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Report: US law enforcement deaths down in 2012

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 27th

By ERIC TUCKERAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - The number of law enforcement officers who died performing their duties in the U.S. declined by about 20 percent in 2012 after rising the two previous years, a non-profit organization reported Thursday. The National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial

Autopsy: NY gunman shot self, not hit by police

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 27th

By GEORGE M. WALSHAssociated Press The gunman who lured two firefighters to their deaths died of a self-inflicted shot to the head and wasn't hit by return fire from a police officer, New York State Police said Thursday. But investigators still hadn't made a positive identification of the

Washington State Man Held In California Greyhound Bus Attack

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 26th

DUNSMUIR, Calif. (AP) - A 66-year-old Washington man is in custody on suspicion of stabbing two people aboard a Greyhound bus in far Northern California. Siskiyou County Sheriff's officials say Charles Burnett Ripley - a passenger on the bus - had been talking to himself when

C. African Republic neighbors to send help

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 26th

By HIPPOLYTE MARBOUA and YVES LAURENT GOMAAssociated Press BANGUI, Central African Republic (AP) - Central African Republic's neighbors agreed on Friday to dispatch a contingent of soldiers to intervene in the troubled country, where a coalition of rebel groups is seeking to overthrow the

Syrian minister leaves Beirut for fear of arrest

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 26th

By BASSEM MROUEAssociated Press BEIRUT (AP) - Syria's wounded interior minister cut short his treatment at a Beirut hospital Wednesday and returned home for fear of being arrested by Lebanese authorities, while Syria's chief of military police defected to the opposition, becoming one of the

Over the fiscal cliff: What kind of landing?

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 26th

By CONNIE CASSAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Efforts to save the nation from going over a year-end "fiscal cliff" were in disarray as lawmakers fled the Capitol for their Christmas break. "God only knows" how a deal can be reached now, House Speaker John Boehner declared. President Barack Obama