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Penn Museum unwraps mystery of mummy conservation

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 22nd

By KATHY MATHESONAssociated Press PHILADELPHIA (AP) - The Penn Museum is unwrapping the mystery of mummy conservation, giving the public an unusual close-up of researchers' efforts to preserve relics from ancient Egypt. Human and animal mummies, as well as an intricately inscribed coffin,

National Geographic to auction famous photos, art

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 22nd

By ULA ILNYTZKYAssociated Press NEW YORK (AP) - National Geographic Society has chronicled scientific expeditions, explorations, archaeology, wildlife and world cultures for more than 100 years, amassing a collection of 11.5 million photos and original illustrations. A small selection of that

NJ mom: I didn't slap boy who bullied my daughter

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 21st

TOMS RIVER, N.J. (AP) - A woman who says her 9-year-old daughter was bullied said Sunday that she took matters into her own hands when she confronted one of her daughter's tormenters on a school bus, but she denied slapping anyone despite being charged with assault. Rebecca Sardoni said she and

Police: Costumed Pa. girl mistaken for skunk, shot

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 21st

FREEDOM, Pa. (AP) - Police say a costumed 9-year-old girl was accidentally shot outside a western Pennsylvania home during a Halloween party by a relative who thought she was a skunk. New Sewickley Township police say the girl was over a hillside and wearing a black costume and a black hat with a

Police: Costumed Girl Mistaken For Skunk, Shot

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 21st

The Mean Season: Negativity in Election 2012

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 21st

By PAULINE ARRILLAGAAP National Writer In the America viewed through the lens of a presidential campaign commercial, coal miners hear that their jobs are "in danger," voters are warned that "China is stealing American ideas," and the middle class, it's been said time and again, is "falling

Dead man found at Calif. shooting wearing armor

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 21st

INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) - Police were nearly certain Sunday that a man found dead at the property where five members of a Southern California family were shot - two fatally - was the killer because he was wearing body armor, clutching a handgun and had a bullet hole in his head. The loaded handgun

In Myanmar, only sickest HIV patients get drugs

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 21st

By MARGIE MASONAP Medical Writer YANGON, Myanmar (AP) - Thein Aung has been trained not to show weakness, but he's convinced no soldier is strong enough for this. He clenches his jaw and pauses, trying to will his chin to stop quivering and his eyes not to blink. But he's like a

Super PACs meet solo PACs

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 20th

By BRIAN BAKST and JACK GILLUMAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - The latest trend in an election year marked by gushers of money? Big spenders going solo to spread a message. A billionaire investment broker is doling out millions to run a minute-long national ad telling Americans that he's

Correction: Nike-Endorsements story

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 20th

By The Associated Press In a story about athletes and corporate endorsements, The Associated Press erroneously described an endorsement by Gabrielle Douglas, the Olympic gymnast. She appeared on boxes of Kellogg's Corn Flakes, not Wheaties, which is made by General Mills. A corrected