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WALTERBORO, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina authorities say three people are dead and five more have been hurt in a shooting in a small town about 40 miles west of Charleston. Full Story »

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama and the first lady will travel to Killeen, Texas, to meet with those most affected by the Fort Hood shootings. Full Story »

There are just so many tiny pieces of tempered glass, it looks like a sheet of ice walking around the side of Bud and Carol Lyons house in Lincoln City . They glitter in the sun as a spectacular beach view comes into view in the Roads End neighborhood at the far north end of Lincoln City . Full Story »

SAN ANTONIO (AP) — The attorney for the Army psychiatrist accused in the mass shooting at Fort Hood says he's met with his hospitalized client. Retired Col. John P. Galligan told The Associated Press he met with Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan for 30 minutes Monday at a San Antonio military hospital. Full Story »

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WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House is launching a program it says will turn the government into the model employer of military veterans. President Barack Obama was to sign an executive order Monday creating the Veterans Employment Initiative. Full Story »

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration is ready to hand out more stimulus dollars for schools, but this time, strings are attached. Education Secretary Arne Duncan said another $11.5 billion is available to states, which have already received more than $67 billion. Full Story »

FORT HOOD, Texas (AP) — There will be a roll call of the names of the dead, and a 21-gun salute. Those are some of the details of a memorial service that will take place tomorrow at Fort Hood in Texas, honoring victims of last week's shooting rampage that took 13 lives. Full Story »

WASHINGTON (AP) — An airline industry trade group predicts that passenger traffic over the Thanksgiving holiday will drop 4 percent from last year. The Air Transport Association made the forecast Monday despite deep discounting by airlines over the past several months. Full Story »

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — The man accused of shooting a Kansas abortion provider has confessed to the killing to The Associated Press, saying he has no regrets. Full Story »

WASHINGTON (AP) — A veteran State Department worker pleaded guilty Monday to illegally viewing passport files of celebrities, the eighth current or former employee of the agency to admit to snooping. Full Story »

WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House is calling for the release of three Americans being held in Iran on accusations of espionage. White House press secretary Robert Gibbs said Monday that the three were hiking near the border with Iraq and are innocent. Full Story »

CHICAGO (AP) — Federal prosecutors say a video produced by Osama bin Laden's al-Qaida terrorist network was found in the home of a Chicago man charged with plotting an attack on a Danish newspaper. Full Story »

DETROIT, Ore. - Last Tuesday, Mark Shaver and his seven children headed out from their Eagle Creek home, on a camping trip to the Breitenbush Lake area northeast of Detroit. Full Story »

FORT HOOD, Texas (AP) — The man accused of killing 13 people and wounding 29 at Fort Hood is able to talk. A spokesman for Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio says Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan has been awake and able to talk since he was taken off a ventilator Saturday. Full Story »

WALNUT CREEK, Calif. (AP) - Pac-10 commissioner Larry Scott says he has approved the request from Oregon to reinstate running back LeGarrette Blount, who was suspended in September after he punched a Boise State player. Full Story »

CLEVELAND (AP) — Authorities are investigating whether the Cleveland man who owned the home where several bodies were found is connected to any killings in places he lived while in the military. Full Story »

MIAMI (AP) — Ida has weakened to a tropical storm, but warnings remain along 200 miles of the Gulf Coast from Mississippi to Florida. The U.S. National Hurricane Center reports that the storm weakened early Monday from a Category 2 storm to a Category 1 to its current classification. Full Story »

WASHINGTON (AP) — The personal Web site for a radical American imam living in Yemen who had contact with two 9/11 hijackers is praising alleged Fort Hood shooter Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan as a hero. Full Story »

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — A man who was in an Orlando office when a former employee came in and started shooting says the ordeal that left one dead and five injured lasted about a minute. Full Story »

PORTLAND - A local family wants their daughter's killer to serve his entire prison sentence. But, a new Oregon law could allow for his early release from prison. Full Story »

SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) — A man who held seven people hostage overnight inside an apartment building in Syracuse, N.Y., has been found dead. Police were responding to a report of an armed robbery at around 10 p.m. Sunday when shots began flying at them from a second-floor apartment. Full Story »

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Authorities say an early morning fire tore through a home in Oklahoma City, killing all four people inside. Battalion Chief Brian Jackson says firefighters arrived at the home around 5:20 a.m. Monday and found the one-story brick building engulfed in flames. Full Story »

FORT HOOD, Texas (AP) — A U.S. Army spokesman says the man suspected in a shooting rampage at Fort Hood is in critical but stable condition at Texas hospital. Full Story »

WHEATON, Md. (AP) — Serial sniper John Allen Muhammad's upcoming execution has residents in the Washington area reliving the fear they felt during his three-week killing spree seven years ago. Full Story »