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Just how crucial were experts for Arias defense?

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 1st

By BRIAN SKOLOFFAssociated Press PHOENIX (AP) - As Jodi Arias' trial wraps up this week after four months of testimony, her fate rests in part on the testimony of expert witnesses who have offered up one clinical diagnosis after another for the small-town waitress and aspiring photographer from

Ohio set to execute man in baby girl's death

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 1st

By AMANDA LEE MYERSAssociated Press LUCASVILLE, Ohio (AP) - An Ohio man who admitted raping a 6-month-old baby but claims he never meant to kill her was set to be executed Wednesday after his last pleas for mercy failed. Steve Smith, 46, is scheduled to be executed by lethal injection at the state

US Allows Wis. Hunter To Import Rare Rhino Trophy

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 30th

MILWAUKEE (AP) - For the first time since the black rhinoceros was listed as endangered in 1980, federal officials are allowing a hunted-rhino trophy to be imported to the U.S. David K. Reinke of Madison, Wis., says he killed the rhino in 2009 as part of a conservation effort. He says the

Obama hints at potential military action in Syria

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 30th

By JULIE PACEAP White House Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama signaled Tuesday he would consider U.S. military action against Syria if "hard, effective evidence" is found to bolster intelligence that chemical weapons have been used in the 2-year-old civil war. Among the

Police check possible link to Calif. girl's death

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 30th

PLACERVILLE, Calif. (AP) - Police were trying to determine if there's a link between a man accused of breaking into an apartment in Placerville and trying to kidnap a toddler, and the killing of an 8-year-old girl about 45 miles away in Calaveras County, a newspaper reported Tuesday. Police

Planes collide near LA; 1 crashes, 1 lands, 1 dead

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 30th

WESTLAKE VILLAGE, Calif. (AP) - Two small airplanes with a combined four people aboard collided in midair over the Southern California mountains, sending one crashing into a rocky ridge and killing its pilot while the second was able to maneuver a belly-flop landing on the fairway of a nearby golf

Syrian TV: Bombing in Damascus kills 13 people

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 30th

By ALBERT AJIAssociated Press DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) - A powerful bomb rocked central Damascus on Tuesday, killing 13 people according to Syrian TV, and sowing fear and chaos in a busy commercial district of the capital for the second consecutive day. The Syrian prime minister narrowly escaped an

Jury set to start weighing Pa. abortion deaths

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 30th

By MARYCLAIRE DALEAssociated Press PHILADELPHIA (AP) - A Philadelphia jury is expected to start weighing murder charges in the trial of a veteran abortion provider charged with killing four viable babies after they were born alive. Dr. Kermit Gosnell, 72, performed thousands of abortions over a 30-

1 dead after 2 small planes collide near LA

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 30th

WESTLAKE VILLAGE, Calif. (AP) - Two small airplanes collided in midair over the Southern California mountains Monday, sending one crashing into a rocky ridge and killing its pilot while the second was able to maneuver a belly-flop landing on a nearby golf course, officials said. Rescuers searched

Pa. abortion doc co-defendant argues case unproven

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 29th

By MARYCLAIRE DALEAssociated Press PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Prosecutors failed to prove their case against the co-defendant in a Philadelphia abortion doctor's high-profile trial, her lawyer said Monday during closing arguments. Eileen O'Neill, 56, of Phoenixville is charged with theft. She is