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Commutes long, slow after Conn. train derailment

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 20th

By JOHN CHRISTOFFERSENAssociated Press BRIDGEPORT, Conn. (AP) - Connecticut commuters endured slow trips to work Monday following last week's train collision that that injured 72 people and disrupted rail service into New York City. It took Gary Maddin of Milford an hour to make what is

Tornadoes level homes in Okla., 1 dead

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 19th

By SEAN MURPHYAssociated Press SHAWNEE, Okla. (AP) - Tornadoes ravaged portions of central Oklahoma on Sunday, reducing portions of a mobile home park to rubble and killing a 79-year-old man whose body was found out in the open. "You can see where there's absolutely nothing, then there are

2013 Spokane Lilac Festival Armed Forces Torchlight Parade Winners

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 19th

Equestrian Winners: ROYALTY: Pend Orielle County Fair Queen SPECIAL UNITS (NOVELTY/COSTUME): Walla Wall Fair and Frontier Days SPECIALTY UNITS (MOUNTED): Chief Joseph Days Rodeo UNITS REPRESENTING RODEOS/FESTIVALS/COMMUNITIES: Ellensburg Rodeo Posse EVELYN JONES MEMORIAL "BEST EQUESTRIAN" AWARD:

2013 Spokane Lilac Festival Armed Forces Torchlight Parade Winners

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 19th

1 of 2 fires north of LA contained

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 18th

SANTA CLARITA, Calif. (AP) - One of two wildfires burning in the hills and mountains around Interstate 5 north of Los Angeles was fully contained Saturday and authorities were getting an upper hand on the second one. The 712-acre fire was contained late Saturday after breaking out Friday and

NM mom: I followed instincts in chasing abductor

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 17th

By RUSSELL CONTRERASAssociated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) - Melissa Torrez didn't even think when teenagers in her apartment complex said a man had just grabbed her 4-year-old girl and drove away. She jumped in her car and began chasing the brown Buick through traffic, zigzagging on

California fuels $550 million Powerball jackpot

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 17th

By JULIE WATSON and BARBARA RODRIGUEZAssociated Press SAN DIEGO (AP) - The numbers sum up the frenzy that has taken over the Golden State since it joined the madness over Powerball, which has seen its jackpot soar to $550 million for Saturday's drawing. California has sold $83 million worth of

Fire burns 3,000 acres in Calif. national forest

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 16th

FRAZIER PARK, Calif. (AP) - Cooler temperatures and lighter winds are helping hundreds of firefighters combat a 3,000-acre wildfire that has blackened rugged terrain in the Los Padres National Forest. The fire that broke out Wednesday quickly charred 3,000 acres of dry, thick trees, despite a heavy

Sheriff urges caution after 5 slain in northern NV

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 15th

By SCOTT SONNERAssociated Press RENO, Nev. (AP) - A quiet northern Nevada community is on edge after a spate of killings left five people dead in a single day, including a married couple in their 80s, a 67-year-old woman, and a man found dead not far from the Mustang Ranch brothel. Lyon County

Victims of '88 DUI bus crash in Ky. remembered

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 15th

By BRUCE SCHREINER and JOAN LOWYAssociated Press RADCLIFF, Ky. (AP) - Quinton Higgins lost his best friend when the church bus he was riding in 25 years ago was turned into a fireball by a drunken driver on a Kentucky road, in what remains the nation's deadliest alcohol-related highway crash.