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As Of May 7th: United States Military Deaths In Afghanistan At 2,083

As Of May 7th: United States Military Deaths In Afghanistan At 2,083
Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 7th
KHQ.COM - As of Tuesday, May 7, 2013, at least 2,083 members of the U.S. military had died in Afghanistan as a result of the U.S.-led invasion of Afghanistan in late 2001, according to an Associated Press count.    The AP count is one less than the Defense Department's tally,

Miss. Supreme Court blocks scheduled execution

Miss. Supreme Court blocks scheduled execution
Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 7th
By JACK ELLIOTT JR.Associated Press PARCHMAN, Miss. (AP) - The Mississippi Supreme Court has indefinitely delayed Tuesday evening's scheduled execution of an inmate convicted of the 1992 slayings of two college students. Willie Jerome Manning had been set to die by injection shortly after 6 p.m

Study: Distracted driving deaths underreported

Study: Distracted driving deaths underreported
Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 7th
By JOAN LOWYAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Seventeen-year-old Kelsey Raffaele's last words were over a cellphone to a friend: "I'm going to crash!" The car she was driving had clipped a snow bank and spun into oncoming traffic, where it was T-boned by an SUV. She died at a hospital

Study: Distracted driving deaths underreported

Study: Distracted driving deaths underreported
Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 7th
By JOAN LOWYAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Seventeen-year-old Kelsey Raffaele's last words were over a cellphone to a friend: "I'm going to crash!" The car she was driving had clipped a snow bank and spun into oncoming traffic, where it was T-boned by an SUV. She died at a hospital

Study: Distracted driving deaths underreported

Study: Distracted driving deaths underreported
Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 7th
By JOAN LOWYAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Seventeen-year-old Kelsey Raffaele's last words were over a cellphone to a friend: "I'm going to crash!" The car she was driving had clipped a snow bank and spun into oncoming traffic, where it was T-boned by an SUV. She died at a hospital

Libya ambassador nominee vows sufficient security

Libya ambassador nominee vows sufficient security
Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 7th
By DONNA CASSATAAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama's nominee for ambassador to Libya said Tuesday that she will work to ensure sufficient security at U.S. facilities nearly eight months after poor protection in Benghazi was blamed for the deaths of Ambassador Chris

Bulgarian honor bid in DC stirs Holocaust debate

Bulgarian honor bid in DC stirs Holocaust debate
Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 7th
By ERIC TUCKER and RANDY HERSCHAFTAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - A request by the Bulgarian Embassy to name a Washington intersection after a favorite native son - a man credited with helping save the country's Jewish population from deportation - has gotten tangled up in a broader debate

SALUTING THE BRAVE: Seven American Troops Killed In Separate Afghan Attacks

SALUTING THE BRAVE: Seven American Troops Killed In Separate Afghan Attacks
Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 4th
NBCNEWS.COM - Seven U.S. troops were killed Saturday in two separate incidents in Afghanistan – the second time in the past week that so many American lives were lost in a single day in the war-torn country. Five were killed in an attack involving an improvised explosive device in the

Pressure on Bangladesh, retailers to fix factories

Pressure on Bangladesh, retailers to fix factories
Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 3rd
By STEPHEN WRIGHT and FARID HOSSAINAssociated Press DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) - In the aftermath of a building collapse that killed more than 530 people, Bangladesh's garment manufacturers may face a choice of reform or perish. Home to five factories that supplied clothing to retailers in Europe

US suicide rate rose sharply among middle-aged

US suicide rate rose sharply among middle-aged
Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 2nd
By MIKE STOBBEAP Medical Writer NEW YORK (AP) - The suicide rate among middle-aged Americans climbed a startling 28 percent in a decade, a period that included the recession and the mortgage crisis, the government reported Thursday. The trend was most pronounced among white men and women in that