENS: Questionable: S Haruki Nakamura (chest), NT Haloti Ngata (ankle), S Tom Zbikowski (illness). Probable: LB Prescott Burgess (illness), TE Todd Heap (ankle), LB Jarret Johnson (shoulder), C Matt Katula (elbow), RB Le'Ron McClain (shoulder), CB Frank Walker (illness).
In May, Kelley Washington was an unemployed wide receiver, tripped up by his own medical charts. The job market was tight and the former Tennessee star was reduced to accepting tryouts, the NFL equivalent of bargain-basement shopping. Six months later, he is the missing piece in the Ravens' offensive puzzle, the slot receiver who keeps drives going with clutch third-down catches over the middle.
A judge revoked Thomas Meighan Jr.'s $100,000 bail - associated with July hit-and-run charges - on Monday, saying the 39-year-old, who has at least nine drunken driving convictions and is linked to a college student's death, is a "serious danger" to himself and the community.
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Driving down the road to ruin Before Thomas Meighan Jr.'s name was ever connected in the fatal hit-and-run of a Johns Hopkins student, his actions and correspondence to the courts showed a pattern of self-destruction and deceit
Before Thomas Meighan Jr.'s name was ever connected in the fatal hit-and-run of a Johns Hopkins student, his actions and correspondence to the courts showed a pattern of self-destruction and deceit
Eschol Amelia Studnitz lost her $58,000 accounting job July 31 because a government background check deemed her "unsuitable" for a low-level security clearance. She was stunned. She had no criminal record.
