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Schieffer ends final debate with advice: go vote

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 23rd

By DAVID BAUDERAP Television Writer NEW YORK (AP) - Bob Schieffer took a light hand Monday as moderator of the final presidential debate, ending with advice from his mother: "Go vote. It makes you feel big and strong." Schieffer generally kept his questions to President Barack Obama and

Louisiana woman says 3 racist men set her on fire

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 23rd

By CAIN BURDEAUAssociated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) - A 20-year-old black woman told police she was set on fire by three men who wrote the initials KKK and a racial slur on her car in northeastern Louisiana. Louisiana State Police spokeswoman Lt. Julie Lewis says Sharmeka Moffitt was found with

Louisiana woman says 3 racist men set her on fire

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 23rd

By CAIN BURDEAUAssociated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) - A 20-year-old black woman said she was set on fire by three men who wrote the initials KKK and a racial slur on her car in northeastern Louisiana, police said Monday. Officers found Sharmeka Moffitt with burns on more than half of her body when

Teen gets 20 years in Fla. school stomping case

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 22nd

By CURT ANDERSONAP Legal Affairs Writer FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) - A South Florida teenager will serve 20 years in prison for a vicious stomping attack outside a middle school that left a 15-year-old girl with permanent brain injuries. A judge imposed the sentence Monday on 18-year-old Wayne

Chicago police culture on trial in beating case

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 22nd

By MICHAEL TARMAssociated Press CHICAGO (AP) - Allegations of a culture in which Chicago police jump to protect fellow officers accused of wrongdoing are at the heart of a federal civil trial that began Monday, pitting the victim of a barroom beating by an off-duty officer against the city. The

FDA: 5 reported deaths with Monster drink link

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 22nd

By DAVID DISHNEAU and MATTHEW PERRONEAssociated Press HAGERSTOWN, Md. (AP) - The highly caffeinated Monster Energy Drink has been cited in five deaths and one non-fatal heart attack, according to reports that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration is investigating. The reports claim that people

AP Exclusive: France to send drones to Mali region

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 22nd

By JAMEY KEATENAssociated Press PARIS (AP) - France will move surveillance drones to West Africa and is holding secretive talks with U.S. officials in Paris this week as it seeks to steer international military action to help Mali's feeble government win back the northern part of the

Akin aide uses profanity in shot at McCaskill

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 22nd

By JIM SALTERAssociated Press FESTUS, Mo. (AP) - An aide to Todd Akin on Monday used a profanity in a tweet to extend the GOP Senate hopeful's weekend analogy comparing Democratic incumbent Claire McCaskill to a "dog" who fetches problems from Washington. Meanwhile, McCaskill launched a

Broadcasters say Syria, Iran jamming news info

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 22nd

GENEVA (AP) - European broadcast officials say Syria and Iran appear to be behind the deliberate signal-jamming that has interrupted news delivered by satellite into parts of the Middle East. The Geneva-based European Broadcasting Union alliance says the jamming that began last week is an attack on

The Mean Season: Negativity in Election 2012

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 22nd

By PAULINE ARRILLAGAAP National Writer In the America viewed through the lens of a presidential campaign commercial, coal miners hear that their jobs are "in danger," voters are warned that "China is stealing American ideas," and the middle class, it's been said time and again, is "falling