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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

Mourners leave flowers at helicopter crash site

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ATLANTA (AP) - Mourners are leaving flowers, cards and other mementos at a makeshift memorial near the site of a police helicopter crash that killed two Atlanta officers who were searching for a runaway boy. Authorities say the chopper struck a power pole, them plummeted to the ground and exploded

Small quake rattles NJ towns in wake of Sandy

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RINGWOOD, N.J. (AP) - Some residents in northern New Jersey awoke to a small earthquake early Monday. The temblor, with a magnitude of 2.0, struck at 1:19 a.m. and was centered in Ringwood, a community that's still dealing with downed trees and power outages from Sandy. Geophysicist Jessica

China's next leaders might curb Macau's fortunes

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By KELVIN CHANAP Business Writer MACAU (AP) - Hordes of Chinese high rollers flooding into Macau have turned the city into an Asian casino boomtown, but they're also posing a challenge for China's next generation of leaders. Macau's casino industry has mushroomed over the past