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Helicopters, hounds search for convicted killer

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 24th

By MICHAEL BIESECKERAssociated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - North Carolina authorities used a helicopter and bloodhounds Monday to search for a convicted killer who walked away from a state prison farm more than five hours before the public was notified. James J. Ladd was first noticed missing

German woman's plea accepted in grandson's death

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 24th

By BILL KACZORAssociated Press APALACHICOLA, Fla. (AP) - A German woman showed no emotion Monday as a judge sentenced her to more than 21 years in prison after she pleaded no contest to drowning her 5-year-old grandson in the bathtub of a rented beach house. The judge accepted a plea deal for

Tyco paying $26.9M, pleads guilty in bribery cases

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 24th

WASHINGTON (AP) - Tyco International Ltd. has agreed to pay nearly $27 million to settle U.S. charges that it bribed officials at government-owned companies in more than a dozen countries. The Switzerland-based manufacturing conglomerate will pay $13.7 million and pleaded guilty to a criminal

Calif. FBI agent accused of paying for prostitutes

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 24th

By GREG RISLINGAssociated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) - An undercover FBI agent has been accused in court documents of spending U.S. taxpayer dollars on prostitutes in the Philippines for himself and others during an international weapons trafficking probe last year. Deputy Federal Public Defender

UK to extradite radical Muslim cleric to US

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 24th

By SYLVIA HUIAssociated Press LONDON (AP) - A European court ruled Monday that radical Muslim cleric Abu Hamza al-Masri can be extradited to the United States to face terrorism charges, including allegedly trying to set up an al-Qaida training camp in rural Oregon. The decision ends a long-

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

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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