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Friend describes fatal beauty surgery at Pa. hotel

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 10th

By MARYCLAIRE DALEAssociated Press PHILADELPHIA (AP) - A Philadelphia woman known as "the Black Madam" performed deadly cosmetic surgery on a London dancer in an airport hotel room, then used Krazy Glue to close the wounds and fled when the client went into respiratory distress, a witness

State Dept reveals new details of Benghazi attack

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 10th

By BRADLEY KLAPPERAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - All was quiet outside the U.S. Consulate as evening fell on Benghazi and President Barack Obama's envoy to Libya was retiring after a day of diplomatic meetings. There was no indication of the harrowing events that night would bring:

Man arrested after smoke grenade found in luggage

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 10th

By SHAYA TAYEFE MOHAJERAssociated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) - A man dressed in a bulletproof vest and flame-retardant pants was arrested by federal officials at Los Angeles International Airport after a smoke grenade, gas mask, leg irons and weapons were discovered in his luggage, authorities said

New details of Sept. 11 consulate attack in Libya

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 10th

By BRADLEY KLAPPERAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Senior State Department officials provided a more detailed picture Tuesday of the consulate attack in Benghazi, Libya, that killed U.S. Ambassador Chris Stevens and three other Americans. A look at how they say the attack took place: Sept. 10

Man arrested after smoke grenade found in luggage

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 9th

By ELLIOT SPAGAT and SHAYA TAYEFE MOHAJERAssociated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) - A man dressed in a bulletproof vest and fire-resistant pants was arrested at Los Angeles International Airport after a smoke grenade, gas mask, leg irons and weapons were discovered in his luggage, federal authorities

Minn. witness describes early al-Shabab recruiting

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 9th

By AMY FORLITIAssociated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - A Minnesota man who spent two months with a terrorist group in his native Somalia told a jury Tuesday that another man on trial for allegedly helping funnel recruits to the group provided money to buy weapons for fighters. Salah Osman Ahmed, 29

Cancer patient embarrassed by security pat-down

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 9th

By DOUG ESSERAssociated Press SEATTLE (AP) - A Michigan woman dying of leukemia says she hopes her embarrassment during a Seattle airport security pat-down might change the way the Transportation Security Administration treats travelers with medical conditions. A TSA spokeswoman said late

Leukemia Patient Embarrassed By Sea-Tac Pat-Down

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 9th

SEATTLE (AP) - A leukemia patient making what she calls an "end-of-life" trip to Hawaii says she was embarrassed by security agents at Sea-Tac Airport who refused her request for a private pat-down when they made her lift her shirt and pull back bandages. Michelle Dunay also say an agent opened

Skydiver cancels 2nd try at supersonic jump in NM

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 9th

By JERI CLAUSINGAssociated Press ROSWELL, N.M. (AP) - Blame it on the wind. Again. For the second straight day, extreme athlete Felix Baumgartner aborted his planned death-defying 23-mile free fall because of the weather, postponing his quest to become the world's first supersonic skydiver

Alaska Airlines Operations Returning To Normal

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 9th

SEATTLE (AP) - Alaska Airlines operations were slowly returning to normal Monday afternoon after a fiber-optic outage shut down its ticketing system for five hours, cancelling flights in Seattle and Los Angeles and causing delays across the airline's 64-airport network. The