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Man pleads guilty in plot to kill Saudi ambassador

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 17th

By LARRY NEUMEISTERAssociated Press NEW YORK (AP) - A Texas man pleaded guilty Wednesday to plotting to assassinate Saudi Arabia's ambassador to the United States, agreeing to hire what he thought was a drug dealer in Mexico last year for $1.5 million to carry out the attack with explosives

Funeral: Specter's roots fueled centrism, tenacity

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 17th

By MARYCLAIRE DALEAssociated Press NARBERTH, Pa. (AP) - Friends and colleagues of former U.S. Sen. Arlen Specter trace his centrist political views to a childhood spent in the only Jewish family in Russell, Kan. There, Specter learned tolerance and tenacity, skills they said he honed as he

Highlights from the 2nd presidential debate

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 17th

By The Associated Press Highlights from the presidential debate Tuesday night between Democratic President Barack Obama and Republican candidate Mitt Romney, just three weeks from the Nov. 6 election. LIBYA Romney and Obama tangled for the first time face to face - and heatedly - over the

Centrist Sen. Specter died fighting for moderation

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 15th

By MARC LEVYAssociated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) - Arlen Specter, a pugnacious and prominent former moderate in the U.S. Senate who developed the single-bullet theory in President John F. Kennedy's assassination and played starring roles in Supreme Court confirmation hearings, lost a

Centrist Sen. Specter died fighting for moderation

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 15th

Longtime GOP Senate moderate Arlen Specter dies

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 14th

By PETER JACKSONAssociated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) - For most of his 30 years as Pennsylvania's longest-serving U.S. senator and prominent moderate in Congress, Arlen Specter was a Republican, though often at odds with the GOP leadership. He helped end the Supreme Court hopes of former

Yemeni security officer for US Embassy killed

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 11th

By AHMED AL HAJAssociated Press SANAA, Yemen (AP) - A drive-by shooting Thursday that killed a top Yemeni security official who worked at the U.S. Embassy in Sanaa has raised concern that al-Qaida militants here are bouncing back and getting bolder after suffering defeats this year in a U.S.-

Transcript: Rep. DesJarlais urged abortion

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 10th

By ERIK SCHELZIGAssociated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - A freshman congressman running for re-election on a pro-life platform urged his pregnant mistress to get an abortion a decade ago, according to a transcript of the recorded conversation. The undated phone recording appears to have been

Mexico capo killed, then body stolen by gunmen

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 9th

By ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON and E. EDUARDO CASTILLOAssociated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) - The death of the founder and leader of Mexico's brutal Zetas cartel in a firefight with marines outside a baseball game near the Texas border was perhaps the biggest coup of President Felipe Calderon's war

Hacking group activist's posts land him in trouble

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 5th

By NOMAAN MERCHANT and RAPHAEL SATTERAssociated Press DALLAS (AP) - Barrett Brown has, at times, called himself an author, a freedom fighter and a spokesman for the movement of hacker-activists known as Anonymous. In tweets and videos, Brown praises Anonymous' work, rips his opponents and