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California challenges feds' inmate population cap

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on January 8th

By DON THOMPSONAssociated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - Gov. Jerry Brown is challenging a federal court order that California further reduce its inmate population to improve prison conditions, reigniting a legal battle that once reached the U.S. Supreme Court. Complying with the court's June

Ex-RI Rep. Kennedy lobbies against legal marijuana

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on January 8th

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Former Rhode Island Rep. Patrick Kennedy says he's established a group to lobby against legalized marijuana. The ex-congressman says efforts around the United States to legalize marijuana are well-intentioned but misguided. The Providence Journal reports (http://bit.ly/

Tanker strikes San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on January 8th

By GARANCE BURKE and PAUL ELIASAssociated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Coast Guard investigators on Tuesday plan to interview the pilot of an empty tanker that struck a tower in the middle of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge while navigating beneath the hulking span. The 752-foot Overseas Reymar

Testimony set to begin in pregnancy drug case

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on January 8th

By DENISE LAVOIEAP Legal Affairs Writer BOSTON (AP) - Testimony is set to begin in a federal lawsuit brought by four sisters who believe their breast cancer was caused by a drug their mother took during pregnancy in the 1950s. The case involves a synthetic estrogen known as DES, diethylstilbestrol

Deal restores severance pay for military gays

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on January 8th

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) - Dozens of gay and lesbian former military service members who were discharged due to their homosexuality will receive the rest of their severance pay under a settlement approved Monday by a federal court. The American Civil Liberties Union said the $2.4 million settlement

Calif. serial killer gets prison for NYC slayings

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on January 7th

By DEEPTI HAJELAAssociated Press NEW YORK (AP) - A California serial killer who left a trail of brutalized women's bodies in his wake was sentenced Monday in New York to an additional 25 years to life in prison after pleading guilty to murdering two young women here in the 1970s. Rodney Alcala

Philly mob lawyer: Informants 'playing the FBI'

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on January 7th

By MARYCLAIRE DALEAssociated Press PHILADELPHIA (AP) - The FBI paid mob informants more than $500,000 and overlooked their crimes to try to bolster a racketeering case that's "been on life support" for years, a defense lawyer argued Monday. The FBI has little to show for its 13-year

Stocks open lower, pushing S&P 500 down from high

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on January 7th

By STEVE ROTHWELLAP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) - Stocks are opening lower on Wall Street Monday, pushing the Standard & Poor's 500 index down from the five-year high it reached Friday. The Dow Jones industrial average fell 55 points to 13,379 as of 10:30 a.m. EST Monday. The S&P 500

Gov't spent $18 billion on immigration enforcement

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By ALICIA A. CALDWELLAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - The Obama administration spent more money on immigration enforcement in the last fiscal year than all other federal law enforcement agencies combined, according to a report on the government's enforcement efforts from a Washington think

Gov't spent $18 billion on immigration enforcement

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on January 7th