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Spokane Man Dies, Several Injured In Montana Crash

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 8th

HELENA, Mont. (AP) - A car collided with a pickup truck on the Flathead Indian Reservation in northwestern Montana, killing a Washington state man and injuring five others. The Montana Highway Patrol says a 46-year-old woman from Spokane, Wash., was northbound on Montana Highway 28 south of

Widow of man slain at preschool pleads not guilty

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 8th

DECATUR, Ga. (AP) - The widow of a businessman gunned down outside a suburban Atlanta preschool has pleaded not guilty to helping plot her husband's death. Andrea Sneiderman was arraigned Monday in an Atlanta-area court on a variety of charges, including malice murder and criminal attempt to

SUV driver dies in commuter train crash in N. Ind.

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 8th

SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) - Authorities say a commuter train struck an SUV at a crossing in northern Indiana, knocking the vehicle onto its roof and killing its driver. No one on the train suffered significant injuries. Police say the train was traveling at about 70mph with some 200 passengers on board

Syrian cross-border salvos send message to Turkey

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 8th

By ELIZABETH A. KENNEDYAssociated Press BEIRUT (AP) - Syria's cross-border attacks on Turkey in the past week look increasingly like they could be an intentional escalation meant to send a clear message to Ankara and beyond, that the crisis is simply too explosive to risk foreign military

Report: Imprisoned Dutch killer to be father

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 8th

By FRANKLIN BRICENO and TOBY STERLINGAssociated Press LIMA, Peru (AP) - A newspaper reported Monday that Joran van der Sloot, a Dutch man who is serving a 28-year-sentence for murdering a young Peruvian woman, says he is going to be a father. His lawyer said the inmate does have a conjugal

Gunman opens fire in NJ car; 2 killed, 3 wounded

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 7th

CAMDEN, N.J. (AP) - A masked man carrying a gun and a machete entered a parked car and opened fire on five young adults inside, killing the driver and a passenger and wounding the others, then pushed aside the driver's body and drove off with four of the victims inside, authorities said, in a

Friends baffled by killing of Ala. college student

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 7th

MOBILE, Ala. (AP) - Classmates and friends are questioning why a police officer fatally shot a University of South Alabama freshman who was naked and had been banging on a window at police headquarters. Campus officials didn't give any indication that Gil Collar, 18, of Wetumpka had a weapon

Turkey, Syria trade fire; border tensions mount

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 7th

By MEHMET GUZEL and ZEINA KARAMAssociated Press AKCAKALE, Turkey (AP) - Turkey and Syria fired artillery and mortars across their volatile border for a fifth consecutive day on Sunday, in one of the most serious and prolonged flare-ups of violence along the frontier. The exchange of fire stoked

Navy commissions destroyer named after NY SEAL

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 6th

NEW YORK (AP) - In a ceremony that was more joyful than solemn, the U.S. Navy on Saturday commissioned the USS Michael Murphy, a sleek new warship named for a Navy SEAL who died in Afghanistan at age 29. Cannons boomed, dignitaries spoke of heroism, and nearly 300 sailors charged up a ramp while a

NC family hopes for release of man in Ga. prison

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 6th

By MARTHA WAGGONERAssociated Press WILSON, N.C. (AP) - For seven years, Anita McNeil has tried to move on from what she calls "the incident" - that day in December 2005 when her husband shot and killed a man who threatened him outside their home in Georgia. John McNeil was jailed and eventually