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Trotter cites legal trouble in ending US House run

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 29th

CHICAGO (AP) - An Illinois state lawmaker who was a frontrunner to replace former U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. says he's ending his candidacy because he doesn't want the felony gun charges he faces to detract from the district's important issues. Donne Trotter was arrested Dec. 5 when

Trotter cites legal trouble in ending US House run

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 29th

4 dead in Moscow airliner crash

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 29th

By JIM HEINTZAssociated Press MOSCOW (AP) - A passenger airliner careered off the runway at Russia's third-busiest airport and partly onto a highway while landing on Saturday, broke into pieces and caught fire, killing at least four people. Officials said there were eight people aboard the Tu-

4 dead in Moscow airliner crash

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 29th

India rape victim's body cremated in New Delhi

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 29th

By ASHOK SHARMAAssociated Press NEW DELHI (AP) - The body of a young woman who was gang-raped and brutally beaten on a moving bus in India's capital has been cremated. Indian police have charged six men with murder in the Dec. 16 attack, which shocked the country and triggered protests for

Flight returns to Albany, NY, after smoke report

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 28th

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - Authorities say a passenger jet bound for the Washington, D.C., area turned back to Albany, N.Y., after smoke was reported in one of the restrooms. Doug Myers, spokesman for Albany International Airport, says United Flight 3739 landed safely. The emergency was reported just

Venezuela VP in Cuba to visit ailing Chavez

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 28th

By PETER ORSIAssociated Press HAVANA (AP) - Venezuela's vice president arrived in Havana on Saturday in a sudden and unexpected trip to visit President Hugo Chavez as he recovers from cancer surgery. Communist Party newspaper Granma published online a photo of a smiling Vice President Nicolas

Planes in Pa., NY get stuck on tarmac

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 27th

By The Associated Press A jet in Pittsburgh got stuck in snow on the tarmac while another one in New York got itself mired in mud. The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports that an American Airlines flight arrived Wednesday evening during a storm, but then ran over a snow patch and got stuck. Airport

Storm blows through East; 135K in dark in Arkansas

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 27th

By HOLLY RAMERAssociated Press CONCORD, N.H. (AP) - A muted version of a winter storm that has killed more than a dozen people across the eastern half of the country plodded across the Northeast on Thursday, trapping airliners in snow or mud and frustrating travelers still trying to return home

UN envoy, Moscow call for revival of Syria plan

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 27th

By BEN HUBBARD BEIRUT (AP) - Russia and the U.N called Thursday for the resuscitation of a peace initiative for Syria that never got off the ground when it was proposed months ago because both parties to the conflict rejected it. The plan, unveiled by world powers at an international conference in