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Free speech 'red lines' feed Muslim film rage

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 24th

By BRIAN MURPHYAssociated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - In U.S.-funded ads running on Pakistani TV, subtitled clips show President Barack Obama extolling America's traditions of religious freedom. For many watching, though, the message misses the mark in efforts to calm the

SF could OK among tiniest apartments in US

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 24th

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - San Francisco may soon give new meaning to the word "downsizing." Supervisors are set to vote on Tuesday on a proposed change to the city's building code that would allow construction of among the tiniest apartments in the country. Under the plan, new apartments could be as

Judge exonerates former LA gang member of murder

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 24th

By LINDA DEUTSCHAP Special Correspondent LOS ANGELES (AP) - A courtroom erupted in applause, cheers and shouts of "We love you" as a former gang member imprisoned for 19 years for a murder he didn't commit was exonerated and set free Monday. John Edward Smith, who was still in jail clothing

Feds order Discover to refund $200M to cardholders

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 24th

By DANIEL WAGNERAP Business Writer WASHINGTON (AP) - Discover Bank will pay millions in fees to settle accusations by regulators that it pressured credit card customers to buy costly add-on services like payment protection and credit monitoring. Discover, the sixth-biggest U.S. credit card

1 staffer killed, another wounded in Colo. prison

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 24th

CROWLEY, Colo. (AP) - A female kitchen employee was killed and another was seriously injured Monday in an assault involving an inmate while breakfast was being prepared at a state prison in southeast Colorado, a spokeswoman said. The inmate was subdued, and the Arkansas Valley Correctional Facility

1 dead in So. Calif. wildfire; 20 homes destroyed

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 24th

CAMPO, Calif. (AP) - Firefighters recovered the body of a man who ignored evacuation orders from a burned house Monday as they battled to contain Southern California wildfires that destroyed 20 homes and threatened several hundred more in rural areas, authorities said. Crews worked against winds

Global growth fears keep Asia stocks in check

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 24th

By PAMELA SAMPSONAP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) - Asian stock markets were held in check Tuesday by a host of concerns about the global economy. Worries about the state of the world economy worsened Monday when Germany's Ifo index of business confidence fell for a fifth consecutive month,

Mom accused of killing kids faced fraud charge

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 23rd

CLEARWATER, Fla. (AP) - Neighbors and friends say the woman accused of killing her two young children and then hanging herself in Florida had been in financial and legal trouble. Records show 34-year-old Dawn Brown was charged last year with welfare fraud. Friends and neighbors told several media

LA preps for freeway closure and Carmageddon II

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 23rd

By JOHN ROGERSAssociated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) - "Carmageddon II" - the sequel - is coming to one of the nation's most crowded freeways, and authorities are hoping its subtitle won't be "The Traffic Strikes Back." Transportation officials say what they would like to see during the last

AP Exclusive: Philadelphia man Nazi probe target

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 23rd

By DAVID RISING and MATT MOORE and RANDY HERSCHAFTAssociated Press BERLIN (AP) - Germany has launched a war crimes investigation against an 87-year-old Philadelphia man it accuses of serving as an SS guard at the Auschwitz death camp, The Associated Press has learned, following years of failed