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  1. Major Nidal Malik Hasan, the U.S. Army doctor identified by authorities as the suspect in a mass shooting at the U.S. Army post in Fort Hood, Texas, is seen in this undated handout photo from a pdf file of the U.S. Government Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences downloaded on November 6, 2009. REUTERS/Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences/Handout
    FBI reassessing past look at Fort Hood suspect AP - 54 minutes ago

    WASHINGTON - Nearly a year before Maj. Nidal Hasan allegedly went on a shooting rampage at Fort Hood, terrorism investigators conducted an "assessment" of him before deciding he did not pose a threat.

  2. U.S. President Barack Obama makes a statement about the shootings in Fort Hood, Texas, and on the latest employment figures released in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, November 6, 2009. REUTERS/Jason Reed
    Obama pressed into role as healer, inevitably AP - 21 minutes ago

    WASHINGTON - Presidents get elected to run the nation. Some days that means knowing how to heal it.

  3. A U.S. army soldier pass by a burning fuel truck on a road outside Jalalabad, Nangarhar province, east of Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, Nov. 8, 2009. A supply convoy of NATO and coalition forces was attacked by militants near Jalalabad city, two of the tankers were set on fire and three others damaged. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)
    Sources: Obama near decision on Afghanistan troops AP - 2 hours, 24 minutes ago

    WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama is nearing a decision to add tens of thousands more forces to Afghanistan, though probably not quite the 40,000 sought by his top general there.

  4. This 2003 picture provided by the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences shows Nidal Malik Hasan in his graduation photo when he completed his M.D. degree. (AP Photo/Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences)
    Radical imam praises alleged Fort Hood shooter AP - Mon Nov 9, 9:30 PM ET

    WASHINGTON - A radical American imam on Yemen's most wanted militant list who had contact with two 9/11 hijackers praised alleged Fort Hood shooter Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan as a hero on his personal Web site Monday.

  5. FILE - In this Saturday, Dec. 6, 2008 file photo, Anh 'Joseph' Cao smiles during an interview at a victory party in New Orleans. You too can be on a first-name basis with a freshman congressman from New Orleans- because people can't seem to get his last name right. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
    Cao jolts the House Politico - Sun Nov 8, 3:58 PM ET

    Once a year, Rep. Anh "Joseph" Cao gives the Washington establishment a little jolt.

  6. This 2007 photo provided by Equal Justice Initiative shows inmate Joe Sullivan, 31, at the Columbia Correctional Institution in Lake City, Fla. Sullivan raped an elderly woman when he was 13-years-old, was judged incorrigible, and sentenced to life in prison without parole. The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear arguments Monday, Nov. 9, 2009, that locking up juveniles and throwing away the key is cruel and unusual punishment, and thus unconstitutional. (AP Photo/Glenn Paul)
    High court looks at life sentences for juveniles AP - Mon Nov 9, 4:26 PM ET

    WASHINGTON - A seemingly divided Supreme Court wrestled Monday with whether teenagers can be locked away forever for their crimes. The question arose in two cases involving Florida men who are serving life prison terms with no chance of parole for crimes they committed as teenagers. Their lawyers argue that the sentences for people so young are cruel and unusual, in violation of the Constitution, because young people have greater capacity to change.

  7. Former U.S. President Bill Clinton gives a lecture in the Andalusian capital of Seville November 5, 2009. REUTERS/Marcelo del Pozo (SPAIN SOCIETY)
    Bill Clinton meets with Senate Dems on health care AP - 1 hour, 27 minutes ago

    WASHINGTON - Former President Bill Clinton knows just how high the political stakes are in the fight to overhaul America's health care system.

  8. GOP tries to play 41-seat pickup Politico - Tue Nov 10, 4:52 AM ET

    As the 2010 campaign cycle begins in earnest, the central question in the House of Representatives is how many seats will Republicans win?

  9. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu waves during his address before the 2009 General Assembly of The Jewish Federations of North America, Monday, Nov. 9, 2009, in Washington. (AP Photo/Haraz N. Ghanbari)
    Israeli prime minister calls for peace talks AP - Mon Nov 9, 9:19 PM ET

    WASHINGTON - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday called for an immediate resumption of peace talks with Palestinians and pledged more steps to improve economic conditions in Palestinian areas.

  10. Obama to delay start of Asia trip to attend Fort Hood memorial Reuters - Mon Nov 9, 6:01 AM ET

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama will delay the start of his visit to Asia this week to attend a memorial service for soldiers killed in a mass shooting at a U.S. military base, an administration official said on Sunday.

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