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Mexico swears in president amid violent protests

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 1st

By By MARK STEVENSON and OLGA R. RODRIGUEZAssociated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) - Enrique Pena Nieto took the oath of office as Mexico's new president Saturday vowing to restore peace and security and take on the vested interests that have hindered economic prosperity. As several hundred

News Summary: Macau gangster to be released

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 30th

By By The Associated Press MUG SHOT: Wan Kuok-koi, a.k.a. "Broken Tooth Koi ," will leave a Macau prison Saturday, the Macau government. He was convicted of loan sharking, money laundering and being a gang leader in November 1999. HIGH STAKES: Wan waged a brutal war with rival organized crime

Notorious Macau gangster released from prison

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 30th

By By KELVIN CHANAP Business Writer HONG KONG (AP) - The notorious Macau crime boss known as Broken Tooth Koi, who was released from prison Saturday after serving nearly 15 years, will hardly recognize the city he terrorized in the late 1990s with a brutal gangland war. Wan Kuok-koi was

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

Memphis policeman aiming at dog shoots officer

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 9th

By ADRIAN SAINZAssociated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - A Memphis officer aiming at an attacking dog accidentally hit and critically wounded a fellow policeman with a shotgun blast while they were searching a home, officials said Friday. Officer Willie Bryant, 32, was in critical but stable

Memphis police officer wounded by shotgun

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 9th

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - Memphis police say that an officer who was critically wounded by a fellow officer during the search of a home was shot by a shotgun. Memphis police spokeswoman Karen Rudolph said Friday that 32-year-old officer Willie Bryant was in critical but stable condition at the Regional

China's next leaders might curb Macau's fortunes

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 5th

By KELVIN CHANAP Business Writer MACAU (AP) - Hordes of Chinese high rollers flooding into Macau have turned the city into an Asian casino boomtown, but they're also posing a challenge for China's next generation of leaders. Macau's casino industry has mushroomed over the past

Mass. mobster's lawyer pleads for delay in trial

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 1st

By DENISE LAVOIEAP Legal Affairs Writer BOSTON (AP) - A lawyer for mobster James "Whitey" Bulger asked a judge Thursday to delay his trial by eight months, while a prosecutor argued that Bulger has already received "a 16-year continuance" by fleeing Boston and staying on the run all those years

Diplomat: Texas agents should have seen people

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 30th

By CHRISTOPHER SHERMANAssociated Press McALLEN, Texas (AP) - Texas law enforcement agents were close enough to a pickup truck to see it was carrying people, not drugs, before one opened fire, killing two Guatemalan immigrants hiding under a cover in the vehicle's bed, a diplomat said

Looters strip Bulgaria of ancient treasures

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 26th

By VESELIN TOSHKOVAssociated Press ARCHAR, Bulgaria (AP) - On the banks of the Danube, in the northwest corner of Bulgaria, lie the remnants of an ancient Roman settlement called Ratiaria, host to a priceless cultural heritage. Craters pockmark the huge site, evidence of a scourge threatening