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Obama Says Don’t ‘Jump to Conclusions’

President Obama, extending condolences to Fort Hood, Texas, reminded Americans that people of “every race, faith and station” serve in the military — an oblique attempt to prevent a backlash against Muslims.


Storm Ida revives, churns toward Gulf of Mexico

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Tropical Storm Ida regained strength off Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula on Saturday and spun north toward the Gulf of Mexico, where it could again become a hurricane.

Justices Weigh Life in Prison for Youths Who Never Killed

There are just over 100 people in the world serving sentences of life without parole for crimes they committed as juveniles in which no one was killed; 77 of them are in Florida.


Painful Stories Take a Toll on Military Therapists

Those who treat soldiers’ psychological wounds say this week’s rampage highlights the strains of their profession.


Sunday Routine | Barbara Mulas: After a Swim, Enough Energy to Entertain

Barbara Mulas, 49, is chef and part-owner of Sidebar, a “gastropub,” as she describes it, in the Lake Merritt section of Oakland


Art: A Torah Scribe Pushes the Parchment Ceiling

In Hebrew the word for Julie Seltzer’s arcane profession is soferet; she’s a scribe, a Hebrew calligrapher who writes sacred texts on parchment.


Labels and Gay Benefits in Health Bill

As a high-priority bill for Congressional leaders and President Obama, the legislation has become a vehicle for many other initiatives large and small.


After 8 Years, Work Starts at a Sept. 11 Site

Construction of a permanent memorial is under way at the crash site in Pennsylvania of United Airlines Flight 93.


Citizenship for Polish Hero of American Revolution

Gen. Casimir Pulaski finally became an American citizen, 230 years after he died fighting in the Revolutionary War.


Overweight Americans Push Back on Health Debate

Heavier Americans are lobbying legislators and trying to move public opinion to recognize their point of view: that thin does not necessarily equal fit, and that people can be healthy at any size.


Health Reform Passes a Big Test, With Obama’s Aid

Debate in the House is under way after President Obama made a rare appearance on Capitol Hill and Democrats surmounted a key procedural hurdle to passage of a health care bill.


House Democrats confident on healthcare vote

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives headed to a final vote on a sweeping healthcare overhaul on Saturday, with Democratic leaders confident they can secure the 218 votes needed for a narrow victory.

Army Releases Names of All 13 Killed in Shootings

The bodies of the 13 victims were taken to Dover, Del., as federal investigators continued to figure out how and why this deadly act could have occurred on an Army base in the United States.


Community Continues to Grapple With Rape

Some of the virulent culture that gave rise to the attack itself is defiantly asserting itself, despite efforts to contain it.


Politics: City’s JobsNow Program Also Benefits Newsom

A piece of the stimulus program Congress passed earlier this year is helping the mayor burnish his credentials with the business community.


Unalaska Journal: An Island Shelter Meets Resistance From Locals

John Honan, pastor of Unalaska Christian Fellowship, who helps those down on their luck, said of the site, “Why not turn it into a place that saves lives?”Years after the frontier town of Unalaska picked itself up off the barroom floor, residents fear a shelter would once again invite the wrong kinds of neighbors.


Lawyer Cites Mental Illness in Shooting

Jason Rodriguez, who is accused of shooting six people, one fatally, in Orlando on Friday, “has been declining in mental health,” his lawyer said.


Surviving Fort Hood

The killings at Fort Hood are a reminder of our failure to deal with the psychological wounds of war.


Storm Ida revives, churns toward Gulf of Mexico

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Tropical Storm Ida regained strength off Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula on Saturday and spun north toward the Gulf of Mexico, where it could again become a hurricane.

Obama makes pitch for House healthcare votes

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama urged Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives to pass a broad healthcare reform bill on Saturday as they prepared for a close vote on the biggest changes in health policy in four decades.