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Alan Alda wants scientists to cut out the jargon

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 1st

By FRANK ELTMANAssociated Press STONY BROOK, N.Y. (AP) - Among the procedures Army surgeon Hawkeye Pierce performed on "M.A.S.H." was an end-to-end anastomosis. Most of the viewers, actor Alan Alda concedes, had no idea he was talking about removing a damaged piece of intestine and reconnecting the

Jackson's private life on display in civil trial

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 30th

By ANTHONY McCARTNEYAP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) - Jurors in the civil case between Michael Jackson's mother and concert giant AEG Live got another glimpse of the singer's private life on Tuesday through the eyes of a paramedic who described the singer's bedroom and the

Jackson's life recounted in opening of civil trial

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 29th

By ANTHONY McCARTNEYAP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) - Michael Jackson's struggle against drug addiction was on display Monday during opening statements in his mother's wrongful death case against concert promoter AEG Live. Competing portraits of Jackson emerged during the first

Man put to death for Texas store abduction slaying

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 25th

By MICHAEL GRACZYKAssociated Press HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) - A Texas inmate was executed Thursday evening for fatally shooting one of three people he and a partner abducted during a convenience store robbery nearly 11 years ago. Richard Cobb, 29, didn't deny using a 20-gauge shotgun to kill

Jury is seated in Jackson wrongful death case

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 22nd

By LINDA DEUTSCHAP Special Correspondent LOS ANGELES (AP) - A jury of six men and six women was accepted by both sides on Monday for the trial of a wrongful death lawsuit filed by the mother of Michael Jackson against AEG concert promoters. Lawyers immediately began questioning prospects to sit as

Five days of fear: What happened in Boston

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 22nd

By ADAM GELLERAP National Writer In the tight rows of chairs in the Commonwealth Ballroom, the nervousness - already dialed high by two bombs, three deaths and more than 72 hours without answers - ratcheted even higher. The minutes ticked by as investigators stepped out to delay the news conference

Five days of fear: What happened in Boston

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 21st

By ADAM GELLERAP National Writer BOSTON (AP) - In the tight rows of chairs stretched across the Commonwealth Ballroom, the nervousness - already dialed high by two bombs, three deaths and more than 72 hours without answers - ratcheted even higher. The minutes ticked by as investigators stepped out

Holder: Marijuana's effect on children a factor

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 18th

By FREDERIC J. FROMMERAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - How it affects children will be one factor the Justice Department weighs as it determines how to respond to the legalization of marijuana in Washington state and Colorado, Attorney General Eric Holder told Congress Thursday. "When it comes to

North Dakota governor signs 'fetal pain' measure

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 17th

By JAMES MacPHERSONAssociated Press BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) - Republican Gov. Jack Dalrymple signed into law a measure that outlaws abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy based on the disputed premise that at that point a fetus can feel pain. The law signed Tuesday is the latest among a raft of measures

North Dakota governor signs 'fetal pain' measure

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 17th