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Burglars hit Pa. house twice in 2 weeks, nab puppy

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 21st

PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Burglars have struck a Philadelphia house two weeks in a row, first stealing all the food in the family's refrigerator, then snatching their puppy. Rachel Schortye tells WCAU-TV (http://bit.ly/TKmNcT ) that the latest theft happened late Saturday or early Sunday. She says

Voice software helps study of rare Yosemite owls

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 21st

By TRACIE CONEAssociated Press YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK, Calif. (AP) - In the bird world, they make endangered condors seem almost commonplace. The unique Great Gray Owls of Yosemite, left to evolve after glacial ice separated them from their plentiful Canadian brethren 30 millennia ago, are both

Obama remembers McGovern as 'champion for peace'

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 21st

By The Associated Press "George McGovern dedicated his life to serving the country he loved. He signed up to fight in World War II, and became a decorated bomber pilot over the battlefields of Europe. When the people of South Dakota sent him to Washington, this hero of war became a champion for

Obama: McGovern was war hero who championed peace

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 21st

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama says the late Sen. George McGovern was "a statesman of great conscience and conviction" who "dedicated his life to serving the country he loved." In a statement released Sunday, the president cites McGovern's distinguished World War II military service

Dairy farm safety net dies with farm bill

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 21st

By LISA RATHKEAssociated Press DANVILLE, Vt. (AP) - Small dairy farmers in the Northeast and Wisconsin say a tough year has been made worse by Congress' failure to pass a new farm bill before the old one expired. While many farm programs have continued through the harvest season even though

Clintons remember McGovern for anti-hunger efforts

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 21st

NEW YORK (AP) - Former President Bill Clinton and his wife, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, say they are saddened by the passing of former presidential candidate and Sen. George McGovern. McGovern died early Sunday in South Dakota. He ran for president in 1972, losing to President Richard

In Cuban missile showdown, 2 brothers' own crisis

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 21st

By CHRISTINE ARMARIOAssociated Press MIAMI (AP) - Julio Castro sat at his uncle's Miami home as President John F. Kennedy came on the television the night of Oct. 22, 1962, to tell the nation the Soviet Union was building launch sites for nuclear missiles in Cuba capable of reaching almost

George McGovern dies; lost 1972 presidential bid

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 21st

By KRISTI EATON and WALTER R. MEARSAssociated Press SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) - George McGovern once joked that he had wanted to run for president in the worst way - and that he had done so. It was a campaign in 1972 dishonored by Watergate, a scandal that fully unfurled too late to knock Republican

'War on coal' label obscures battlefield realities

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 21st

By VICKI SMITHAssociated Press MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) - Drive through the coalfields of Central Appalachia, and signs of the siege are everywhere. Highway billboards announce entry to "Obama's No Job Zone," while decals on pickup truck windows show a spikey-haired boy peeing on the

France 24 TV: Cairo reporter 'savagely attacked'

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 20th

By JAMEY KEATENAssociated Press PARIS (AP) - A correspondent for France 24 TV was "savagely attacked" near Cairo's Tahrir Square after being seized by a crowd, the network said Saturday. It was the latest case of violence against women at the epicenter of Egypt's restive protests. The