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Government replaces body scanners at some airports

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 25th

By JASON KEYSERAssociated Press CHICAGO (AP) - The federal government is quietly removing full-body X-ray scanners from seven major airports and replacing them with a different type of machine that produces a cartoon-like outline instead of the naked images that have been compared to a virtual

Is Your Luggage Safe When Traveling? 400 TSA Employees Fired For Stealing From Passengers

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 25th

KHQ.COM - When traveling by plane, we all would like to assume that our travel bags are safe and secure and that when we get to our destination, all of our belongings will arrive with us. This may not be the case. 400 TSA employees have been fired for stealing from

Obama pressures Romney to break his Mourdock ties

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 25th

By JULIE PACE and STEVE PEOPLESAssociated Press CINCINNATI (AP) - President Barack Obama, seeking to shore up support among women, intensified his pressure Thursday on Mitt Romney to break any ties with a Republican Senate candidate who said that if a woman becomes pregnant from rape it is "

Obama pressures Romney to break his Mourdock ties

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 25th

2 pilots home in Houston after Panama drops case

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 24th

HOUSTON (AP) - Two Texas pilots who were released after being arrested in Panama on suspicion of money laundering arrived home Wednesday in Houston. American Jet International pilots Carl Moody and Kenneth Chonoski were greeted at George Bush Intercontinental Airport by a crowd of family, friends

Libyan militia takes former Gadhafi stronghold

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 24th

By ESAM MOHAMEDAssociated Press BANI WALID, Libya (AP) - Libya's government declared Wednesday that it had taken control of one of the last strongholds of deposed dictator Moammar Gadhafi's loyalists, as its fighters in the heart of the city fired their guns into the air to celebrate

US Airways posts record 3Q profit

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 24th

By DAVID KOENIGAP Airlines Writer DALLAS (AP) - US Airways turned in a strong performance during a three-month stretch that covers much of the peak summer vacation season. Net income for the third quarter was a record $245 million, or $1.24 per share, compared with $76 million, or 41 cents per

Man who drove SUV on Pa. runway gets prison time

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 24th

By MARYCLAIRE DALEAssociated Press PHILADELPHIA (AP) - A man who drove an SUV onto an airport runway, forcing a passenger jet to abort its landing, was sentenced Wednesday to 16 months in prison and must pay $92,000 in restitution. Kenneth Mazik, 25, of Chadds Ford, crashed through a gate at

Convicted terrorist sentenced in millennium plot

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 24th

By GENE JOHNSONAssociated Press SEATTLE (AP) - An Algerian man whose sentence for plotting to blow up the Los Angeles airport around the turn of the new millennium was thrown out for being too lenient was ordered Wednesday to spend 37 years in prison. Ahmed Ressam, who had trained with al-Qaida

Weakened hurricane lashes Bahamas after 21 deaths

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 24th

By JEFF TODDAssociated Press NASSAU, Bahamas (AP) - A weakened Hurricane Sandy lashed the central Bahamas late Thursday with violent winds and torrential rains, after raging through the Caribbean where it caused at least 21 deaths and forced postponement of a hearing at the Guantanamo naval