http://buzznewsroom.com Get the buzz and the latest headline news Sun, 08 Nov 2009 00:40:31 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en 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. http://buzznewsroom.com/entertainment/obama-says-don%e2%80%99t-%e2%80%98jump-to-conclusions%e2%80%99/ 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. http://buzznewsroom.com/entertainment/storm-ida-revives-churns-toward-gulf-of-mexico-2/ [link] [8 comments] http://buzznewsroom.com/wtf/example-of-reality-art-lawmaker-is-sculpted-in-cow-manure-amusing/ 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. http://buzznewsroom.com/entertainment/justices-weigh-life-in-prison-for-youths-who-never-killed/ Those who treat soldiers’ psychological wounds say this week’s rampage highlights the strains of their profession. http://buzznewsroom.com/entertainment/painful-stories-take-a-toll-on-military-therapists/ Barbara Mulas, 49, is chef and part-owner of Sidebar, a “gastropub,” as she describes it, in the Lake Merritt section of Oakland http://buzznewsroom.com/entertainment/sunday-routine-barbara-mulas-after-a-swim-enough-energy-to-entertain/ 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. http://buzznewsroom.com/entertainment/art-a-torah-scribe-pushes-the-parchment-ceiling/ As a high-priority bill for Congressional leaders and President Obama, the legislation has become a vehicle for many other initiatives large and small. http://buzznewsroom.com/entertainment/labels-and-gay-benefits-in-health-bill/ Construction of a permanent memorial is under way at the crash site in Pennsylvania of United Airlines Flight 93. http://buzznewsroom.com/entertainment/after-8-years-work-starts-at-a-sept-11-site/ Gen. Casimir Pulaski finally became an American citizen, 230 years after he died fighting in the Revolutionary War. http://buzznewsroom.com/entertainment/citizenship-for-polish-hero-of-american-revolution/ 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. http://buzznewsroom.com/entertainment/overweight-americans-push-back-on-health-debate/ 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. http://buzznewsroom.com/entertainment/health-reform-passes-a-big-test-with-obama%e2%80%99s-aid/ 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. http://buzznewsroom.com/entertainment/house-democrats-confident-on-healthcare-vote/ 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. http://buzznewsroom.com/entertainment/army-releases-names-of-all-13-killed-in-shootings/ Some of the virulent culture that gave rise to the attack itself is defiantly asserting itself, despite efforts to contain it. http://buzznewsroom.com/entertainment/community-continues-to-grapple-with-rape/ A piece of the stimulus program Congress passed earlier this year is helping the mayor burnish his credentials with the business community. http://buzznewsroom.com/entertainment/politics-city%e2%80%99s-jobsnow-program-also-benefits-newsom/ 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 ... http://buzznewsroom.com/entertainment/unalaska-journal-an-island-shelter-meets-resistance-from-locals/ Jason Rodriguez, who is accused of shooting six people, one fatally, in Orlando on Friday, “has been declining in mental health,” his lawyer said. http://buzznewsroom.com/entertainment/lawyer-cites-mental-illness-in-shooting/ I don't know how they did this, but it's quite the impressive feat of time-well-spent. 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