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News Journal website offers new blog feature
Users can now create and post public blogs on the Box Elder News Journal website. After a user has created an account, they can go to ‘my blogs’ and create a blog, or readers can click...
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Decision day for health care in the House (AP)

FILE - In this Oct. 29,2009, file photo Crystal Chiu places a placard on the podium on Capitol Hill in Washington, prior to a news conference about health care. House Democratic leaders struggled Friday, Nov. 6, 2009, for the final votes needed to pass sweeping health care legislation, working to ease concerns among Hispanic holdouts and abortion foes. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)AP - President Barack Obama is trying to close the deal in the House on his health care overhaul, facing a make-or-break vote that's certain to be seen as a test of his presidency.


Sat Nov 07 08:02:45 -0600 2009
Shock, sadness grip tight-knit Fort Hood community (AP)

The 2007 picture provided by the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences shows Nidal Malik Hasan when he entered the program for his Disaster and Military Psychiatry Fellowship. Authorities said he went on the killing spree at Fort Hood, Texas which left 13 people dead. (AP Photo/Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences)AP - A chaplain exhorted hundreds of mourners gathered at a candlelight vigil to not give up hope as Fort Hood and its surrounding community looked to each other for comfort after an Army psychiatrist allegedly went on a deadly shooting spree at the military post.


Sat Nov 07 08:40:27 -0600 2009
Afghan gov't says UN representative out of line (AP)

Afghans watch a NATO helicopter lifting up a container on the outskirts of Kabul, Afghanistan, Saturday, Nov. 7, 2009. More than 25 ISAF and Afghan National Security Force personnel were killed or wounded during a joint operation that involved multiple engagements over several hours Friday in Western Afghanistan, a NATO spokesman said. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus)AP - Pushing back against international criticism, Afghanistan's Foreign Ministry said Saturday that the top U.N. official in the country overstepped his authority by giving instructions on how to rid the government of corruption and warlords.


Sat Nov 07 08:14:05 -0600 2009