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Holiday gifts for pets following high-tech trend

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 11th

By By SUE MANNINGAssociated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) - A holiday present for Fido or Fluffy used to be an extra table scrap or a new squeeze toy. But as with gifts for their human counterparts, pet presents are becoming increasingly high-tech. Like presents for young children who lack the

APNewsBreak: Explo faced scrutiny before La. scare

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 11th

By By HOLBROOK MOHRAssociated Press DOYLINE, La. (AP) - The explosives recycling company that caused the evacuation of a Louisiana town has come under scrutiny for explosions and its handling of dangerous materials before, and it was so far behind on its rent that the Louisiana National Guard

Brig boss: Manning's treatment closely watched

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 10th

By By DAVID DISHNEAUAssociated Press FORT MEADE, Md. (AP) - The former head of a Marine Corps brig testified Monday that she was shocked when the base commander asked for advance notice of any orders she planned to give regarding the confinement of Pfc. Bradley Manning, the soldier charged with

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