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Social issues still fire up GOP despite 2012 loss

Social issues still fire up GOP despite 2012 loss
Submitted by Fox First at Ten on June 19th
By CHARLES BABINGTONAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Republican lawmakers have a message for those who want the party to soften its emphasis on social conservatism in hopes of reaching a wider national audience: Not so fast. House Republicans flexed their cultural and conservative muscles Tuesday

Obama: 'Lives have been saved' by NSA programs

Obama: 'Lives have been saved' by NSA programs
Submitted by Fox First at Ten on June 19th
By JIM KUHNHENNAssociated Press BERLIN (AP) - Trying to tamp down concerns about government over-reach, President Barack Obama on Wednesday defended U.S. Internet and phone surveillance programs as narrowly targeted efforts that have saved lives and thwarted at least 50 terror threats. "This is not

Obama renews call for nuclear reductions

Obama renews call for nuclear reductions
Submitted by Fox First at Ten on June 19th
By JULIE PACEAP White House Correspondent BERLIN (AP) - President Barack Obama is calling for a one-third reduction of the world's nuclear stockpiles. Obama is speaking at Berlin's iconic Brandenburg Gate, a powerful symbol of the Cold War. He says it's possible to ensure American

Gov't report: Smooth launch unsure for health law

Gov't report: Smooth launch unsure for health law
Submitted by Fox First at Ten on June 19th
By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVARAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - There's no guarantee that President Barack Obama's health care law will launch smoothly and on time, congressional investigators say in the first in-depth independent look at its progress. But in a report to be released Wednesday

Maine governor says he won't talk to 3 newspapers

Maine governor says he won't talk to 3 newspapers
Submitted by Fox First at Ten on June 18th
AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) - A spokeswoman for Maine Gov. Paul LePage says the administration will no longer comment for stories published in three of Maine's daily newspapers. Adrienne Bennett told the Portland Press Herald (http://bit.ly/17Wn2Of ) on Tuesday the administration won't be talking

AP sources: 4 US troops killed in Afghanistan

AP sources: 4 US troops killed in Afghanistan
Submitted by Fox First at Ten on June 18th
By ROBERT BURNSAP National Security Writer WASHINGTON (AP) - Defense officials say four U.S. troops were killed Tuesday at or near Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan. Officials say the four were killed by indirect fire, likely a mortar or rocket, but they had no other details. The officials spoke on

Rural lawmakers push for farm bill votes in House

Rural lawmakers push for farm bill votes in House
Submitted by Fox First at Ten on June 18th
By MARY CLARE JALONICKAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Farm-state lawmakers are scrambling to win bipartisan support for a five-year, half-trillion-dollar farm bill on the House floor this week. The legislation would cut $2 billion a year from food stamps while raising subsidies for several crops

Google asks FISA court to lift gag order

Google asks FISA court to lift gag order
Submitted by Fox First at Ten on June 18th
By ANNE FLAHERTYAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Google on Tuesday sharply challenged the federal government's gag order on its Internet surveillance program, citing what it described as a First Amendment right to divulge how many requests it receives from the government for data about its

IRS worker: No political bias against tea party

IRS worker: No political bias against tea party
Submitted by Fox First at Ten on June 18th
By ALAN FRAMAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - An Internal Revenue Service manager and self-described conservative Republican said the close scrutiny of tea party groups' tax forms originated in his Cincinnati IRS office and not in Washington, according to a full transcript of his interview by

House, Senate on diverging paths on agency budgets

House, Senate on diverging paths on agency budgets
Submitted by Fox First at Ten on June 18th
By ANDREW TAYLORAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Republicans controlling the House unveiled slashing cuts Tuesday to a program that helps localities build community development projects, while their rivals in the Democratic-led Senate proposed to restore GOP cuts to international food aid and

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UPDATE: Wrong-Way Crash On Hwy. 195 At Cheney Spokane Rd.

UPDATE: Wrong-Way Crash On Hwy. 195 At Cheney Spokane Rd.
Submitted by Fox First at Ten on June 18th
UPDATE: The female driver has been identified as Jennifer A. Schmidt of Spokane Valley. The male driver has been identified as Sean D. Moss. Both Schmidt and Moss were life-flighted by Medstar to Sacred Heart. The State Patrol says both vehicles were totaled and both drivers were wearing seatbelts

NASA picks 8 new astronauts, 4 of them women

NASA picks 8 new astronauts, 4 of them women
Submitted by Fox First at Ten on June 17th
By MARCIA DUNNAP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - NASA has eight new astronauts - its first new batch in four years. Among the lucky candidates: the first female fighter pilot to become an astronaut in nearly two decades. A female helicopter pilot also is in the group. In fact, four of

FIRST ON KHQ.COM: Spokane Valley Homeowner Catches Would Be Burglar; Holds Suspect At Gunpoint Until Authorities Arrive

FIRST ON KHQ.COM: Spokane Valley Homeowner Catches Would Be Burglar; Holds Suspect At Gunpoint Until Authorities Arrive
Submitted by Fox First at Ten on June 18th
PRESS RELEASE FROM THE SPOKANE VALLEY POLICE DEPT: On Tuesday, June 18, 2013, at 9:15 a.m., Spokane Valley Sheriff's Deputies responded to a person with a weapon call near the area of 13600 E. 20th Ave. Deputies arrived on scene and found the victim homeowner detaining the suspect, later