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FBI: Terrorism suspect 'radicalized and dangerous'

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on January 14th

By NIGEL DUARAAssociated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - Justice Department attorneys used emails between an Oregon man and suspected terrorists overseas to try to show he was already on the path to radicalization by the time the FBI made him the subject of a yearlong terrorism sting operation. The

Jury selection begins in Portland car bomb case

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on January 11th

By NIGEL DUARAAssociated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - Have you ever been the victim of a terrorist attack? Are you familiar with FBI terrorism sting operations? Were you among the thousands of people at a 2010 Oregon Christmas tree-lighting ceremony? These were among the questions posed to more than

US employment changes since 2000, at a glance

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on January 4th

By The Associated Press U.S. employers have added about 1.84 million jobs in each of the past two years, or about 153,000 a month. While steady, that level of hiring has barely repaired the damage left by the Great Recession. In the past three years the economy has created only 4.7 million jobs -

Injury dashed mall shooter's hope of being Marine

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 14th

By By STEVEN DUBOIS AND RACHEL LA CORTEAssociated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - His mother died before he was 3 years old, and he was estranged from the aunt who raised him. His dream of becoming a Marine was dashed by a broken foot, he hadn't yet settled on a career path, and a new plan, to

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

Sandy delivers heavy blow to US economy

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 29th

By By MARTIN CRUTSINGERAP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) - Superstorm Sandy packed a bigger economic punch than most people had thought. In its sweep through the Northeast, the storm halted sales at major retailers at the start of the crucial holiday shopping season, closed factories and

War contractor: Feds should pay lawsuit damages

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 27th

By NIGEL DUARAAssociated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - An Iraq war contractor that lost an $85 million verdict to a group of sickened Oregon soldiers has filed a lawsuit seeking to force the federal government to pay the soldiers' damages. In early November, 12 Oregon National Guard soldiers

5 people die in apartment fire in SW Missouri

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 22nd

WHEATON, Mo. (AP) - Five people including a 7-year-old child died after a fire broke out at an apartment building in southwest Missouri, authorities said. Bob Lombard, chief of the Wheaton Fire Department, told The Associated Press the fire was reported about 3:20 a.m. Thursday. Fire crews arrived

Fifth-Ranked Eagles "Find a Way" in the Rain to Beat Vikings 41-34

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 18th

"Find a way," were the continual words of Eastern Washington University head football coach in the waning seconds Saturday (Nov. 17) at Jeld-Wen Field in Portland, Ore. Eastern's All-America wide receivers – and transfer quarterback Kyle Padron -- came up with huge plays when the Eagles

EU workers strike over possible budget cuts

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 8th

By RAF CASERTAssociated Press BRUSSELS (AP) - If an unprecedented debt crisis has been battering the European Union for over three years, isn't it time that EU employees take a sizeable pay cut too? That was a popular question Thursday as thousands of well-paid and much-maligned workers