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What now for gun control? A look at the issue

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 18th

By CONNIE CASSAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - The impassioned push for new gun laws, born from the slaughter of schoolchildren, has collided with the marble-hard realities of Congress. Just persuading the Senate to debate tougher laws was considered a high hurdle for gun control advocates. They

What now for gun control? A look at the issue

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 18th

Newtown families disappointed by Senate vote

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 17th

By SUSAN HAIGHAssociated Press HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) - Emotionally drained and weary family members of the Newtown shooting victims, thrust into a new role as gun control lobbyists, said they're disappointed but undaunted by the U.S. Senate's rejection Wednesday of an amendment expanding

Newtown families disappointed by Senate vote

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 17th

Lawyer: Girl's assault was shared in photos, texts

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 13th

By MARTHA MENDOZAAP National Writer SARATOGA, Calif. (AP) - The parents of a 15-year-old California girl who took her own life after she was sexually abused and an explicit photo of the assault circulated among her classmates want the three boys who have been arrested in the case prosecuted as

Know these bankruptcy facts before you file

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 12th

By Andrew Housser April is Financial Literacy Month, and one of the most confusing areas for consumers who are struggling with debt is bankruptcy. Some people mistakenly believe that if they get into financial trouble, they can simply file for bankruptcy to get out. Others are hesitant to take any

Lawyer: Girl saw details online of sex assault

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 12th

By MARTHA MENDOZAAP National Writer SARATOGA, Calif. (AP) - Fifteen-year-old Audrie Pott passed out drunk at a friend's house, woke up and concluded she had been sexually abused. In the days that followed, she was shocked to see an explicit photo of herself circulating among her classmates

Budget: cover uninsured, trim Medicare, tax cigs

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 10th

By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVARAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama's new budget offers Medicare cuts to entice Republicans into tax negotiations, while plowing ahead to cover the uninsured next year under the health care law the GOP has bitterly fought to repeal. But the

Budget: cover uninsured, trim Medicare, tax cigs

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 10th

An agency-by-agency guide to Obama's 2014 budget

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 10th

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama has proposed a $3.8 trillion budget for fiscal 2014 that aims to slash the deficit by a net $600 billion over 10 years, raise taxes and trim popular benefit programs, including Social Security and Medicare. The White House claims deficit reductions of $1.8