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US weighing military options if Syria uses WMD

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 3rd

By By KIMBERLY DOZIER and PAULINE JELINEKAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - The White House and its allies are weighing military options to secure Syria's chemical and biological weapons, after U.S. intelligence reports show the Syrian regime may be readying those weapons and

US weighing military options if Syria uses WMD

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 3rd

Greece launches $13 billion bond buyback plan

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 3rd

By By ELENA BECATOROSAssociated Press ATHENS, Greece (AP) - Greece revealed Monday plans to spend up to €10 billion ($13 billion) in a bond buyback program that it hopes will help stabilize its mountainous debt. The buyback is part of efforts to reform Greece's moribund economy and reduce

UN pulling staff from Syria, violence near capital

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 3rd

By By BEN HUBBARD and JOHN HEILPRINAssociated Press BEIRUT (AP) - Fighting between rebels and government forces raged near the Syrian capital Damascus on Monday, forcing an inbound commercial jet to turn back while the U.N. said it was withdrawing staff because of deteriorating security

AP IMPACT: China overtaking US as global trader

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 3rd

By By JOE McDONALD and YOUKYUNG LEEAP Business Writers SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - Shin Cheol-soo no longer sees his future in the United States. The South Korean businessman supplied components to American automakers for a decade. But this year, he uprooted his family from Detroit and moved home to

AP IMPACT: China surpasses US as top global trader

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 2nd

Marine pioneering effort to move women into combat

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 1st

By By JULIE WATSONAssociated Press SAN DIEGO (AP) - Marine 1st Lt. Brandy Soublet is about as far from the war front as possible at her desk in the California desert, but she's on the front lines of an experiment that could one day put women as close to combat as their male peers. The

Guard says Manning protest annoyed brig staff

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 1st

By By DAVID DISHNEAUAssociated Press FORT MEADE, Md. (AP) - Some workers at a Marine Corps brig housing a soldier charged with sending U.S. secrets to WikiLeaks became annoyed at a demonstration on his behalf the day before a confrontation that led to tighter restrictions on him, a former guard

Lost military jacket found on post-Sandy NJ beach

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 30th

By By MICHAEL FELBERBAUMAssociated Press RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - Donna Gugger's heart was heavy as she sifted through the scattered debris and devastation left by Superstorm Sandy along the Jersey Shore. Pieces of broken furniture. Shards of metal. Chairs ripped off patios. Blue jeans tossed

Obama and Romney together: Chili, not chilly

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 29th

By By BEN FELLERAP White House Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) - Three weeks after the election, Mitt Romney made it to the White House. For about 90 minutes. After an odd arrival in which a man rushed his SUV and ended up getting arrested by the Secret Service. It wasn't the start of a term