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AP Exclusive: China Nobel wife speaks on detention

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 6th

By By ISOLDA MORILLO and ALEXA OLESENAssociated Press BEIJING (AP) - Stunned that reporters were able to visit her, Liu Xia trembled uncontrollably and cried as she described how absurd and emotionally draining her confinement under house arrest has been in the two years since her jailed

Marine brig officials grilled about GI's jailing

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 6th

By By DAVID DISHNEAUAssociated Press FORT MEADE, Md. (AP) - A former Marine Corps brig commander testified Thursday that a vague rule meant he could keep Pfc. Bradley Manning on suicide watch even after a psychiatrist determined that wasn't necessary, as lawyers for the soldier at the

New Yorkers wrestle with survival on subway tracks

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 6th

By By VERENA DOBNIKAssociated Press NEW YORK (AP) - The horrific case of a man pushed to his death on the subway tracks has set New Yorkers abuzz about what they would do - and how they would save themselves - if caught in the same situation. Safety experts say lying down in the trough between

Marine official: Manning held improperly in brig

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 5th

By By DAVID DISHNEAUAssociated Press FORT MEADE, Md. (AP) - An Army private charged with sending reams of classified documents to the secret-spilling website WikiLeaks was wrongly kept on suicide watch for at least seven days of his nine months' confinement at a Marine Corps brig in

Hearing on WikiLeaks suspect's confinement resumes

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 5th

By By DAVID DISHNEAUAssociated Press FORT MEADE, Md. (AP) - Military prosecutors are slowly working up the chain of command of a Marine Corps brig to show the government was justified in keeping an Army private tightly confined after he was arrested for allegedly sending classified information

NY subway victim's daughter: 'What's done is done'

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 5th

By By COLLEEN LONG and DEEPTI HAJELAAssociated Press NEW YORK (AP) - The daughter of a man pushed in front of a subway train and photographed a split-second before his death said Wednesday after a suspect was arrested that it "would have been great" if someone had helped her father up but "what

Quotations of the day

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 5th

By By The Associated Press "I'm prepared to make some tough decisions on some of these issues, but I can't ask folks who are, you know, middle class seniors who are on Medicare, young people who are trying to get student loans to go to college, I can't ask them to sacrifice and not

Suspect in deadly NYC subway push implicates self

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 4th

By By VERENA DOBNIKAssociated Press NEW YORK (AP) - Authorities said a suspect implicated himself Tuesday in the death of a New Yorker who was pushed onto the tracks and photographed just before a train hit him - an image that drew virulent criticism after it appeared on the front page of the

Guard says Manning protest annoyed brig staff

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 1st

By By DAVID DISHNEAUAssociated Press FORT MEADE, Md. (AP) - Some workers at a Marine Corps brig housing a soldier charged with sending U.S. secrets to WikiLeaks became annoyed at a demonstration on his behalf the day before a confrontation that led to tighter restrictions on him, a former guard

GI charged in WikiLeaks case admits making noose

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 30th

By By DAVID DISHNEAU and BEN NUCKOLSAssociated Press FORT MEADE, Md. (AP) - As a military prosecutor held up a knotted bedsheet in court, Pfc. Bradley Manning acknowledged on Friday that he fashioned a noose and contemplated suicide shortly after his arrest on charges of engineering the biggest