WASHINGTON - The government intercepted at least 18 e-mails between the alleged Fort Hood gunman and a radical Muslim cleric, and a key senator says there could be more communications that might have tipped off law enforcement or military officials.

Federal investigators say they intercepted the messages between the suspect, Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, and Anwar al-Awlaki, a radical American-born cleric. They were passed along to two Joint Terrorism Task Force cells led by the FBI, but a senior defense official said no one at the Defense Department knew about the messages until

MIAMI (AP) - Investors claiming they were fleeced by a high-profile South Florida attorney filed a $100 million lawsuit Friday contending that the lawyer orchestrated a massive Ponzi scheme with the help of a Canadian bank's U.S. subsidiary and several accomplices.

The 147-page lawsuit, filed in Broward County Circuit Court, alleges that attorney Scott Rothstein and others in his now-defunct firm used faked legal settlements - or faked their involvement in real cases - to promise fat returns for investors. TD Bank, the

(NECN/ABC) - While federal investigators continue to gather evidence for the prosecution of Fort Hood shooting suspect Major Nidal Hasan, policymakers continue to ask questions about how so many signs were apparently missed or ignored.

On Capitol Hill yesterday, senators pointed to a series of e-mails between Hasan and Cleric Anwar al-Awlaki, currently living in Yemen and considered a recruiter for al-Qaida.

An American official, who has seen them, told ABC News that Hasan wrote al-Awlaki, "I can't wait to join you" in the afterlife.

(NECN/ABC) - Defense Secretary Robert Gates pulled two former service chiefs out of retirement to get to the bottom of the Fort Hood massacre.

At the same time, Congress held its first hearing into the shootings -- without White House cooperation.

As the search for answers goes on, there are more revelations about the man accused of gunning down thirteen people.

(NECN: Greg Wayland) - The Fort Hood shootings were under review on Capitol Hill today. Defense Secretary Robert Gates is ordering a study on how the military can prevent tragedies.

New England Senators Susan Collins of Maine and Joseph Lieberman of Connecticut led the Senate Homeland Security Committee's questioning of civilian terrorism experts.

They heard testimony that troubling information about the accused Fort Hood shooter, Army psychiatrist, Major Nidal Malik Hasan, may have been bottled up.

(NECN: Washington) - Defense Secretary Robert Gates announced today that he is appointing former heads of the Army and Navy to head a Pentagon review into the Fort Hood massacre.

Gates is putting former Army Secretary Togo West and former Navy chief Vernon Clark in charge of a broad Pentagon review of the circumstances surrounding the Fort Hood shootings.

Gates says the 45-day review will look into gaps in how the military identifies service members who might be a threat to others. It also will look at personnel and medical programs, and at

(NECN: Washington) - The Senate Homeland Security committee opened hearings today, to try to determine the cause of the Fort Hood shootings. Major Nidal Hasan is accused of killing 13, and wounding more than thirty others at that Texas military post on November 5th.

Retired Army General John Keane told the committee that the military had no manual for dealing with actions taken by someone like Major Hasan.

Committee Chairman Joseph Lieberman said corrective actions is needed in this area.

(NECN/ABC) - If you tried to get anywhere by air this morning, chances are you didn't make it on time. Computer problems at the Federal Aviation Administration threw off air travel nationwide. The FAA says they are back in action now, but the flight delays will likely take hours to clear up.

The problem started early this morning, shortly after 5:00 a.m. The glitch impacted mostly flight plans, but also traffic management.

During the outage, dispatchers had to send flight plans to controllers, who then had to manually enter them into computers.

(NECN: Los Angeles, Calif.) - According to the Los Angeles Police Department, Massachusetts Senator John Kerry's daughter, Alexandra Forbes Kerry, was arrested this morning for a misdemeanor DUI.

36-year-old Kerry was pulled over for a traffic stop in Hollywood, California, around 12:40 a.m. and she was booked around 2:00 a.m.

She has since been released after posting $5,000 bail.

Alexandra Kerry is the eldest daughter of the Massachusetts senator, the Democrats' 2004 presidential nominee.

Jodi Seth, spokesperson for Sen. Kerry released the following statement: