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Security beefed up worldwide after Boston blasts

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 16th

By TAMI ABDOLLAH and COLLEEN LONGAssociated Press From the World Trade Center and Times Square in New York to the White House and sports venues across the country, police patrolled in packs and deployed counterterrorism teams Monday as security was stepped up after explosions at the Boston Marathon

Security beefed up worldwide after Boston blasts

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 15th

By TAMI ABDOLLAHAssociated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) - Police in Los Angeles, New York City, London, Washington and other cities worldwide stepped up security Monday following explosions at the Boston Marathon. In Los Angeles, the Sheriff's Department activated its emergency operations center and

In New Orleans, political brawl over police, jail

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 14th

By KEVIN McGILLAssociated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) - A political brawl has broken out between the mayor and a sheriff who runs the city jail, which has come under scrutiny for a video showing inmates using drugs, drinking beer and handling a gun. Mayor Mitch Landrieu asked a judge last Tuesday to

Spring storm socks Midwest, Deep South; 3 dead

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 12th

By HOLBROOK MOHRAssociated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - A powerful spring storm unleashed tornadoes and winds strong enough to peel the roofs from homes in the Deep South and heaped snow and ice on the Midwest, killing three people and leaving thousands without power as it moved up the East Coast on

Severe storms sock Midwest, push east; 2 dead

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 11th

By JIM SALTER and JIM SUHRAssociated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) - Two deaths have been blamed on a strong spring storm system that's brought everything from tornadoes to ice and snow to much of the Midwest and parts of the southeast United States. Mississippi Emergency Management Agency spokesman

Japan Confirms Boat Found Near Long Beach Traveled Across Pacific After Tsunami

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 11th

LONG BEACH, Wash. (AP) - State and federal officials have confirmed that the boat that washed ashore near Long Beach, with several fish native to Japan inside, did travel across the Pacific after the 2011 tsunami. The Japanese consulate told the state's Emergency Management

Severe storms sock Midwest, push east; 1 dead

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 11th

By JIM SALTER and JIM SUHRAssociated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) - At least one death has been blamed on a strong spring storm system that's brought everything from tornadoes to ice and snow to much of the Midwest and parts of the southeast United States. Mississippi Emergency Management Agency

Midwest hit with snow, ice, other severe weather

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 10th

WORTHINGTON, Minn. (AP) - Storms packing snow, ice and dangerous winds knocked out power in communities throughout the Midwest and prompted Minnesota's governor to call out the state National Guard on Wednesday to help residents. Icy weather left thousands of people in Minnesota in the dark,

NC crews work to recover 2 children under dirt

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 8th

DENVER, N.C. (AP) - Authorities continued searching early Monday for the bodies of two children who were trapped when dirt fell on them while playing in a hole at a home construction site near Charlotte. A father of one of the children called 911 Sunday afternoon, according to Lincoln County

Coeur d'Alene River To Reach 'Action Stage'

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 5th

**Press Release From Kootenai County Office Of Emergency Management** KOOTENAI COUNTY, Idaho - The National Weather Service has released a Hydrological Statement indicating that the Coeur d'Alene River at Cataldo will reach, "Action Stage" sometime on Friday, April 5th. Action Stage is at