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Reaction to death of ex-Sen. Arlen Specter of Pa.

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 15th

By The Associated Press Reaction to the death of former U.S. Sen. Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania, who died Sunday: ___ "He was a mentor, colleague and a political institution, and on a personal level, he was my first boss. Sen. Specter did more for the people of Pennsylvania over his more than

9/11 responder viewing hearing: 'We want justice'

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 15th

By VERENA DOBNIKAssociated Press NEW YORK (AP) - There are times when Ken Fairben, still mourning the loss of his paramedic son on 9/11, thinks he will never see the end of the complex, drawn-out legal case for the men accused in his death. But "we're willing to stay the course," Fairben

2 Americans win Nobel econ prize for match-making

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 15th

By KARL RITTER and PAUL WISEMANAssociated Press STOCKHOLM (AP) - Two American scholars won the Nobel economics prize Monday for work on match-making - how to pair doctors with hospitals, students with schools, kidneys with transplant recipients and even men with women in marriage. Lloyd Shapley of

2 Americans win Nobel econ prize for match-making

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 15th

Yeager re-enacts historic sound barrier flight

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 14th

NELLIS AIR FORCE BASE, Nev. (AP) - Sixty-five years after becoming the first human to fly faster than the speed of sound, retired Air Force Brig. Gen. Chuck Yeager is still making noise. The 89-year-old Yeager, who was featured in the movie "The Right Stuff," flew in the back seat Sunday of an F-15

Specter dies as Congress is at its most polarized

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 14th

By MARC LEVYAssociated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) - Arlen Specter, who spent much of his pugnacious 30-year career in the U.S. Senate warning of the dangers of political intolerance, lost a battle with non-Hodgkin lymphoma at a time when Congress is more politically polarized than anyone

Reaction to death of ex-Sen. Arlen Specter of Pa.

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 14th

Gitmo detainees behave this time at 9/11 hearing

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 14th

By BEN FOXAssociated Press GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba (AP) - There were no rants this time, no ignoring the judge or getting out of their seats to pray - just one scornful remark from the professed mastermind of the Sept. 11 attacks as a weeklong pretrial hearing began for five Guantanamo

Key events in career of former Sen. Arlen Specter

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 14th

By The Associated Press Major events in the timeline of outgoing Sen. Arlen Specter's career in politics: - 1959: Hired as an assistant district attorney in Philadelphia. - 1964: Serves on the Warren Commission, which concludes that a lone assassin killed President John F. Kennedy. - 1965:

Search for body of UNH student put on hold

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 14th

DOVER, N.H. (AP) - The search for the body of a 19-year-old University of New Hampshire student was suspended Sunday ahead of the arraignment for a martial arts instructor active in community theater who's been charged in her death, a prosecutor said. A ground and water search on and around