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• Prison officials said he may be released as early as Thursday but it was unclear where he will be held under house arrest, whether in one of his residences or in a hospital, considering his frail health.
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Evidence stacked against suspect in Fort Hood rampage as jury set to begin deliberations
• FORT HOOD, Texas (AP) -- Army Maj. Nidal Hasan is sending only a single piece of evidence to the jury room when deliberations likely start Thursday about whether he is guilty of the 2009 shooting rampage at Fort Hood: an evaluation from his boss that called him a good soldier.
• Then there's the trove military prosecutors are handing over.
• Pill bottles that rattle with bullets removed form soldiers. Photos of Hasan prowling the outside of a Fort Hood medical building with a gun during the time of the shooting. Jurors can even handle that gun, an FN 5.7 semi-automatic pistol, which Hasan volunteered belonged to him during the 12-day trial.
• In all, the U.S government produced more than 700 pieces of evidence against Hasan, who hasn't put up a fight against charges that he killed 13 people and wounded more than 30 others in the deadliest mass shooting ever on a U.S. military base.
• Yet on the eve of when the jury is expected to start deliberations, Hasan on Wednesday perked up about what he says all that evidence doesn't show -- that the attack he admits to carrying out was somehow impulsive.
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Family says German woman dies after week-long battle to recover from Hawaii shark attack
• HONOLULU (AP) -- A 20-year-old German woman who lost her right arm in a shark attack off of Hawaii last week is being remembered by her family as beautiful and strong after fighting to stay alive in a Maui hospital.
• "We are sad to say that she lost her fight today," her family said Wednesday in a statement through Maui Memorial Medical Center.
• Jana Lutteropp was the first person to die from a shark attack in Hawaii since 2004. The incident is drawing attention from state officials, who say they're getting calls from the public asking if beaches are safe. At the same time, they hope a new study will close gaps in scientific knowledge about shark movements around Maui.
• Lutteropp had been on life support since a shark bit her on Aug. 14 as she snor (Continued on page 27)
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