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10 Things to Know for Thursday

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 29th

By By The Associated Press Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and stories that will be talked about Thursday: 1. WHAT PALESTIANIANS ARE POISED TO GAIN FROM THE UN Thursday's vote on recognizing a Palestinian state could give them leverage in future border talks with

Peanut butter plant closure angers New Mexico town

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 28th

By By JERI CLAUSINGAssociated Press PORTALES, N.M. (AP) - Farmers in a revered peanut-growing region along the New Mexico-Texas border should be celebrating one of the best harvests in recent memory. Instead, millions of pounds of their prized sweet Valencia peanuts sit in barns at a peanut butter

Dallas trucker talks about time in Mexican prison

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 28th

By By NOMAAN MERCHANTAssociated Press DALLAS (AP) - Jabin Bogan spent seven months sleeping on the floor of a cell in a maximum-security Mexican prison, detained after he accidentally crossed the border at El Paso with 268,000 bullets in his truck. Nine people lived in Bogan's cell, with

Palestinians hope to gain leverage from UN bid

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 28th

By By KARIN LAUB and DALIA NAMMARIAssociated Press RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) - The expected U.N. vote Thursday to recognize a state of Palestine will be far more than symbolic - it could give the Palestinians leverage in future border talks with Israel and open the way for possible war crimes

Syrian war clouds Turkish plan to clear land mines

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 28th

By CHRISTOPHER TORCHIAAssociated Press AKINCI, Turkey (AP) - For two people walking into a Turkish minefield, they looked awfully assured. The pair strode in from Syria on a recent afternoon, following a faint track across the grassy plain. They slipped into Turkey through a fence near a vacant

Rhino killings for horns rapidly rise in S. Africa

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 28th

By By JON GAMBRELLAssociated Press VAALKOP DAM NATURE RESERVE, South Africa (AP) - By the time ranchers found the rhinoceros calf wandering alone in this idyllic setting of scrub brush and acacia, the nature reserve had become yet another blood-soaked crime scene in South Africa's losing

US to raise concerns over China passport map

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 27th

By MATTHEW PENNINGTONAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - The United States said Tuesday it will raise concerns with Beijing over a map printed in new Chinese passports that is causing "tension and anxiety" among claimant states in the disputed South China Sea. The Philippines and Vietnam have

Obama hails Mexican president-elect in WH meeting

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 27th

By MATTHEW DALYAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama hailed an "ambitious reform agenda" set forth by the incoming president of Mexico as he and President-elect Enrique Pena Nieto met Tuesday at the White House. Obama said it was fitting that the men were meeting even before

NC judge: Return US-born children to deported dad

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 27th

By MICHAEL BIESECKERAssociated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - A North Carolina judge on Tuesday ordered three U.S.-born children to be reunited with their deported Mexican father, a move toward resolving a 2-year legal fight that has drawn international attention. Social services officials in rural

House, DOJ will try to resolve records lawsuit

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 27th

By FREDERIC J. FROMMERAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Lawyers for the House and the Justice Department will meet to try to resolve a lawsuit over congressional efforts to get records related to Operation Fast and Furious, a bungled gun-tracking operation in Arizona. The lawyers told U.S.