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Iowa parents accused of locking teens in basement

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 8th

ANKENY, Iowa (AP) - A mother and father have been charged with false imprisonment after their adopted teenage children told authorities their parents locked them in the basement of their suburban Des Moines home for weeks, only allowed them out for school and passed their meals under the locked

German prosecutors investigating Swiss bank

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BERLIN (AP) - German prosecutors say they're investigating employees of the Swiss bank UBS's German subsidiary on suspicion they may have helped customers evade local taxes. Mannheim prosecutors' spokesman Peter Lintz told the dapd news agency Thursday the investigation was opened in

Man behind anti-Muslim film gets 1 year in prison

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By GREG RISLING and LINDA DEUTSCHAssociated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) - The man behind an anti-Muslim film that led to violence in many parts of the Middle East agreed to spend a year in federal prison for unrelated probation violations, but afterward issued a statement that appeared to reinforce

At a glance: The latest on Sandy recovery efforts

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By The Associated Press The latest on the fallout from Superstorm Sandy, which hit the East Coast last week, and a new wintry storm that hit the Northeast. - WEATHER: A new storm blanketed much of the Northeast with several inches of snow, including more than a foot in parts of New Jersey and

Evaluation: Calif. plant shooting suspect unstable

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By GOSIA WOZNIACKAAssociated Press FRESNO, Calif. (AP) - Employees at a California chicken-processing plant returned to work Thursday as new information surfaced about the psychological history of the ex-convict who police say shot four of his co-workers before killing himself. A Fresno County

Obama's big Hispanic win worries Republicans

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By NICHOLAS RICCARDIAssociated Press DENVER (AP) - Omayra Vasquez blinks and does a double take when asked why she voted to re-elect President Barack Obama. The reason for her was as natural as breathing. "I feel closer to him," said Vasquez, a 43-year-old Federal Express worker from Denver. "

Election protest at Ole Miss escalates, 2 arrested

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By HOLBROOK MOHRAssociated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - A protest at the University of Mississippi against the re-election of President Barack Obama grew into crowd of about 400 people with shouted racial slurs as rumors of a riot spread on social media. Two people were arrested on minor charges

Motive unclear in shooting at Calif. chicken plant

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By GOSIA WOZNIACKAAssociated Press FRESNO, Calif. (AP) - The ex-convict who shot a handful of his co-workers execution-style at a California chicken-processing plant, killing two, kept to himself but was a model employee, according to his boss and neighbors. Lawrence Nathaniel Jones, 42, had

Pot votes in 2 states challenge US drug war

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 7th

By KRISTEN WYATTAssociated Press DENVER (AP) - First came marijuana as medicine. Now comes legal pot for the people. Those who have argued for decades that legalizing and taxing weed would be better than a costly, failed U.S. drug war have their chance to prove it, as Colorado and Washington

At a glance: The latest on Sandy recovery efforts

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 7th

By The Associated Press The latest on the fallout from Superstorm Sandy, which hit the East Coast last week, and a new wintry storm hitting the Northeast. - FORECAST: A strengthening storm moving up the East Coast with snow, sleet, rain and wind gusts as high as 60 mph is expected to spread