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7 charged with smuggling fish bladders to China

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 24th

By ELLIOT SPAGATAssociated Press SAN DIEGO (AP) - Seven people have been charged with smuggling bladders from an endangered fish in what authorities said Wednesday may be a growing international practice in which the bladders are sold for up to $20,000 each to be used in a highly desired soup. U.S

2nd Miss. man investigated in ricin case

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 24th

By JEFF AMY and EMILY WAGSTER PETTUSAssociated Press TUPELO, Miss. (AP) - A second Mississippi man investigated in connection to ricin-laced letters sent to the president and a U.S. senator said Wednesday that investigators "ripped" through his house during an hours-long search the previous day

Obama and Bush, distinct men with policy overlaps

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 24th

By JIM KUHNHENNAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Despite vast differences with President George W. Bush on ideology, style and temperament, President Barack Obama has stuck with Bush policies or aspirations on a number of fronts, from counterterrorism to immigration, from war strategy to the

Lawmakers ask who knew what about bomb suspect

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 24th

By KIMBERLY DOZIER, DAVID CRARY and DENISE LAVOIEAssociated Press BOSTON (AP) - Lawmakers are asking tough questions about how the government tracked suspected Boston Marathon bomber Tamerlan Tsarnaev when he traveled to Russia last year, renewing criticism from after the Sept. 11 attacks that

Charges dropped in ricin letters sent to Obama

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 23rd

By JEFF AMY and EMILY WAGSTER PETTUSAssociated Press TUPELO, Miss. (AP) - Charges of sending ricin-laced letters to President Barack Obama and others were dropped Tuesday against an Elvis impersonator from Mississippi who has said since his arrest last week that he had nothing to do with the case.

Napolitano to talk immigration before Senate panel

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 23rd

By ERICA WERNERAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Republican senators skeptical of new immigration legislation and of the Obama administration's record on border security are getting a chance to question Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano (neh-pahl-ih-TAN'-oh). Napolitano was

From outsiders to bombing suspects in Boston

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 23rd

By LARA JAKES and EILEEN SULLIVANAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Tamerlan and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev sought to embrace American lives after emigrating from Russia - joining a boxing club, winning a scholarship and even seeking U.S. citizenship. But their uncle last week angrily called them "losers"

The unfolding of a 5-day manhunt for bomb suspects

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 21st

By J.M. HIRSCHAssociated Press The twin explosions that ripped through the crowd near the finish line of the Boston Marathon triggered a massive manhunt that paralyzed a city. Two bombs set off about ten seconds and 100 yards apart signaled the end of one race and the start of another - to identify

The unfolding of a 5-day manhunt for bomb suspects

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 21st

The unfolding of a 5-day manhunt for bomb suspects

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 21st

By J.M. HIRSCHAssociated Press Ten seconds and 100 yards. The time and distance between two bombs. Two crudely built bombs set off 10 seconds and 100 yards apart without warning or threat, ripping through a crowd of spectators and runners, filling the street with fire, blood and limbs. Two bombs