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For bombing suspects, question may be who led whom

For bombing suspects, question may be who led whom
Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 20th
By ALLEN G. BREED, ERIC TUCKER and JEFF DONNAssociated Press BOSTON (AP) - Tamerlan Tsarnaev ranted at a neighbor about Islam and the United States. His younger brother, Dzhokhar, relished debating people on religion, "then crushing their beliefs with facts." The older brother sought individual

VA moves to process oldest disability claims first

VA moves to process oldest disability claims first
Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 19th
By KEVIN FREKINGAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Veterans waiting more than a year for a decision on their disability claims are moving to the front of the line, under a new program announced Friday. The Department of Veterans Affairs is responding to criticism about the soaring number of claims

VA moves to process oldest disability claims first

VA moves to process oldest disability claims first
Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 19th
By KEVIN FREKINGAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Veterans waiting more than a year for a decision on their disability claims are moving to the front of the line, under a new program announced Friday. The Department of Veterans Affairs is responding to criticism about the soaring number of claims

Anger, fear, tears normal response to disasters

Anger, fear, tears normal response to disasters
Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 18th
By LAURAN NEERGAARD and CARLA K. JOHNSONAP Medical Writers BOSTON (AP) - Kaitlyn Greeley burst into tears when a car backfired the other day. She's afraid to take her usual train to her job at a Boston hospital, walking or taking cabs instead. She can't sleep. "I know this is how people

War medicine now is helping Boston bomb victims

War medicine now is helping Boston bomb victims
Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 18th
By MARILYNN MARCHIONEAP Chief Medical Writer The bombs that made Boston look like a combat zone have also brought battlefield medicine to their civilian victims. A decade of wars in Iraq and Afghanistan has sharpened skills and scalpels, leading to dramatic advances that are now being used to treat

War medicine now is helping Boston bomb victims

War medicine now is helping Boston bomb victims
Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 18th
By MARILYNN MARCHIONEAP Chief Medical Writer The bombs that made Boston look like a combat zone have also brought battlefield medicine to their civilian victims. A decade of wars in Iraq and Afghanistan has sharpened skills and scalpels, leading to dramatic advances that are now being used to treat

War medicine now is helping Boston bomb victims

War medicine now is helping Boston bomb victims
Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 18th
By MARILYNN MARCHIONEAP Chief Medical Writer The bombs that made Boston look like a combat zone have also brought battlefield medicine to their civilian victims. A decade of wars in Iraq and Afghanistan has sharpened skills and scalpels, leading to dramatic advances that are now being used to treat

Pressure cookers help make good bombs _ and clues

Pressure cookers help make good bombs _ and clues
Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 16th
By SETH BORENSTEINAP Science Writer WASHINGTON (AP) - In kitchens, they prepare food faster, but pressure cookers by their very nature help make good bombs, amplifying the blast and the carnage. They don't just hold the explosives. The tightly sealed pot that speeds the cooking of beans and

Auditors find low enrollment in vets jobs program

Auditors find low enrollment in vets jobs program
Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 16th
By KEVIN FREKINGAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Federal auditors say a job-training program designed to help veterans re-enter the workforce has more than 60,000 empty slots, left unfilled despite efforts to reduce the jobless rate among veterans. The program is geared toward unemployed veterans

West's mores, China imports challenge the burqa

West's mores, China imports challenge the burqa
Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 16th
By KIM GAMELAssociated Press KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - The homespun Afghan burqa is under siege from east and west these days - cut-price competition from China, and Western influences that are leading many urban women to exchange the full-body cloak for a simple headscarf. The decline is most