Tax credits may heat up home sales

Federal tax credits to spur home sales will live on, and Omaha-area home building and real estate officials say the decision to extend and expand the popular program should quickly boost the local housing market.
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Money woes cited in Florida shooting

The suspect was fired from the firm where he opened fire, killing one.
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High court to look at life in prison for juveniles

WASHINGTON (AP) - Joe Sullivan was sent away for life for raping an elderly woman and judged incorrigible though he was only 13 at the time of the attack.
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Shortage of military therapists creates strain

WASHINGTON (AP) - Amputations. Combat stress. Divorce. Suicide. For troubled service members, military therapists are at their sides.
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2010 elections: Tables have turned on Democrats

WASHINGTON (AP) - Oh, how the tables have turned. Nervous Democrats are on defense and emboldened Republicans sense opportunity heading into 2010 and the midterm elections. It was just three years ago that the GOP lost the House and Senate as well as governors' races in a cross-country Democratic wave.
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After immigrant killed in NY, others tell of abuse

PATCHOGUE, N.Y. (AP) - The high school buddies who trolled the streets looking for Hispanics to attack called it "beaner hopping."
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Obama arrival in Tokyo delayed by a day

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama is attending a memorial service at Fort Hood on Tuesday and now won't get to his planned first stop in Asia next week until one day later than expected.
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Officer describes firefight that downed Hasan

KILLEEN, Texas (AP) - One of two police officers who confronted the alleged Fort Hood killer says he shot Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan before kicking the man's weapon away, handcuffing him and ending the nation's worst killing spree on a military base.
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Brother: Shooting suspect is a peaceful person

STERLING, Va. (AP) - A brother of the man authorities say went on a shooting spree at Fort Hood says the Army psychiatrist is peaceful person - and hopes he will be treated fairly by the legal system.
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Perry says he's humbled after visiting wounded

TEMPLE, Texas (AP) - Texas governor Rick Perry has visited with wounded victims from the Fort Hood shooting.
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