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Provocative anti-jihad ads go up in NYC subways

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 24th

NEW YORK (AP) - Provocative advertisements equating Muslim radicals with savages appeared in New York City subways on Monday, drawing immediate criticism from some riders. "It's a terrible idea," said Colby Richardson at a subway station in midtown Manhattan. "It's going to spark

Family: Man shot by Seattle police had dementia

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 24th

SEATTLE (AP) - A 77-year-old man who was shot to death by Seattle police suffered from dementia, his family said Monday. Henry Lee Sr. had the disorder and other diseases, his son, Henry Lee Jr. told The Seattle Times. The man's grandson, Gabriel Lee, said he was a retired construction worker

Veteran AP reporter Mary Foster dies at 68

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 24th

By MICHAEL KUNZELMANAssociated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Mary Foster, a veteran Associated Press reporter who wrote about everything from New Orleans' love affair with food, Mardi Gras and Saints football to Hurricane Katrina, died Monday. She was 68. Foster died at her New Orleans home from

1,100 Mass. inmates' cases might be tainted by lab

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 24th

By DENISE LAVOIEAP Legal Affairs Writer BOSTON (AP) - More than 1,100 defendants are now serving prison sentences based at least in part on drug tests by a chemist accused of failing to follow protocols and deliberately mishandling samples in a now-closed state drug lab, officials said Monday.

German woman's plea accepted in grandson's death

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 24th

By BILL KACZORAssociated Press APALACHICOLA, Fla. (AP) - A German woman showed no emotion Monday as a judge sentenced her to more than 21 years in prison after she pleaded no contest to drowning her 5-year-old grandson in the bathtub of a rented beach house. The judge accepted a plea deal for

Dad defends chemist at center of Mass. lab scandal

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 24th

BOSTON (AP) - The father of the chemist at the center of a scandal at a Massachusetts drug lab is defending her, saying no one has heard her side of the story. Annie Dookhan has been accused of deliberately mishandling drug samples at a former Department of Public Health lab in Boston, potentially

Officials: Fort Hood shooting suspect hospitalized

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 24th

By ANGELA K. BROWNAssociated Press FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) - The Army psychiatrist charged in the deadly 2009 Fort Hood shooting rampage has been hospitalized for undisclosed reasons, military officials said Monday. Maj. Nidal Hasan was listed in good condition after being admitted to the Texas

Judge exonerates former LA gang member of murder

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 24th

By LINDA DEUTSCHAP Special Correspondent LOS ANGELES (AP) - A courtroom erupted in applause, cheers and shouts of "We love you" as a former gang member imprisoned for 19 years for a murder he didn't commit was exonerated and set free Monday. John Edward Smith, who was still in jail clothing

Feds show cash trail at Detroit ex-mayor's trial

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 24th

By ED WHITEAssociated Press DETROIT (AP) - Large amounts of cash that Kwame Kilpatrick deposited into bank accounts may have been gifts or money that he had saved for years and stored at home, the former Detroit mayor's lawyer suggested Monday. Prosecutors went right to the money in the

Vietnam convicts 3 bloggers for anti-gov't posts

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 24th

By CHRIS BRUMMITTAssociated Press HANOI, Vietnam (AP) - A Vietnamese court issued jail sentences ranging from four to 12 years on Monday to three bloggers who wrote about human rights abuses, corruption and foreign policy, intensifying a crackdown on citizens' use of the Internet to