Lawsuit links TD Bank to Ponzi scheme

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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

E-mails: Hasan sought advice from cleric

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(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.

Probe reveals more on Hasan; e-mails to cleric

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(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.

Answers sought in wake of Fort Hood shootings

(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.

Gates announces review of Fort Hood shootings

(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

Senate committee looks at threat of homegrown terrorism

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(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.

FAA: Failed computers that delayed flights working again

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(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.

Sen. Kerry's daughter arrested on suspicion of DUI

(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:

FAA computer problem causes widespread delays

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ATLANTA (AP) - Widespread flight cancellations and delays nationwide because of a problem with the FAA system that collects airlines' flight plans.

FAA spokeswoman Kathleen Bergen says she doesn't know how many flights are being affected or when the problem will be resolved.

An AirTran Airways spokesman says Thursday there's no danger to flights in the air, and flights are still taking off and landing.

However, spokesman Christopher White says flight plans are having to be inputted manually because of a malfunction with the automated system.

UC students protest 32-percent tuition hike

(NECN/ABC) - More than a dozen people were arrested Wednesday outside a meeting where the University of California regents approved a massive fee increase for students starting next semester.

The meeting got so unruly that campus police had to be called in, but that just made things worse.

The protest got ugly just outside the entrance to the auditorium where the UC regents were meeting.

University police were dodging water bottles, sticks and vinegar soaked rags. The students are angry at a 32-percent increase at UCLA and the other nine UC campuses.

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