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2 Minnesota women sentenced in Somali terror case

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 16th

By AMY FORLITIAssociated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Two Minnesota women convicted of conspiring to send money to al-Shabab in Somalia were given prison sentences in federal court Thursday, ending a week of punishments tied to long-running investigations into recruiting and financing for the terrorist

Wade Robson: 'Pedophile' Michael Jackson Abused Me For 7 Years

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 16th

TODAY.COM - In 2005, Wade Robson was the first defense witness at Michael Jackson's trial, where the singer was accused of molesting a 13-year-old cancer survivor. At the time, Robson was unequivocal: He was not sexually abused by the man known as the King of Pop. But eight years later

A late fade on Wall Street; Wal-Mart, Disney slump

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 16th

By MATTHEW CRAFTAP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) - Signs of a slowing economy combined with comments from a Federal Reserve official helped pull the stock market down Thursday. There was plenty of discouraging news. Applications for unemployment benefits rose last week and manufacturing slowed in

A late fade on Wall Street; Wal-Mart, Disney slump

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 16th

By MATTHEW CRAFTAP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) - Signs of a slowing economy combined with comments from a Federal Reserve official helped pull the stock market down Thursday. The news on the U.S. economy gave investors little to get excited about. Applications for unemployment benefits rose last

'Like Hell': Texas Tornadoes Kill At Least Six

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 16th

NBCNEWS.COM - North Texas residents began to take in the devastation on Thursday wreaked by a series of tornadoes that killed six and injured dozens more in what Hood County Sheriff Roger Deeds described as a "nightmare" scenario. Seven of 14 people who had previously been unaccounted for

UK officials: BP not seeking gov't help with spill

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 16th

LONDON (AP) - British government officials said Thursday that BP has not sought Prime Minister David Cameron's help in reducing compensation claims for its role in the disastrous 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. U.K. media reports claim BP will ask Cameron for help in convincing the U.S.

SC slave cabin dismantled for Smithsonian display

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 16th

By BRUCE SMITHAssociated Press EDISTO ISLAND, S.C. (AP) - As a cool sea breeze wafted across a 17th century South Carolina plantation that once grew prized sea island cotton, workers this week carefully disassembled, measured and numbered wooden planks from a dilapidated antebellum slave cabin.

Police search Oregon property for Powell remains

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 16th

By MIKE BAKERAssociated Press OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) - Authorities investigating the disappearance of Utah mother Susan Powell spent two days this week searching a rural Oregon property for her remains, Powell's father said. Chuck Cox said in an interview Wednesday night that the search didn't

Teary testimony from victim's family in Arias case

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 16th

By BRIAN SKOLOFFAssociated Press PHOENIX (AP) - Jurors deciding the fate of convicted murderer Jodi Arias became visibly shaken by dramatic statements from the victim's family members as they described how their lives were ripped apart by the killing. Travis Alexander's younger brother

Obama calls meeting on military sex assault

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 16th

By ROBERT BURNS and LOLITA C. BALDORAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - The nation's top defense leaders were summoned to the White House Thursday to talk about the military's sexual assault crisis as the Pentagon's top general said women in uniform were losing confidence the problem