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US shadow wars rely on drones, computers

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on June 16th

By KIMBERLY DOZIER and LOLITA C. BALDOR and ROBERT BURNSAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - After a decade of costly conflict in Iraq and Afghanistan, the American way of war is evolving toward less brawn, more guile. Drone aircraft spy on and attack terrorists

Egypt votes for president to succeed Mubarak

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on June 16th

By HAMZA HENDAWI and SARAH EL DEEBAssociated Press CAIRO (AP) - Egyptians on Saturday voted to choose between a conservative Islamist and Hosni Mubarak's ex-prime minister in a presidential runoff once billed as the country's long-awaited shift to democracy but now

7 injured as Spanish miners clash with police

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on June 15th

By EMILIO MORENATTI and HAROLD HECKLEAssociated Press EL SOTON, Spain (AP) - Striking coal miners armed with homemade rockets and slingshots clashed with police in northern Spain on Friday, leaving seven people injured, two of them seriously, the Interior Ministry said

Military star power endorses high seas treaty

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on June 14th

By DONNA CASSATAAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Proponents of a treaty governing the high seas rolled out military star power Thursday to try to lift the prospects for a long-spurned pact that faces strong conservative Republican opposition. Four admirals,

Wis. police chief defends handling of teen's death

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on June 13th

By DINESH RAMDEAssociated Press MILWAUKEE (AP) - After a 13-year-old boy was shot and killed in front of his Milwaukee home last month, police forced his grieving mother to sit in a squad car for more than an hour rather than let her hold her dying son or join him at the

Pentagon chief orders review of mental diagnoses

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on June 13th

By DONNA CASSATAAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said Wednesday he has ordered all branches of the military to conduct an extensive review of mental health diagnoses amid criticism of how the services treat the men and women suffering the

Panetta warns of 'disaster' from defense cuts

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on June 13th

By DONNA CASSATAAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Defense Secretary Leon Panetta pleaded with Congress Wednesday to avoid the disaster of automatic defense cuts even as he criticized lawmakers' affection for protecting aging ships and aircraft. Ramping up

Panetta criticizes Congress' initial budget moves

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on June 13th

By DONNA CASSATAAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Defense Secretary Leon Panetta is criticizing the first round of changes that lawmakers have made in President Barack Obama's proposed military budget. Testifying Wednesday in the Senate, Panetta said the

Justice Dept. sues Fla. over voter purge

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on June 12th

By GARY FINEOUTAssociated Press TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) - The governor's contentious push to remove thousands of potentially ineligible voters from Florida's lists has been met with a lawsuit from the Justice Department and handled very differently by the state's

Dem to GOP: Consider tax hikes to spare military

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on June 12th

By DONNA CASSATAAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Republicans determined to spare the military from devastating across-the-board spending cuts - presidential candidate Mitt Romney among them - must be willing to consider closing tax loopholes and raising rates to increase