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French court overturns Concorde crash conviction

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 29th

By By GREG KELLER VERSAILLES, France (AP) - In a surprise ruling in one of the most high-profile disasters in aviation history, a French appeals court Thursday overturned manslaughter convictions against Continental Airlines and a mechanic for the 2000 crash of an Air France Concorde that

French court overturns Concorde crash conviction

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 29th

Tips led to arrest of NH couple in burned boy case

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 29th

By By JAY LINDSAY and LYNNE TUOHYAssociated Press PLAISTOW, N.H. (AP) - Tips from acquaintances and others helped authorities track a fugitive New Hampshire couple to Florida, where they were arrested at the Universal Studios theme park on charges stemming from the beating and burning of the

Myanmar cracks down on mine protest; dozens hurt

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 29th

By By YADANA HTUNAssociated Press MONYWA, Myanmar (AP) - Opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi is urging a negotiated resolution to protests over a military-backed copper mine in northwestern Myanmar after the government's biggest crackdown on demonstrators since reformist President Thein Sein

Sahara India Pariwar buys NY's Plaza Hotel

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 28th

By By ALEX VEIGAAP Real Estate Writer Indian conglomerate Sahara India Pariwar now owns a majority stake in New York's Plaza Hotel, which is bought from Israeli real estate company El Ad US Holding Inc. El Ad CEO Udi Erez said Wednesday that the transaction, valued at $575 million, closed

Family sues US over scientist's mysterious death

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 28th

By By FREDERIC J. FROMMERAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - The sons of a Cold War scientist who plunged to his death in 1953 several days after unwittingly taking LSD in a CIA mind-control experiment sued the government Wednesday. They claimed the CIA murdered their father, Frank Olson, by

Review: Rooming with strangers _ a game of trust

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 28th

By By BARBARA ORTUTAYAP Technology Writer NEW YORK (AP) - "Do we still have a TV?" That's the text message I got from my husband as I walked up the steps to our Brooklyn apartment on a Friday afternoon this fall. I was fairly sure that we did. I opened the door. Cats, check. TV, check. He

FAMU asks lawsuit from hazing death be dismissed

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 28th

By By MIKE SCHNEIDERAssociated Press ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) - Attorneys for Florida A&M University on Wednesday asked a judge to dismiss a lawsuit brought by the family of a drum major who died last year after being hazed by fellow band members, claiming Robert Champion was a willing

French court delays Strauss-Kahn charge ruling

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 28th

PARIS (AP) - A French court on Wednesday pushed back a ruling on whether to drop aggravated pimping charges against Dominique Strauss-Kahn, the former IMF chief who has successfully fought accusations linked to his "libertine" lifestyle. Three Appeals Court judges in the northern city of Douai set

NC judge: Return US-born children to deported dad

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 27th

By MICHAEL BIESECKERAssociated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - A North Carolina judge on Tuesday ordered three U.S.-born children to be reunited with their deported Mexican father, a move toward resolving a 2-year legal fight that has drawn international attention. Social services officials in rural