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Civility efforts seek better behavior on campus

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 1st

By ALAN SCHER ZAGIERAssociated Press COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) - Jewish students in the University of California system labeled terrorists for their support of Israel. Black high school students pelted by bananas on a Tennessee campus tour. A hostile student in Maryland challenging his professor to a

Marines, police prep for mock zombie invasion

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 27th

By JULIE WATSONAssociated Press SAN DIEGO (AP) - Move over vampires, goblins and haunted houses, this kind of Halloween terror aims to shake up even the toughest warriors: An untold number of so-called zombies are coming to a counterterrorism summit attended by hundreds of Marines, Navy special

Spain anti-austerity protests draw thousands

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 27th

By HAROLD HECKLEAssociated Press MADRID (AP) - Several thousand people marched to Spain's parliament in an anti-austerity protest Saturday, but were held back from surrounding the building by metal rail barricades and a large police presence. The "Surround parliament" protest group had

China expels Bo from legislature, set for trial

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 26th

By CHRISTOPHER BODEENAssociated Press BEIJING (AP) - Chinese lawmakers have stripped disgraced politician Bo Xilai of his last official position, formally expelling him from the country's top legislature and clearing the way for criminal proceedings against the once-rising political star.

WHY IT MATTERS: Energy

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 23rd

By MATTHEW DALYAssociated Press The issue: Americans depend on energy for everything from driving their cars to powering factories, homes and offices - and of course our smartphones, laptops and tablets. How that energy is produced and where it comes from affect jobs, the economy and the

WHY IT MATTERS: Global warming

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 23rd

By SETH BORENSTEINAP Science Writer The issue: People love to talk about the weather, especially when it's strange like the mercifully ended summer of 2012. This year the nation's weather has been hotter and more extreme than ever, federal records show. Yet there are two people who aren

Grant County Resident Dies From Hantavirus

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 17th

GRANT COUNTY, Wash. - On October 2, 2012 The Grant County Health District (GCHD) received confirmation from the Washington State Department of Health Public Health Laboratory (DOH) that the death of a Grant County woman was likely caused by the Hantavirus. The woman was hospitalized and died in

Grant County Resident Dies From Hantavirus

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 17th

KHQ MD ALERT: 9 More Idaho Clinics May Have Drugs From Ma. Pharmacy

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 17th

BOISE, Idaho (AP) - As federal officials expand their investigation of a meningitis outbreak tied to injectable steroids made by a Massachusetts company, Idaho health officials are contacting nine clinics that may have recently received other injectable drugs from the company. The

Uruguay takes historic step legalizing abortion

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 17th

By MICHAEL WARRENAssociated Press MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay (AP) - Uruguay's Senate voted to legalize first-trimester abortions for all women Wednesday in a groundbreaking measure that came with so many strings attached it left neither side in the bitter debate completely satisfied. Senators