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Syrian vice president: both sides losing in war

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 16th

By By BARBARA SURKAssociated Press BEIRUT (AP) - Syria's longtime vice president said Sunday that his regime and the rebels are both going down a losing path after 21 months of civil war, a rare admission by a top government official that President Bashar Assad's victory is unlikely.

Conn. victims: Lively youngsters, devoted adults

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 16th

By By The 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

Rifle in Conn. massacre similar to DC sniper

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 16th

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

Man fires some 50 shots at Calif. mall parking lot

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 16th

NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. (AP) - A suspect who fired about 50 shots in the parking lot of a crowded Southern California shopping mall, sending shoppers sprinting for safety, was cooperative when officers took him into custody, authorities said Sunday. Witnesses said people ran, screaming and ducking

Experts: No link between Asperger's, violence

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 16th

By By STEPHANIE NANOAssociated Press NEW YORK (AP) - While an official has said that the 20-year-old gunman in the Connecticut school shooting had Asperger's syndrome, experts say there is no connection between the disorder and violence. Asperger's is a mild form of autism often

Father of Conn. school gunman: We too ask why

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 16th

By By The Associated Press Peter Lanza, the father of 20-year-old Adam Lanza, who shot to death his mother in their home and then slaughtered 26 people in an elementary school before killing himself, issued the following statement Saturday: "Our hearts go out to the families and friends who

2 dead after shooting at Las Vegas Strip hotel

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 16th

By By KEN RITTERAssociated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) - A man shot and fatally wounded a woman, then killed himself Friday at the Excalibur hotel-casino on the Las Vegas Strip, sending many patrons fleeing in fear. It happened at about 8:30 p.m. near the high-rise hotel's front entrance, Las

Ala. officer improving after shooting, chase

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 16th

By By JAY REEVESAssociated Press BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) - Authorities said an east Alabama police officer shot and seriously wounded in an exchange of gunfire with a homicide suspect was improving Sunday as investigators tried to verify the identities of three people whose slayings sparked a two

Okla. teen arrested in school shooting plot

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 15th

BARTLESVILLE, Okla. (AP) - Hours before a gunman opened fire at a Connecticut elementary school, police in Oklahoma arrested a teenager for allegedly plotting to attack his high school and trying to recruit classmates to help him. Police in Bartlesville, a community about 40 miles north of Tulsa,

'Always smiling': Portraits of Conn. victims

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 15th

By By MATT SEDENSKYAssociated Press Most died at the very start of their young lives, tiny victims taken in a way not fit for anyone regardless of age. Others found their life's work in sheltering little ones, teaching them, caring for them, treating them as their own. After the gunfire