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UN court convicts Bosnian Serb of genocide

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 12th

By By MIKE CORDERAssociated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) - A U.N. war crimes court convicted a former senior Bosnian Serb army commander Wednesday of genocide for playing a key role in Europe's worst massacre since World War II and sentenced him to life imprisonment, delivering another

APNewsBreak: Quote on MLK Memorial to be removed

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 11th

By BRETT ZONGKERAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Interior Secretary Ken Salazar endorsed a plan Tuesday to remove a disputed inscription from the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial, rather than cut into the granite to replace it with a fuller quotation. Salazar said he had reached an agreement with

Famed architect gets 6 months for drug smuggling

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 10th

By By ELLIOT SPAGATAssociated Press SAN DIEGO (AP) - A highly acclaimed architect was sentenced Monday to six months in prison for trying to enter the U.S. with nearly 13 pounds of cocaine hidden in his minivan's battery. A federal judge ordered the unusually light punishment after Eugenio

Tijuana architect was an unlikely drug courier

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 9th

By By ELLIOT SPAGATAssociated Press SAN DIEGO (AP) - Eugenio Velazquez doesn't fit the mold of the down-on-his luck, uneducated, underemployed courier who ferries drugs to the U.S. for Mexican drug cartels. The dual citizen of the U.S. and Mexico belongs to Tijuana's elite, equally at

Peru's capital highly vulnerable to major quake

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 9th

By By FRANK BAJAK and CARLA SALAZARAssociated Press LIMA, Peru (AP) - The earthquake all but flattened colonial Lima, the shaking so violent that people tossed to the ground couldn't get back up. Minutes later, a 50-foot (15-meter) wall of Pacific Ocean crashed into the adjacent port of

Romanian exit polls: center-left gov't wins vote

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 9th

By By ALISON MUTLERAssociated Press BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) - Romania's center-left government won a clear victory in Sunday's parliamentary elections, according to exit polls. The result could inflame the personal rivalry between the nation's top two officials and bring yet more

RI to seek dismissal of challenge to pension law

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 6th

By By DAVID KLEPPERAssociated Press PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - The high-stakes legal dispute over Rhode Island's public retirement overhaul faces a key court date Friday when attorneys for the state will ask a judge to dismiss a challenge from public-sector unions unhappy with the sweeping

10 Things to Know for Thursday

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 6th

By By The Associated Press Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and stories that will be talked about Thursday: 1. 'FISCAL CLIFF' FIXES THAT AMERICANS FAVOR People want to raise taxes on the rich - but show little appetite for cuts to Social Security and Medicare, an

Class of 2012: Young Europeans trapped by language

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 5th

By By FRANK JORDANS and ALAN CLENDENNINGAssociated Press MADRID (AP) - Maria Menendez, a 25-year-old caught in Spain's job-destroying economic crisis, would love to work in Germany as a veterinarian. Germany, facing an acute shortage of skilled workers, would love to have her. A perfect

Unions back RI governor's call for pension talks

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 5th

By By DAVID KLEPPERAssociated Press PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Public-sector unions on Tuesday hailed Gov. Lincoln Chafee's call for negotiations to settle a closely watched lawsuit over Rhode Island's landmark pension overhaul, but its main architect, the state treasurer, insists the