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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

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on January 7th

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

2 more go on trial in Philly clergy sex abuse case

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on January 7th

PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Jury selection began Monday in the trial of a Roman Catholic priest and a former Catholic school teacher charged with sexually assaulting a former altar boy. Four jurors were chosen on the first day of jury selection in the case against the Rev. Charles Engelhardt and Bernard

Redskins lead Seattle 14-0 after 1st quarter

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on January 6th

By BENJAMIN STANDIGAssociated Press LANDOVER, Md. (AP) - Robert Griffin III threw two 4-yard touchdown passes in his first career playoff game to give the Washington Redskins a 14-0 lead over the Seattle Seahawks after the first quarter of their NFC wild-card game. Griffin capped the Redskins'

Confess? Armstrong may not have much to gain

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on January 5th

By JIM VERTUNOAP Sports Writer AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - Lance Armstrong may be considering a change in course, dropping his years of denials and admitting that he used performance-enhancing drugs - though whether such a move would help him is uncertain. The New York Times, citing anonymous sources,

FDA: New rules will make food safer

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on January 5th

By MARY CLARE JALONICKAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - The Food and Drug Administration says its new guidelines would make the food Americans eat safer and help prevent the kinds of foodborne disease outbreaks that sicken or kill thousands of consumers each year. The rules, the most sweeping food

Report: Lance Armstrong weighs doping admission

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on January 5th

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - The New York Times reported Friday that Lance Armstrong, who has strongly denied the doping charges that led to him being stripped of his seven Tour de France titles, has told associates he is considering admitting to the use of performance-enhancing drugs. The report cited

Group wants man's eye blinks barred as testimony

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on January 4th

By LISA CORNWELLAssociated Press CINCINNATI (AP) - The national Innocence Project is backing a murder suspect's efforts to exclude from his trial a videotape of a dying man's eye blinks, which prosecutors say identify him as the gunman. Ricardo Woods is scheduled to go on trial Monday in

American Eagle pilot arrested at Minn. airport

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on January 4th

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Airport police arrested an American Eagle pilot Friday after he failed a blood-alcohol breath test as he prepared to fly from Minneapolis-St. Paul to New York City, authorities said. The pilot was conducting preflight checks at about 6:30 a.m. when airport police officers acting