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Enough already: voters hit with ads, calls, more

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 21st

By NANCY BENAC and PHILIP ELLIOTTAssociated Press RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - People who live in battleground states tend to have a number and a coping strategy. Virginian Catherine Caughey's number is four: Her family recently got four political phone calls in the space of five minutes. Ohioan

Enough already: voters hit with ads, calls, more

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 20th

Boy Scouts Release 20 Years Of 'Perversion' Files

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 18th

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - A trove of some 14,500 pages from the Boy Scouts' so-called "perversion files" have been made public, and the files show that on numerous occasions local officials helped cover up abuse allegations. A Portland attorney held a news conference on Thursday

"Perversion files" show locals helped cover up

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 18th

By NIGEL DUARAAssociated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - An array of local authorities - police chiefs, prosecutors, pastors and town Boy Scout leaders among them - quietly shielded scoutmasters and others who allegedly molested children, according to a newly opened trove of confidential files

"Perversion files" show locals helped cover up

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 18th

By NIGEL DUARAAssociated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - Again and again, decade after decade, an array of authorities - police chiefs, prosecutors, pastors and local Boy Scout leaders among them - quietly shielded scoutmasters and others accused of molesting children, a newly opened trove of

Historic mosque burned in ancient Syrian city

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 15th

By BARBARA SURKAssociated Press BEIRUT (AP) - A landmark mosque in Aleppo was burned, scarred by bullets and trashed - the latest casualty of Syria's civil war - and President Bashar Assad on Monday ordered immediate repairs to try to stem Muslim outrage at the desecration of the 12th

Pussy Riot members face tough life in penal colony

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 14th

By MAX SEDDONAssociated Press MOSCOW (AP) - It's a far cry from Stalin's gulag, but the guiding principle of the Russian penal colony -- the destination of two members of punk band Pussy Riot -- remains the same: isolate inmates and wear them down through "corrective labor." Maria

Bernanke: Fed policies to help emerging markets

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 14th

By MARTIN CRUTSINGERAP Economics Writer Chairman Ben Bernanke is rejecting arguments that the Federal Reserve's bold moves to bolster U.S. job growth could have unwanted consequences in emerging market countries. In a speech Sunday, Bernanke disagreed with criticism that the Fed's

China's popular Mo Yan wins Nobel literature prize

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 11th

By ALEXA OLESEN and LOUISE NORDSTROMAssociated Press BEIJING (AP) - Novelist Mo Yan, this year's Nobel Prize winner for literature, is practiced in the art of challenging the status quo without offending those who uphold it. Mo, whose popular, sprawling, bawdy tales bring to life rural

Moscow court frees 1 of 3 Pussy Riot members

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 10th

By NATALIYA VASILYEVAAssociated Press MOSCOW (AP) - One jailed member of the punk band Pussy Riot unexpectedly walked free from a Moscow courtroom, but the other two now head toward a harsh punishment for their irreverent protest against President Vladimir Putin: a penal colony. The split