http://www.theheraldbulletin.com en-us Copyright CNHI All Rights Reserved. 5 Sat, 07 Nov 2009 23:46:00 +0000 http://www.theheraldbulletin.com/news_tab3/local_story_311234805.html http://www.theheraldbulletin.com/news_tab3/local_story_311234805.html WASHINGTON — In a victory for President Barack Obama, the Democratic-controlled House narrowly passed landmark health care legislation Saturday night to expand coverage to tens of millions who lack it and place tough new restrictions on the insurance industry. Republican opposition was nearly unanimous. Sat, 07 Nov 2009 20:40:00 +0000 http://www.theheraldbulletin.com/news_tab3/local_story_311204142.html http://www.theheraldbulletin.com/news_tab3/local_story_311204142.html LAFAYETTE — A former Lafayette man wounded in the shooting rampage at Fort Hood, Texas, described it as the most harrowing experience of his military career — which included 13 months in Iraq in 2003 and 2004. Sat, 07 Nov 2009 20:38:00 +0000 http://www.theheraldbulletin.com/news_tab3/local_story_311203950.html http://www.theheraldbulletin.com/news_tab3/local_story_311203950.html MARION, Alabama — The sign going on the front door at the Perry County courthouse reads: "Closed for the Obama Holiday." Sat, 07 Nov 2009 20:37:00 +0000 http://www.theheraldbulletin.com/news_tab3/local_story_311203759.html http://www.theheraldbulletin.com/news_tab3/local_story_311203759.html KILLEEN, Texas — One of two police officers who confronted the alleged Fort Hood killer says he shot Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan before kicking the man's weapon away, handcuffing him and ending the nation's worst killing spree on a military base. Sat, 07 Nov 2009 16:44:00 +0000 http://www.theheraldbulletin.com/news_tab3/local_story_311151021.html http://www.theheraldbulletin.com/news_tab3/local_story_311151021.html WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama will attend a memorial service Tuesday honoring victims of the Ford Hood shootings, an attack he described as "all the more heartbreaking and all the more despicable" because it occurred on the nation's largest Army post. Sat, 07 Nov 2009 16:05:00 +0000 http://www.theheraldbulletin.com/news_tab3/local_story_311160633.html http://www.theheraldbulletin.com/news_tab3/local_story_311160633.html WASHINGTON — Democrats maneuvered a massive overhaul of the nation's health care system toward a make-or-break vote in the House on Saturday, getting a last-minute appeal from President Barack Obama to pass his top domestic priority. Fri, 06 Nov 2009 14:23:00 +0000 http://www.theheraldbulletin.com/news_tab3/local_story_310142512.html http://www.theheraldbulletin.com/news_tab3/local_story_310142512.html ORLANDO, Fla. — A gunman opened fire Friday in the offices of an engineering firm where he was let go more than two years ago. At least six people were hurt and police were searching for a gunman in a sport utility vehicle. People streamed out of the 16-story Legion Place office building around lunchtime and some told local television stations they had barricaded themselves inside their offices. Fri, 06 Nov 2009 06:43:00 +0000 http://www.theheraldbulletin.com/news_tab3/local_story_310064458.html http://www.theheraldbulletin.com/news_tab3/local_story_310064458.html WASHINGTON — The economy is rebounding from its deepest slump since the 1930s, but it probably won't seem that way when the government releases its monthly employment report on Friday. Employers aren't expected to start adding jobs for several more months. Many are skeptical about the strength and sustainability of the recovery, Thu, 05 Nov 2009 15:58:00 +0000 http://www.theheraldbulletin.com/news_tab3/local_story_309152745.html http://www.theheraldbulletin.com/news_tab3/local_story_309152745.html FORT HOOD, Texas — The U.S. Army has closed its massive Army base at Fort Hood, Texas, amid reports that several people have been shot and killed at the post. Wed, 04 Nov 2009 00:20:00 +0000 http://www.theheraldbulletin.com/news_tab3/local_story_308002348.html http://www.theheraldbulletin.com/news_tab3/local_story_308002348.html COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio voters hard hit by the economic downturn opened their state to casino gambling Tuesday after an expensive campaign promising thousands of jobs. Wed, 04 Nov 2009 00:18:00 +0000 http://www.theheraldbulletin.com/news_tab3/local_story_308002014.html http://www.theheraldbulletin.com/news_tab3/local_story_308002014.html CLEVELAND (AP) — The number of bodies found in and near a rapist's home rose to at least 10 on Tuesday when authorities unearthed four corpses from the backyard and found a skull in a bucket in the basement. Wed, 04 Nov 2009 00:16:00 +0000 http://www.theheraldbulletin.com/news_tab3/local_story_308001803.html http://www.theheraldbulletin.com/news_tab3/local_story_308001803.html FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — A South Florida attorney who has raised millions for notable politicians nationwide and hobnobs with sports stars and celebrities was removed Tuesday as head of the law firm he co-founded, suspected by his partner, investors and federal investigators of financial wrongdoing in an exotic investment scheme. Wed, 04 Nov 2009 00:15:00 +0000 http://www.theheraldbulletin.com/news_tab3/local_story_308001548.html http://www.theheraldbulletin.com/news_tab3/local_story_308001548.html DICKINSON, N.D. (AP) — The bodies of three missing North Dakota college softball players were found Tuesday inside a Jeep after authorities, aided by signals from the women's last desperate phone calls, spotted the vehicle submerged in a farm pond. Mon, 02 Nov 2009 00:42:00 +0000 http://www.theheraldbulletin.com/news_tab3/local_story_306004624.html http://www.theheraldbulletin.com/news_tab3/local_story_306004624.html CHICAGO (AP) — For millions of Americans the rule is simple: If you don't come to work, you don't get paid. Mon, 02 Nov 2009 00:41:00 +0000 http://www.theheraldbulletin.com/news_tab3/local_story_306004221.html http://www.theheraldbulletin.com/news_tab3/local_story_306004221.html SEATTLE (AP) — Few clues have emerged from a drive-by shooting that left a nine-year veteran Seattle police officer dead and a trainee injured on Halloween night.