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Justice seeks dismissal of Fast & Furious suit

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 16th

By PETE YOSTAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - The Justice Department says federal courts should stay out of a political dispute between the Obama administration and Congress over documents in a botched law enforcement probe of gun trafficking. In court papers filed Monday night, the department

Daughter of Mexican drug lord held in San Diego

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 16th

By ELLIOT SPAGATAssociated Press SAN DIEGO (AP) - The daughter of one of the world's most sought-after drug lords has been charged with trying to enter the United States on someone else's passport, U.S. officials said, becoming the latest family member to become ensnared in U.S. courts

In Georgia, where guest is God, tourism thrives

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 16th

By MARIA DANILOVAAssociated Press BATUMI, Georgia (AP) - Georgia's Black Sea resort of Batumi was once a bleak site: Roads were dotted with potholes, the city was pitch dark at night, running water was scarce and the city's best hotel was infested with rats. Today Batumi glitters with

Justice seeks dismissal of Fast & Furious suit

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 16th

By PETE YOSTAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - The Justice Department on Monday night sought dismissal of a lawsuit by a Republican-led House committee demanding that Attorney General Eric Holder produce records about the botched law enforcement probe of gun-trafficking called Operation Fast

APNewsBreak: Daughter of Mexican drug lord held

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 16th

By ELLIOT SPAGATAssociated Press SAN DIEGO (AP) - The daughter of one of the world's most sought-after drug lords has been charged with trying to enter the United States on someone else's passport, U.S. officials said Monday. Alejandrina Gisselle Guzman Salazar, 31, was arrested Friday

Historic mosque burned in ancient Syrian city

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 15th

By BARBARA SURKAssociated Press BEIRUT (AP) - A landmark mosque in Aleppo was burned, scarred by bullets and trashed - the latest casualty of Syria's civil war - and President Bashar Assad on Monday ordered immediate repairs to try to stem Muslim outrage at the desecration of the 12th

Landowners on border say they were shortchanged

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 15th

By PAUL J. WEBERAssociated Press BROWNSVILLE, Texas (AP) - When the federal government began seizing private land along the U.S.-Mexico border to build a towering fence, Teofilo Flores was offered $1,650 for a slice of his backyard. At first, it seemed like a square deal. But then the cotton

Few good options to secure Syria chemical arsenal

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 13th

By KARIN LAUBAssociated Press BEIRUT (AP) - The U.S. and regional allies are closely monitoring Syria's chemical weapons - caught in the midst of a raging civil war - but options for securing the toxic agents stuffed into shells, bombs and missiles are fraught with risk. President Bashar

Cuban missile crisis beliefs endure after 50 years

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 13th

By PETER ORSIAssociated Press HAVANA (AP) - The world stood at the brink of Armageddon for 13 days in October 1962 when President John F. Kennedy drew a symbolic line in the Atlantic and warned of dire consequences if Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev dared to cross it. An American U-2 spy plane

Wrongful death claim in SD Border Patrol shooting

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 13th

CHULA VISTA, Calif. (AP) - The family of a 32-year-old mother of five shot and killed by a Border Patrol agent as he rode on her car's hood in suburban San Diego has filed a wrongful death claim against the agency, saying the agent had a long history of misconduct in a previous law enforcement