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Veteran journalist David S. Jackson has been named executive editor of The Washington Times, company president and CEO Larry Beasley announced Wednesday. Mr. Jackson, a former correspondent for Time magazine and director of the Voice of America, started his career in newspapers and later served in senior news-management positions overseeing online, broadcasting and print operations.

FRESNO, Calif. (AP) , Clattering machinery at a chicken-processing plant provided all the cover Lawrence Jones needed to kill two co-workers execution style and wound two others Tuesday, police said. Armed with a handgun, the 42-year-old ex-convict moved methodically from victim to victim, placing his handgun against their head or neck and then pulling the trigger, authorities said.

House lawmakers have issued a subpoena for the director of the Massachusetts pharmacy linked to the deadly meningitis outbreak. The subpoena comes after Barry Cadden, co-founder of New England Compounding Center, indicated through his lawyer that he would not voluntarily attend a congressional hearing scheduled for Nov. 14, the House Energy and Commerce Committee said Tuesday.

WIXOM , Police who arrested a suspect in a Michigan shooting spree that targeted moving cars and resulted in at least once injury were led to the man's home based on one of thousands of tips, authorities said Tuesday. The suspect was arrested Monday night in Wixom, the Detroit suburb where the shootings began, a police task force investigating the four-county spree said.

FRESNO , A parolee who worked at a California chicken processing plant opened fire at the business on Tuesday, killing two people and wounding two others before taking his own life, authorities said. ...

NEW YORK , Weather analysts had a relatively good forecast for beleaguered Northeast coastal residents Tuesday: It looked like a new storm that threatened to complicate Hurricane Sandy cleanup efforts Wednesday would be weaker than expected.

LOS ANGELES , Want a clue to your risk of heart disease? Look in the mirror. People who look old , receding hairlines, bald heads, creases near their ear lobes or bumpy deposits on their eyelids , have a greater chance of developing heart disease than younger-looking people the same age do, new research suggests.

JOINT BASE LEWIS-McCHORD, Wash. (AP) , Staff Sgt. Robert Bales was largely calm and compliant when he turned himself in following a predawn massacre at two Afghan villages in March, witnesses testified Tuesday. He followed orders, sometimes sat with his head in his hands, and at one point cracked a joke in a failed effort to ease tension.

WIXOM, Mich. (AP) , Authorities say a 43-year-old man has been arrested in connection with dozens of shootings across four Michigan counties that resulted in at least one injury. A task force investigating the shootings said in a statement that the suspect was taken into custody Monday night in Wixom, the Detroit suburb where the shootings began last month.

RICHMOND, Va. , Data from the 2011 earthquake centered in Virginia shows East Coast tremors can travel much farther and cause damage over larger areas than previously thought, the U.S. Geological Survey said Tuesday. The agency estimated about one-third of the U.S.

WASHINGTON (AP) , Sporadic problems were reported Tuesday at polling places around the country, including a confrontation in Pennsylvania involving Republican inspectors over access to some polls and a last-minute court fight in Ohio over election software. One Florida elections office mistakenly told voters in robocalls that the election was on Wednesday.

FRESNO, Calif. (AP) , One person died and four others, including a suspected gunman, were wounded Tuesday when he opened fire at a food service company here, police said. The suspect, a parolee who worked at the firm and was identified as Lawrence Jones, shot himself in the head outside the building and was in critical condition, police said.

On the third anniversary of the Fort Hood rampage, 148 victims and family members sued the government Monday for compensation for the attack allegedly carried out by an Army psychiatrist who is awaiting trial. The shooting at the Army base in Texas killed 13 people and wounded more than two dozen others.

Government leaders are turning their attention to the next crisis unfolding in the aftermath of Superstorm Sandy: finding housing for potentially tens of thousands of people left homeless. The Federal...

NEW YORK , The nation's largest school system lurched to life Monday, when all but the most affected students still suffering from Superstorm Sandy made their way back to classes on foot, ferry and subway. Students at Stuyvesant High School, the city's most selective school, swarmed out of Lower Manhattan's subway stations after electricity was restored to the devastated area by the weekend.