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Trial to start in Zetas cartel racehorse case

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 13th

By JUAN A. LOZANOAssociated Press HOUSTON (AP) - One of Mexico's most powerful and violent drug cartels intended a racehorse-buying operation to be a clandestine means of laundering its illegal proceeds in the United States, prosecutors say. But with the millions of dollars spent - sometimes in

Texas DA's killing puts other prosecutors on alert

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 1st

By NOMAAN MERCHANT and NICHOLAS RICCARDIAssociated Press KAUFMAN, Texas (AP) - After one of his assistant prosecutors was gunned down in January, Kaufman County District Attorney Mike McLelland carried a gun everywhere, even when walking the dog. He was extra careful when answering the door at his

Texas DA slain in his home; had armed himself

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on March 31st

By NOMAAN MERCHANT and NICHOLAS RICCARDIAssociated Press KAUFMAN, Texas (AP) - Kaufman County District Attorney Mike McLelland took no chances after one of his assistant prosecutors was gunned down two months ago. McLelland said he carried a gun everywhere he went and was extra careful when

UPDATE: Mike McLelland, Kaufman County District Attorney, Found Dead With Wife In Texas Home

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on March 31st

KAUFMAN, Texas (AP) - Kaufman County's sheriff confirms that the district attorney and his wife were shot and killed. Sheriff David Byrnes told reporters Sunday that authorities found Mike McLelland and his wife shot at their home Saturday night. Authorities

Breaking Bad brings tourists, money to Albuquerque

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on March 15th

By RUSSELL CONTRERASAssociated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) - A fast-food burrito chain in Albuquerque has become an international tourist attraction as people come from all over the world to see the spot where a fictional drug trafficker runs his organization. A pastry shop sells doughnuts topped

Video game puts players in shoes of Syrian rebels

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on January 17th

By BEN HUBBARDAssociated Press BEIRUT (AP) - A new video game based on Syria's civil war challenges players to make the hard choices facing the country's rebels. Is it better to negotiate peace with the regime of President Bashar Assad, for example, or dispatch jihadist fighters to kill pro

Dallas tears down ex-home of JFK assassin Oswald

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on January 14th

By NOMAAN MERCHANTAssociated Press DALLAS (AP) - A handful of history buffs and curious onlookers watched Monday as a bulldozer tore through the walls of a dilapidated apartment building where Lee Harvey Oswald lived a few months before the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. The

Shooting renews argument over video-game violence

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 19th

By LOU KESTENAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - In the days since the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., a shell-shocked nation has looked for reasons. The list of culprits cited include easy access to guns, a strained mental-health system and the "culture of violence" -

Giffords faces Ariz. shooter for 1st time in court

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 9th

By BRIAN SKOLOFF and JACQUES BILLEAUDAssociated Press TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) - The pain was palpable, measured in silent stares in the courtroom between an emotionless murderer and wounded former congresswoman who looked her attempted killer in the eyes for the first time since he shot her in the

Review: 'Assassin's Creed' stumbles on Vita

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 1st

By DERRIK J. LANGAP Entertainment Writer There's never been a video game heroine quite like Aveline de Grandpre. The daughter of an African slave and a French shipping magnate in New Orleans at the end of French and Indian War, Aveline is the deadly but charming protagonist of "Assassin