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Indictment: Scheme to avoid taxes on paper imports

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 22nd

By KATE BRUMBACKAssociated Press ATLANTA (AP) - A company in suburban Atlanta schemed to avoid paying millions of dollars in import taxes on cheap notebooks and loose-leaf paper from China by falsifying records and bribing customs officials in Taiwan, federal prosecutors said in an indictment.

NY judge boosts bond for Fla. man in dino dispute

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 22nd

By LARRY NEUMEISTERAssociated Press NEW YORK (AP) - A judge released a Florida man charged with smuggling dinosaur fossils into the U.S. from home detention Monday even after a prosecutor argued for tougher bail conditions, saying the suspect could flee because he has access to dinosaur parts

Ex-CIA man likely to plead guilty in leak case

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 22nd

By MATTHEW BARAKATAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - A former CIA officer accused of leaking the names of covert operatives to journalists is expected to enter a guilty plea as part of a plea deal. A change of plea hearing was scheduled for Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Alexandria, Va., for

Police: NY bank thief claimed he was shortchanged

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 22nd

SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) - Going back to a bank you just ripped off to claim you'd been shortchanged isn't likely to end well. That's what police say led to an arrest Monday in upstate New York. Syracuse police say 28-year-old Arthur Bundrage, of East Syracuse, went into a bank at about 9 a.

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

UPDATE: Bomb Squads Responds To Suitcase Found On The Kardong Bridge

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 22nd

UPDATE: Only personal belongings were found in the suitcase. The Spokane County Bomb Squad says there was never a threat to the public. PREVIOUS STORY: BREAKING: A suspicious suitcase has been found on the Kardong bridge near the Gonzaga campus. The Spokane Police say the suitcase is strapped to

UPDATE: Bomb Squads Responds To Suitcase Found On The Kardong Bridge

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 22nd

Texas day care owner faces trial in fatal fire

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 22nd

By JUAN A. LOZANOAssociated Press HOUSTON (AP) - The fire that killed four young children and seriously injured three others at a home day care facility in Houston began when oil ignited inside a frying pan on a stove top burner that had been left on. Attorneys for the day care's owner

Michigan roadway shootings prompt school lockdowns

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 22nd

By MIKE HOUSEHOLDERAssociated Press WIXOM, Mich. (AP) - Five schools kept children off playgrounds and nervous commuters changed their routes Monday as authorities searched for a suspect in more than 20 random, unsolved shootings in southeastern Michigan. Oakland County Sheriff Mike Bouchard

Calif's first storm of season drops 2 feet of snow

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 22nd

By TRACIE CONEAssociated Press FRESNO, Calif. (AP) - Fall looked a lot like winter across Northern California on Monday as the first major storm of the season spawned at least one tornado, brought out snow plows on Interstate 80 and showered the rest of the parched region with much-needed rain