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UPDATE: Gregoire Proposes New Fuel Tax To Fund Education

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 18th

OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) - Gov. Chris Gregoire is proposing a new tax on fuel and the extension of two temporary taxes to help pay the state's court-ordered obligation on public education. In her final budget proposal on Tuesday, Gregoire said a budget without new revenues would

Economic implications of Japan's election

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 16th

By By The Associated Press TOKYO (AP) - Many in Japan are hoping that the landslide victory of the opposition Liberal Democrats and trouncing of the Democratic Party in Sunday's parliamentary election will help the country break out of a 20-year economic slump. Here is a summary of the

President's pot comments prompt call for policy

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 15th

By By PAUL ELIASAssociated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - President Barack Obama says he won't go after pot users in Colorado and Washington, two states that just legalized the drug for recreational use. But advocates argue the president said the same thing about medical marijuana - and yet U.S

President's pot comments prompt call for policy

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 15th

Florida executes ex-cop for killing 9 in 1986

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 11th

By By TAMARA LUSHAssociated Press STARKE, Fla. (AP) - A former police officer who murdered nine people during a 1986 crime spree was executed Tuesday after his attorneys' last-minute appeals were rejected. Manuel Pardo, 56, was pronounced dead at Florida State Prison at 7:47 p.m., about 16

City Council Considers New Budget

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 7th

SPOKANE, Wash. - The Spokane City Council has some major decisions to make at next week's meeting. Among them, what to do about a $10 million dollar budget shortfall. Mayor David Condon announced his plan to get Spokane back in the black this October. The theme of his budget is affordability,

City Council Considers New Budget

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 7th

City Council Considers New Budget

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 7th

West Texas WWII vet to get posthumous purple heart

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 6th

By By JUAN CARLOS LLORCAAssociated Press EL PASO, Texas (AP) - A World War II veteran who was injured after getting struck by a German tank in France will be posthumously awarded a Purple Heart and two bronze stars on Friday after a decades-long effort by his family in Texas. Pvt. Juan C.

Pearl Harbor survivor helps identify unknown dead

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 6th

By By AUDREY McAVOYAssociated Press HONOLULU (AP) - Ray Emory could not accept that more than one quarter of the 2,400 Americans who died at Pearl Harbor were buried, unidentified, in a volcanic crater. And so he set out to restore names to the dead. Emory, a survivor of the attack, doggedly