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Top Dublin criminal shot to death in gangland feud

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 4th

By By SHAWN POGATCHNIKAssociated Press DUBLIN (AP) - A senior figure in Ireland's criminal underworld was chased down the street and shot to death Tuesday near his Dublin home, two years after surviving a similar assassination bid, in the latest chapter of a long-running feud involving

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

Brash boxer 'Macho' Camacho dies in Puerto Rico

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 24th

By DANICA COTO and DAVID SKRETTAAssociated Press SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) - Hector "Macho" Camacho was a brash fighter with a mean jab and an aggressive style, launching himself furiously against some of the biggest names in boxing. And his bad-boy persona was not entirely an act, with a

Boxer 'Macho' Camacho dies in Puerto Rico

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 23rd

By DANICA COTOAssociated Press SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) - Former championship boxer Hector "Macho" Camacho died Saturday at the hospital in Puerto Rico where he has been unconscious since he was shot in the face in an attack in his hometown. Camacho went into cardiac arrest in the pre-dawn

DC on pace for fewer than 100 homicides in 2012

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 23rd

By ERIC TUCKERAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - The crack epidemic that began in the 1980s ushered in a wave of bloodletting in the nation's capital and a death toll that ticked upward daily. Dead bodies, sometimes several a night, had homicide detectives hustling between crime scenes and

Doctor: Puerto Rico boxer Camacho is brain dead

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 22nd

By DANICA COTOAssociated Press SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) - Famed Puerto Rican boxer Hector "Macho" Camacho is clinically brain dead, doctors said Thursday, but family members disagreed on whether to take him off life support and two of the fighter's aunts said later that relatives had

Boxer 'Macho' Camacho critical in Puerto Rico

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 21st

By BEN FOX and DANICA COTOAssociated Press SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) - The family of Hector "Macho" Camacho tried to decide Wednesday whether he should be removed from life support after a shooting in his Puerto Rican hometown left the former boxing champion clinging to life and his fans

Colombia cool to rebel-announced cease-fire

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 19th

By ANDREA RODRIGUEZAssociated Press HAVANA (AP) - Colombia's main rebel group announced a unilateral cease-fire on Monday as it began much-anticipated peace talks, but the Bogota government responded that it would continue military operations. Top negotiator Ivan Marquez said the

Spain asks for LatAm help at Iberoamerican summit

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 17th

By JORGE SAINZAssociated Press CADIZ, Spain (AP) - Spain's prime minister on Saturday joined its king in asking former Latin American colonies to help the EU nation overcome a deep financial crisis by channeling investments its way. Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy said Spain had invested

Attorneys seek new trial for teenage killer

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 14th

By TRAVIS LOLLERAssociated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - When Cyntoia Brown was 16 years old she shot and killed a 43-year-old man who had picked her up for sex. Brown claims she was afraid of Johnny Allen, who she said was behaving strangely and had a house full of guns. Prosecutors in