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FORT HOOD, Texas --- As if going off to war, Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan cleaned out his apartment, gave leftover frozen broccoli to one neighbor and called another to thank him for his friendship -- common courtesies and routines of the departing soldier. Instead, authorities say, he went on the killing spree that left 13 people dead. Full story »

DeKalb County Sheriff Jimmy Harris said the man met the victim through a family acquaintance. Full story »

DeKalb County Sheriff Jimmy Harris said the men are believed to be part of an Atlanta-based group that pays homeless men to go into banks in Alabama, Georgia and Tennessee to cash counterfeit checks. Full story »

PRICHARD, Ala. -- A man suspected of robbing a 24-hour restaurant in Prichard today was shot shortly after the holdup, but police released few details about either incident. Full story »

Students, faculty turn out for parade. Full story »

Pierre Smith, 17, has been on trial this week on two counts each of capital murder and attempted murder. Full story »

Saturday will be sunny, with a high near 74. Sunday will also be sunny, with a high near 76.  Full story »

World War II combat aircraft on display. Full story »

Warrant Officer Christopher Royal says he has three holes in his back but is able to walk Full story »

Reeves Barbour, the 30-year-old son of Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour, had two aces in a single round Oct. 25 on a Robert Trent Jones course in Gainesville, Va. Full story »

PENSACOLA, Fla. -- A car belonging to 25-year-old homicide victim Samira Watkins was found Thursday in the 2900 block of Bellview Avenue in Pensacola, the Pensacola News Journal reports. Full story »

Special Agent Judy Orihuela, a spokeswoman with the Miami office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, said Friday that Holloway's family requested that information be added to the site.  Full story »

Many of the cats were starving and there were signs that the felines had turned to cannibalism as a means of survival, the release says. Full story »

"It's kinda surreal that it even happened," said Ellen Thornton, who grew up in Rainbow City and lost her husband to combat in Iraq in 2005. Full story »