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Girl's suicide after alleged attack troubles town

Girl's suicide after alleged attack troubles town
Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 25th
By MARTHA MENDOZAAP National Writer SARATOGA, Calif. (AP) - One evening last Labor Day weekend, 15-year-old Audrie Pott headed to a friend's house. Unbeknownst to their parents, the girls planned to party. That night Audrie Pott got drunk. She was allegedly sexually assaulted by three boys. A

Communications satellite launched into space

Communications satellite launched into space
Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 25th
By The Associated Press CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - A new military communications satellite has been launched into space. An unmanned Delta IV rocket lifted off from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station on Friday evening. The satellite was the fifth Wideband Global satcom spacecraft to be launched. The

Report: Yahoo, pay-TV operators among Hulu bidders

Report: Yahoo, pay-TV operators among Hulu bidders
Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 24th
By RYAN NAKASHIMAAP Business Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) - Online video site Hulu is again up for sale, with Yahoo and pay TV operators DirecTV and Time Warner Cable among the seven bidders, according to a person with direct knowledge of the matter. The person wasn't authorized to speak publicly

UK court: Lawmaker's wife's tweet was libelous

UK court: Lawmaker's wife's tweet was libelous
Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 24th
LONDON (AP) - A tweet posted by the wife of Britain's parliamentary speaker about a politician wrongly linked to child sex abuse was libelous, the High Court ruled Friday. A BBC report last year led to widespread Internet chatter that falsely linked politician Alistair McAlpine to decades-old

Schumer urges look at security in Sprint deal

Schumer urges look at security in Sprint deal
Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 24th
By PETER SVENSSONAP Technology Writer NEW YORK (AP) - Sen. Charles Schumer urged regulators to "use extreme caution" when reviewing the proposed acquisition of No. 3 cell carrier Sprint Nextel by Japan's Softbank, saying the Japanese company's use of Chinese networking equipment could open

Oklahoma gets far more than its share of disasters

Oklahoma gets far more than its share of disasters
Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 24th
By SETH BORENSTEINAP Science Writer WASHINGTON (AP) - Many states get hit frequently with tornadoes and other natural catastrophes, but Oklahoma is Disaster Central. The twister that devastated Moore, Okla., was the 74th presidential disaster declared in the Sooner state in the past 60 years. Only

Netflix looks to hook subscribers with 'Arrested'

Netflix looks to hook subscribers with 'Arrested'
Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 24th
By MICHAEL LIEDTKEAP Technology Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Netflix is hoping this weekend's release of the resurrected TV series "Arrested Development" will draw more subscribers to its Internet video service. The award-winning show about the dysfunctional Bluth family returns Sunday, seven

News Corp. OKs poison pill, buyback before split

News Corp. OKs poison pill, buyback before split
Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 24th
By RYAN NAKASHIMAAP Business Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) - News Corp. said its board of directors has approved plans to split its entertainment and publishing businesses into two separate companies. The company also adopted a shareholder-rights plan designed to prevent a hostile takeover in the

Senate votes to cut crop insurance aid for wealthy

Senate votes to cut crop insurance aid for wealthy
Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 23rd
By MARY CLARE JALONICKAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - The Senate on Thursday voted to limit the amount of government subsidies the wealthiest farmers receive when purchasing crop insurance. The vote was one small victory this week for critics of a massive, five-year farm bill that would cost

Prosecutor: IPad theft defendants ambushed victim

Prosecutor: IPad theft defendants ambushed victim
Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 23rd
LAS VEGAS (AP) - Two men accused of killing a high school freshman who refused to let go of his iPad were like wild animals ambushing a weak victim, a prosecutor said Thursday. Michael Samual Solid and Jacob "Jake" Dismont stood in shackles before a judge as Chief Deputy Clark County District

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Obama To Visit Tornado-Ravaged OK Town

Obama To Visit Tornado-Ravaged OK Town
Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 22nd
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama will travel to tornado-ravaged Moore, Okla., on Sunday.    That's according to a White House official, who wasn't authorized to publicly discuss the trip ahead of the official announcement and requested anonymity.    A

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

Small Fla. city anxious to learn jackpot winner

Small Fla. city anxious to learn jackpot winner
Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 20th
By TAMARA LUSH and BARBARA RODRIGUEZAssociated Press ZEPHYRHILLS, Fla. (AP) - It could be an anxious wait of up to two months for people in a small Florida city to find out who won the highest Powerball jackpot in history: an estimated $590.5 million. The lucky ticket was bought sometime Saturday