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New Medicare fraud detection system saves $115 mil

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 14th

By By KELLI KENNEDYAssociated Press A highly touted new technology system designed to stop fraudulent Medicare payments before they are paid has saved about $115 million and spurred more than 500 investigations since it was launched in the summer of 2011, according to a report released Friday.

UPDATE: Local Schools Have A Plan In Place To Protect Our Children

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 14th

SPOKANE, Wash. - After the tragic Connecticut shooting that left 27 dead at an elementary school, including 20 children, school districts across the Inland Northwest are sharing their safety protocols with parents. Several districts have emailed parents to review the steps that are taken on a

UPDATE: Local Schools Have A Plan In Place To Protect Our Children

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AP source: Suspect killed mother at their home

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By By PETE YOSTAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - A law enforcement official says that the 20-year-old suspect in the Connecticut school shootings killed his mother at their home Friday and then drove his mother's car to the school where he went on a deadly rampage. Adam Lanza's mother

Mixed verdicts in Arkansas drug-corruption case

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LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - A federal jury convicted a former Arkansas police officer Friday on extortion and drug charges linked to a sweeping investigation into corruption and drug trafficking in east Arkansas. Former Helena-West Helena police officer Marlene Kalb was convicted of extortion and

Gunman kills 26 at Conn. school, commits suicide

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By By JOHN CHRISTOFFERSENAssociated Press NEWTOWN, Conn. (AP) - A man killed his mother at their home and then opened fire Friday inside an elementary school, massacring 26 people, including 20 children, as youngsters cowered in fear to the sound of gunshots reverberating through the building

Newtown Pastor: Parents Asked About Kids' Last Moments

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NBCNEWS.COM - As the parents of the children who were murdered by a gunman in a Connecticut elementary school Friday attempt to process the horror of their death, many tried to imagine what the final moments for their loved ones were like. Several of them came to be consoled by Msgr. Robert

Newtown Pastor: Parents Asked About Kids' Last Moments

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Feds: 4 Texas officers guarded cocaine shipments

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By By CHRISTOPHER SHERMANAssociated Press MCALLEN, Texas (AP) - Three South Texas lawmen, including the son of a prominent county sheriff, were due in court Friday on charges alleging that they and another officer accepted thousands of dollars in bribes to guard shipments of cocaine. Mission

Owner of Rivera plane denies drug connections

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 14th

By By BRIAN SKOLOFFAssociated Press PHOENIX (AP) - The man who runs the business that owns a luxury jet that crashed and killed Latin music star Jenni Rivera says he has never been involved in drug trafficking and that the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration has dogged him for more than two