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Obama's drone rules provide limits, ambiguity

Obama's drone rules provide limits, ambiguity
Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 25th
By JULIE PACEAP White House Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama left plenty of ambiguity in new policy guidelines that he says will restrict how and when the U.S. can launch targeted drone strikes, leaving himself significant power over how and when the weapons can be deployed.

Egypt top court rules against religious slogans

Egypt top court rules against religious slogans
Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 25th
By AYA BATRAWY and MARIAM RIZKAssociated Press CAIRO (AP) - Egypt's Supreme Constitutional Court ruled on Saturday against parts of an election law approved by the Islamist-led legislature that had lifted a long-standing ban on the use of religious slogans during campaigning. The decision is

Automaker Tesla takes fight to North Carolina

Automaker Tesla takes fight to North Carolina
Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 25th
By CHRIS KARDISHAssociated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - Tesla Motors is fighting a bill in North Carolina that would effectively ban the company from selling its electric cars in the state, pitting it against auto dealers who say the car maker has an unfair advantage selling directly to consumers

Hagel: Cadets must stamp out sex assault scourge

Hagel: Cadets must stamp out sex assault scourge
Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 25th
By MICHAEL HILL and LOLITA C. BALDORAssociated Press WEST POINT, N.Y. (AP) - Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel told cadets at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point on Saturday that they must stamp out the scourge of sexual assault in the military. A day after President Barack Obama delivered a

Russian police detain activists, foes at gay rally

Russian police detain activists, foes at gay rally
Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 25th
MOSCOW (AP) - Gay-rights campaigners and their opponents clashed at an unsanctioned rally in the Russian capital on Saturday, but a heavy police presence in Ukraine kept the two sides apart at that country's first-ever gay pride march. Russian police said they arrested at least 30 gay rights

Obama says nation must do more for fallen heroes

Obama says nation must do more for fallen heroes
Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 25th
By DARLENE SUPERVILLEAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama says the nation must do more than just remember its fallen heroes on Memorial Day. In his weekly radio and Internet address, Obama says the country must care for the loved ones the fallen leave behind. He says the

Kerry makes 1st official sub-Saharan Africa visit

Kerry makes 1st official sub-Saharan Africa visit
Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 25th
By BRADLEY KLAPPERAssociated Press ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) - Making his first official trip to sub-Saharan Africa, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Saturday demanded that Nigeria respect human rights as it cracks down on Islamist extremists and pledged to work hard in the coming months to

Journalist and author Haynes Johnson dies at 81

Journalist and author Haynes Johnson dies at 81
Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 25th
By BARRY SCHWEID and BRETT ZONGKERAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - When Haynes Johnson visited Selma, Ala., months after a civil rights crisis there gripped the nation, he wrote in The Washington Evening Star that he'd found "no discernible change in the racial climate of the city." When it

Hezbollah chief says group is fighting in Syria

Hezbollah chief says group is fighting in Syria
Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 25th
By BASSEM MROUEAssociated Press BEIRUT (AP) - The leader of Lebanon's Hezbollah warned Saturday that the fall of Syrian President Bashar Assad's regime would give rise to extremists and plunge the Middle East into a "dark period," and vowed his Shiite militant group will not stand idly by

Journalist and author Haynes Johnson dies at 81

Journalist and author Haynes Johnson dies at 81
Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 25th
By BARRY SCHWEID and BRETT ZONGKERAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Haynes Johnson, a pioneering Washington journalist who won a Pulitzer Prize for his coverage of the civil rights movement and migrated from newspapers to television, books and teaching, died Friday. He was 81. The Washington Post

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Obama To Visit Tornado-Ravaged OK Town

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Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 22nd
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Flooding forces evacuation of 1,300 in ND town

Flooding forces evacuation of 1,300 in ND town
Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 22nd
By BLAKE NICHOLSON and DAVE KOLPACKAssociated Press BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) - A dam that threatened to give way and flood a North Dakota town was holding back the water on Wednesday, though the 1,300 residents of Cavalier were still being told to stay away from their homes. Steady rainfall between

LA stoplights synchronized but road war endures

LA stoplights synchronized but road war endures
Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 25th
By JOHN ROGERSAssociated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) - It seems that the impossible has occurred: The nation's most congested city has become a model for traffic control. Yes, gridlock still prevails and drivers' blood pressure still spikes as LA's traffic arteries seize up during every