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New mom dies of suspected H1N1, shooting in Orlando leaves one dead, update on Ft. Hood shooting...

A 24 year old woman is suspected of dying from H1N1 after she gave birth to twins. Her family says the twins are premature, but doing well. The mother died at Toledo hospital yesterday. Her family says she had planned to get the H1N1 vaccine, but it was too late. We're told that last month the mother, who was 29 weeks pregnant at the time, went into the hospital with a serious case of bronchitis. The family has now set up a fund in her name to help her newborn twins. You can donate at any Key Bank to the Mandy Kimbler Children's fund.

One person was killed, five others hurt in a shooting today at an Orlando office building. The suspected gunman was caught after a search. Police say the suspected shooter Jason Rodriguez had been let go from the engineering firm more than 2 years ago.

The army says the suspect in the Fort Hood shootings was scheduled to deploy to Afghanistan and counsel soldiers battling combat stress. It's unclear whether Major Nidal Malik Hasan, who is a military psychiatrist, sought the assignment or was going to Afghanistan against his wishes. He's accused of opening fire yesterday at the Texas military base, killing 13 people.

The Ohio Department of Health now says it's okay for doctors and others treating swine flu patients to use simple surgical masks, instead of the N-95 respirator masks. Hospitals had asked for the change because of the shortage of the N-95 masks, which form a tighter seal around the nose and mouth than surgical masks. They also argued the N-95 masks were unnecessary because there is no evidence that flu is transmitted through the air.

In a brutal assault, the suspect is a step closer to trial. We first told you back in September that police say Randy Martin attacked Mark Brown at an area gas station so viciously that Brown had to be taken to a hospital. Martin fled, but later turned himself in. A grand jury has now indicted him on a felonious assault charge. His arraignment is set for later this month.

Fictional kid detective "Nancy Drew" is back in Toledo in a painting at the main library. It was created in 1931 as a cover for the fifth Nancy Drew book, "The Secret at Shadow Ranch". Toledo newspaper reporter Millie Benson wrote that book and 22 others of the first 25 Drew books, all under the pen name Carolyn Keene. The library bought the painting in an online auction with $9500 in donations. It will be on display through the end of the year.

The Big Apple is celebrating the Yankees' World Series championship. Crowds roared and church bells rang in lower Manhattan as players were honored with a ticker-tape parade. The Yankees beat the Philly's last night in game six.

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton met with Germany's new foreign minister in Washington. Clinton and Guido Westerwelle talked about U.S. nuclear weapons in their first meeting. Westerwelle urged the Obama administration to speed up the process of removing American nukes from Germany.

A high-speed ferry traveling from Hong Kong to a neighboring southern Chinese town collided with a sand barge killing two tourists. The victims were part of a Dutch tour group of 18 people that had spent the last three-weeks traveling across China. Two other people were also injured in the accident.

Cleveland pastors are urging families of missing loved ones to provide DNA samples that could help to identify the remains found in the home of Anthony Sowell. But relatives with criminal histories are hesitant even though the coroner's office is promising the samples would not be shared with police. Police and a cadaver dog re-entered Sowell's home yesterday, looking for more evidence. So far only three victims have been identified.

A teenage suspect has admitted to horrific crimes that led to his 4 year old neighbor's death. A 14 year old Raul Renato Castro told investigators he drowned little Alex Mercado in a bathtub, then hid the body in a dryer all because the child was going to reveal the teen molested him. Castro is behind bars at a juvenile jail right now. He's set to be arraigned as an adult next week on charges of first degree murder, sodomy, child molestation, kidnapping and murder to silence a witness.

A 15 year old in Philadelphia is in police custody right now for allegedly shooting a 17 year old on a school bus this morning. Authorities say the victim, who was shot near the back of the head, is in stable condition. Apparently, the two students got into a fight on the way to school. Police say the suspected gunman got off the bus after the shooting, but was captured a few blocks away. None of the 11 other students on the bus were hurt.

A House leader says Democrats haven't yet lined up enough votes to pass their health care overhaul bill and may push the vote to Sunday or early next week. The 10 year, $1.2 trillion bill embraces President Obama's goals of extending health coverage to tens of millions of uninsured Americans and putting tough new restrictions on insurance companies. The bill was set for a vote in the House tomorrow.

Wal-Mart is upping the ante heading into the holiday season trimming the online pre-order prices of some upcoming DVDs. The world's biggest retailer said it would lower the online prices of new DVDs like "Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince" and "Star Trek" to $10. The move led rivals Amazon.com and Target to reduce prices of some of their online pre-order DVDs. Wal-Mart in turn took a few more cents off its offerings. The DVD price cut follows Wal-Mart's announcement last month that it would reduce prices weekly on top-selling items from bananas to board games through the holiday season.

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