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Right-to-work law gives Michigan unions new task

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 12th

By By JOHN FLESHERAssociated Press LANSING, Mich. (AP) - Now that Michigan has become a right-to-work state, unions in this stronghold of organized labor confront a new and urgent problem: convincing members to continue paying for their services instead of taking them for free. Brushing aside

Texas man accused of carving pentagram into son

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 12th

By By ANGELA K. BROWNAssociated Press RICHLAND HILLS, Texas (AP) - A North Texas man carved a large pentagram into his 6-year-old son's back Wednesday, telling a 911 dispatcher that he did it because "it's a holy day," police said. In a matter-of-fact tone, Brent Troy Bartel told a

McAfee released in Guatemala, flies off to Miami

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 12th

By By ROMINA RUIZ-GOIRIENAAssociated Press GUATEMALA CITY (AP) - Anti-virus software founder John McAfee was released from a detention center Wednesday and was escorted by immigration officials and police trucks to the Guatemala City airport, where he was put on a commercial flight bound for

Vehicle Burns In Spokane Valley Driveway

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 12th

PRESS RELEASE FROM THE SPOKANE VALLEY POLICE DEPT: On Tuesday evening, December 11, 2012, at 11:30 p.m., Spokane Valley Sheriff's Deputy C. Hilton notified dispatch of a vehicle driving recklessly near Park and Trent in Spokane Valley. Sheriff's Deputy C. Sciortino was in the area of

COURT DOCUMENTS: Murder Suspect Told Stepfather He Had 'Just Killed A Girl'

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 12th

SPOKANE, Wash. - Murder suspect Tony Callihan apparently went to his stepfather's house after he killed Michelle Koenen last week. According to court documents released Wednesday morning he told his stepfather last Friday he had "just killed a girl." He said he met her at a "meth party", shoved

COURT DOCUMENTS: Murder Suspect Told Stepfather He Had 'Just Killed A Girl'

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 12th

Woman gets prison in crash deaths of 3 grandkids

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 12th

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) - A Pennsylvania woman was ordered Wednesday to spend at least three years in prison for a high-speed crash that killed her three young grandchildren. Laurie Hatfield, 50, had asked for house arrest after pleading no contest to vehicular homicide in the crash that happened

Del. man sues Boy Scouts, Mormons over sex abuse

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 12th

By By MARYCLAIRE DALEAssociated Press PHILADELPHIA (AP) - A Delaware man sued the Boy Scouts of America and the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on Wednesday over childhood sexual abuse committed by the scoutmaster at his church-sponsored troop. Melvin Novak filed the lawsuit in

'Purple tunnel of doom' to be closed for inaugural

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 12th

By By NEDRA PICKLERAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Inaugural security teams are trying to prevent another "purple tunnel of doom" from President Barack Obama's first swearing-in. The head of the District of Columbia National Guard said Wednesday that police will close the Third Street

NYPD: Getaway car found in slaying of Calif. man

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 12th

By By TOM HAYSAssociated Press NEW YORK (AP) - Police revealed Wednesday that they found a getaway car used in an execution-style daylight slaying of a Los Angeles man on a busy Manhattan street - a possible break in a case that has defied easy answers. No motive or suspects have been