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THE RACE: Politics infuse Obama, Romney speeches

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 25th

By TOM RAUMAssociated Press President Barack Obama had an audience and megaphone that Republican challenger Mitt Romney could only envy: addressing an array of global leaders as the head of the world's largest economic and military power. It doesn't get much more presidential-appearing

DNA case backlog at FBI down 87 percent in 2 years

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 25th

WASHINGTON (AP) - The FBI laboratory has reduced its backlog of forensic DNA cases by 87 percent in two years, from 3,211 cases to 403 cases. The Justice Department's inspector general attributes most of the decline to increased staffing and using automated technology. Also, the FBI is focusing

A brief glance of Obama's remarks at the UN

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 25th

By The Associated Press Highlights of what President Barack Obama said and didn't say in his address to the United Nations General Assembly: WHAT HE SAID ANTI-AMERICAN PROTESTS: The killing of Ambassador Chris Stevens and other attacks on U.S. embassies overseas were attacks on America. The

Obama: time 'not unlimited' to resolve Iran nuke

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 25th

UNITED NATIONS (AP) - President Barack Obama is telling the U.N. General Assembly that he wants to resolve the dispute over Iran's nuclear program through diplomacy but that the time to do that is not unlimited. Obama says Iran has failed time after time to demonstrate that its nuclear program

Obama tells UN "time is not unlimited" to resolve Iran nuclear dispute through diplomacy

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 25th

UNITED NATIONS (AP) - Obama tells U.N. "time is not unlimited" to resolve Iran nuclear dispute through diplomacy. Copyright 2012 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

UN chief demands global action to end war in Syria

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 25th

By EDITH M. LEDERERAssociated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) - Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon demanded international action to stop the war in Syria, telling a somber gathering of world leaders Tuesday that the 18-month conflict had become "a regional calamity with global ramifications." In sharp

Obama urges UN to confront roots of Muslim rage

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By BEN FELLERAP White House Correspondent UNITED NATIONS (AP) - President Barack Obama told world leaders Tuesday that attacks on U.S. citizens in Libya "were attacks on America," and he called on them to join in confronting the root causes of the rage across the Muslim world. "I do believe that

Presidential campaign is nice, and then again not

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 25th

By DAVID ESPO and KASIE HUNTAssociated Press NEW YORK (AP) - In a split-screen race for the presidency, Republican Mitt Romney and President Barack Obama were on their best campaign behavior in public Tuesday, all the while slashing away at each other in paid television ads. In separate

Presidential campaign is nice, and then again not

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Iran's president dismisses threats on nuke program

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 25th

By JOHN DANISZEWSKIAssociated Press NEW YORK (AP) - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Monday dismissed threats of military action against Iran's nuclear program, arguing that his country's project to enrich uranium is only for peaceful purposes and saying that Iran has no worries