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Charge disclosed in Cuban spying against US

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 25th

WASHINGTON (AP) - An alleged accomplice in a major spy case involving Cuba helped recruit a friend and colleague to spy for the Cuban Intelligence Service against the U.S., the Justice Department said Thursday. Marta Rita Velazquez, once a legal officer at the State Department's Agency for

Bachelet: Chile left's hope in presidential vote

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on March 16th

By EVA VERGARAAssociated Press SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) - Michelle Bachelet has a deep resume: daughter of a general tortured to death for opposing a coup, leftist exile during the ensuing bloody dictatorship, pediatrician, Cabinet member, mother, president, head of the U.N. women's agency. Now she

Thou Shalt Not Leak: Jamming Devices Installed To Block Cardinals' Cellphones

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on March 11th

ROME - Jamming devices to halt communication were installed at the Vatican on Monday, as part of a security lockdown ahead of the papal conclave. The behind-the-scenes ballot process is supposed to remain a secret, but modern technology left Roman Catholic Church officials taking no chances

Babysitter charged in 2 killings gave no warnings

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 2nd

By DON BABWIN and SARA BURNETTAssociated Press NAPERVILLE, Ill. (AP) - Prosecutors say the mother of a 5-year-old girl stabbed to death this week would have had no hint that something might be wrong when she left her daughter with the babysitter now accused of killing the girl and the woman

Prosecutor: Kids slain in Illinois begged to live

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 1st

By DON BABWIN and SARA BURNETTAssociated Press NAPERVILLE, Ill. (AP) - A suburban Chicago woman ordered her 7-year-old son and a kindergartner she was babysitting to kneel on a bedroom floor and pray, then stabbed them both dozens of times as they begged for their lives, striking again and

Storm spins death and 'a lot of tears' along path

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 31st

By CHRISTOPHER SULLIVANAssociated Press Death blew in on the superstorm's wild winds and sea water torrents, claiming 90-year-olds and children with capriciously toppling trees, taking tall-ship adventurers in mountainous Atlantic waves and average folks just trying to deal with a freakish

'Friends' creator finds WIGS channel a good fit

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 28th

By LYNN ELBERAP Television Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) - Writer-producer Marta Kauffman could rest on her "Friends" laurels. Instead, she's delving into the online series world to explore offbeat material and a new role. Kauffman turned official first-time director for "Georgia," a short Web

Spaniards rage against austerity near Parliament

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 25th

By ALAN CLENDENNINGAssociated Press MADRID (AP) - Spain's government was hit hard by the country's financial crisis on multiple fronts Tuesday as protestors enraged with austerity cutbacks and tax hikes clashed with police near Parliament, a separatist-minded region set elections seen

US indicts ex-security chief for Colombia's Uribe

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on June 18th

By LIBARDO CARDONAAssociated Press BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) - A retired Colombian police general who was security chief for former President Alvaro Uribe from 2002 to 2005 betrayed international counternarcotics operations for nearly a decade while on the payroll of major drug