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A look at the lives of Colorado shooting victims

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on July 23rd

By GILLIAN FLACCUS and KRISTEN WYATTAssociated Press AURORA, Colo. (AP) - A U.S. Navy veteran who served three tours of duty in the Middle East. A 6-year-old girl excited about learning to swim. A Target employee who shielded his girlfriend and her brother with his own body. They and nine

Authorities trying to ID 14 killed in Texas crash

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on July 23rd

By CHRISTOPHER SHERMANAssociated Press McALLEN, Texas (AP) - With little more than photographs and fingerprints, authorities were trying to identify 14 suspected illegal immigrants who were killed when a pickup truck packed with nearly two dozen people crashed in South Texas in one of the

UPDATE: Storms Knock Out Power In Ferry County; Restoration Could Be Days

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on July 21st

Sunday UPDATE: Press Release From The EOC: CAMP MURRAY, Wash. -- The State Emergency Operations Center (EOC) is continuing operations at Phase III activation since 1:45 p.m. yesterday in response to extensive storm damage and impacts in Ferry County and on the lands of the Confederated Tribes of

Theater Shooter Was Former Medical Student At U. Of Colorado - Denver

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on July 20th

AURORA, Colo. (AP) - A former medical student at the University of Colorado - Denver, barged into a crowded Denver-area theater during a midnight showing of the latest Batman movie on Friday, hurled a gas canister and then opened fire, killing 12 people and injuring at least 50 others in one

UPDATE: Body Of Missing Tuber Found In Spokane River

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on July 17th

SPOKANE VALLEY, Wash. - The Spokane Fire Dept. confirms with KHQ that the body of a man who went missing in the Spokane River on Monday evening while floating on an inner tube in the Spokane Valley has been found. The 21-year-old man went into the water when his tube flipped and

Florida A&M president to resign immediately

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on July 16th

By GARY FINEOUTAssociated Press TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) - Florida A&M University's president reached an agreement with school officials to immediately resign Monday after facing months of criticism in the hazing death of a marching band member. Last week, James Ammons had submitted a

FAMU board meets to discuss fate of president

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on July 16th

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) - Florida A&M University's governing board is holding an emergency meeting to discuss the resignation of school president James Ammons. The FAMU board plans to meet for three hours Monday where it will discuss the resignation and finding a successor. One key decision

Body recovered after landslide hit Canada town

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on July 16th

JOHNSONS LANDING, British Columbia (AP) - Police say emergency crews have found the body of one of four people missing after a massive landslide crushed several homes in a tiny western Canada town. British Columbia's chief coroner Lisa Lapointe said Sunday that an adult male body was recovered

Penn State report shows limits of campus crime law

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on July 15th

By ALAN SCHER ZAGIERAssociated Press For more than two decades, colleges and universities have been required to publicly share details of campus crimes and report murders, rapes, robberies, arson and other serious offenses to the federal government. That requirement was apparently unheeded by

Tainted Montana town reaches cleanup milestone

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on July 15th

By MATTHEW BROWNAssociated Press BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) - Grass and freshly planted trees are sprouting in a new town park that sits atop the site of a vermiculite plant that once spewed asbestos dust across the mountain community of Libby - a welcome dose of normalcy for a city that has become