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Dozens hurt in 7 crashes on southbound I-75

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 5th

SARASOTA, Fla. (AP) - Authorities say dozens of travelers have been injured - but no one killed - in a chain reaction of collisions on Interstate 75 along Florida's Gulf Coast. The Florida Highway Patrol reported Friday evening that 52 people were hurt in 12 separate crashes involving 47

UPDATE: Caregiver STEALS $1Million From Elderly Kettle Falls Woman

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 5th

UPDATE: On Friday John "Herb" Friedlund was sentenced to 120 months in prison. PREVIOUS COVERAGE: COLVILLE, Wash. (AP) - A former caregiver in northeast Washington state has been convicted of taking nearly $1 million from a Kettle Falls woman who was more than 100 years old. John "Herb"

UPDATE: Caregiver STEALS $1Million From Elderly Kettle Falls Woman

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 5th

UPDATE: Caregiver STEALS $1Million From Elderly Kettle Falls Woman

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 5th

Hacking group activist's posts land him in trouble

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 5th

By NOMAAN MERCHANT and RAPHAEL SATTERAssociated Press DALLAS (AP) - Barrett Brown has, at times, called himself an author, a freedom fighter and a spokesman for the movement of hacker-activists known as Anonymous. In tweets and videos, Brown praises Anonymous' work, rips his opponents and

News Summary: Madoff fraud's last days recounted

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 5th

By The Associated Press FRAUD'S FINALE: A newly rewritten indictment this week has revealed details of the final days of Bernard Madoff's Ponzi scheme, which authorities say cost investors an estimated $17.3 billion. SHARPER FOCUS: The indictment brings into sharper focus the final few

Madoff fraud's last days recounted in NYC document

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By LARRY NEUMEISTERAssociated Press NEW YORK (AP) - In December 2008, two of Bernard Madoff's most loyal employees met on a Manhattan street corner and fretted over a closely held secret that the rest of the world would learn about eight days later: that their boss was a con man for the

Texas test scandal ex-school chief gets 3.5 years

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By JUAN CARLOS LLORCAAssociated Press EL PASO, Texas (AP) - A federal judge sentenced the former superintendent of El Paso Independent School District to more than three years in prison Friday for his participation in a conspiracy to improve the district's high-stakes tests scores by

Caregiver guilty of stealing $1M from 100-year-old

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 5th

COLVILLE, Wash. (AP) - A former caregiver in northeast Washington state who was convicted of taking nearly $1 million from a Kettle Falls woman who was more than 100 years old has been sentenced to 10 years in prison. John "Herb" Friedlund was looking after Frances Swan, who is now 107, when

Women pulled from submerged car in RI identified

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By ERIKA NIEDOWSKI and MICHELLE R. SMITHAssociated Press NEWPORT, R.I. (AP) - The three victims who were pulled from a car hours after it plunged off a pier and landed on its roof in Newport Harbor were identified Saturday as a Rhode Island woman and two women from Europe, police said. Part of