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Stand-up: Obama and Romney draw laughs at dinner

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 19th

NEW YORK (AP) - President Barack Obama and Republican Mitt Romney scored big laughs at the Alfred E. Smith Memorial Dinner, an annual fundraiser at New York's Waldorf Astoria hotel for Catholic charitable work that has drawn presidential candidates since World War II. A sampling of the best

Jobless rate falls in most battleground states

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 19th

By CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABER and JULIE PACEAssociated Press CLEVELAND (AP) - Unemployment rates fell last month in nearly all of the battleground states that will determine the presidential winner, giving President Barack Obama fresh fodder to argue that voters should stick with him in an election

GOP pounces after news of CIA cable on Libya raid

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 19th

By KIMBERLY DOZIERAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Sensing a moment of political vulnerability on national security, Republicans pounced Friday on disclosures that President Barack Obama's administration could have suspected early on that militants, not angry protesters, launched the

GOP pounces after news of CIA cable on Libya raid

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 19th

Border Patrol use of force policy scrutinized

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 18th

By BRIAN SKOLOFFAssociated Press PHOENIX (AP) - Government investigators are reviewing U.S. Border Patrol policies on use of lethal force amid a spate of deadly shootings along the border in recent years, including the killing last week of a teenager who agents said was throwing rocks at them

Court: Fort Hood suspect can be forcibly shaved

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 18th

By ANGELA K. BROWNAssociated Press FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) - An Army appeals court ruled Thursday that the Fort Hood shooting suspect can have his beard forcibly shaved off before his murder trial. The U.S. Army Court of Criminal Appeals upheld the military trial judge's decision to order

Business Highlights

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 18th

By The Associated Press ___ Google delivers 3Q letdown early, stock plummets SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - As far as unpleasant surprises go, Google hit Wall Street with a double whammy Thursday. The Internet search leader that prides itself of organizing the world's information lost control of its

Fort Hood shooting victims seek added benefits

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 18th

By ANGELA K. BROWNAssociated Press FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) - Nearly three years after the Fort Hood shooting, a group of soldiers and their families is pressing the Department of Defense to make victims of the rampage eligible for the Purple Heart and other benefits. About 160 people affected by

Panetta: New Africa Command leader to be nominated

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 18th

By LOLITA C. BALDORAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - An Army general with extensive experience in the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq is being nominated by President Barack Obama to lead the military's Africa command, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said Thursday, amid growing U.S. worries

Navy to go after rats, mold in Gitmo legal offices

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 18th

By BEN FOXAssociated Press GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba (AP) - Legal offices that are so contaminated with mold and rat droppings that lawyers in the Sept. 11 terrorism trial have been getting sick will get a full clean-up and be evaluated by safety experts, a military official said Thursday