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Jury hears Los Angeles chef say how he cooked wife

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 19th

LOS ANGELES (AP) - A chef won't take the stand in his own defense in a trial where he's accused of killing his wife and then cooking her body for four days in boiling water to get rid of the evidence, according to his attorney. Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Rand S. Rubin reminded David

LSU police make arrest in bomb threat

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 19th

By SHEILA V KUMARAssociated Press BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - Police have arrested a suspect in the bomb threat that led to the evacuation of the LSU campus earlier this week but don't believe he is connected to threats made against three other universities recently. LSU Police Capt. Corey

Doubts over Harvard claim of 'Jesus' Wife' papyrus

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 19th

By NICOLE WINFIELDAssociated Press ROME (AP) - Is a scrap of papyrus suggesting that Jesus had a wife authentic? Scholars on Wednesday questioned the much-publicized discovery by a Harvard scholar that a 4th century fragment of papyrus provided the first evidence that some early Christians

Bailed-out Portugal pays less to borrow $2.6 bln

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 19th

LISBON, Portugal (AP) - Portugal's interest rates fell steeply in a short-term debt auction Wednesday where it borrowed €2 billion ($2.61 billion), evidence that the European Central Bank's recently-unveiled plan to intervene in bond markets is boosting investor confidence. The Treasury and

New French cartoons inflame prophet film tensions

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 19th

By GREG KELLER and LORI HINNANTAssociated Press PARIS (AP) - A French magazine published vulgar caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad on Wednesday, brandishing its right to free speech amid global tensions over a movie insulting to Islam. In response, the French government ordered embassies and

Man suspected of threats faces weapons charge

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 19th

By GREG RISLINGAssociated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) - Rants, racist remarks and menacing words permeate the Internet these days, so why did police decide to arrest a Yale dropout for investigation of making online death threats against children and initially hold him on a bail amount usually

France ups embassy security after prophet cartoons

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 19th

By GREG KELLER and LORI HINNANTAssociated Press PARIS (AP) - France stepped up security at some of its embassies on Wednesday after a satirical Parisian weekly published crude caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad. The prime minister said he would block a demonstration by people angry over a

Groups protest Ariz. immigration law's enforcement

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 19th

By FELICIA FONSECA and PAUL DAVENPORTAssociated Press PHOENIX (AP) - A day after the most contentious provision of Arizona's immigration law took effect, rallies were held around Phoenix to protest the mandate that civil rights activists say will lead to systematic racial profiling. More

China's foreign investment falls for 3rd month

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 19th

BEIJING (AP) - Foreign direct investment in China declined in August for a third straight month as the impact of economic weakness in Europe and the United States worsened, the government said Wednesday. Foreign investment in factories, real estate and other assets declined 1.4 percent from a year

DEVELOPING: STORY @ THIS HOUR: Authorities Need Your Help Finding This Fugitive

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 18th

COEUR d' ALENE, Idaho- Police are searching for a North Idaho College student who allegedly made "Veiled" threat. 33-year old Patrick Budig, AKA Patrick Kinnunen, allegedly made an off the cuff statement or threat to a disabilities counselor who worked off campus about the