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Shortage of military therapists creates strain

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As they grapple with strains of war, military therapists feel the pain, too Amputations. Combat stress. Divorce. Suicide. For every physical and mental strain on service members, there's often a military therapist at their side. With the U.S. fighting wars on two ...

Italy takes 2-0 lead over US in Fed Cup final

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Glatch, Oudin lose in straight sets to give Italy 2-0 lead over US in Fed Cup final Alexa Glatch and Melanie Oudin lost in straight sets Saturday to give Italy a 2-0 lead over the United States in the Fed Cup final. ...

QATAR WTA TENNIS

AP News 4 hours ago

Serena Williams of the United States serves to Venus Williams of the United States during their singles final at the WTA Tennis Championships, in Doha, Qatar Sunday, Nov. 1, 2009. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth) Copyright 2009 AP News

Jobless Then and Now

AP News 4 hours ago

In this Oct. 22, 2009 photo, Vicki Adriano drops off parts at the General Motors Lordstown plant in Lordstown, Ohio. Compared with 1982, Americans have more than triple the amount of debt and less than half the savings. Their unemployment spells last ...

Storm Ida revives, churns towards Gulf of Mexico

Reuters US Online Report Top News 4 hours ago

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Ida strengthened back into a tropical storm early on Saturday off Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula and was moving north toward the Gulf of Mexico, where it could again become a hurricane. The U.S. National Hurricane Center said Ida, which ...

Obama Holiday

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Perry County Commissioner Albert Turner Jr., left, and State Rep. Bobby Singleton, D-Greensboro, wait to greet golfers at the Obama Day golf tournament in Marion, Ala., Friday, Nov. 6, 2009. The rural, mostly black county has proclaimed Monday as an official holiday ...

Obama to push lawmakers on health care vote

AFP Global Edition 4 hours ago

President Barack Obama, his top domestic priority in the balance, was to make a rare in-person plea Saturday for wary lawmakers to cast an historic vote for legislation to remake US health care. Obama, who wooed skittish fellow Democrats by telephone Friday, ...

Brown says G20 should consider transactions tax

AFP Global Edition 4 hours ago

British Prime Minister Gordon Brown called on the G20 here on Saturday to consider a tax on global financial transactions but the proposal looked doomed amid US opposition. Brown told G20 finance ministers meeting in Scotland that "a global financial transactions levy" ...

Hardy sets new world record in 50m breaststroke

AFP American Edition 4 hours ago

Jessica Hardy of the United States set a new world record in the women's 50-metres breaststroke, clocking 29.36sec in the Moscow leg of FINA's World Cup short course swimming series here on Saturday. Hardy broke her previous record mark of 29.45sec, which ...

Italy take 2-0 lead over U.S. in Fed Cup final

Reuters US Online Report Sports News 4 hours ago

REGGIO CALABRIA, Italy (Reuters) - Italy stormed into a 2-0 lead over the United States in the Fed Cup final when Francesca Schiavone outfoxed Melanie Oudin 7-6 6-2 on Saturday. World number 11 Flavia Pennetta had earlier overpowered Alexa Glatch 6-3 6-1 ...

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