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Democrats: Obama to ask for $50 billion Sandy aid

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 5th

By By ANDREW MIGAAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama plans to ask Congress for about $50 billion in additional emergency aid for states hit by Superstorm Sandy, Democrats on Capitol Hill said Wednesday. Housing Secretary Shaun Donovan told a Senate Appropriations

Review: Sand, surf, blood in thrilling 'Far Cry 3'

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 5th

By By DIRK LAMMERSAssociated Press The travel brochure that enticed Jason Brody and his friends to book their spring break-style trip to the Rook Islands probably left out the pillaging pirates, aggressive bull sharks and lunging leopards. The picturesque setting of "Far Cry 3" (Ubisoft, for

Not guilty plea entered in Ind. freezer body case

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KOKOMO, Ind. (AP) - A judge entered a not guilty plea Wednesday on behalf of a central Indiana man charged with killing a homeless friend whose decomposing body was found in an unplugged freezer. A Howard County judge also set a March trial date for 52-year-old Walter Logan, who was charged with

Marine official: Manning held improperly in brig

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By By DAVID DISHNEAUAssociated Press FORT MEADE, Md. (AP) - An Army private charged with sending reams of classified documents to the secret-spilling website WikiLeaks was wrongly kept on suicide watch for at least seven days of his nine months' confinement at a Marine Corps brig in

APNewsBreak: Feds funnel millions into Gulf Coast

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By By RAMIT PLUSHNICK-MASTIAssociated Press HOUSTON (AP) - Days before a newly formed council focuses on long-term Gulf of Mexico cleanup, a report released to The Associated Press shows that one federal agency has committed more than a half-billion dollars to the region in the past two years,

Kentucky school shooter appealing guilty plea

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 5th

By By AMANDA LEE MYERSAssociated Press CINCINNATI (AP) - A man who shocked the nation in 1997 by killing three classmates in a Kentucky high school when he was 14 is fighting to withdraw his guilty plea, saying he was too mentally unfit to accept responsibility at the time. Attorneys for 29-

Hearing on WikiLeaks suspect's confinement resumes

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By By DAVID DISHNEAUAssociated Press FORT MEADE, Md. (AP) - Military prosecutors are slowly working up the chain of command of a Marine Corps brig to show the government was justified in keeping an Army private tightly confined after he was arrested for allegedly sending classified information

Troopers: Alaska killer cut wrist, strangled self

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By By RACHEL D'OROAssociated Press ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - A man who confessed to killing an Alaska barista and multiple other people across the country died in his jail cell after slashing one of his wrists and using bedding material to strangle himself, Alaska State Troopers said

Sheriff: Procedures not followed in Texas escape

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By By TERRY WALLACEAssociated Press DALLAS (AP) - Law enforcement officers failed to follow standard procedures for escorting prisoners when a capital murder suspect grabbed a deputy's service revolver and escaped from a North Texas hospital, the sheriff said Wednesday. Franklin B. Davis

Texas murder suspect surrenders after escape

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 5th

By By TERRY WALLACEAssociated Press DALLAS (AP) - A capital murder suspect stole a deputy's gun, fled a Dallas hospital and held police at bay for nearly two hours Tuesday night before surrendering peacefully and returning to the hospital, officials said. Franklin B. Davis, 30, of