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US has a range of military options in Syria

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 25th

By LOLITA C. BALDORAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - U.S. commanders have laid out a range of possible options for military involvement in Syria, but they have made it clear that any action would likely be either with NATO backing or with a coalition of nations similar to the NATO-led overthrow of

Drought eases in many places, fields turn to mud

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 25th

By DAVID PITTAssociated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - As spring rains soaked the central United States and helped conquer the historic drought, a new problem has sprouted: The fields have turned to mud. The weekly drought monitor report, released Thursday by National Drought Mitigation Center in

Piece-by-piece on immigration in House

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 25th

By ERICA WERNERAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - House Republicans will take on the immigration issue in bite-size pieces, shunning pressure to act quickly and rejecting the comprehensive approach embraced in the Senate, a key committee chairman said Thursday. House Judiciary Committee Chairman

A look at North Korea's military capabilities

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 25th

By SAM KIMAssociated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - North Korea's military, founded 81 years ago Thursday, is older than the country itself. It began as an anti-Japanese militia and is now the heart of the nation's "military first" policy. Late leader Kim Jong Il elevated the military'

Kidnapping suspect returns to US after Mex. arrest

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 25th

By TAMI ABDOLLAHAssociated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) - A phone tip and a Superman tattoo led to the Mexico arrest and return to the U.S. of a fugitive charged with abducting and sexually assaulting a 10-year-old Los Angeles girl. Tobias Summers, 30, a fugitive for nearly a month, was arrested

RI on track to be 10th state with gay marriage

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 25th

By DAVID KLEPPERAssociated Press PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - The number of U.S. states allowing gay marriage is set to enter double digits now that Rhode Island's state Senate has taken a landmark vote. Legislation allowing gay and lesbian couples to wed passed Wednesday evening by a comfortable 26

SKorea demands talks with NKorea on closed factory

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 25th

By HYUNG-JIN KIMAssociated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - After weeks of threatening rhetoric from the North, South Korea on Thursday promised its own unspecified "grave measures" if Pyongyang rejects talks on a jointly run factory park shuttered for nearly a month. The park in the North Korean

Officials: Dead bomber name in terrorism database

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 24th

By EILEEN SULLIVAN and KIMBERLY DOZIERAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - The federal government added the name of the dead Boston Marathon bombing suspect to a terrorist database 18 months before the deadly explosions, U.S. officials told The Associated Press on Wednesday. The CIA made the request

Officials: Dead bomber name in terrorism database

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 24th

7 charged with smuggling fish bladders to China

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 24th

By ELLIOT SPAGATAssociated Press SAN DIEGO (AP) - Seven people have been charged with smuggling bladders from an endangered fish in what authorities said Wednesday may be a growing international practice in which the bladders are sold for up to $20,000 each to be used in a highly desired soup. U.S