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Family of Utah soccer referee who died holds vigil

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 5th

By BRADY McCOMBSAssociated Press SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - Family members of a Utah soccer referee who died a week after a player punched him in the head called on athletes around the world Sunday night to hold their tempers in check so another family doesn't have to suffer. They spoke at a

Music City mourns country legend George Jones

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 2nd

By CHRIS TALBOTTAP Music Writer NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Thousands of fans who had been waiting in line since the wee hours joined some of country's biggest stars Thursday to pay their respects to George Jones at the Grand Ole Opry House in Nashville. An overflow crowd began lining up at 3 a.m.

Obama: US still not sure who used chem weapons

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 30th

By JULIE PACEAP White House Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama strongly suggested Tuesday he'd consider military action against Syria if it can be confirmed that President Bashar Assad's government used chemical weapons in the two-year-old civil war. At a White House

Obama: US still not sure who used chem weapons

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 30th

Obama jokes about aging during 2nd term

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 27th

By BRADLEY KLAPPERAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama joked Saturday that the years are catching up to him and he's not "the strapping young Muslim socialist" he used to be. Obama poked fun at himself as well as some of his political adversaries during the annual White

Obama jokes about aging during 2nd term

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 27th

In a first, YouTube to showcase a week of comedy

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 25th

By JAKE COYLEAP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) - For a week in May, YouTube will turn into the biggest open mic on the planet. On Thursday, the Google Inc.-owned site will announce the YouTube Comedy Week, a seven-day cyber extravaganza designed to showcase some of the best comedy across its

Award-winning children's author Konigsburg dies

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 22nd

FALLS CHURCH, Va. (AP) - E.L. Konigsburg, an author who twice won one of the top honors for children's literature, has died. She was 83. Her son Paul Konigsburg says the longtime Florida resident died Friday at a hospital in Falls Church, Va., where she'd been living for the past few years

Role reversal: GOP blasts Obama plan to sell TVA

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 16th

By MATTHEW DALYAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - In a political role reversal, Republicans are blasting President Barack Obama's plan to consider selling the Tennessee Valley Authority, an icon of the New Deal long targeted by conservatives as an example of government overreach. Obama's

Jonathan Winters, man of many faces, dead at 87

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 13th

By JOHN ROGERSAssociated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) - Jonathan Winters was a crowd all by himself, guaranteeing that his multitude of characters, breakneck improvisations and kinetic clownishness kept generations of fans laughing. Winters, who died Thursday at age 87 at his Montecito, Calif., home, was