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Moment of silence set Friday for Fort Hood victims

ASSOCIATED PRESS

WASHINGTON -- Secretary of Defense Robert Gates has declared a moment of silence for U.S. military forces worldwide as a show of respect for the Fort Hood victims.

The moment of silence is planned for 1:34 p.m. Friday -- exactl ...

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ASSOCIATED PRESS

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. -- Arkansas Gov. Mike Beebe is ordering all U.S. and Arkansas flags to be flown at half-staff to honor those killed and wounded at Fort Hood, Texas.

The flags are to be lowered until sunset Friday.

Author ...

Neighbor: Fort Hood suspect emptied his apartment

By JEFF CARLTON and MIKE BAKER

Associated Press

FORT HOOD -- A neighbor says an Army psychiatrist suspected of opening fire on fellow soldiers at Fort Hood cleaned out his apartment in the days before the rampage.

Neighbor Patricia Vil ...

Army: Civilian officer shot gunman, ended rampage

ASSOCIATED PRESS

FORT HOOD -- The top commander at Fort Hood is crediting a civilian police officer for stopping the shooting rampage that killed 13 people at the Texas post.

Lt. Gen. Bob Cone said Friday that Fort Hood police Sgt. Kimberly Mun ...

Ft. Hood Gen: Gunman went on 'measured' shooting

ASSOCIATED PRESS

WASHINGTON -- The base commander at Fort Hood says survivors of the shooting rampage have told him that the Army psychiatrist suspected in the violence carried out his gunfire in "a very calm and measured approach."

Lt. Gen. Ro ...

Army: 12 dead, 31 hurt in attack at Fort Hood

By APRIL CASTRO and DEVLIN BARRETT

Associated Press

FORT HOOD -- An Army psychiatrist set to be shipped overseas opened fire at the Fort Hood Army post Thursday, authorities said, a rampage that killed 12 people and left 31 wounded in the ...

Troubling portrait emerges of Fort Hood suspect

By BRETT J. BLACKLEDGE

Associated Press

There are many unknowns about Nidal Malik Hasan, the man authorities say is responsible for the worst mass killing on a U.S. military base. Most of all, his motive. But details of his life and minds ...

Obama laments 'horrific outburst of violence'

ASSOCIATED PRESS

WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama on Thursday called a mass shooting at a Texas Army base "a horrific outburst of violence."

"We will make sure that we get answers to every single question about this horrible incident," the ...

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