WASHINGTON (AP) — The House has opened debate on a health care overhaul bill, with a vote planned for late today. Democrats are calling it a moral and economic imperative, while Republicans say it would damage the economy and erode the doctor-patient relationship.

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama says Americans "saw the worst of human nature on full display" as well as "the best of America" in this week's events at Fort Hood. In his weekly media address, Obama says soldiers and civilians alike rushed to aid of fallen comrades. He also says further deaths were prevented because of training designed to keep U.S. forces safe abroad.

KABUL (AP) — Afghanistan's Foreign Ministry is bristling at criticism by the top U.N. official in the country, saying he overstepped his authority in recent comments. Norwegian diplomat Kai Eide (ky EYE'-duh) warned Thursday that the Afghan government should not assume that it will have the support of international donors and troops if it continues to accept corruption and welcome warlords into the administration.

KABUL (AP) — A NATO airstrike in western Afghanistan appears to have gone astray. The Afghan Defense Ministry says the Friday strike mistakenly hit a joint base housing coalition troops and Afghan security forces. Four Afghan soldiers and three policemen were killed. NATO says it and Afghan authorities are investigating whether an operation to rescue two missing American paratroopers had caused casualties.

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iranian lawmakers are rejecting any possibility of Tehran shipping uranium abroad for further enrichment. Iran's semiofficial ISNA news agency quotes one prominent conservative lawmaker saying it's "out of the question." The government is under pressure to reject a UN-brokered plan aimed at easing concerns the material would be used for a bomb.