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1. President Barack Obama is praising House lawmakers for passing a health care overhaul¹ bill. The president is calling Saturday’s vote a (quote) "courageous² one". He says he is confident the Senate will do the same.

2. Officials at Fort Hood³ in Texas say at least 16 victims remain hospitalized with gunshot wounds, with seven in intensive care. The Army says the suspected shooter, Major Nidal Malik Hasan is in critical but stable condition.

3. A purported⁴ Taliban commander is claiming responsibility for a market bombing in northwestern Pakistan. An anti-Taliban mayor and 11 others were killed in the attack.

4. Hurricane Ida has strengthened into a Category 2 storm with top winds near 100 miles per hour, and forecasters say it could get stronger. A hurricane watch stretches from southeastern Louisiana to the Florida Panhandle.