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Classes resume in Newtown, minus Sandy Hook

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 18th

By DAVID KLEPPER and MICHAEL MELIAAssociated Press NEWTOWN, Conn. (AP) - Newtown returned its students to their classrooms Tuesday for the first time since last week's massacre and faced the agonizing task of laying others to rest, as this grieving town wrestled with the same issues gripping

Final goodbye: Roll call of some who died in 2012

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 17th

By BERNARD McGHEEAssociated Press Neil Armstrong would always be taking that first step onto the moon, and Dick Clark was forever "the world's oldest teenager." Some of the notables who died in 2012 created images in our minds that remained unchanged over decades. Sadly, for others an

2012: A year of turbulence and altered landscapes

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 17th

By JUSTIN POPEAssociated Press It was a year of storms, of raging winds and rising waters, but also broader turbulence that strained our moorings. Our atmosphere, our politics, our economy - rarely in memory have they seemed in such constant agitation. Our emotions, too. In the year's final

Rifle in Conn. massacre similar to DC sniper

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 17th

By By DAVE COLLINSAssociated Press HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) - Weapons used by Connecticut gunman Adam Lanza, who killed 20 children and six school workers Friday after killing his mother at their home. Lanza committed suicide in Sandy Hook Elementary School. The primary murder weapon: - Bushmaster

Conn. victims: Lively youngsters, devoted adults

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 17th

By Associated Press NEWTOWN, Conn. (AP) - At the very start of their lives, the schoolchildren are remembered for their love of horses, or for the games they couldn't get enough of, or for always saying grace at dinner. The adult victims found their life's work in sheltering little ones

2 funerals begin a sad procession in Connecticut

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 17th

By By ALLEN G. BREED and HELEN O'NEILLAssociated Press NEWTOWN, Conn. (AP) - Opening a long and almost unbearable procession of grief, Newtown began laying its dead to rest Monday, holding funerals for two 6-year-old boys - one a football fan who was buried in a New York Giants jersey and

Fla. woman gets life in prison in family killings

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 17th

By By JIM FITZGERALDAssociated Press WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. (AP) - A woman who was convicted of orchestrating the beating deaths of her millionaire husband and mother-in-law was sentenced Monday to life in prison. The judge also called her a coward for skipping the court session. Narcy Novack, of

Support for Conn. town comes from around globe

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 16th

By By The Associated Press From NFL stadiums to churches to the Vatican, demonstrations of support and caring pour in for those affected by the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn.: Pope Benedict XVI told pilgrims and tourists in St. Peter's Square on Sunday he is

Moments of silence around NFL for shooting victims

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 16th

By By JIMMY GOLENAP Sports Writer FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) - The New England Patriots silenced their "End Zone Militia" on Sunday night, taking the muskets away from the Revolutionary War re-enactors who fire into the air to celebrate every score. The memory of the Connecticut school shooting was

On foreign policy, Kerry is Obama's good soldier

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 16th

By By DONNA CASSATAAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Democratic Sen. John Kerry stands tall as President Barack Obama's good soldier. The Massachusetts lawmaker has flown to Afghanistan and Pakistan numerous times to tamp down diplomatic disputes, spending hours drinking tea and taking