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Obama appeals for health care votes

President Obama made a last-minute personal appeal to Dems to pass landmark health care legislation as the House passed a key hurdle on its way to debating a bill to expand coverage to millions of the uninsured.


Sat, 7 Nov 2009 20:39:55 GMT

Hasan conflicted by war, Islamic leader says

Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan was so conflicted over what to tell fellow soldiers about fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan that a local Islamic leader said Saturday he was deeply troubled by it.


Sat, 7 Nov 2009 18:51:06 GMT

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.


Sat, 7 Nov 2009 16:59:12 GMT

Spat over 'Muslim' halts 9/11 marker

A memorial to honor a Sept. 11 victim from a Connecticut town has been halted by the unexpected conflict arising from his father's insistence it say his son was murdered by "Muslim terrorists."


Sat, 7 Nov 2009 20:14:25 GMT

Soldiers, health system under strain

More than two years after pledges to boost mental-health care, the promises have fallen short at U.S. military hospitals, say psychiatrists, Army officials, and wounded soldiers and their kin.


Sat, 7 Nov 2009 09:11:30 GMT

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