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Spanish police protest govt cuts hitting them

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 17th

MADRID (AP) - Police officers from across Spain are protesting the government austerity measures affecting them, including frozen pensions and the elimination of their Christmas bonus. More than 5,000 people paraded Saturday to the Interior Ministry building in Madrid, blowing whistles and shouting

UMaine: 3 plane crash victims were frat brothers

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 17th

OWLS HEAD, Maine (AP) - A small plane that spiraled downward and burst into flames after striking a pickup truck shortly before takeoff was carrying two University of Maine students and one alumnus, all of whom died in the crash, the school said Saturday. The school and Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity

Mother: Sky Harbor woman has mental health issues

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 17th

By BOB CHRISTIE and JACQUES BILLEAUDAssociated Press PHOENIX (AP) - The 21-year-old woman who crashed through a gate at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport and drove on the runway with her infant son in the car has a history of mental illness, her mother says. The security breach was the

Women in Petraeus scandal had visited White House

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 17th

By JIM KUHNHENNAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Their close ties to the military community giving them unusual access to top generals, Paula Broadwell and Jill Kelley even visited the White House on separate and apparently unrelated occasions before a sex scandal brought down former CIA

Egyptian train hits school bus, 51 killed

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 17th

By AYA BATRAWY and MAMDOUH THABETAssociated Press ASSIUT, Egypt (AP) - A speeding train that crashed into a bus carrying Egyptian children to their kindergarten on Saturday killed 51 and prompted a wave of anger against a government under mounting pressure to rectify the former regime's

ar-school bus crash kills at least 3

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 17th

INVER GROVE HEIGHTS, Minn. (AP) - At least three people are dead after a car collided head-on with a school bus in Minnesota. Police say no children were on the bus during the fiery crash late Friday afternoon in Inver Grove Heights, just a few miles south of St. Paul. Officers found both vehicles

Israel bombards Gaza Strip, shoots down rocket

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 17th

By IAN DEITCH and IBRAHIM BARZAKAssociated Press GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) - Israel destroyed the headquarters of Hamas' prime minister and blasted a sprawling network of smuggling tunnels in the southern Gaza Strip on Saturday, broadening a blistering four-day-old offensive against the

DOJ Still Deciding Whether to Investigate SPD

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 17th

SPOKANE, Wash. - More than a year after former Spokane Mayor Mary Verner requested that the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) investigate the Spokane Police Department's practices, the case is still being reviewed. KHQ found out Friday that the request is still on the table but that officials at

DOJ Still Deciding Whether to Investigate SPD

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 17th

DOJ Still Deciding Whether to Investigate SPD

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 17th