http://hosted.ap.org/ AP Top U.S. News At 11:29 a.m. EST &copy; 2009 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Learn more about our <a href="http://apdigitalnews.com/privacy.html">Privacy Policy</a>. http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_FORT_HOOD_SHOOTING?SITE=MDHAG&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT FORT HOOD, Texas (AP) -- In retrospect, the signs of Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan's growing anger over the U.S. wars in Iraq and Afghanistan seem unmistakable. But even people who worried his increasingly strident views were clouding his ability to serve the U.S. military could not predict the murderous rampage of which he now stands accused.... http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/T/TROPICAL_WEATHER?SITE=MDHAG&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT MIAMI (AP) -- A hurricane watch has been issued for coastal Louisiana and Mississippi as Hurricane Ida begins making its way through the Gulf of Mexico toward the U.S.... http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_HEALTH_CARE_OVERHAUL?SITE=MDHAG&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Democratic-controlled House has narrowly passed landmark health care reform legislation, handing President Barack Obama a hard won victory on his signature domestic priority.... http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_SNIPER_UNANSWERED_QUESTIONS?SITE=MDHAG&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT McLEAN, Va. (AP) -- It galled her to do it, but Sarah Dillon was desperate for answers, so she wrote letters to convicted snipers John Allen Muhammad and Lee Boyd Malvo: If you murdered my son, please confess, she wrote.... http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_CLEVELAND_BODIES_FOUND?SITE=MDHAG&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT CLEVELAND (AP) -- Authorities say Anthony Sowell lured women into his home in a busy neighborhood, killed them - most by strangulation - and scattered their remains throughout the inside and buried some in the backyard.... http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_SEATTLE_OFFICER_KILLED?SITE=MDHAG&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT SEATTLE (AP) -- Police described a suspect in the shooting death of a Seattle policeman as a "lone domestic terrorist" and said he was also suspected of firebombing four police vehicles.... http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_SLAIN_NUN_FUNERAL?SITE=MDHAG&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT GALLUP, N.M. (AP) -- A slain Catholic nun who lived and worked on the Navajo Indian reservation was remembered Saturday for her passion for the poor at funeral services.... http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_COLORADO_BAR_SHOOTING?SITE=MDHAG&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT VAIL, Colo. (AP) -- Gunfire erupted inside a bar near the ski town of Vail Saturday night, leaving one man dead and three others wounded, police said. A 63-year-old suspect was quickly arrested.... http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_HEALTH_OVERHAUL_ABORTION?SITE=MDHAG&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT WASHINGTON (AP) -- A bipartisan House coalition voted Saturday to prohibit coverage of abortions in a new government-run health care plan that Democrats would establish to compete with private insurers.... http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_FLIGHT_93_MEMORIAL?SITE=MDHAG&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT SHANKSVILLE, Pa. (AP) -- With the words "Let's roll" - the command issued by United Flight 93 passenger Todd Beamer to lead the passenger revolt - U.S. Interior Secretary Ken Salazar and 39 victims' relatives and dignitaries turned shovels of dirt at a groundbreaking ceremony Saturday for a permanent national memorial....