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Pilot accused of stealing car near Seattle airport

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 6th

SEATTLE (AP) - An airline pilot accused of stealing a man's rental car during a bizarre encounter has been arrested. The 43-year-old pilot from charter airline Omni Air was arrested Saturday night for investigation of vehicle theft and DUI, King County sheriff's Sgt. Cindi West said Monday

Broken Beaver Dam Floods Duvall Home

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 6th

DUVALL, Wash. (AP) - At least one home and nearby streets in Duvall were flooded Monday when a beaver dam broke and released a 3-acre pond. Lynn Miller with King County Emergency Management says it washed debris into a neighborhood. KOMO reports police officers, firefighters and King

Alaska sex-trafficking task force holds hearing

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 6th

By RACHEL D'OROAssociated Press ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - Experts testifying before a new Alaska task force on sex trafficking said Monday the teenage victims often are too afraid and embarrassed, and sometimes too addicted to drugs, to come forward. The comments were made at a hearing to

Security firm G4S downgraded after Olympic mess

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 5th

LONDON (AP) - Standard & Poor's has downgraded its credit rating for the U.K.-based security firm G4S by one notch to BBB-, citing the company's poor handling of its contract with the London Olympics. G4S fell short of fulfilling its contractual obligation to provide trained personnel

UPDATE: 'The Screams Kept Coming And Coming!' 2-Year-Old Boy Mauled To Death By African Wild Dogs

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 5th

PITTSBURGH (AP) - Police say a 2-year-old boy visiting the Pittsburgh zoo was killed when he fell off a railing that his mother had put him on top of it to view a pack of African painted dogs. The child fell into the exhibit and the African wild dogs pounced on him and mauled him

Man Watching BASE Parachute Jumpers Stumbles, Falls Into Idaho Canyon

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 5th

TWIN FALLS, Idaho (AP) - Twin Falls County Sheriff's officials say a man who was watching BASE parachute jumpers leap from a southern Idaho bridge into the deep Snake River Canyon stumbled and fell into the canyon himself. Sheriff's spokeswoman Lori Stewart told The Times-

Cops: 10-Year-Old Body Shoots Himself While Playing With Gun

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 5th

NBCNEWS.COM/PHILADELPHIA - A 10-year-old boy shot himself in the hand while playing with a gun at a playground on Sunday afternoon, police said. The accidental shooting happened around 3 p.m. at the Christy Recreation Center in Cobbs Creek. Police say the 10-year-old victim was rushed to

Savannah police seek Ga. fair shooting witnesses

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 5th

SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) - Savannah's police chief is calling on witnesses to come forward after a shooting at a Georgia fair that wounded seven people, most of them teenagers. Police tell The Savannah Morning News (http://bit.ly/TsIkGk) that about 15 males, who appeared to be in their teens,

Mayor: Police helicopter refurbished before crash

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 5th

By GREG SCHREIERAssociated Press ATLANTA (AP) - The Atlanta police helicopter that crashed and killed two officers on board had been completely refurbished within the last decade, and its pilot and maintenance crew were confident it was safe to fly, officials said Monday. The 45-year-old

Blair: Iraq's economy growing since Saddam ousted

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 5th

By DAVID STRINGERAssociated Press LONDON (AP) - Former Prime Minister Tony Blair said Monday that British forces should be proud of their role in the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq, citing what he claimed was major social and economic progress since the toppling of Saddam Hussein in 2003. Blair said