http://hosted.ap.org/ AP Top U.S. News At 10:27 p.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 This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.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_RIPPLES_OF_WAR?SITE=NCWIN&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT Every afternoon, seven days a week, Ed Epley has a 5 p.m. appointment with the war.... http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_URANIUM_MYSTERY?SITE=NCWIN&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT YERINGTON, Nev. (AP) -- Peggy Pauly lives in a robin-egg blue, two-story house not far from acres of onion fields that make the northern Nevada air smell sweet at harvest time.... http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_SCARED_TO_DEATH?SITE=NCWIN&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) -- A man will spend the rest of his life in prison after he was found guilty in what prosecutors said was a case of scaring a 79-year-old North Carolina grandmother to death.... http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_THANKSGIVING_TRAVEL?SITE=NCWIN&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT WASHINGTON (AP) -- The number of Americans traveling away from home for Thanksgiving will be up only slightly this year from 2008, according to a report from the AAA auto club.... http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_FORT_HOOD_SHOOTING?SITE=NCWIN&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) -- The Army psychiatrist charged with killing 13 people at Fort Hood will be confined until his military trial, initially staying in a hospital where he is recovering from gunshot wounds, his attorney said Saturday.... http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_REL_ATHEISM_ON_CAMPUS?SITE=NCWIN&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT AMES, Iowa (AP) -- The sign sits propped on a wooden chair, inviting all comers: "Ask an Atheist."... http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_SPACE_SHUTTLE?SITE=NCWIN&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) -- A spacewalking astronaut put aside the impending birth of his daughter and blazed through his first-ever venture outside the International Space Station on Saturday.... http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_BIDEN_IOWA?SITE=NCWIN&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) -- Vice President Joe Biden told Iowa Democrats on Saturday that the Senate handed the president a big victory with its decision to move forward with debate on sweeping legislation to overhaul the nation's health care system.... http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_MILITARY_NURSE_TRIAL?SITE=NCWIN&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT SAN ANTONIO (AP) -- A court-martial acquitted a former military nurse of murder Saturday after he was accused of giving lethal doses of painkillers to hasten the deaths of three terminally ill patients at the Air Force's largest hospital.... http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_HAWAII_TUNA_SHORTAGE?SITE=NCWIN&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT HONOLULU (AP) -- On New Year's Eve each year, thousands line up at fish counters across Hawaii to buy blocks of raw tuna, hoping that eating it will bring good luck and prosperity in the new year. This year, the long tradition may get a little more difficult to observe....