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Split-second choice ended with NY student dead

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 20th

By VERENA DOBNIKAssociated Press NEW YORK (AP) - The college student was being held in a headlock by a masked intruder with a loaded gun to her head, police said. Then the gunman took aim at an officer. A moment later both Hofstra University junior Andrea Rebello and the intruder were dead - killed

Commutes long, slow after Conn. train derailment

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 20th

By JOHN CHRISTOFFERSENAssociated Press BRIDGEPORT, Conn. (AP) - Connecticut commuters endured slow trips to work Monday following last week's train collision that that injured 72 people and disrupted rail service into New York City. It took Gary Maddin of Milford an hour to make what is

Civil rights trial on NYPD tactic closing

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 20th

By COLLEEN LONGAssociated Press NEW YORK (AP) - The federal civil rights challenge to the contentious New York Police Department tactic of stop, question and frisk is closing after more than nine weeks of testimony from men who say they were wrongly stopped because of their race and police officers

China sentences underground bank operator to death

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 20th

By JOE McDONALDAP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) - A businesswoman in southern China has been sentenced to death on charges of defrauding investors as the government tightens controls on informal financing that is widely used by entrepreneurs. Lin Haiyan was convicted of "illegal fundraising" for

Logan Mayes Arrested for Hit and Run

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 20th

PULLMAN -- Pullman police arrested Washington State linebacker Logan Mayes for a hit and run last Thursday. The incident led to Mayes' arrest May 16th just after 6:30 p.m. on NE Westwood Drive. A WSU spokesperson told SWX that the coaches are aware of the situation and it will remain a

AP PHOTOS: College commencements across nation

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 19th

By The Associated Press In a commencement address at Atlanta's historically black Morehouse College, President Obama said graduates should "find time to defend the powerless." The president said his own success was due to "the special obligation I felt, as a black man like you, to help those

Charlotte remembers 1963 desegregation 'eat-in'

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 19th

By MITCH WEISSAssociated Press CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) - In the spring of 1963, a prominent civil rights leader led dozens of protesters on a four-mile march from a predominantly African-American college campus to the center of Charlotte's downtown. Dr. Reginald Hawkins warned city leaders

Charlotte remembers 1963 desegregation 'eat-in'

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 19th

Jamie Dimon under pressure ahead of investor vote

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 19th

By CHRISTINA REXRODEAP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) - Jamie Dimon, chairman and CEO of the country's biggest bank, faces a key test this week: His shareholders are voting on whether to let him keep both jobs. It's been just more than a year since his bank, JPMorgan Chase, revealed a

Jamie Dimon under pressure ahead of investor vote

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 19th