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Syria's civil war spills into Lebanon, 4 dead

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 9th

By By BARBARA SURKAssociated Press BEIRUT (AP) - Syria's civil war spilled over into neighboring Lebanon once again on Sunday, with gun battles in the northern city of Tripoli between supporters and opponents of President Bashar Assad's regime that left four dead. Nine Syrian judges and

Pakistan: US drone kills senior al-Qaida leader

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 9th

By By RASOOL DAWAR and ISHTIAQ MAHSUDAssociated Press PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) - A U.S. drone strike has killed a senior al-Qaida leader in Pakistan's tribal region near the Afghan border, Pakistani intelligence officials said, in the latest blow to the Islamic militant network. Sheik Khalid

Big Second Half Propels Zags To 54-40 Win At PortlandState

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 8th

PORTLAND, Ore. – (Dec. 7, 2012 - www.GoZags.com) It was an all-important run to open the second half that helped the Gonzaga University women's basketball team earn a 54-40 victory at Portland State University Friday evening at the Peter W. Stott Center. After leading for just 19

US Navy Deploys Ships Before North Korean Launch

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 7th

WASHINGTON (AP) The United States has deployed naval ships equipped with ballistic missile defenses and is monitoring North Korea "very closely" ahead of an anticipated rocket launch, the head of US Pacific Command said Thursday. It was "logical" for US naval ships in the region to track North

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

Germans OK Patriot missiles to defend Turkey

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 6th

By By DAVID RISINGAssociated Press BERLIN (AP) - Germany's Cabinet on Thursday approved sending German Patriot air defense missiles to Turkey to protect the NATO member against possible attacks from Syria, in a major step toward a possible Western military role in the Syrian conflict.

US Reps. expect deeper look at NJ derailment

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 6th

By By GEOFF MULVIHILLAssociated Press CLARKSBORO, N.J. (AP) - Federal regulations require inspections of rail bridges and other infrastructure and reports on accidents, but leave it to freight railroad owners to do the work themselves. After a derailment that released thousands of gallons of a

Beard, other issues remain for new Fort Hood judge

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 5th

By By NOMAAN MERCHANTAssociated Press DALLAS (AP) - The new judge taking over the Fort Hood shooting case will likely confront many of the questions that faced her predecessor, including one that helped lead to his removal: Should the suspect be allowed to keep his beard in court? The shooting

Did Costas overstep his bounds with gun comments?

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 5th

By By FRAZIER MOOREAP Television Writer NEW YORK (AP) - Clearly, Bob Costas stirred up a hornet's nest Sunday with a halftime commentary about Kansas City Chiefs player Jovan Belcher, who killed his girlfriend (and the mother of his child) before killing himself. On Twitter, someone posed

Hearing on WikiLeaks suspect's confinement resumes

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 5th

By By DAVID DISHNEAUAssociated Press FORT MEADE, Md. (AP) - Military prosecutors are slowly working up the chain of command of a Marine Corps brig to show the government was justified in keeping an Army private tightly confined after he was arrested for allegedly sending classified information