http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/main/national/ WHDH-TV - National News News en-us Sat, 07 Nov 2009 16:52:35 GMT webmaster@whdh.com Copyright 2009 Sunbeam Television Corp. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/main/national/ http://www1.whdh.com/images/whdh_rss_logo.gif 144 43 WHDH-TV - National News Sat, 07 Nov 2009 15:26:17 GMT FORT HOOD, Texas -- A Muslim leader says the Army psychiatrist suspected of going on a shooting rampage at Fort Hood asked him for advice on what he should tell soldiers who had concerns about going to fight Muslims in Iraq and Afghanistan. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/national/BO128973/ BO128973 Sat, 07 Nov 2009 15:28:23 GMT ORLANDO, Fla. -- The engineer accused of fatally shooting one worker and wounding five others at the firm where he once worked appeared briefly in court Saturday and was ordered held without bond. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/national/BO128974/ BO128974 Sat, 07 Nov 2009 15:31:45 GMT MIAMI -- Tropical storm warnings have been issued for parts of Mexico and Cuba as Ida rapidly gains strength over Caribbean waters. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/national/BO128976/ BO128976 Sat, 07 Nov 2009 16:52:35 GMT NEW YORK -- A military band played and sailors fired off cannons as the Navy began a ceremony to commission an amphibious assault ship forged with tons of steel from the World Trade Center. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/national/BO128980/ BO128980 Sat, 07 Nov 2009 15:29:57 GMT PHILADELPHIA -- Members of Philadelphia's largest transit union and the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority are set to vote on a contract to end the strike that has idled buses, subways and trolleys for five days. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/national/BO128975/ BO128975 Sat, 07 Nov 2009 15:34:22 GMT BALTIMORE -- The accusations that Mayor Sheila Dixon used holiday gift cards for the needy during personal shopping sprees may sound like a minor embarrassment at worst, a small-time case of a politician enjoying the perks of power. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/national/BO128977/ BO128977 Sat, 07 Nov 2009 15:36:22 GMT LAS VEGAS -- Investigators cracked a youthful burglary ring that preyed on Hollywood's rich and famous, often brazenly walking into their unlocked homes to make off with cash, jewels and family heirlooms, authorities said. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/national/BO128978/ BO128978 Sat, 07 Nov 2009 15:38:45 GMT LOS ANGELES -- A Seattle team has collected a $900,000 prize in a NASA-backed competition to develop the concept of an elevator to space -- an idea spurred by science fiction novels. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/national/BO128979/ BO128979 Sat, 07 Nov 2009 03:12:37 GMT KILLEEN, Texas -- A civilian police officer is being praised for taking down a man suspected of opening fire on fellow soldiers at Fort Hood when she shot him in the torso. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/national/BO128957/ BO128957 Sat, 07 Nov 2009 02:44:55 GMT FORT HOOD, Texas -- Several hundred people gathered at a base stadium where the Army's chief chaplain offered prayers for families and victims of the shooting rampage that left 13 dead and 30 wounded at Fort Hood, Texas. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/national/BO128955/ BO128955 Sat, 07 Nov 2009 02:32:38 GMT ORLANDO, Fla. -- A man so broke that he said he didn't have the money to visit his son 30 minutes away opened fire Friday at the engineering firm that fired him two years ago, killing one person and wounding five, authorities said. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/national/BO128948/ BO128948 Sat, 07 Nov 2009 02:44:11 GMT OKLAHOMA CITY -- An animal rights group on Friday asked a U.S. Department of Agriculture agency to look into an owner's treatment of a circus elephant that escaped and was hit by a sport utility vehicle on a northwestern Oklahoma highway. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/national/BO128954/ BO128954 Sat, 07 Nov 2009 02:42:32 GMT ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- A teenager was charged Friday with killing a nun after allegedly breaking into her trailer home on the Navajo Indian reservation in search of cash or valuable items. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/national/BO128953/ BO128953 Fri, 06 Nov 2009 23:28:12 GMT FORT HOOD, Texas -- As if going off to war, Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan cleaned out his apartment, gave leftover frozen broccoli to one neighbor and called another to thank him for his friendship -- common courtesies and routines of the departing soldier. Instead, authorities say, he went on the killing spree that left 13 people at Fort Hood, Texas, dead. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/national/BO128941/ BO128941 Fri, 06 Nov 2009 20:30:47 GMT ORLANDO, Fla. -- A gunman opened fire Friday in the offices of an engineering firm where he was let go more than two years ago, authorities said, killing one person and injuring five others. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/national/BO128913/ BO128913 Sat, 07 Nov 2009 02:34:57 GMT LOS ANGELES -- The Los Angeles City Council has given preliminary approval to an ordinance that would ban the declawing of cats. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/national/BO128950/ BO128950 Sat, 07 Nov 2009 02:36:24 GMT FORDYCE, Ark. -- A dozen students and a bus driver are being treated for injuries after three buses carrying members of the renowned Grambling State University marching band were involved in a traffic crash in southern Arkansas. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/national/BO128951/ BO128951 Sat, 07 Nov 2009 02:33:34 GMT GALVESTON, Texas -- Two years after the remains of a toddler who came to be known as "Baby Grace" were dumped in Galveston Bay, the child's stepfather was convicted of capital murder in her beating death. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/national/BO128949/ BO128949 Fri, 06 Nov 2009 02:29:51 GMT FORT HOOD, Texas -- A military mental health doctor facing deployment overseas opened fire at the Fort Hood Army post on Thursday, setting off on a rampage that killed 12 people and left 31 wounded, Army officials said. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/national/BO128868/ BO128868 Fri, 06 Nov 2009 23:16:43 GMT HARRISBURG, Pa. -- An appeals court has ruled Pennsylvania State Police botched a prostitution investigation in which troopers gave an informant money to pay for sex four times at a massage parlor, along with a total of $180 for the man's trouble. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/national/BO128940/ BO128940