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Winter clings on with Upper Midwest snowstorm

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on March 5th

By DON BABWINAssociated Press CHICAGO (AP) - Mother Nature apparently saved the best, or at least the biggest, for last. Chicago was hit Tuesday by a storm expected to dump as much as 10 inches of snow in the area before the end of the day - the most since the 2011 blizzard and its more than 20

Kellie Pickler drummer among injured in Ky. crash

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on March 3rd

By BRETT BARROUQUERE and STEVE KARNOWSKIAssociated Press LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - The drummer for country music star Kellie Pickler was in serious condition Sunday as one of five people hospitalized in two crashes that happened within minutes at the same spot on Interstate 65 in central Kentucky and

Pair of Ky. highway crashes kills 6, injures 5

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on March 3rd

By BRUCE SCHREINERAssociated Press ELIZABETHTOWN, Ky. (AP) - Kentucky State Police were investigating whether distracted driving caused a tractor-trailer to plow into an SUV carrying eight people on Saturday, killing six and possibly triggering a serious crash on the opposite side of the highway.

Obama issues pardons to 17 for minor offenses

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on March 1st

By JULIE PACEAP White House Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama on Friday issued pardons for 17 people, largely for minor offenses. Those receiving pardons came from 13 states and had been sentenced for crimes that included falsely altering a money order, unauthorized acquisition

Christie says NJ will appeal sports betting ruling

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on March 1st

By DAVID PORTERAssociated Press NEWARK, N.J. (AP) - Gov. Chris Christie indicated Friday he would appeal a judge's decision upholding a ban on sports gambling in New Jersey, a ruling that dealt a setback to the state's efforts to save its struggling casino industry by tapping into a

Christie says NJ will appeal sports betting ruling

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on March 1st

NM art teacher remembered in fatal stabbing case

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on March 1st

By RUSSELL CONTRERASAssociated Press SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) - Friends say Victoriano "Mo" Moises Byrne-Gonzales was an expectant father and art teacher who had just been promoted to assistant director at his Santa Fe preschool when he was fatally stabbed the night of Dec. 2, 2011. It was the tragic

Slow-moving snowstorm pummels Midwest, heads east

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on February 27th

By TAMMY WEBBERAssociated Press CHICAGO (AP) - A massive, slow-moving storm paralyzed parts of the nation's midsection with heavy, wet snow Tuesday, straining power lines, closing schools, clogging roadways and delaying hundreds of flights before churning eastward, where forecasters expected it

2nd blizzard in less than week slams Plains region

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on February 25th

DODGE CITY, Kan. (AP) - A major winter storm brought blizzard conditions to parts of the central Plains Monday, forcing the closure of highways in the Oklahoma Panhandle and sending public works crews scrambling for salt and sand anew just days after record amounts of snow blanketed the region.

Scores of vehicles snared in Ohio highway pileups

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on January 21st

MIDDLETOWN, Ohio (AP) - Blowing snow and slick roadways in various parts of the state on Monday set off multiple highway pileups, including one outside Cincinnati involving at least 86 vehicles that left a 12-year-old girl dead. The crash on Interstate 275 near the Cincinnati suburb of Colerain