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UPDATE: Proposed Spokane Tribe Casino In Airway Heights Causing Controversy

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 19th

From Citizens Against Casino Expansion: The action taken by the City of Airway Heights to implement new land use policies is being taken by some, including The Spokane Tribe, as an endorsement of the Tribe's proposed mega-casino. Nothing could be further from the truth. The truth is that

UPDATE: Proposed Spokane Tribe Casino In Airway Heights Causing Controversy

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 19th

US Army seeks death penalty in 16 Afghan killings

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 19th

By GENE JOHNSONAssociated Press SEATTLE (AP) - The U.S. Army said Wednesday it will seek the death penalty against the soldier accused of killing 16 Afghan villagers in a predawn rampage in March, a decision his lawyer called "totally irresponsible." The announcement followed a pretrial hearing

Officials: 31 suspended in Army day care scandal

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 19th

By LOLITA C. BALDORAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - At least 31 people were suspended from two Army day care centers at Fort Myer, Va., last week after officials scrutinized their backgrounds and found criminal convictions including fourth-degree sexual assault and drug use, a defense official

Obama calls Army secretary over day care scandal

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 19th

By LOLITA C. BALDORAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama called the Army secretary to express concerns over arrests and the discovery of problems with background checks at an Army day care center, U.S. officials said Wednesday. The call at 10 p.m. Tuesday to Army Secretary John

Officials: 31 suspended in Army day care scandal

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 19th

Petraeus mistress won't face cyberstalking charge

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 18th

By KIMBERLY DOZIERAP Intelligence Writer WASHINGTON (AP) - The Justice Department has decided not to charge David Petraeus' mistress, Paula Broadwell, with cyberstalking as part of its investigation into an email scandal that led to the resignation of the CIA director and storied general.

Syrian jets bomb Palestinian camp in Damascus

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 18th

By BARBARA SURKAssociated Press BEIRUT (AP) - Syrian fighter jets bombed a Palestinian refugee camp in Damascus Tuesday for the second time this week after rebels made significant advances, seizing large areas within the camp, activists said. Meanwhile, American foreign correspondent Richard Engel

US returns Guantanamo prisoner's remains to Yemen

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 15th

MIAMI (AP) - U.S. authorities say the remains of a Guantanamo Bay prisoner who died in September have been returned to his native Yemen. A spokesman for the military's Miami-based Southern Command said Saturday that the medical examiner ruled Adnan Latif's Sept. 8 death a suicide. Col. Greg

New Medicare fraud detection system saves $115 mil

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 14th

By By KELLI KENNEDYAssociated Press A highly touted new technology system designed to stop fraudulent Medicare payments before they are paid has saved about $115 million and spurred more than 500 investigations since it was launched in the summer of 2011, according to a report released Friday.