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Economic implications of Japan's election

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

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

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

Florida executes ex-cop for killing 9 in 1986

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

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

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

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,

West Texas WWII vet to get posthumous purple heart

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

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

With war shifting, US, Russia talk Syria's future

With war shifting, US, Russia talk Syria's future
Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 6th
By By BRADLEY KLAPPERAssociated Press DUBLIN (AP) - Diplomatic efforts to end Syria's civil war moved forward Thursday with U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton joining Russia's foreign minister and the U.N. peace envoy to the Arab country for extraordinary three-way talks