AFTERNOON HEADLINES 07/29
AWOL FORT CAMPBELL SOLDIER NASER ABDO MADE AN APPERANCE IN A WACO, TEXAS COURTROOM FRIDAY AND REFUSED TO STAND FOR THE JUDGE BEFORE BEING YANKED TO HIS FEET BY A U.S. MARSHALL—WITH POSSESSION OF AN UNREGISTERED FIREARM CHARGES ADDED TO THE COUNTS HE’S ALREADY FACING FOR ALLEGEDLY PLANNING A TERROR ATTACK ON FORT HOOD.
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MEANWHILE, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS REPORTS ABDO HAD PREVIOUSLY CONDEMNED THE 2009 SHOOTINGS AT FORT HOOD, SAYING THEN THE INCIDENT WAS CONTRADICTORY TO HIS VIEW OF ISLAM.
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THE HOPKINSVILLE-CHRISTIAN COUNTY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE RECENTLY HIRED STEPHANIE MCQUEEN AS ITS MEMBERSHIP SERVICES COORDINATOR AND DANIEL STAHL AS ITS TECHNOLOGY AND GRAPHICS COORDINATOR.
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U.S. SENATOR MITCH MCCONNELL OF KENTUCKY BLAMES SENATE DEMOCRATS FOR SEVERAL DEBT CEILING COMPROMISES STALLING OUT, WHILE DEMOCRATS BLAME THE RIGHT-WING FRINGE OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY.
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