It was previously reported that two died, and six were injured. However, it has now been confirmed that there was one death, and five are injured, but in stable condition.

Jason Rodriguez reportedly walked into the engineering firm he had been fired from two years ago, and opened fire with a handgun.

He fled, but was later found at his mother’s home in Orlando. He surrendered peacefully, and is now in police custody.

When asked why he opened fire on his former coworkers, he replied: “”Because they left me to rot.”

The motive is believed to have been anger over his financial status. Since being fired from the firm, he has taken a job at a Subway, where he is making less than $30,000 a year. He is up to $90,000 in debt, and had recently filed for bankruptcy.

He has not been formally charges, as of yet, with the shootings, and the name of the employee who was killed has not been released.

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But Palin’s new book is sure to provide new comedic material, and Fey may soon make another Saturday Night Live appearance with her twangy Palin voice and over-the top folksy and “mavericky” mannerisms.

In an interview with Harper’s Bazaar magazine, Fey promised that her Sarah Palin wig will soon have to “come out of the closet.

The 30 Rock actress has an uncanny resemblance to Sarah Palin and who can forget her now famous line: “I can see Russia from my house.”

Sarah Palin is currently on a media tour to promote her book, where she plans to limit her interviews to Fox New programs, other conservative outlets and celebrity interviewers, like Oprah Winfrey. “Going Rogue: An American Life,” will hit bookstores on Nov. 17.

On the same day, a spoof of Palin’s book entitled, “Going Rouge: An American Nightmare,” compiled by editors of The Nation magazine, will offer an anthology of essays critical of the former governor, which will show “the real Palin.”

The parody book offers serious essays, as well as comedic offerings, such as Palin’s own convoluted words put in haiku form:

For example, the poem “You Can’t Blink,” is an actual interview given by Palin to ABC News’ Charles Gibson on September 11, 2008:

“You can’t blink.
You have to be wired
In a way of being
So committed to the mission,
The mission that we’re on,
Reform of this country,
And victory in the war,
You can’t blink.
So I didn’t blink.”

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This exciting discovery lays waste to a still predominant theory that the earliest human inhabitants of North America, referred to as the Clovis culture, arrived here 12,900 to 12,400 years ago, while crossing the Bering Strait.

Scientists believe that pre-Clovis peoples migrated here south along the North American coastlines. The Paisley Caves are located upriver from the Pacific Ocean, placing them along the possible migration route of pre-Clovis Native Americans.

The recent excavation of the Paisley Caves was conducted by the Northern Great Basin Field School, with the University of Oregon, lead by archaeologist Dennis L. Jenkins. The head archaeologist presented his team’s exciting finding last month in a lecture at the University of Oregon. He explained that the simple bone tool was subjected to studies of sediment and radiocarbon dating, which suggested it belonged to a pre Clovis culture.

Jon Erlandson, an archaeologist at the University of Oregon said, “They can’t yet rule out the Paisley Cave people weren’t Clovis.” But none of the Clovis people’s distinct fluted spear and arrow points were found in the cave.

The only other American archaeological site older than Clovis, is at Monte Verde in Chile, which is about 13,900 years old.

Jenkins’ new finding lends further support to the theory that a pre-Clovis culture once inhabited the Paisley Caves. Last year, his team found coprolites, which are fossilized human excrement, that were dated to 14,000 to 14,270 years old. A DNA analysis showed that the coprolites were indeed human.

But experts questioned the age of the coprolites, suggesting that they were younger than the sediments they were found in. Other archaeologists questioned the pre-Clovis age of the coprolites, because no artifacts were found to corroborate their age.

Now, with the definitive find of a bone artifact, dating to 14,230 years old, archaeologists are starting to take notice of the importance of the Paisley Caves, as holding the key to the earliest human inhabitants of North America.

“The dating of the bone tool, and the finding that the sediments encasing it range from 11,930 to 14,480 years old might put these questions to rest. You couldn’t ask for better dated stratigraphy,” said Jenkins.

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No suspect has been named, though some sources are claiming it was an employee at the Gateway Center where the shooting occurred.

He or she is still being sought, and the victims have been rushed to the hospital. Police are searching the premises for more victims.
More details as they emerge.

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Using props, such as Beck’s familiar blackboard, where he connects the dots of his many convoluted conspiracy theories, Stewart also pulled out the old children’s game of Operation and fiddled with a pair of glasses, as Beck is known to do to great hilarity.

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Authorities investigating Sparkman’s death told the Associated Press that they are becoming increasingly doubtful that the census worker’s death was the result of anti-government sentiment. And they may be settling on a conclusion of suicide.

As evidence that Sparkman’s death may have been due to suicide, authorities point to the fact that his hands were loosely bound, still affording the census worker some mobility to manipulate the rope tied to a tree. Authorities say Sparkman died of asphyxiation where his body was found.

Investigators also point to the absence of defensive wounds on Sparkman’s body.

Capt. Lisa M. Rudzinski, commander of the state police post in London, Kentucky refused to acknowledge that the probe into Sparkman’s death was leaning towards a theory of suicide.

“The Kentucky State Police are continuing to investigate the death of William Sparkman and have yet to determine whether it is homicide, suicide or accidental. The investigation is continuing,” said Rudzinsky.

However, Bill Sparkman’s friends and son are convinced he was murdered. Co-worker Gilbert Acciardo, a retired Kentucky state trooper who runs an after-school program at the elementary school where Sparkman worked as a substitute teacher, claims Sparkman exhibited no signs in the days before his death that he was prone to suicide.

“He was the same Bill Sparkman I always had contact with,” Acciardo said. “I didn’t notice any change in mood or behavior. He came bouncing in like he always did, with a smile on his face, cutting up with me.”

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Sgt. Kimberly Munley was nearby when she got the call of a shooting and responded to the scene within three minutes, encountering the gunman on a rampage, acting quickly and decisively. Lt. Gen. Bob Cone, Fort Hood’s commanding general, praised Munley for her brave actions that prevented more causalities. Officer Munley is a “trained, active first responder” who acted quickly after she “just happened to encounter the gunman,” said Cone.

“Really a pretty amazing and aggressive performance by this police officer,” Cone added. Cone was asked if Munley’s shots brought down the assailant and stopped the deadly rampage. “That’s correct,” Cone said. “The critical factor here was her quick response to the situation.”

Colonel John Rossi, briefing reporters at Fort Hood this morning said, “Her efforts were superb.”

Sergeant Munley required surgery for her wounds and she is now in stable condition, recovering in a nearby community hospital.

A photo on her Twitter account shows a pretty and petite woman with a ready smile. Her Twitter biography reveals she is a dedicated and unassuming woman. “I live a good life … a hard one, but I go to sleep peacefully @ night knowing that I may have made a difference in someone’s life,” wrote Munley.

The alleged gunman, Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, 39, an Army psychiatrist, killed 13 people and wounded 30 others. Hasan is in the hospital on a ventilator in stable condition.

Officer Munley is expected to recover from her wounds and will return home to a hero’s welcome for her brave actions.

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The underemployment rate, which includes part-time workers, the jobless and those who have given up on searching, was 17.5 percent in October, the highest level since at least 1994.  There is great concern that rising unemployment could derail any recovery by restricting consumer spending, which accounts for 70% of the economy.  Friday’s report comes one day after Congress voted overwhelmingly to extend unemployment benefits by up to 20 weeks and  upbeat economic data on the jobs market and from several retailers helped the Dow push back above the 10000 level with a 203-point gain.  The dollar fell against both the euro and the yen following the release of the figures.

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The newspaper, citing what it describes as “previously unpublished documentation,” which come, in part from Western nations’ intelligence services, said Iranian scientists may have tested high-explosive components of a “two-point implosion” device. Parts of the International Atomic Energy Agency’s dossier has been published in the past, but this is the first claim that Iran has sought such advanced weaponry, a claim nuclear experts called “breathtaking” when asked by the Guardian.

James Acton, a British nuclear weapons expert, told the newspaper: “It’s remarkable that, before perfecting step one, they are going straight to step four or five … To start with more sophisticated designs speaks of level of technical ambition that is surprising.”

The IAEA said in September it has no proof Iran has or once had a covert atomic bomb program, but rumor is this was possibly a political conclusion, with the IAEA’s senior staff disagreeing with Mohamed ElBaradei, the agency’s outgoing director who opposes adopting a “confrontational strategy” with Iran.

The Guardian report said that even the existence of two-point implosion nuclear warhead technology is officially secret in both the United States and Britain. Two-point implosion devices, the paper says, are easier to develop than conventional nuclear warheads and are designed to fit onto much smaller and simpler warheads, making it easier to put a warhead on a missile, the newspaper said.

His professional specialties include post-traumatic stress disorder, combat stress and other emotional issues common to the troops implicated in earlier incidents of military fratricide. Two other suspects were apprehended, but they have been released, according to reports, and officials are now saying the man acted alone.

Hasan reportedly drew the attention of federal law enforcement six months ago for online posts about suicide bombings and other threats. Authorities reviewed “a blog that equates suicide bombers with a soldier throwing himself on a grenade to save the lives of his comrades.” Seems strange since he was recently promoted? An imam at a Maryland mosque he attended said that Hasan was a lifelong Muslim but showed little signs of political or religious zealotry. As of now no one knows why or what events triggered Hasan to snap.