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Pot legalized in Colorado with gov's proclamation

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 10th

By By KRISTEN WYATTAssociated Press DENVER (AP) - Using marijuana for recreational use is now effectively legal in Colorado. Gov. John Hickenlooper declared a voter-approved marijuana legalization amendment as part of the state constitution on Monday. It was the last procedural step needed for

Shooting suspect lawyers to subpoena reporter

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 10th

By DAN ELLIOTTAssociated Press CENTENNIAL, Colo. (AP) - Attorneys for the Colorado movie theater shooting suspect plan to subpoena a Fox News journalist who was the first to report that James Holmes sent his psychiatrist a notebook full of violent descriptions. The attorneys made the statement

Former Fla. police officer scheduled for execution

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 10th

By By TAMARA LUSHAssociated Press TAMPA, Fla. (AP) - Manuel Pardo was a decorated Florida police officer before he was fired for lying and turned to life as a vigilante, slaying nine people during a three-month crime spree. Almost 27 years later, Pardo, 56, is scheduled to be executed Tuesday

5 dead in Calif. Indian reservation shootings

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 9th

By By TRACIE CONEAssociated Press PORTERVILLE, Calif. (AP) - The church bell that rings out to announce the deaths of tribal members on the Tule River Indian Reservation tolled repeatedly Sunday after a man went on a shooting rampage that left a daughter, his mother and her two brothers dead.

Washington could become pot source for neighbors

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 8th

By By TERRENCE PETTYAssociated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - Now that marijuana is legal in neighboring Washington state, Portland police are offering some helpful advice to Oregon pot users. Sure, you can go over to Washington state to "smoke some weed," a police advisory states, but you might

Booze, smokes on agenda for quirky gov't group

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 8th

By By DANIEL WAGNERAP Business Writer BELTSVILLE, Md. (AP) - Deep in a secure laboratory just outside Washington sits the federal government's heaviest smoker. It is a half-ton hulk of a machine, all brushed aluminum and gasping smoke holes, like a retrofit of equipment used on an

Spokane Valley Police: Wanted Felon Apprehended

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 7th

PRESS RELEASE FROM THE SPOKANE VALLEY POLICE DEPT: On Thursday, December 6, 2012, at about 8:00 p.m., 911 received a call from a citizen stating that they were expecting 32-year-old Glen Bill at their residence sometime that evening. Bill had an active felony Department of

Spokane Valley Police: Wanted Felon Apprehended

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 7th

Spokane Valley Police: Wanted Felon Apprehended

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 7th

Woman recants story of being held hostage in attic

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 7th

OROVILLE, Calif. (AP) - Prosecutors in Northern California say they plan to pursue charges against a man accused of holding his ex-wife hostage in his attic - even though the woman has recanted the story. Lawson Rankin, 29, of Oroville was arrested this week after sheriff's deputies discovered