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Extremists showing up on front lines in Syria

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 19th

By PAUL SCHEMMAssociated Press TEL RIFAAT, Syria (AP) - The bearded gunmen who surrounded the car full of foreign journalists in a northern Syrian village were clearly not Syrians. A heavyset man in a brown gown stepped forward, announced he was Iraqi and fingered through the American passport

Prosecutor: Dad killed girl over toilet training

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 19th

DETROIT (AP) - A Detroit man was so obsessed over toilet training that he fatally beat his 2-year-old daughter for having an accident, a prosecutor said Wednesday in an opening statement to jurors at the man's first-degree murder trial. D'Andre Lane also is charged with child abuse in the

Video: Wis. fetal-abduction suspect details attack

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 19th

By DINESH RAMDEAssociated Press MILWAUKEE (AP) - A Milwaukee woman accused of killing a pregnant woman and trying to steal her fetus described the attack in a video prosecutors played for jurors Wednesday, telling investigators she repeatedly bashed the victim in the head with a baseball bat

Slain Dallas woman's family sues over 911 call

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 19th

By NOMAAN MERCHANTAssociated Press DALLAS (AP) - The family of a Dallas woman found dead two days after she tried to call 911 during a deadly attack filed a civil rights lawsuit against the city and local police Wednesday. Deanna Cook called 911 on Aug. 17 to report that her ex-husband was

Tests only identify Zimmerman's DNA on handgun

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 19th

By MIKE SCHNEIDERAssociated Press ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) - Forensic tests made public Wednesday show that George Zimmerman's was the only DNA that could be identified on the grip of the gun used to fatally shoot 17-year-old Trayvon Martin. The results rule out Martin's DNA from being on the

Poll: Obama Job Approval Rising, Race Still Tight

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 19th

WASHINGTON (AP) - A new Associated Press-GfK poll finds that Americans are feeling markedly better about the country's future and about Barack Obama's job performance. That said, the president's re-election race against Republican Mitt Romney remains a neck-and-neck proposition.

Man suspected of threats faces weapons charge

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 19th

By GREG RISLINGAssociated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) - Rants, racist remarks and menacing words permeate the Internet these days, so why did police decide to arrest a Yale dropout for investigation of making online death threats against children and initially hold him on a bail amount usually

Voters sour on economy, but Obama job approval up

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 19th

By JENNIFER AGIESTA and NANCY BENACAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Still sour on the state of the U.S. economy, Americans are nonetheless heading into the home stretch to Election Day feeling better about the country's future and about how President Barack Obama is doing his job, a new

Obama boosted by upbeat housing reports, new polls

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 19th

By DAVID ESPOAP Special Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) - Fresh signs of a national housing rebound and growing support in public opinion polls boosted President Barack Obama's bid for a new term in the White House on Wednesday as Republican rival Mitt Romney struggled to quell his video

Obama boosted by upbeat housing reports, new polls

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 19th