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The suspect, a Virginia Tech graduate and one-time Vinton resident, was shot but survived at Fort Hood, Texas. Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, the Army psychiatrist accused of shooting 12 people to death and wounding 31 others at Fort Hood, Texas, on Thursday, was the son of Roanoke merchants and restaurateurs, lived in Vinton and graduated from Virginia Tech. Hasan was born in Arlington to Palestinian immigrants from near Jerusalem who later settled in Vinton. Neighbors on Vinton's Ramada Road remembered him as a "studious" boy who went by "Michael." While his brother Eyad -- "Eddie" -- would play football with...

VINTON, Iowa (AP) -- A trial date has been set for a former high school teacher and coach who faces charges related to an alleged sexual relationship with a high school girl. Trial for Dan Duello, 35, of Mount Auburn, was set for Oct. 2. The former Vinton-Shellsburg Community School District teacher and coach was charged in March with sexual exploitation by a school employee after a two-year investigation. He was accused of having a sexual relationship in 2004 with an 18-year-old student at Washington High School in Vinton. Duello faces up to five years in prison and a $7,500...