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WSP Trooper Stops Speeding Car, Finds 3 Kids In Trunk

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 25th

SEATTLE (AP) - The Washington State Patrol says troopers found three children locked in the trunk after pulling over a speeding car on Interstate 405 near Bothell. Spokesman Keith Leary says 28-year-old Anna Boyle and her fiance 27-year-old Aaron Johnson were booked into Snohomish

Report: Premium hikes for top Medicare drug plans

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 25th

By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVARAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Millions of seniors enrolled in some of the most popular Medicare prescription drug plans face double-digit premium hikes next year if they don't shop for a better deal, says a private firm that analyzes the highly competitive

Chemist's education questioned in drug lab scandal

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 25th

By DENISE LAVOIEAP Legal Affairs Writer BOSTON (AP) - A chemist whose alleged mishandling of drug samples has thrown thousands of criminal cases into question testified under oath that she holds a master's degree in chemistry from the University of Massachusetts, but school officials say

Attack by Iran's Ahmadinejad sparks Israel walkout

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 25th

By EDITH M. LEDERERAssociated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) - Iran's president called Israel a nuclear-armed "fake regime" shielded by the United States, prompting Israel's U.N. ambassador to walk out of a high-level U.N. meeting Monday promoting the rule of law. Iranian President Mahmoud

FBI to investigate officer shooting double-amputee

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 24th

By JUAN A. LOZANO and PAUL J. WEBERAssociated Press HOUSTON (AP) - A caretaker at a group home for the mentally ill called police in the middle of the night because a one-armed, one-legged man in a wheelchair was angry and wouldn't calm down. What happened next is the subject of an

Saturday marks DEA's next Drug Take Back Day

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 24th

WASHINGTON (AP) - The public is getting another opportunity Saturday to rid home medicine cabinets of unused, potentially dangerous medications. Nearly 1.6 million pounds of prescription drugs have been turned in over the past two years under the Drug Enforcement Administration's Take Back Day

Business Highlights

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 24th

By The Associated Press ___ Apple says more than 5 million iPhone 5s sold NEW YORK (AP) - Apple Inc. said Monday that it sold more than 5 million units of the iPhone 5 in the three days since its launch, fewer than analysts had expected. Apple shares fell $9.30, or 1.3 percent, to close at $690

Peanut butter recall expands beyond Trader Joe's

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 24th

By MARY CLARE JALONICKAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - A New Mexico-based company is recalling 76 types of peanut butter and almond butter after one of its products was linked to a salmonella outbreak at Trader Joe's groceries. Sunland Inc. recalled the products under multiple brand names

Investigator: Woman died from buttocks implant

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 24th

By HOLBROOK MOHRAssociated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - A Georgia woman had little chance of surviving an illegal cosmetic procedure in Mississippi because the silicone-like substance that was injected in her buttocks caused the blood clots in her lungs that killed her, an investigator testified

1,100 Mass. inmates' cases might be tainted by lab

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 24th

By DENISE LAVOIEAP Legal Affairs Writer BOSTON (AP) - More than 1,100 defendants are now serving prison sentences based at least in part on drug tests by a chemist accused of failing to follow protocols and deliberately mishandling samples in a now-closed state drug lab, officials said Monday.