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McCain, other US senators to tour Mexico border

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on March 27th

By CRISTINA SILVAAssociated Press PHOENIX (AP) - A group of U.S. senators who will be influential in shaping and negotiating details of an immigration reform package is traveling to the U.S.-Mexico border in Arizona to get a firsthand look at issues affecting the region. Republican Sens. John

Gun in Colo. death matches Texas shootout weapon

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on March 26th

By P. SOLOMON BANDAAssociated Press COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) - Nearly a week after the chief of Colorado's prisons was fatally shot at his front door, investigators have matched the gun in his slaying to one used by the prime suspect in a shootout with Texas authorities. The weapon match

Business as usual for Menendez amid investigations

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on March 26th

By DONNA CASSATAAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Beyond the investigations, it's business as usual for Democratic Sen. Bob Menendez. The new Senate Foreign Relations Committee chairman presides over hearings on North Korea and counterterrorism, travels to Afghanistan and Pakistan and meets

Ford India apologizes over Berlusconi bondage ad

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on March 25th

By KAY JOHNSONAssociated Press MUMBAI, India (AP) - The Indian unit of Ford Motor Co. has apologized for advertisements decried as demeaning to women, including one depicting Italy's former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi with a trio of bound women in the trunk of a car. A Ford India

Memorial service planned for slain prisons chief

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on March 25th

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) - The Colorado prisons chief who was gunned down as he answered his front door is being remembered at a memorial service. The service for Tom Clements, 58, is set for Monday morning at New Life Church in Colorado Springs. The director of the Colorado Department of

Prison chief's death highlights safety concerns

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on March 24th

By REBECCA BOONE and DON THOMPSONAssociated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) - The newest warden was sworn in Friday to oversee South Carolina's Lee Correctional Institution, a prison described by Gov. Nikki Haley as a dangerous place "housing the worst of the worst of our convicts." It was a milestone

Prison chief's death highlights safety concerns

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on March 24th

Mayor: Chicago school closings tough but necessary

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on March 23rd

By SARA BURNETTAssociated Press CHICAGO (AP) - Mayor Rahm Emanuel responded Saturday to widespread criticism of his plan to close 54 Chicago Public Schools, saying he wasn't interested in doing what was politically easy and that the pain of the closings doesn't compare to the anguish of "

Man killed in Texas called suspect in Colo slaying

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on March 23rd

By DAN ELLIOTTAssociated Press DENVER (AP) - Colorado investigators on Saturday said for the first time that a former prison inmate who was killed in a gunfight with Texas authorities is a suspect in the death of Colorado's state prison system chief. The evidence gathered in Texas after the

Senators close in on immigration deal

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on March 22nd

By ERICA WERNERAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - A last-minute dispute over wages for lower-skilled workers flared Friday as senators scrambled to sketch out a deal on a sweeping immigration bill before Congress takes a two-week recess. The public clash between the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the