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House, DOJ will try to resolve records lawsuit

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 27th

By FREDERIC J. FROMMERAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Lawyers for the House and the Justice Department will meet to try to resolve a lawsuit over congressional efforts to get records related to Operation Fast and Furious, a bungled gun-tracking operation in Arizona. The lawyers told U.S.

Peanut Butter Plant Shuttered By FDA, In First-Ever Use Of New Powers, After Huge Recall

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 27th

WASHINGTON (AP) - The country's largest producer of organic peanut butter will have to prove that its facilities are clean enough to reopen. The Food and Drug Administration suspended the registration of Sunland Inc., Monday, after the New Mexico company's repeated food

Big bill for levee upkeep comes to New Orleans

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 27th

By CAIN BURDEAUAssociated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) - In the busy and under-staffed offices of New Orleans' flood-control leaders, there's an uneasy feeling about what lies ahead. By the time the next hurricane season starts in June of 2013, the city will take control of much of a revamped

FDA suspends operations at peanut butter plant

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 27th

By MARY CLARE JALONICKAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - The Food and Drug Administration is cracking down on a New Mexico peanut butter plant that had repeated food safety violations over several years, using new authority to halt operations at facilities that may be producing unsafe food. The

2 men sentenced in Fast and Furious gun case

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 27th

By BRIAN SKOLOFFAssociated Press PHOENIX (AP) - Two men were sentenced Monday for their roles in a gun smuggling ring that was part of the U.S. government's botched Operation Fast and Furious, an investigation that unraveled after illegally purchased weapons turned up at the scene of a

Gonzaga Women Rest Up for No. 1 Stanford

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 26th

The Zags have the entire week off to prepare for their most difficult challenge so far, and possibly the toughest test they will face all season. Gonzaga hosts No. 1 Stanford on Sunday. The game will be shown live on SWX in Eastern Washington and North Idaho. The Cardinal kept their No. 1 status

FDA halts operations at peanut butter plant

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 26th

By MARY CLARE JALONICKAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - The Food and Drug Administration halted operations of the country's largest organic peanut butter processor Monday, cracking down on salmonella poisoning for the first time with new enforcement authority the agency gained in a 2011

Mexican beauty queen killed in shootout

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 26th

By MARTIN DURANAssociated Press CULIACAN, Mexico (AP) - A 20-year-old state beauty queen died in a gun battle between soldiers and the alleged gang of drug traffickers she was traveling with in a scene befitting the hit movie "Miss Bala," or "Miss Bullet," about Mexico's not uncommon ties

US defends 'enormous' climate efforts at UN talks

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 26th

By MICHAEL CASEYAssociated Press DOHA, Qatar (AP) - Anticipating an onslaught of criticism from poor nations, the United States claimed "enormous" strides in reducing greenhouse emissions at the opening of U.N. climate talks Monday, despite failing to join other industrialized nations in

FBI: Reward helped capture fugitive in Mexico

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 26th

LOS ANGELES (AP) - A murder suspect on the FBI's most wanted list gained weight and switched identities to evade authorities for 14 years, but his notoriety and a $100,000 reward finally led to his capture, the agency said Monday. Jose "Joe" Luis Saenz was arrested in Guadalajara, Mexico, on