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States answer help wanted ad to be drone test site

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on March 27th

By ALICIA CHANGAP Science Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) - It's the land where Chuck Yeager broke the sound barrier, where the space shuttle fleet rolled off the assembly line and where the first private manned rocketship climbed to space. Capitalizing on Southern California's aerospace fortunes,

States answer help wanted ad to be drone test site

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on March 27th

Court ruling upends effort by Knox at normal life

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on March 26th

By PHUONG LEAssociated Press SEATTLE (AP) - Amanda Knox left Seattle to study abroad in 2007, just another college student pursuing her interests in languages and literature. Four years later, after she was acquitted by an Italian court of killing her roommate, she returned a famous woman, greeted

Court: Drug dog sniff is unconstitutional search

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on March 26th

By JESSE J. HOLLANDAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that police cannot bring drug-sniffing police dogs onto a suspect's property to look for evidence without first getting a warrant for a search, a decision which may limit how investigators use dogs'

Chimps, gorillas, other apes struggling to survive

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on March 26th

By PAMELA SAMPSONAssociated Press BANGKOK (AP) - The multibillion-dollar trade in illegal wildlife - clandestine trafficking that has driven iconic creatures like the tiger to near-extinction - is also threatening the survival of great apes, a new U.N. report says. Endangered chimpanzees,

Mom of boy killed by Ala. airport sign unconscious

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on March 24th

By KATHY WINGARDAssociated Press MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - As airport officials tried to figure out how a 300-pound arrival-departure panel fell off the wall and onto a family, the mother of a boy who was killed by the sign lay in a hospital with her own injuries, still unaware of what happened.

Syrian opposition coalition falls into disarray

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on March 24th

By BEN HUBBARD and JAMAL HALABYAssociated Press BEIRUT (AP) - Syria's Western-backed opposition plunged into disarray on Sunday as its president resigned and its military leader refused to recognize a prime minister recently elected to lead an interim rebel government. The chaos inside the

Skydive site owner: Men didn't deploy parachutes

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on March 24th

By KELLI KENNEDYAssociated Press MIAMI (AP) - Two Icelandic skydivers who died during weekend jumps at a popular southwest Florida camp did not deploy their main parachutes, the co-owner of the facility said Sunday. Deputies found the bodies of the skydiving instructor and a student Saturday after

Kerry sees Abbas and Netanyahu after Obama trip

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on March 23rd

By MATTHEW LEEAssociated Press AMMAN, Jordan (AP) - U.S Secretary of State John Kerry met Israeli and Palestinian leaders on Saturday, following up on President Barack Obama's talks with each earlier in the week, but a return to negotiations did not appear to the main agenda item. While making

Snowstorm takes aim at Plains, Midwest

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on March 23rd

By HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTHAssociated Press KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - An early spring snowstorm forced the cancellation of more than 100 flights at Denver International Airport and closed several roads Saturday as it moved eastward, dumping more than a foot of snow in some places. The snow started