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Students allegedly got alcohol enema at Tenn. frat

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 26th

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - The University of Tennessee is investigating allegations that fraternity members took alcohol enemas, leading one student to be hospitalized, and a national fraternity has suspended its chapter in Knoxville. The Knoxville News Sentinel (http://bit.ly/Pndf7d) reports the

Feds: Ky. man held after running Obama roadblock

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 26th

By BRETT BARROUQUEREAssociated Press LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - An eastern Kentucky man has been detained by federal authorities after allegedly running through a roadblock while carrying multiple firearms during President Barack Obama's visit to the Cincinnati region this month. A federal

Chinese man charged in NYC carbon fiber sting

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 26th

By TOM HAYSAssociated Press NEW YORK (AP) - A Chinese national was charged Wednesday in U.S. court with trying to broker an illegal deal for large quantities of a restricted high-tech material for military purposes, but prosecutors refused to say where and when he was arrested. The silence gave

Prior abuse report for alleged confined Ga. teen

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 26th

CANTON, Ga. (AP) - A report says a Georgia couple accused of locking their teenage son in a bedroom for years had previously been investigated for abuse. A Cherokee County Sheriff's Office report says child welfare officials alerted them to a report about Paul and Sheila Comer in February 2009

Amputee shot by police had battled mental illness

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 26th

By JUAN A. LOZANOAssociated Press HOUSTON (AP) - Mental illness prompted Brian Claunch to get rid of his own left arm and leg. Then, despite his disabilities, he spent the better part of a decade finding opportunities to run away from residential care facilities, preferring to live on the

Police chief resigns, NM force has gone to the dog

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 26th

By RUSSELL CONTRERASAssociated Press VAUGHN, N.M. (AP) - The police chief of the small eastern New Mexico town of Vaughn resigned Wednesday, leaving the town with just one certified member on its police force - a drug-sniffing dog named Nikka. Dave Romero, attorney for the town, said Wednesday

Phoenix filmmaker jailed in grenade launcher hoax

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 26th

By BOB CHRISTIEAssociated Press PHOENIX (AP) - A Phoenix man dressed his nephew in a sheet and sent him into a busy street with a fake grenade launcher, filming the masked teenager pointing the weapon at passing cars to see how long it took police to respond, authorities said. Michael D. Turley

Alligator rips off woman's arm in Florida canal

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 26th

LEESBURG, Fla. (AP) - Authorities say an alligator ripped off an elderly woman's arm in a Florida canal. Joy Hill, a spokeswoman with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, says the woman was in critical condition. The Lake County Sheriff's Office identified the victim as 84

Ex-head of NY Hospital for Special Surgery charged

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 26th

NEW YORK (AP) - Authorities say the former chief executive officer of New York's Hospital for Special Surgery has been arrested in Massachusetts in a $1.4 million extortion scheme. John Reynolds was arrested Wednesday at his Cataumet, Mass., home. He was charged in federal court in Manhattan

Jury in NJ convicts Ill. man in military info case

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 26th

By SAMANTHA HENRYAssociated Press NEWARK, N.J. (AP) - A former employee of a New Jersey-based defense contractor was found guilty Wednesday of taking U.S. military technology trade secrets from his employer and exporting them to his native China. Sixing Liu, also known as Steve Liu, worked for