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AP source: Armstrong tells Oprah Winfrey he doped

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on January 15th

By JIM VERTUNO and JIM LITKEAP Sports Writers AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - Lance Armstrong has finally come clean. After years of bitter and forceful denials, he offered a simple "I'm sorry" to friends and colleagues and then admitted he used performance-enhancing drugs during an extraordinary cycling

AP source: Armstrong tells Oprah Winfrey he doped

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on January 15th

Local Special Olympian Heads To South Korea

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on January 11th

SPOKANE, Wash. - More than 3,000 athletes are getting ready to compete in the Special Olympic World Winter Games in PyeongChang, South Korea on January 29th. Among those athletes will be our very own Heather Comer from Spokane Valley. Heather has been a Special Olympics athlete for 13 years and

Quarterback's girlfriend in spotlight after game

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on January 8th

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) - In the story BC-US--Alabama QB's Girlfriend that ran Jan. 8, The Associated Press reported erroneously described as Katherine Webb as a former Miss Alabama. The correct title should be former Miss Alabama USA. A corrected version of the story is below: 'Bama QB's

AP IMPACT: Steroids loom in major-college football

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 20th

By MATT APUZZO, ADAM GOLDMAN and JACK GILLUMAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - With steroids easy to buy, testing weak and punishments inconsistent, college football players are packing on significant weight - 30 pounds or more in a single year, sometimes - without drawing much attention from their

Suzy Favor Hamilton says she has worked as escort

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 20th

By EDDIE PELLSAP National Writer Three-time Olympian Suzy Favor Hamilton says she coped with depression and a troubled marriage by turning to a life of prostitution. In a series of posts to her Twitter account, Favor Hamilton acknowledged working as an escort following a report Thursday on The

A Cheney Family’s Final Option to Beat Cancer

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 11th

SPOKANE, Wash. - A mother in Cheney is hoping a clinical trial stem-cell transplant will save her son's life. Two and a half years ago, doctors diagnosed Joey Crawyer with having a brain tumor after suffering from severe headaches. "We walked in and said he's had a brain tumor,

A Cheney Family’s Final Option to Beat Cancer

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 11th

NAACP seeks to mount shakeup in US education

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 6th

By By SUZANNE GAMBOAAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - The NAACP is going on the offensive on education, deploying volunteers across the country in its biggest push for a public education overhaul since the nation's classrooms were ordered desegregated in 1954, the civil rights group said

Whitworth Freshman Honored by NWC

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 4th

A freshman at Whitworth is the Northwest Conference's Student Athlete of the Week in men's basketball. George Valley, from Bellevue, led Whitworth to a pair of wins last week by averaging 20 points per game and shooting 65 percent from the field. His 23 points against NAIA Montana Tech was