James Dao New York Times

• Help available for drivers who have wartime trauma

  Before going to war, Susan Max loved tooling around Northern California in her maroon Mustang.

• For Obama, big rise in poll numbers after bin Laden raid

  Support for US President Obama has risen sharply following the killing of Osama bin Laden by American military forces in Pakistan, with a majority now approving of his overall job performance, as well as his handling of foreign policy, the war in Afghanistan and the threat of terrorism, according to the latest New York Times/CBS News poll.The glow ...

• Life on the Front Lines in Afghanistan

  From his rooftop position, Sgt. Santiago Zapata watched the firefight begin after prayer call ended, a rocket-propelled grenade exploding as the muezzin's voice was still fading into the Afghan dusk.Tracer rounds whizzed overhead, mortar shells burst nearby and heavy machine guns clattered. Then as suddenly as it began, it was over. Sergeant Zapata...

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  Why Major Hasan opened fire at US army base

  Recently he had expressed deep concerns about being sent to Iraq or Afghanistan.