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Library of Congress shows diaries from Civil War

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 24th

By BRETT ZONGKERAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Letters and diaries from those who lived through the Civil War offer a new glimpse at the arguments that split the nation 150 years ago and some of the festering debates that survive today. The Library of Congress, which holds the largest

UN criticizes Russia over torture allegations

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 24th

By EDITH M. LEDERERAssociated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) - The U.N. Committee Against Torture strongly criticized Russia in a report for failing to investigate widespread allegations of torture and stepping up intimidation and reprisals against human rights advocates and journalists. The panel

School officials: Ark. girl joyful despite abuse

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 23rd

By JEANNIE NUSSAssociated Press LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - Jersey Bridgeman endured a lot in her young life, including abuse at the hands of her father and stepmother, but school officials say she was still a happy little girl. Now, with the couple away in prison for chaining her to a dresser

Kodak scientist, inventor of Bayer filter, dies

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 23rd

ROCHESTER, N.Y. (AP) - Bryce Bayer, a retired Kodak scientist and the inventor of a widely used color filter array that bears his name, has died. He was 83. Bayer, of Brunswick, Maine, died Nov. 13, a spokeswoman for Direct Cremation of Maine confirmed Friday. The cause of death wasn't released

Recalls this week: Craft kits, pajamas

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 23rd

By The Associated Press A line of craft kits that resemble a turkey were recalled because the magnets involved in the assembly pose a serious internal injury risk if they are ingested. Other recalls this week included pajamas that fail to meet flammability standards. Here's a more detailed

Boxer 'Macho' Camacho dies in Puerto Rico

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 23rd

By DANICA COTOAssociated Press SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) - Former championship boxer Hector "Macho" Camacho died Saturday at the hospital in Puerto Rico where he has been unconscious since he was shot in the face in an attack in his hometown. Camacho went into cardiac arrest in the pre-dawn

DC on pace for fewer than 100 homicides in 2012

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 23rd

By ERIC TUCKERAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - The crack epidemic that began in the 1980s ushered in a wave of bloodletting in the nation's capital and a death toll that ticked upward daily. Dead bodies, sometimes several a night, had homicide detectives hustling between crime scenes and

NC activists angered by killing of 3-legged bear

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 23rd

By MITCH WEISSAssociated Press BURNSVILLE, N.C. (AP) - A skinny, three-legged black bear had become a fixture at an upscale housing community deep in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina, rummaging through trash cans and playfully ambling along the golf course After the bear started

Egypt's Morsi grants himself far-reaching powers

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 22nd

By HAMZA HENDAWIAssociated Press CAIRO (AP) - Egypt's Islamist president unilaterally decreed greater authorities for himself Thursday and effectively neutralized a judicial system that had emerged as a key opponent by declaring that the courts are barred from challenging his decisions.

Official: Man killed zoo monkey during theft try

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 22nd

By JOHN MILLERAssociated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) - A 22-year-old man clubbed a monkey to death with a tree branch, after he was bitten by the animal while trying to steal it from a Boise zoo, prosecutors allege. Michael J. Watkins entered Zoo Boise on Saturday morning, manipulated a lock to get