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FACT CHECK: Stumbles in latest presidential debate

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 17th

By CALVIN WOODWARDAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - In the rough-and-tumble of a town hall-style presidential debate, the facts took something of a beating Tuesday night. Mitt Romney wrongly claimed that it took 14 days for President Barack Obama to brand the assault on the U.S. Consulate in

FACT CHECK: Stumbles in latest presidential debate

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 17th

10 Things to Know for Wednesday

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 17th

By The Associated Press Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and stories that will be talked about Wednesday: 1. DEBATE CRACKLES WITH ENERGY Romney and Obama disagree about taxes, how to reduce the deficit, energy, pay equity for women and health care. 2. KEEPING THE

Iraq removes central bank head in corruption probe

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 16th

By ADAM SCHRECKAssociated Press BAGHDAD (AP) - Iraq abruptly removed the longtime governor of the country's central bank Tuesday after he and other bank officials were targeted in an investigation into alleged financial wrongdoing. The governor, Sinan al-Shabibi, is seen as a politically

After Clinton, Obama takes Benghazi responsibility

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 16th

By BRADLEY KLAPPER and MATTHEW LEEAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama assumed responsibility Tuesday for the deadly terror attack in Libya last month that killed four Americans just hours after Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton sought to shoulder the blame for any

FACT CHECK: Be your own fact-checker Tuesday night

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 15th

By CALVIN WOODWARDAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - There they go again. Or do they? Will Mitt Romney miscount the number of unemployed, as he has before? Will President Barack Obama's dubious claim of a peace dividend, bopped down in the last debate, rise again? When Obama and his

Britain has helped other children in trouble

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 15th

By SYLVIA HUIAssociated Press LONDON (AP) - Fourteen-year-old Pakistani activist Malala Yousufzai, who was airlifted to a British hospital for medical care and protection after she was shot in the head by the Taliban, is the latest of many foreign children in need that Britain has welcomed in

Manufacturers launch program to hire more veterans

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 15th

By KEVIN FREKINGAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Some of the nation's leading manufacturing companies announced a new program Monday to help veterans gain the skills necessary to fill some of the estimated 600,000 high-tech, manufacturing jobs that remain open because employers can't

Manufacturers launch program to hire more veterans

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 15th

Lewis-McChord Soldier Killed In Afghanistan Combat

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 15th

JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, Wash. (AP) - The Defense Department says an Army Ranger from Joint Base Lewis-McChord was shot to death in a firefight Friday in Afghanistan. The 26-year-old from Long Beach, Calif., Sgt. Thomas MacPherson, was deployed with the 75th Ranger Regiment.