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BP manager testifies at trial over Gulf oil spill

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 15th

By MICHAEL KUNZELMANAssociated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) - A BP team leader who supervised managers on the oil rig that exploded in the Gulf of Mexico in 2010 testified Monday that he was frustrated by last-minute changes to the drilling project, but didn't have any safety concerns before the

Source: Case being built against ex-Texas official

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 15th

By DANNY ROBBINSAssociated Press KAUFMAN, Texas (AP) - Texas authorities investigating the killing of a district attorney and his wife are working to build a case against a former justice of the peace prosecuted last year by the slain official's office, a law enforcement official said Monday.

Man jailed as slain DA investigation continues

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 14th

KAUFMAN, Texas (AP) - Authorities investigating the deaths of a North Texas district attorney and his wife appear to have narrowed their focus on a former justice of the peace prosecuted last year by the official for theft. Eric Lyle Williams, 46, was arrested Saturday on a charge of making a

Investigators probe jet's crash into sea in Bali

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 14th

By FIRDIA LISNAWATI and NINIEK KARMINIAssociated Press BALI, Indonesia (AP) - Investigators were working to determine what caused a new Lion Air passenger jet to miss the runway and crash into the sea off the Indonesian resort island of Bali, in the expanding budget airline's seventh accident

5 killed in Idaho home fire after electrical short

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 14th

By KEITH RIDLERAssociated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) - An extension cord hooked to an electric grill on a porch shorted out and started a house fire that killed five people Saturday morning, a northern Idaho fire official says. Orofino Fire Chief Mike Lee said the house was fully engulfed in flames

UPDATE: Family Of Four & Teenage Friend Killed In Orofino House Fire

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 13th

UPDATE: BOISE – An extension cord hooked to an electric grill on a porch shorted out and started a house fire that killed five people Saturday morning, a North Idaho fire official said. Orofino Fire Chief Mike Lee said the house was fully engulfed in flames when firefighters

UPDATE: Family Of Four & Teenage Friend Killed In Orofino House Fire

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 13th

Migrant rafters rescued by 2 cruise ships

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 13th

MIAMI (AP) - Two cruise ships have rescued migrant rafters off the Florida Keys. U.S. Coast Guard Petty Officer Mark Barney said that the Disney Wonder and the Carnival Conquest both spotted "rustic vessels" in separate incidents Friday afternoon. According to a Carnival statement, the Conquest

Philly Abortion Clinic Workers Saw Few Options

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 13th

PHILADELPHIA (AP) - They say they were just doing what the boss trained them to do. But eight former employees of a run-down West Philadelphia abortion clinic now face prison time for the work they did for Dr. Kermit Gosnell. Three have pleaded guilty to third-degree murder. The 72-year

US stresses limits of NKorea's nuclear firepower

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 12th

By ROBERT BURNS and KIMBERLY DOZIERAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - On the brink of an expected North Korean missile test, U.S. officials focused on the limits of Pyongyang's nuclear firepower Friday, trying to shift attention from the disclosure that the North Koreans might be able to launch