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Woman Run Down By Van And Killed
Witnesses say an argument lead up to the fatal incident; police apprehend one man after fatality.
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FH Shooting Suspect Taken Off Ventilator; Remains In Intensive Care
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Fort Hood officials say Major Nidal Malik Hasan remains at intesive care but was taken off a ventilator; no motive established in shooting yet. (Full Story)
H-E-B Donates $50,000 To Local AUSA Chapter; Asks Customers To Pitch In
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H-E-B donated $50,000 to the Central Texas-Fort Hood AUSA Chapter’s fund for the victims of the Fort Hood shooting and their families and asked customers to pitch in, too. (Full Story)
Fort Hood Identifies The Dead In Solemn Announcement
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In a voice heavy with emotion Saturday, an officer read the names of the 12 soldiers and one civilian who died in a shooting Thursday at Fort Hood. (Full Story)
Scott & White Merger With King’s Daughters Is Off; Hospital Will Be Sold
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Scott & White’s merger with King’s Daughters Hospital in Temple is off and an offer has been made to another health care organization to take over the King’s Daughters campus.
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Waco House Fire Displaces Residents
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Fire heavily damaged a house Saturday in Waco, displacing the residents. (Full Story)
Central Texas Man Dies In Late-Night Rollover
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A 21-year-old Central Texas man has died in a late-night rollover on a rural road.
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Killeen Muslim Leader Had Bad Feeling About Fort Hood Gunman
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A Muslim leader in Killeen says he had a bad feeling about Fort Hood gunman Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan after talking twice in late summer with the Army psychiatrist.
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Former President, First Lady Visit Soldiers And Families
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Former President George W. Bush and his wife Laura have visited privately with wounded soldiers and their families at Darnall Army Medical Center. (Full Story)
Hundreds Gather For Fort Hood Vigil
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Hundreds gathered Friday night for a candlelight vigil at Fort Hood to offer prayers for the victims of the shooting Thursday on post.
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Perry Tells Wounded Soldiers, 24-Million Texans Are Praying For You
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Gov. Rick Perry visited Saturday with some of the wounded from the deadly shooting at Fort Hood and said he told them they were in the prayers of 24-million Texans. (Full Story)
Edwards Will Vote Against House Health Care Reform Bill
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Central Texas Congressman Chet Edwards said Saturday he will vote against the sweeping House health care reform measure because he thinks “there is too much new spending in the bill.” (Full Story)
Suspected Fort Hood Gunman Participated In Homeland Security Conferences
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The Army psychiatrist who’s suspected of opening fire in a busy Fort Hood deployment-processing center Thursday participated in homeland security conferences in the Washington area. (Full Story)
Waco-Area Woman Fires Shots To Scare Off Burglar; Schools Locked Down
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Schools were locked down briefly Friday in Robinson after a woman in her 60s fired several shots to scare off a would-be burglar. (Full Story)
Central Texan Among The Fort Hood Dead
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A 62-year-old Cameron man was one of the 13 people killed in a shooting rampage Thursday at Fort Hood, and families in other towns and cities across the country were also getting word Friday that loved ones died or were injured in the violence. (Full Story)
Remains Found Near Local Lake Identified
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Authorities have identified the skeletal remains that hikers found near Stillhouse Hollow Reservoir. (Full Story)
Suspected Fort Hood Gunman Moved To Another Hospital
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The Army psychiatrist suspected of opening fire on soldiers Thursday at Fort Hood in the deadliest shooting in history on a U.S. military installation was transferred Friday from Scott & White Hospital.
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How To Help, Where To Get Help (Updated)
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Central Texans have lined up at blood centers throughout the region in the wake of the deadly shooting at Fort Hood, while churches have opened their doors and counseling centers have opened to help those trying to make sense of the deadly shooting Thursday at Fort Hood. (Full Story)
Friday A Day Of Mourning, Here And Around The World
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Flags fly at half-staff here and at U.S. installations around the world in the wake of the deadly shooting at Fort Hood and U.S. forces worldwide will observe a moment of silence Friday afternoon in which the post is urging Central Texans to participate. (Full Story)
Perry: Rangers Need Time to Collect Evidence, Conduct Interviews
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In a phone interview with News 10 Friday morning, Gov. Rick Perry said he would not visit Fort Hood on Friday, instead opting to allow Texas Rangers more time to conduct their investigation. (Full Story)
Troubling Portrait Emerges Of Suspected Fort Hood Gunman
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The Army psychiatrist suspected in the worst mass killing in history on a U.S. military post cleaned out his apartment days before the shooting rampage at a Fort Hood deployment-processing center. (Full Story)
Waco Area Manhunt Subject Still on the Lam
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Police say Billy MacFarland, the focus of a two-day multi-agency manhunt in Lacy Lakeview was still on the run Friday morning. (Full Story)
Hutchison: “We Are Grieving with the Families Today”
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Texas Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison said in an interview Friday morning on News 10 that she would arrive later in the day with a congressional delegation to console and reassure Fort Hood's military families.
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Some Wounded Soldiers “Not Out Of The Woods”
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Fort Hood officials said Friday the injured survivors of a deadly shooting on post were in stable condition, but a doctor where 10 of the wounded were taken said some of the victims are still at risk of dying, and several lawmakers said the number of injured was higher than first reported. (Full Story)
Two Officers Now Credited With Bringing Down Fort Hood Gunman
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A second Fort Hood police officer is being credited with firing the shots that brought down the gunman who opened fire Thursday in a crowded deployment-processing center, killing 13 and wounding 30. (Full Story)
House Fire Displaces Two Thursday Night In Temple
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Fire raced through a house Thursday night in Temple, displacing an adult and a teenager. (Full Story)
On Capitol Hill, A Moment Of Silence
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Members of the U.S. House observed a moment of silence Thursday to remember the victims of the deadly shooting rampage at Fort Hood and Thursday night the congressman who represents the district that includes the post was scrambling to find a flight back to Central Texas.
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13 Confirmed Dead, 30 Injured In Ft. Hood Shooting
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Death toll of shooting rises as Ft. Hood announces one more shooting victim has died. (Full Story)
Apartment Complex Where Suspected Gunman Lived Evacuated
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The two-story apartment complex in Killeen where the Army psychiatrist suspected in a shooting rampage that left 12 dead and 30 injured at Fort Hood was surrounded and evacuated Thursday night. (Full Story)
In Wake Of Deadly Shooting, Pleas For Blood, Calls For Prayer, Offers Of Help
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Local blood centers issue pleads for donors, churches opened their doors for residents in search of comfort and fellowship and residents began to look for ways to help in the wake of the deadly shooting at Fort Hood.
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Some Schools Were Locked Down After Fort Hood Shooting
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Last Updated: 9:46 PM 11/05/09 - A lockdown at schools on Fort Hood ended just before 7 p.m. Thursday, more than six hours after a shooting rampage at a Fort Hood processing center that left 12 people dead and 31 others injured.
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