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Vandals Rally Back to Stun Eagles in OT, 81-79

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 7th

by Univ. of Idaho athletics CHENEY, Wash. -- There was a little bit of everything on Thursday night at Reese Court, as Idaho men's basketball came back from down 17 to claim an 81-79 overtime victory at Eastern Washington. It was sluggish, then bad, then really bad, then suddenly great

West Texas WWII vet to get posthumous purple heart

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 6th

By By JUAN CARLOS LLORCAAssociated Press EL PASO, Texas (AP) - A World War II veteran who was injured after getting struck by a German tank in France will be posthumously awarded a Purple Heart and two bronze stars on Friday after a decades-long effort by his family in Texas. Pvt. Juan C.

US, Mexico complete trial of flying deportees home

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 5th

SAN DIEGO (AP) - The U.S. and Mexican governments have completed a two-month program to fly deportees deep into Mexico, and the U.S. is looking to the new administration of Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto on whether to continue the effort aimed at relieving overwhelmed Mexican border cities. U

Retailers report weak sales gains for November

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 29th

By By ANNE D'INNOCENZIOAP Retail Writer NEW YORK (AP) - Black Friday was no match for Superstorm Sandy. Major retailers from Target to Macy's reported weak November sales as the strong start to the holiday shopping season - including a good showing on the day after Thanksgiving - wasn

Retailers report weak sales gains for November

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 29th

Unemployment rates for Southern US cities

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 28th

By By The Associated Press Unemployment rates declined last month in more than half of the 372 largest U.S. cities, further evidence of steady improvement in the job market. The Labor Department says rates fell in 201 metro areas. They rose in 116 and were unchanged in 55. The number of cities

Panel: Reyes may have broken ethics rules, law

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 28th

By By LARRY MARGASAKAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - An independent House panel has concluded that there is substantial reason to believe Texas Rep. Silvestre Reyes violated ethics rules and federal law by conducting campaign meetings on House property and using campaign money to pay expenses

Panel: Reyes may have broken ethics rules, law

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 28th

Dallas trucker talks about time in Mexican prison

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 28th

By By NOMAAN MERCHANTAssociated Press DALLAS (AP) - Jabin Bogan spent seven months sleeping on the floor of a cell in a maximum-security Mexican prison, detained after he accidentally crossed the border at El Paso with 268,000 bullets in his truck. Nine people lived in Bogan's cell, with

JFK's last night recalled as key event for Latinos

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 26th

By RUSSELL CONTRERASAssociated Press President John F. Kennedy was supposed to just stop by and wave hello. Instead a group of eager Latinos persuaded him to come inside and speak to a packed room of Mexican-American civil rights activists. And then he persuaded his wife, first lady Jacqueline