The Week in Pictures
See the images that caught our attention, like these professional rodeo clowns removing makeup after a performance.
Rough road for health care in Senate
After 220-215 House vote, president says it’s now up to the Senate to “take the baton” and pass insurance overhaul. Full story
Fort Hood rampage brings prayers, questions
Mourners gather Sunday to remember the 13 dead and 29 wounded. Full story
Philly transit system running as strike ends
Representatives of Philadelphia's transit system and its largest union signed a contract, bringing an end to a strike that idled the city's subways, buses and trolleys for six days.
Alleged shooter tied to mosque of 9/11 hijackers
The alleged Fort Hood shooter apparently attended the same Virginia mosque as two Sept. 11 hijackers in 2001, at a time when a radical imam preached there.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
‘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.
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.







