Late-season hurricane takes aim at US Gulf Coast
Hurricane Ida, the first Atlantic hurricane to target the United States this year, plodded Sunday toward the Gulf Coast with 105 mph winds, bringing the threat of flooding and storm surges. (Updated: 11/08/09 10:30 PM )
GOP officials say Dems put agenda ahead of country
Democrats just don't get the election message from voters and are pushing a liberal, big government agenda at their party's peril, Republican officials said Sunday as they predicted a political price after the majority's victory on health care. (Updated: 11/08/09 1:05 PM )
Beauty and tragedy in global network of war graves
It is the British empire of the dead. (Updated: 11/08/09 11:55 AM )
Correction: Immigrant Hate Crimes story
In a Nov. 7 story about the racial issues in a New York community a year after the stabbing death of an Ecuadorean immigrant, The Associated Press misspelled the last name of one of the defendants charged in the immigrant's death. His correct name is Anthony Hartford, not Harfford. (Updated: 11/08/09 10:45 AM )
Senator: Senate will investigate Army shootings
The chairman of the Senate Homeland Security Committee says he plans to begin a congressional investigation of the shootings at Fort Hood. (Updated: 11/08/09 10:25 AM )
Casey says war in Afghanistan needs more US troops
The Army's chief of staff says he believes more troops are needed in Afghanistan. But Gen. George Casey isn't saying exactly how many more should be sent into the war. (Updated: 11/08/09 10:05 AM )
Casey: Shootings leading to a hard look at Army
The Army's chief of staff says the Army is taking a hard look at itself to make certain that something like the Fort Hood rampage doesn't happen again. (Updated: 11/08/09 11:00 AM )
Alleged shooter tied to mosque of 9/11 hijackers
The family of the alleged Fort Hood shooter held his mother's funeral at the same Virginia mosque that two Sept. 11 hijackers attended in 2001, at a time when a radical imam preached there. (Updated: 11/08/09 10:20 PM )
Economic stimulus bill gets off to a sluggish start
WASHINGTON — The mammoth economic stimulus bill that passed early this year created or saved just 231 jobs in the Buffalo metro area as of the end of September, a Buffalo News analysis of federal reports shows. (Updated: 11/08/09 12:13 PM )
House Roll Call: How they voted on abortion issue
The 240-194 roll call Saturday by which the House voted to prohibit federal funding of abortions in a Democratic-written health care bill. (Updated: 11/08/09 12:55 AM )
House Roll Call: Health care
The 220-215 roll call Saturday by which the House passed a Democratic-written health care bill. (Updated: 11/08/09 12:30 AM )
Murder case a glimpse into stresses of caretaking
The scenes seared into the minds of those who know Bobby Yurkanin differed only in place: Whether in the pool, around the dinner table or at the bowling alley, he was the 50-something man whose life had long before been handed over to the sickness of his parents. Always his father was by his side. (Updated: 11/08/09 2:40 AM )
Suspect in Vail bar shooting faces murder charge
A 63-year-old man suspected of fatally shooting one person and wounding three others in a Vail bar has been arrested in what authorities say was an apparently random shooting. (Updated: 11/08/09 3:00 PM )
Key details of Democrats' health overhaul bill
The House health care bill passed Saturday would: (Updated: 11/08/09 12:05 AM )
House passes resolution honoring Fort Hood victims
The House has passed a resolution honoring the victims of the attack at Fort Hood, Texas. (Updated: 11/07/09 11:40 PM )
