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Gulf Coast lawmakers have a message for the administration: Keep your mitts off my raw oysters.

In less than a minute, you can go on-line and buy signatures, hair and even foot scrapings from serial killers.

Major Nidal Hasan, the shooter who killed 12 people at a Texas military base, is still alive and in hospital after undergoing surgery for his wounds, the base commander said Thursday.

By Nathan Straus nstraus@jacksonvilleprogress.com State Rep. Chuck Hopson announced Friday he has formally resigned from the Democratic Party and will join the Republican Party at a press conference slated for Nov.

Video: Ft. Hood shooting 'horrifying' Video: Perry: 'Significant loss' Interactive: Shooting at Fort Hood "We condemn this cowardly attack in the strongest terms possible and ask that the perpetrators be punished to the full extent of the law," a statement from the organization said.

Killeen A US Army psychiatrist, apparently disgruntled at being deployed in Iraq, went on a "horrific" shooting spree targeting fellow soldiers at America's largest military base near Houston, leaving 12 persons dead and 31 injured, in the worst mass killing ever at a US defence post.

Gilbert Baker is holding a $1,000-a-person fundraiser for his Senate bid later this month at the National Republican Senatorial Committee's headquarters in Washington.

Led by Temple cardiologist J. James Rohack, the American Medical Association committed in May to support the White House's effort to expand coverage to millions of uninsured and dramatically cut health care costs.

An announcement by the National Republican Senatorial Committee that it will not give money or support to the Senate campaign of Kelly Ayotte or any other Republican Senate candidate running in a primary contest in 2010 makes no difference to the campaign, according to an Ayotte spokesman.

State and national leaders weigh in on the Ft. Hood mass shooting. President Obama: "We don't yet know all the details at this moment; we will share them as we get them.

The U.S. Army says 12 people have been killed and 31 wounded in a shooting rampage on the Fort Hood Army base in Texas.

Strong majorities of independents turned away from Democrats and voted Republican in both Virginia and New Jersey on Tuesday, a key defection signaling they could be up for grabs heading into the 2010 elections.

Republican victories in gubernatorial contests in New Jersey and Virginia yesterday were striped across the nation's newspapers this morning.

Democrats suffered several stinging setbacks in Tuesday's off-year elections, losing the governorships of both Virginia and New Jersey while claiming victory in two congressional special elections.

Sarah Palin, the Alaska governor-turned-blogger, cannot see Russia from her house, as Tina Fey's version of her claimed in a "Saturday Night Live" skit.

The Obama administration is trying to stave off criticism that it was ill-prepared for the swine-flu pandemic amid a shortage of vaccines and long lines of frustrated people awaiting inoculations.

Senate Minority Whip Sen. Jon Kyl, R-Ariz., left, speaks as Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., listens, right, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Oct.

October 30, 2009 10:07 pm ET - 1 Comments Conservative media outlets including The Washington Times and Fox News have pushed the claim that health care reform proposals under consideration by Congress are unconstitutional.

Whether it's an abandoned town along the railroad, or the dusty site of famed Old West gunfights, Texas is home to a wide variety of ghost towns that offer an intriguing escape to a bygone era, or perhaps a creative alternative to traditional trick or treating on Halloween.

Texas is creating far fewer jobs so far with its stimulus funding than most other states, according to government figures released Friday.