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Army says Ft. Hood shooting suspect has been taken off ventilator

Erin Valois — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 23:34:00 GMT

A spokesman for the U.S. Army said the suspected shooter behind the rampage at Fort Hood has been taken off a ventilator, but is still in intensive care. O fficials at the army base also released the names of 13 people killed during the shooting spree...(read more)

Graphic: The Berlin Wall remembered

Ron Nurwisah — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 19:09:00 GMT

All week the National Post has been commemorating the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. The impact of the historic event can still be felt today. The graphic below looks at the wall itself. Click on graphic for a full-size version. More...(read more)

Graphic: Where are Canada's fallen from?

Ron Nurwisah — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 17:01:00 GMT

Click on graphic for a larger version With Remembrance Day just a few days away the Post's Graeme Hamilton has written two stories about the soldiers that have paid the ultimate price in Afghanistan. The first piece looks at the demographics of Canada's...(read more)

Online Digest for Nov. 7, 2009

Ron Nurwisah — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 11:00:00 GMT

Alouettes at Argonauts Toronto plays for the last time this year while Montreal's veteran quarterback, Anthony Calvillo, sits on the bench. Get all the latest CFL news and results at nationalpost.com/sports CanLit round table Our second annual gathering...(read more)

2009 Royal Visit: Steve Murray takes you on an up-close and personal tour of Hamilton’s Dundurn Castle

Daniel Kaszor — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 01:40:00 GMT

Reporter/cartoonist Steve Murray takes you on an up-close and personal tour of Prince Charles and Camilla’s up-close and personal tour of Hamilton’s Dundurn Castle. Also: they plant a tree Click to enlarge in such a way as to make the text legible...(read more)

Caption This: Prince Charles at the Royal Winter Fair

Jeremy Barker — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 20:16:00 GMT

Officially, this is Prince Charles presenting the championship ribbon in the Queen's Guineas beef cattle competition at the Royal Agricultural Winter Fair in Toronto, Nov. 6, 2009, as photographed by the National Post's Aaron Lynett. But we think...(read more)

Posted Podcast: Fall of the Berlin Wall, 20-year milestone; Canada's fallen soldiers in Afghanistan

Karen Hawthorne — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 20:01:00 GMT

Today on the podcast we talk about two very different anniversaries. First up, 20 years ago the Berlin Wall fell, putting another nail in the coffin of the Cold War. We hear from Peter Goodspeed on what the relationship between Reagan and Gorbechev had...(read more)

Orlando shooter caught after killing one, wounding seven

Ron Nurwisah — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:40:00 GMT

Update 2:20: Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer said that Rodriguez has been arrested at his mother's home. Officials refused to discuss a motive in the shooting. Update 1:55: CNN is reporting that Rodriguez was fired from an architectural/engineering Reynold...(read more)

H1N1 live chat: Is there a vaccine for when politics and science mix?

Shane Dingman — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:01:00 GMT

Today, at 1 p.m. ET Scott Stinson, national editor at the National Post, will host a chat with National Post senior national reporter Tom Blackwell, who has been leading our coverage of the H1N1 vaccination campaign. He wrote today: For days, Canadians...(read more)

Fort Hood shooting — the latest: 13 now dead, alleged shooter Hasan in stable condition

Mary Vallis — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 16:50:00 GMT

More and more tidbits are leaking out about the shooting rampage at Fort Hood yesterday. Here's a roundup of the latest developments: Major Nidal Malik Hasan, the man believed responsible for the shootings, is in stable condition in hospital. Hasan...(read more)

2009 Royal Visit: Royal Winter Fair

Jeremy Barker — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:50:00 GMT

The National Post's Steve Murray and Matthew Coutts continue their coverage of the Royal visit on Friday. Prince Charles and Duchess Camilla make their way to Toronto where they are scheduled to open the Royal Winter Fair: Prince Charles officially...(read more)

Going Postal: elephants on the loose, salad dressing attack and a toilet caper

Mary Vallis — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:01:00 GMT

Only in Enid, Oklahoma... ...would a circus elephant on the loose get sideswiped by a car. According to the Enid News , "t he elephant suffered a broken tusk, a hurt leg and bumps, bruises and scratches." As for the car...it now features a puncture...(read more)

H1N1 flu: When will the peak arrive?

scott stinson — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 14:56:00 GMT

The Post 's health reporter Tom Blackwell has a full file on the spread of H1N1's "second wave." It is indeed wide, but several experts believe the peak may be near. Here are few of the forecasts: When will the number of cases plateau...(read more)

Online Digest for Nov. 6, 2009

Ron Nurwisah — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 11:00:00 GMT

The Grind Our coffee expert Barrett Tyler Jones discusses how wine and coffee tasting compares, and also why it shouldn’t. Nationalpost.com/theappetizer Slumdog follow-up After the runaway success of his last film, Slumdog Millionaire. Oscar winner Danny...(read more)

Back story: Major Nidal Malik Hasan

Daniel Kaszor — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 03:21:00 GMT

By Kenyon Wallace What motivated army psychiatrist Major Nidal Malik Hasan to turn his gun on his fellow soldiers may never be known, but details that emerged on Thursday painted a picture of a deeply troubled individual whose “worst nightmare” was being...(read more)