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Afghan war enters 12th year

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 7th

By AMIR SHAH and DEB RIECHMANNAssociated Press KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - Nobody wants a repeat of the bloody ethnic fighting that followed the Soviet exit from Afghanistan in the 1990s - least of all 32-year-old Wahidullah who was crippled by a bullet that pierced his spine during the civil war

Women in submerged car in RI had worked on yachts

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 7th

NEWPORT, R.I. (AP) - Three women found dead in a submerged car at a Rhode Island shipyard were friends who worked on some of the world's finest yachts, according to a business owner in the luxury boat industry. The car was found at about 6:30 a.m. Friday sticking out of about 4 feet of water in

Turkey, Syria trade fire; border tensions mount

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 7th

By MEHMET GUZEL and ZEINA KARAMAssociated Press AKCAKALE, Turkey (AP) - Turkey and Syria fired artillery and mortars across their volatile border for a fifth consecutive day on Sunday, in one of the most serious and prolonged flare-ups of violence along the frontier. The exchange of fire stoked

Iran rulers eye currency mess from protected perch

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 7th

By BRIAN MURPHYAssociated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - Just as Iran's currency was rattling near bottom after a stunning free fall, officials in Tehran opened a trade exhibition that included advanced engineering tools, heavy machinery and robotics. Nearly every Iranian booth

Preserving Egypt's revolutionary graffiti

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 7th

By HAMZA HENDAWIAssociated Press CAIRO (AP) - Graffiti has been among the most powerful art forms and tools of Egypt's revolution and the turbulent months since, but it also has proven to be its most vulnerable and ephemeral. For nearly two years, the slogans, portraits and artwork that

Police fatally shoot naked student at Ala. college

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 6th

MOBILE, Ala. (AP) - A police officer at the University of South Alabama has fatally shot a naked student whom authorities said repeatedly charged the officer. University officials said the confrontation happened early Saturday morning when the officer went outside a police station to investigate a

Evidence questioned in Missouri child rape case

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 6th

By ALAN SCHER ZAGIERAssociated Press SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) - The crime was brutal: a 7-year-old girl choked, raped and forced to smoke drugs before she was left for dead in a fire set by her attacker. Somehow, she survived. Firefighters founder her at dawn, stumbling through the street and

Spokane Police Arrest Violent Burglary Suspect

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 6th

Spokane Police Department Press Release: On September 6, 2012, just after 5pm, Spokane Police Department patrol officers responded to a burglary near 900 E. 8th Ave. The female victim said a man knocked on her front door, but no one was there when she answered. She then saw the

Spokane Police Arrest Violent Burglary Suspect

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 6th

Spokane Police Arrest Violent Burglary Suspect

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 6th