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Fort Hood suspect said methodical goodbyes

By: MIKE BAKER and BRETT J. BLACKLEDGE

As if going off to war, Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan cleaned out his apartment, gave leftover frozen broccoli to one neighbor and called another to thank him for his friendship — common courtesies and routines of the departing soldier. Instead, authorities say, he went on the killing spree that left 13 people dead.

Investigators seize Fort Hood shooting suspect's computer; sift evidence from car

By: BRETT J. BLACKLEDGE

He was by turns caring and contentious, a man quick to say "I am blessed" in casual greeting yet one who seemed to stew in discontent that he could not always keep to himself.

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