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Death toll up to 13 at Fort Hood |
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The shooting took place at a "Soldier Readiness Facility" where soldiers preparing for overseas deployment were getting last-minute medical checkups. |
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Unemployment rate hits 10.2 percent |
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The U.S. unemployment rate unexpectedly jumped to 10.2 percent in October, breaching the politically sensitive double-digit barrier for the first time in 26-1/2 years. |
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H1N1 to cause more deaths in northern winter |
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the virus is not known to have mutated, including in people infected in a large outbreak in Ukraine, meaning that the current pandemic vaccines are expected to confer "good protection." |
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Ex-head of NY police pleads guilty to corruption |
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Kerik also admitted as part of his guilty plea that he had received apartment renovations from a construction firm suspected of organized crime ties and had helped the company win city contracts. |
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Hurricane Ida hits Nicaragua |
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At 1 p.m., the center of Ida was about 75 miles north of Bluefields, and barely moving the U.S. National Hurricane Center in Miami said. |
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