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Cautious enforcer to be China's next premier

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 11th

By CHRISTOPHER BODEENAssociated Press BEIJING (AP) - The man in line to oversee China's massive but rapidly slowing economy for the coming decade speaks English and comes from a generation of politicians schooled during a time of greater openness to liberal Western ideas than their

Calif. city plans to provide transgender surgeries

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 9th

By LISA LEFFAssociated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - San Francisco is preparing to become the first U.S. city to provide and cover the cost of sex reassignment surgeries for uninsured transgender residents. The city's Health Commission voted Tuesday to create a comprehensive program for

LA County voters mandate condom use on porn sets

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 7th

By CHRISTINA HOAGAssociated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) - Los Angeles County voters have approved a measure requiring porn performers to wear condoms while filming sex scenes, prompting a pledge by the adult entertainment industry to sue to overturn the measure. With 100 percent of the county's

Gay marriage, marijuana backed in historic votes

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 7th

By DAVID CRARYAP National Writer Altering the course of U.S social policy, Maine and Maryland became the first states to approve same-sex marriage by popular vote, while Washington state and Colorado set up a showdown with federal authorities by legalizing recreational use of marijuana. The

Maine, Maryland vote to legalize gay marriage

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 7th

By DAVID CRARYAP National Writer Voters a continent apart made history Tuesday on two divisive social issues, with Maine and Maryland becoming the first states to approve same-sex marriage by popular vote while Washington state and Colorado legalized recreational use of marijuana. The outcomes

Maine, Maryland vote to legalize gay marriage

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 7th

20 cities make cut in NYC mayor's $9M contest

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 5th

By JENNIFER PELTZAssociated Press NEW YORK (AP) - In a big-city mayor's bid to spur colleagues to think boldly around the country, 20 cities from Chicago to Springfield, Ore., are finalists in a $9 million urban-innovation contest created by New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg. The cities,

NH hospital in hepatitis C case must give records

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 1st

By HOLLY RAMERAssociated Press CONCORD, N.H. (AP) - A New Hampshire judge says a hospital tied to a hepatitis C outbreak must grant public health officials broad access to patient records. Exeter Hospital had argued it would be violating state and federal law if it provided unfettered access to

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