WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is praising the heroism of those who helped Fort Hood shooting victims, especially those who were wounded themselves. In his weekly radio and Internet address on the weekend before Veterans Day, Obama tried to calm tensions around the suspected shooter, Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, praising those who serve or have served in uniform and noting their diversity.

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama heads to Capitol Hill trip today for talks with House Democrats. He's looking to close the deal on their version of a health care reform bill. Democrats predict they'll have the votes to pass it. In the GOP's weekly radio address, Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour said Democrats should scrap their ambitious legislation and do something more modest.

NEW YORK (AP) — Standard and Poor's chief economist David Wyss (wees) says that one troubling aspect of the current unemployment picture is the ever-rising amount of time workers are spending between jobs. However, most of the October decline was accounted for by teenagers and the self-employed. That means employed adults are mostly holding their own. October unemployment was 10.2 percent.

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Officials say the suspect in an Orlando office shooting could make an initial court appearance today. An executive at the engineering firm where a gunman opened fire says the rampage is "really a mystery" to them. Former employee Jason Rodriguez is accused in the shooting, which left one person dead and wounded five others.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A tentative contract will be voted on later today that could end the Philadelphia's transit strike. Buses, subways and trolleys have been idle for five days. Negotiators for Transport Workers Union Local 234 and the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority tentatively agreed on a proposed contract late last night. The vote is at 2 p.m.