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Police in Orlando say a gunman has been apprehended after killing one person and injuring five others at a downtown office building where he was let go two years ago.


DALLAS (AP) — A Southern Methodist University educator has been selected by President Barack Obama to be a regional administrator for the Environmental Protection Agency.


FORT HOOD, Texas (AP) -- An Army psychiatrist suspected of opening fire on fellow soldiers at Fort Hood cleaned out his apartment in the days before the rampage that left 13 people dead, a neighbor said Friday.


WBRZ Tropical Update:< br /> Ida is a tropical depression this morning as it sits on the Nicaragua/Honduras border. Winds are sustained at 35 mph. It is moving toward the North at 6 mph. On this track, Ida will move over Honduras today, and emerge in the NW Caribbean by Saturday morning. Then it will move to the NW toward Cancun, Mexico by early on Monday.
BR plan for Ida: Wait, see
2theadvocate Hurricane Tracking Map


WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Federal Reserve pledged Wednesday to keep a key interest rate at a record low for an "extended period," in a sign that the economy is growing but remains deeply dependent on government help.


WASHINGTON (AP) — Attorneys for sniper mastermind John Allen Muhammad are asking the Supreme Court to stop his execution next week. The 48-year-old Muhammad, who grew up in Baton Rouge, is scheduled to die by lethal injection Nov. 10 at a Virginia prison.
AP Timeline: John Allen Muhammad
Sniper’s BR trial put on hold


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