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Hasan faces the death penalty if convicted in the 2009 shootings on the Texas Army post that killed 13 people and wounded more than two dozen others.
• The court said it was not ruling on whether the judge's order violated Hasan's religious rights. Hasan has argued that his beard is a requirement of his Muslim faith, although facial hair violates Army regulations.
• "Should the next military judge find it necessary to address (Hasan's) beard, such issues should be addressed and litigated anew," judges wrote in the ruling.
• Fort Hood officials said late Monday that proceedings in the case will resume after a new judge is appointed by the Army's highest legal branch. That indicates Army prosecutors will not appeal Monday's ruling to the U.S. Supreme Court.
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• SAN DIEGO (AP) -- Drug smugglers from Mexico have been creeping farther north along the California coast in an attempt to evade authorities, and it appears the cat-and-mouse game was behind the death of a U.S. Coast Guardsman.
• Two Mexican nationals -- Jose Meija Leyva and Manuel Beltran Higuera -- were charged Monday in Los Angeles with killing a federal officer while the officer was on duty.
• Chief Petty Officer Terrell Horne, 34, died Sunday after he was struck in the head by the suspects' vessel, believed to be laden with drugs, near the Channel Islands, west of Los Angeles and about 180 miles northwest of the U.S.-Mexico border.
• Horne is the first law enforcement official to die off California since a spike in illegal activity began several years ago, said Ralph DeSio, a U.S. Customs and Border Protection spokesman.
• At least six people aboard suspected smuggling vessels have been killed since the 2010 fiscal year.
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• LONDON (AP) -- Britain doesn't have to wait any longer: Prince William's wife, Kate, is pregnant.
• St. James's Palace made the announcement Monday, saying that the Duchess of Cambridge -- formerly Kate Middleton -- has a severe form of morning sickness

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