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Texas Explosion Shows Dangers Of Fertilizer Plants

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 19th

KHQ.COM - Rescuers in the town of West, near Waco, Texas continue to comb ruins left from a massive fertilizer explosion Wednesday. The blast leveled homes and businesses and shook the ground with the strength of a small earthquake. As many as 15 people could be dead and more than 160 are

Senator: Police have suspect in ricin mailing

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 17th

By HENRY C. JACKSONAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Police have a suspect in mind as they investigate a letter mailed to Sen. Roger Wicker that tested positive for poisonous ricin, a Senate colleague said. "The person that is a suspect writes a lot of letters to members," Sen. Claire McCaskill, D

Senator: Police have suspect in ricin mailing

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 17th

Letter to Miss. senator tests for ricin

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 16th

By DONNA CASSATAAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - An envelope addressed to Sen. Roger Wicker of Mississippi tested positive Tuesday for ricin, a potentially fatal poison, authorities said, heightening concerns about terrorism a day after a bombing killed three and left more than 170 injured at the

UPDATE: Local Schools Have A Plan In Place To Protect Our Children

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 14th

SPOKANE, Wash. - After the tragic Connecticut shooting that left 27 dead at an elementary school, including 20 children, school districts across the Inland Northwest are sharing their safety protocols with parents. Several districts have emailed parents to review the steps that are taken on a

UPDATE: Local Schools Have A Plan In Place To Protect Our Children

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 14th

Feds auction prime Calif land for oil development

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 12th

By By GARANCE BURKEAssociated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - The federal government auctioned off nearly 18,000 acres of oil leases on prime public lands on Wednesday in Central California, home to prized vineyards, several endangered species and one of the largest deposits of shale oil in the

Saudi man gets life in prison in US bomb plot

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 13th

By BETSY BLANEYAssociated Press AMARILLO, Texas (AP) - A former Texas college student from Saudi Arabia was sentenced to life in prison Tuesday for trying to make a bomb for use in a religious attack, possibly targeting a former U.S. president. Khalid Ali-M Aldawsari was sentenced in Amarillo,

Storm leaves Connecticut Gold Coast shaken

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 4th

By JOHN CHRISTOFFERSENAssociated Press WESTPORT, Conn. (AP) - The floodwaters churned by Superstorm Sandy damaged waterfront homes along Connecticut's southwest coast, and turned the charming center of tony Westport into a ghost town, with sandbags lining streets of flooded-out boutique

Ky. evacuation indefinite as chemical tanker burns

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 2nd

By BRUCE SCHREINERAssociated Press LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - Hundreds of people will remain forced from their homes indefinitely as a massive effort continued Friday to move derailed train cars filled with hazardous materials away from a car holding chemicals that continued to burn for a third day