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Obama wraps up Latin trip with an eye back home

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 4th

By JIM KUHNHENNAssociated Press SAN JOSE, Costa Rica (AP) - President Barack Obama, concluding a three-day visit to Mexico and Costa Rica, is cheering Mexican economic advances and pressing other Central American leaders to deal with poverty and security while reaching out to a politically powerful

Boston bomb suspect died of gunshots, blunt trauma

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 3rd

By STEVE LeBLANC and BOB SALSBERGAssociated Press BOSTON (AP) - A suspect in the Boston Marathon bombings died from gunshot wounds and blunt trauma to his head and torso, a funeral director said Friday. Worcester funeral home owner Peter Stefan has 26-year-old Tamerlan Tsarnaev's body and read

Central America struggles to unite for Obama trip

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 3rd

By LUIS ALONSO LUGO and ALBERTO ARCEAssociated Press SAN JOSE, Costa Rica (AP) - President Barack Obama on Friday visits a Central America that continues to be plagued by violence, drug trafficking, corruption and poverty, despite the success of a decade-old trade agreement with the United States.

Central America struggles to unite for Obama trip

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 3rd

US orders new visa reviews for arriving students

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 3rd

By ALICIA A. CALDWELLAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - The Homeland Security Department ordered border agents to verify that every international student who arrives in the U.S. has a valid student visa, according to an internal memorandum obtained Friday by The Associated Press. The new procedure

US orders new visa reviews for arriving students

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 3rd

Photos Show Downed Tanker Was From Kansas Unit; No Word On Where The Crew Is From

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 3rd

UPDATE FROM U.S. NAVY INSTITUTE - Remains of the KC-135 that crashed Friday in Kyrgyzstan appear to be from an aircraft based at McConnell Air Force Base, Kan. as part of the 22nd Air Refueling Wing. An Associated Press photograph from the scene show a vertical stabilizer from the crashed

China emerging as new force in drone warfare

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 3rd

By CHRISTOPHER BODEENAssociated Press BEIJING (AP) - Determined to kill or capture a murderous Mekong River drug lord, China's security forces considered a tactic they'd never tried before: calling a drone strike on his remote hideaway deep in the hills of Myanmar. The attack didn't

Obama reaching out to Mexican young people

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 3rd

By JIM KUHNHENNAssociated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) - President Barack Obama and Mexico's new president, Enrique Pena Nieto, are stepping gingerly to avoid any suggestion of meddling in each other's most contentious issues. Instead, Obama is drawing attention to the cultural ties that have

Obama reaching out to Mexican young people

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 3rd