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UPDATE: Deadly Officer Involved Shooting In Coeur d' Alene

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 1st

COEUR D'ALENE, Idaho - 29-year-old Frank James is in stable condition after he was shot in the chest allegedly by Christian Buquet (Mallon) Saturday morning in Coeur d'Alene. The Kootenai County Sheriffs office says James is in stable condition at Kootenai County Medical

Man gets life in Ga. flight attendant's slaying

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 1st

MARIETTA, Ga. (AP) - A 35-year-old man found guilty of killing a flight attendant in an Atlanta suburb in 1995 has been sentenced to life in prison plus 47 years. Waseem Daker insisted at sentencing Monday that he was wrongly convicted of killing Karmen Smith and repeatedly stabbing her 5-year-old

At least 20 injured in California train crash

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By GOSIA WOZNIACKAAssociated Press HANFORD, Calif. (AP) - Two cars and the locomotive of an Amtrak train carrying about 169 passengers derailed Monday after colliding with a big rig truck in California's Central Valley, authorities said. At least 20 passengers suffered minor to moderate

Complaint: Beau said he killed NY college freshman

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 1st

By CAROLYN THOMPSONAssociated Press BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) - Authorities say the boyfriend of a college freshman found beaten to death in her western New York university dorm room has admitted intentionally killing her. Alexandra Kogut's body was found early Saturday at the State University of

Agent: Abduction of sisters planned for a year

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By ADRIAN SAINZAssociated Press BOLIVAR, Tenn. (AP) - A Mississippi man's infatuation with a 12-year-old Tennessee girl led him to plot her abduction for a year and kill her mother and sister, according to testimony in court Monday. The abduction of the girl and another sister, along with

Kentucky man arrested in NY bailout fraud probe

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By BRETT BARROUQUERE and LARRY NEUMEISTERAssociated Press NEW YORK (AP) - A Kentucky businessman was arrested Monday in a $100 million scheme that contributed to the collapse of a bank and tried to drain money from the federal bank bailout program before some funds were used to pay his

Attorney: Conn. man who shot masked son devastated

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By JOHN CHRISTOFFERSENAssociated Press NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) - A popular teacher who fatally shot a knife-wielding prowler in a ski mask and then learned it was his 15-year-old son is devastated and filled with questions about what the boy was doing, his attorney said Monday. Jeffrey Giuliano

$2 million in gems, gold stolen from Calif. museum

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 1st

By JASON DEARENAssociated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - California investigators searched Monday for thieves who made off with an estimated $2 million in precious gems and gold from a mining museum in the Sierra Nevada foothills during a brazen daytime robbery. But they didn't get away with

Russia bans showing of anti-Islam film

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 1st

By PETER LEONARDAssociated Press MOSCOW (AP) - A court in Moscow ruled Monday that an anti-Islam film that has sparked violent demonstrations around the world can no longer be shown in Russia. Tverskoi court's ruling follows a similar local decision taken last week by a court in Grozny, the

Brain-damaged man wins new trial in 1987 killing

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By DAVE COLLINSAssociated Press HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) - Two decades into a fight over the case of a brain-damaged defendant, Richard Lapointe's supporters claimed their first victory Monday as a Connecticut court ordered a new trial for the man serving life in prison for the rape and killing