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Venezuela crackdown deemed worst in years

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 18th

By FRANK BAJAK and MICHAEL WEISSENSTEINAssociated Press CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) - National Guard troops beat dozens of opposition supporters inside a barracks for refusing to accept the government-certified electoral victory of Hugo Chavez's heir, a leading human rights lawyer charged Thursday

Key facts about the plant explosion in West, Texas

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 18th

By MICHAEL GRACZYKAssociated Press A fertilizer plant exploded in the small Central Texas farming community of West, about 20 miles north of Waco, leaving as many as 15 people dead and at least 160 injured. A look at the facts: THE EXPLOSION

EPA blamed for delays in asbestos study in Montana

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 18th

By MATTHEW BROWNAssociated Press BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) - Internal investigators faulted the Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday for years of delays in completing health studies needed to guide the cleanup of a Montana mining town where hundreds of people have died from asbestos exposure. The

Food poisonings up from raw milk, poultry bacteria

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 18th

By MIKE STOBBEAP Medical Writer NEW YORK (AP) - Bacteria commonly linked to raw milk and poultry is causing more and more food poisonings, health officials said Thursday. Cases of campylobacter grew by 14 percent over the last five years, a government study found. The Centers for Disease Control

Storm woes range from sinkhole to snow to twisters

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 18th

By JIM SALTER and JASON KEYSERAssociated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) - Middle America was overwhelmed by weather Thursday, with snow in the north, tornadoes in the Plains, and torrential rains that caused floods and transportation woes - and a sinkhole in Chicago. Seemingly every community in the Plains

Former official charged in Texas DA slayings

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 18th

By DANNY ROBBINSAssociated Press KAUFMAN, Texas (AP) - A former Texas justice of the peace seeking revenge for a theft conviction that ended his judicial career carried out a plot with his wife to kill the men who prosecuted him, authorities said Thursday. Eric Lyle Williams, and his wife, Kim

What now for gun control? A look at the issue

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 18th

By CONNIE CASSAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - The impassioned push for new gun laws, born from the slaughter of schoolchildren, has collided with the marble-hard realities of Congress. Just persuading the Senate to debate tougher laws was considered a high hurdle for gun control advocates. They

What now for gun control? A look at the issue

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 18th

Pa. man's apparent suicide leaves 3 others dead

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 17th

By MICHAEL RUBINKAM and RON TODTAssociated Press QUAKERTOWN, Pa. (AP) - Friends and neighbors were stunned and saddened by the deaths of four family members who appear to have died of carbon monoxide fumes that resulted from the husband's apparent suicide. Bucks County District Attorney David

Spirited 8-year-old among Boston Marathon victims

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 16th

By BRIDGET MURPHYAssociated Press BOSTON (AP) - Third-grader Martin Richard had just gotten ice cream and was near the Boston Marathon finish line, eagerly watching for friends to run by. Krystle Campbell was enjoying the race with her best friend, hoping to get a photo of the other woman's