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Email privacy legislation clears Senate committee

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 29th

By By RICHARD LARDNERAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Over objections from law enforcement officials, the Senate Judiciary Committee has approved legislation that would require police to obtain a search warrant from a judge before they can review a person's emails or other electronic

Tips led to arrest of NH couple in burned boy case

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 29th

By By JAY LINDSAY and LYNNE TUOHYAssociated Press PLAISTOW, N.H. (AP) - Tips from acquaintances and others helped authorities track a fugitive New Hampshire couple to Florida, where they were arrested at the Universal Studios theme park on charges stemming from the beating and burning of the

Family learns of student's death on Facebook

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 28th

By By JEFF MARTINAssociated Press ATLANTA (AP) - The parents of a south Georgia college student first learned from Facebook that their daughter had been found dead in a dormitory study room shortly before Thanksgiving. Now, they hope that Facebook and other social media sites can help solve the

Pot legalization no free ride to smoke on campus

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 28th

By By NICHOLAS K. GERANIOSAssociated Press SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) - Young voters helped pass laws legalizing marijuana in Washington and Colorado, but many still won't be able to light up. Most universities have codes of conduct banning marijuana use, and they get millions of dollars in

Prosecutors: Agent was aggressor in fatal shooting

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 28th

HONOLULU (AP) - A State Department special agent charged with murder in the shooting of a man at a fast-food restaurant in Waikiki last year spent the night bar-hopping and drinking before going to the restaurant, prosecutors said. Suspect Christopher Deedy appeared intoxicated before firing three

Rhino killings for horns rapidly rise in S. Africa

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 28th

By By JON GAMBRELLAssociated Press VAALKOP DAM NATURE RESERVE, South Africa (AP) - By the time ranchers found the rhinoceros calf wandering alone in this idyllic setting of scrub brush and acacia, the nature reserve had become yet another blood-soaked crime scene in South Africa's losing

After mostly silence, Jill Kelley defends herself

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 28th

By TAMARA LUSH and TERRY SPENCERAssociated Press TAMPA, Fla. (AP) - Jill Kelley wants the world to know that she didn't do anything wrong when she befriended top military brass. The Tampa socialite at the center of a scandal involving Gen. David Petraeus has hired a top Washington attorney and

Heroin Trafficking Ring Busted In Grant County

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 28th

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Heroin Trafficking Ring Busted In Grant County

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 28th

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Tampa socialite fighting back in Petraeus scandal

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 28th

By TAMARA LUSH and TERRY SPENCERAssociated Press TAMPA, Fla. (AP) - A Tampa socialite embroiled in the scandal that cost CIA Director David Petraeus his job fought back Tuesday after more than two weeks of silence as her attorneys released emails, telephone recordings and other material that