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Less is more for Biden chief of staff

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on March 9th

By JOSH LEDERMANAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Understated. Self-effacing. Nonthreatening. Refreshingly old-fashioned. Don't let these cool descriptors from friends and colleagues fool you: As the vice president's chief of staff, Bruce Reed plays Mr. Fix-It, guiding Joe Biden's role

The Onion apologizes for offensive actress tweet

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on February 25th

By MARK KENNEDYAssociated Press NEW YORK (AP) - The Onion is apologizing for calling the 9-year-old star of "Beasts of the Southern Wild" a vulgar and offensive name on Twitter, an attack that led to a firestorm online. The satirical newspaper on Sunday referred to Quvenzhane Wallis with an

New York City extols virtues of tiny apartments

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on January 22nd

By ULA ILNYTZKYAssociated Press NEW YORK (AP) - Sam Neuman jokes that he doesn't casually throw off his coat when he gets home at night - it would take up half his apartment. Such is life in his walk-up studio a few blocks from Manhattan's bustling Times Square. At 280 square feet, the

SWAT standoff in Ga. uncovers dismembered body

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on January 21st

By RUSS BYNUMAssociated Press SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) - Police went to Chad Moretz's home to ask him about a friend who had gone missing and quickly found themselves in a tense standoff when a relative answered the door and whispered: "He's got a rifle. He's going to kill y'all." It was

Hundreds honor information activist Swartz in NYC

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on January 19th

By JENNIFER PELTZAssociated Press NEW YORK (AP) - Portraying his suicide as the product of injustice, friends and supporters at a memorial Saturday for free-information advocate Aaron Swartz called for changing computer-crime laws and the legal system itself. At a New York City ceremony that was

Hundreds honor information activist Swartz in NYC

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on January 19th

Hundreds honor information activist Swartz in NYC

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on January 19th

Hundreds honor information activist Swartz in NYC

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on January 19th

Dear Abby's legacy: Wit, warmth, and snappy advice

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on January 18th

By JOCELYN NOVECKAP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) - Two men had recently bought a house together in the tiny San Francisco neighborhood of Nob Hill, and the neighbors were annoyed. The men were entertaining "a very suspicious mixture of company," the neighbors wrote into their paper's advice

'Argo,' 'Les Miserables' win best-pic Globes

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on January 13th

By DAVID GERMAINAP Movie Writer BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) - "Argo" is in big with the Golden Globes, but not so much with the Academy Awards. "Lincoln" is sitting pretty with the Oscars but was mostly left out in the cold at the Globes. Sunday's Globes left the Feb. 24 Academy Awards picture