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One block: How neighbors saw twister's deadly path

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 22nd

By ALLEN G. BREEDAP National Writer MOORE, Okla. (AP) - Dan Garland could feel the latch on the shelter door begin to turn in his hand. It was as if the storm outside were a living, breathing thing - and it was trying desperately to get in. Huddled beside him in the darkened 5-foot-by-6-foot hole

GOP seeks alternative to overtime pay

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 6th

By SAM HANANELAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - It seems like a simple proposition: give employees who work more than 40 hours a week the option of taking paid time off instead of overtime pay. The choice already exists in the public sector. Federal and state workers can save earned time off and

GOP seeks alternative to overtime pay

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 6th

Daughter voices anger at mom found after 11 years

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 2nd

By MARK SCOLFOROAssociated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) - The teenage daughter of a woman who just revealed she abandoned her family 11 years ago said Thursday the disclosure has angered her and she is not eager to restart their relationship. Morgan Heist, who learned last week Brenda Heist had

Missing Pa. woman, thought dead, surfaces in Fla.

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 1st

By MARK SCOLFOROAssociated Press LITITZ, Pa. (AP) - A central Pennsylvania woman who mysteriously disappeared after dropping off her children for school 11 years ago has surfaced in Florida, telling police she traveled there on a whim with homeless hitchhikers, slept under bridges and survived by

Wash. and Colo. 'potrepreneurs' see opportunity

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on March 6th

By GENE JOHNSONAssociated Press LACEY, Wash. (AP) - Kim Ridgway and her wife, Kimberly Bliss, can well envision the shop they plan to open - where they'll put the accessories, the baked goods and the shelves stacked with their valuable product: jars of high-quality marijuana. Like many so-

Savannah coroner of 40 years exits under suspicion

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on January 11th

By RUSS BYNUMAssociated Press SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) - Even at age 81, Dr. James C. Metts Jr. liked to stay busy. By day, he treated some of Savannah's poorest patients at a downtown medical clinic. By night, or whenever police called, he examined dead bodies as the Chatham County coroner - an

Spokane Deputies: Not Sure How ID Thieves Victimized 300 People

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 29th

SPOKANE, Wash. - One month after a multi-agency task force raided five homes in what's been called the most extensive identity theft ring in Spokane, investigators are still no closer to finding out exactly how the thieves obtained victims' personal information. Spokane County Sheriff's

Spokane Deputies: Not Sure How ID Thieves Victimized 300 People

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 29th

Controversial Procedure Devocalizes Dogs To Silence Barking

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 25th

NBC.COM: When Porter, a 123-pound black Newfoundland, attempts to bark, it comes out as a raspy cough. When Lola, a 6-pound long-haired Chihuahua, tries, she emits only a whispery squeak. Both dogs have been "devocalized," or surgically muffled, using a controversial procedure regarded as