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Philly transit system strike ends
About 5,000 workers had stopped working in dispute around pensions. Gov. Ed Rendel, far right and Mayor Michael Nutter announce agreement. Full story
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Wounded soldier recounts Fort Hood attack
Video: Amber Bahr was wounded during the shooting rampage at Fort Hood.
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Hurricane Ida targets Gulf Coast
Hurricane Ida chugged toward the Gulf Coast but residents seemed to take the first Atlantic hurricane to target the U.S. this season in stride.
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Families see justice in sniper’s execution
Seven years after John Allen Muhammad and Lee Boyd Malvo went on a homicidal rampage across the Washington area, their work still torments the families it touched.
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Cavern could collapse, taking part of city
A cavern that formed over three decades as oil field service companies pumped fresh water into a salt layer more than 400 feet below could collapse, taking with it part of Carlsbad, N.M.
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Profile of Fort Hood suspect emerges
The suspect in the Fort Hood shootings was by turns caring and contentious, a man quick to say "I am blessed" yet one who seemed to stew in discontent that he could not always keep to himself.
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Fort Hood rampage brings prayers, questions
An Army chaplain asked mourners Sunday to pray for the accused Fort Hood shooter, calling on them to focus less on why the tragedy happened and more on helping each other through it.
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Utah girl’s pierced nose brings suspension
To 12-year-old Suzannah Pabla, piercing her nose was a way to connect with her roots in India. To Suzannah's school, it was a dress-code violation worthy of a suspension.
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NYT: Muslims at Fort Hood voice outrage
Leaders of the vibrant Muslim community here express outrage at the shooting rampage being laid to one of their members, Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, who had become a regular attendee at the local mosque.
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‘Sleepers’ raise money for homeless
Participants in an annual event called "Sleep Out" will give up their beds for one night and spend the time out in the streets to raise money for homeless young people in Britain.
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Newsweek: The fight over abstinence at Harvard
Thanks to the provocations of True Love Revolution, the university's three-year-old pro-abstinence club, brainy women are defending their right to have sex with whomever they want, whenever and however they want.
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