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AP: Costs of US wars linger for over 100 years

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on March 19th

By MIKE BAKERAssociated Press OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) - If history is any judge, the U.S. government will be paying for the Iraq and Afghanistan wars for the next century as service members and their families grapple with the sacrifices of combat. An Associated Press analysis of federal payment records

Clinton joins other Dems in backing gay marriage

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on March 18th

By CHARLES BABINGTONAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Hillary Rodham Clinton's embrace of gay marriage Monday signals she may be seriously weighing a 2016 presidential run and trying to avoid the type of late-to-the-party caution that hurt her first bid. Her chief Democratic rivals endorsed

Charm offensive produces no breakthroughs

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on March 16th

By DAVID ESPOAP Special Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) - Over dinner at a swank hotel a few blocks from the White House, Republican senators wanted to know if President Barack Obama would support a gradual increase in the age of eligibility for Medicare, set at 65 since the program's inception

Charm offensive produces no breakthroughs

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on March 16th

Embattled Albuquerque, NM, police chief to retire

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on March 16th

By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYANAssociated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) - The head of Albuquerque's embattled police department says he's retiring after an eight-year tenure marred by a spike in fatal police shootings and excessive force cases that critics blamed on a departmental culture that

Syrian rebel chief: Fighters 'will not give up'

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on March 15th

By ZEINA KARAMAssociated Press BRUSSELS (AP) - The chief of Syria's main, Western-backed rebel group marked the second anniversary of the start of the uprising against President Bashar Assad on Friday by pledging to fight until the "criminal" regime is gone. Gen. Salim Idris, the head of the

Pentagon spends nearly $1B a year on unemployment

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on March 15th

By PAULINE JELINEKAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Even as it faces budget cuts and forced employee furloughs, the Pentagon is spending nearly a $1 billion a year on a program that sends unemployment checks to former troops who left the military voluntarily. Unemployment Compensation for Ex-

Pentagon spends nearly $1B a year on unemployment

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on March 15th

Stories from NJ homeless camp going before judge

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on March 14th

By WAYNE PARRYAssociated Press LAKEWOOD, N.J. (AP) - One is a nurse with three college degrees who says she was hit by a car and disabled. Another says he was born with brain damage and has bipolar disorder. One was a bagger at a supermarket who says she was fired for absenteeism after taking care

Michelle Obama urges CEOs to hire more veterans

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on March 13th

By DARLENE SUPERVILLEAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Michelle Obama challenged America's top CEOs on Wednesday to "think outside the box" and hire more veterans. The first lady said that, while declines in overall unemployment are encouraging, joblessness among the 9/11 generation of