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Ark. girl chained to dresser last year now dead

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 21st

By JEANNIE NUSSAssociated Press LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - Authorities on Wednesday were investigating the death of a 6-year-old girl whose father is in prison for chaining her to a dresser last year in northwest Arkansas. Jersey Bridgeman's body was found in a nearby vacant house about 10

3rd person dies in Calif. from mushroom poisoning

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 21st

By TRACIE CONEAssociated Press FRESNO, Calif. (AP) - A third person has died from eating poisonous mushrooms at a California senior care facility where a caretaker found the fungus in the backyard and used it to make soup, authorities said Wednesday. The 90-year-old man died on Saturday, state

Demolitions ordered in fatal Ind. home explosion

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 21st

By RICK CALLAHANAssociated Press INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Demolitions have been ordered for more than two dozen homes in a blast-ravaged Indianapolis neighborhood where a house explosion that killed two people is being investigated as a homicide case, officials said Wednesday. The 29 homes slated

Feds: NJ man had fantasies about child cannibalism

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 21st

By DAVID PORTERAssociated Press NEWARK, N.J. (AP) - A man charged with luring an underage boy for a sexual encounter two years ago made numerous online postings expressing fantasies of child cannibalism, federal authorities said Wednesday in announcing new charges against him. Robert Mucha, 56

Financial Times' German offshoot to shut

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 21st

By JUERGEN BAETZAssociated Press BERLIN (AP) - The publisher of the Financial Times' German offshoot is set to shut the loss-making business daily, putting up to 350 jobs in jeopardy in the latest blow to Europe's ailing newspaper industry. The national daily Financial Times Deutschland

N. Idaho Woman Sentenced For Helping Hide Victim's Body

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 21st

SANDPOINT, Idaho (AP) - A northern Idaho woman who helped her husband conceal the body of a murder victim has been sentenced to two years in prison. The Bonner County Daily Bee reports (http://bit.ly/TY0DFD) that 23-year-old Jennifer Dunnagan Thrasher was sentenced Monday in 1st

N. Idaho Woman Sentenced For Helping Hide Victim's Body

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 21st

Mom of girl shot on Fla. school bus seeks answers

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 21st

By SUZETTE LABOYAssociated Press MIAMI (AP) - Family members of a 13-year-old Florida girl fatally shot while riding a school bus with her younger sister say they forgive the boy who allegedly did it, but the victim's mother insisted Wednesday that he also "has to pay for what he did." A 15

Report: Wis. temple shooter had no drugs in system

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 21st

By DINESH RAMDEAssociated Press MILWAUKEE (AP) - A white supremacist with a history of alcohol problems had no drugs in his system when he walked into a Sikh temple in suburban Milwaukee this summer and fatally shot six people before killing himself, according to a toxicology report released

Swiss bankers say assets not blunted by tax deals

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 21st

GENEVA (AP) - The trade group for Swiss banks says their foreign assets account for just over half of the 5.3 trillion francs ($5.64 trillion) in assets they manage, despite pressure from other countries to clamp down on tax evaders. Swiss Bankers Association CEO Claude-Alain Margelisch says there