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Court: US can keep bin Laden photos under wraps

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 21st

By FREDERIC J. FROMMERAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - A federal appeals court Tuesday backed the U.S. government's decision not to release photos and video taken of Osama bin Laden during and after a raid in which the terrorist leader was killed by U.S. commandos. The three-judge panel of

Death in Zimbabwe results in unusual US charge

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 21st

By MATTHEW BARAKATAssociated Press ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) - The facts laid out by prosecutors are plain: In 2008, a U.S. government employee on assignment in Zimbabwe drove through the capital of Harare in his government-issued Toyota Land Cruiser and struck and killed a 34-year-old Zimbabwe man.

Policy, discretion guide media sources probes

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 21st

By MARK SHERMANAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - It was a rare moment in relations between the media and the government: In 2008, FBI Director Robert Mueller called the top editors at The New York Times and The Washington Post to apologize because the bureau had improperly obtained reporters'

Policy, discretion guide media sources probes

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 21st

China's Xi will meet Obama earlier than expected

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 21st

BEIJING (AP) - China's new leader Xi Jinping will confer with President Barack Obama next month in California, months earlier than their expected first meeting, as both sides seek to stem a drift in relations, troubled by issues from cyberspying to North Korea. The June 7-8 meeting at a retreat

More Obama aides knew of IRS audit; Obama not told

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 20th

By JULIE PACE and CHARLES BABINGTONAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - White House chief of staff Denis McDonough and other senior advisers knew in late April that an impending report was likely to say the IRS had inappropriately targeted conservative groups, President Barack Obama's spokesman

AP CEO calls records seizure 'unconstitutional'

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 20th

By PHILIP ELLIOTTAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - The Associated Press' president and chief executive says the government's secret seizure of two months of reporters' phone records has already had a chilling effect on newsgathering, a week after the subpoenas were revealed publicly.

Chinese, Indian leaders call for cooperation

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 20th

By RAVI NESSMANAssociated Press NEW DELHI (AP) - The leaders of India and China played down their recent border dispute and other tensions Monday, pledging to work together for regional stability and the economic growth of the world's two most populous nations. Friction has been building

US adviser on board of firm that sold anthrax drug

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 20th

WASHINGTON (AP) - Former Navy Secretary Richard J. Danzig, who has served as a bio-warfare adviser to the president, the Pentagon, and the Department of Homeland Security, urged the government to stockpile an anti-anthrax drug while serving as a director for the company that supplied it, according

AP CEO calls records seizure unconstitutional

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 19th

By PHILIP ELLIOTTAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - The president and chief executive officer of The Associated Press on Sunday called the government's secret seizure of two months of reporters' phone records "unconstitutional" and said the news cooperative had not ruled out legal action