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Obama to unveil gun violence measures Wednesday

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on January 16th

By JULIE PACE and ERICA WERNERAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama's broad effort to reduce gun violence will include proposed bans on military-style assault weapons and high-capacity ammunition magazines as well as more than a dozen executive orders aimed at circumventing

Obama unveils gun plan, concedes tough fight ahead

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on January 16th

By JULIE PACEAP White House Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) - Conceding "this will be difficult," President Barack Obama urged a reluctant Congress on Wednesday to require background checks for all gun sales and ban both military-style assault weapons and high-capacity ammunition magazines in an

Tight security, protests expected at inauguration

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on January 16th

By ERIC TUCKERAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Tea party fervor has surged and waned in the past four years, Occupy encampments are long gone from parks in the nation's capital, and the crowd for President Barack Obama's second inauguration figures to be significantly smaller than the

Tight security, protests expected at inauguration

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on January 16th

Mo. lawmaker wants tax on violent video games

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on January 15th

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) - A Republican lawmaker from rural Missouri is calling for a sales tax on violent video games in response to a deadly Connecticut school shooting. Rep. Diane Franklin, of Camdenton, said Tuesday that the 1 percent sales tax would finance mental health programs and law

Obama proposing gun limits, faces tough obstacles

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on January 15th

By JULIE PACE and ERICA WERNERAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama is launching the nation's most sweeping effort to curb gun violence in nearly two decades, urging a reluctant Congress to ban military-style assault weapons and high-capacity ammunition magazines like those

Illinois double slaying called 'brutal, heinous'

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on January 14th

JOLIET, Ill. (AP) - Police say the strangulation and attempted dismemberment of two Illinois men, allegedly at the hands of four young adults, is one of the most heinous cases they've seen. Three of the people arrested were playing video games when police arrived at a Joliet home, where the

Crime reported to law enforcement rises

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on January 14th

WASHINGTON (AP) - The number of violent crimes and property crimes reported to police rose in the first half of last year compared with the same period in 2011, with violent crime rising 1.9 percent and property crime up 1.5 percent. The preliminary data compiled by the FBI shows that violent crime

Swartz' death fuels debate over computer crime

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on January 14th

By DANIEL WAGNER and VERENA DOBNIKAssociated Press NEW YORK (AP) - Internet freedom activist Aaron Swartz, who was found dead in his Brooklyn apartment Friday, struggled for years against a legal system that he felt had not caught up to the information age. Federal prosecutors had tried

Brazil: Indigenous squatters resist eviction

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on January 12th

By JULIANA BARBASSAAssociated Press RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - Police in riot gear surrounded a settlement of indigenous people next to Rio de Janeiro's storied Maracana stadium on Saturday, preparing to evict them as soon as an expected court order arrived. The site commander, police Lt. Alex Melo