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Ala. constitution: Vote looms on amending history

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 27th

By PHILLIP RAWLSAssociated Press MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - Segregation ended decades ago in Alabama, swept away by the civil rights marchers who faced down police dogs and fire hoses in the early '60s. But segregation is still mandated by the state's constitution, and voters on Nov. 6

Decade after Bali, Indonesian terror aims at gov't

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 8th

By NINIEK KARMINIAssociated Press BALI, Indonesia (AP) - Ten years after terrorist attacks at two Bali nightclubs killed more than 200 people, mostly foreign tourists, Indonesia has won international praise for its counterterrorism efforts. Militant organizations have been fractured and many of

"Critical mass" key to affirmative action case

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 6th

By JUSTIN POPEAP Education Writer AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - Walking across the South Mall, or scanning the football stadium's 100,000 seats on game day, University of Texas admissions director Kedra Ishop sees how much has changed since the 1990s, when she was a black student at what was an

Want some taste with that ice cream?

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 27th

By MAE ANDERSONAP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) - Nonfat cheese that tastes like plastic. Low-calorie soda that leaves a bitter aftertaste. Sugar-free brownies that crumble like Styrofoam. Dieters have learned an important lesson: When you take the fat and calories out of your favorite treats,

Want some taste with that ice cream?

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 27th

Texas executes ex-Army recruiter after 3 reprieves

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 25th

By MICHAEL GRACZYKAssociated Press HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) - A former Army recruiter failed to win a fourth reprieve from the U.S. Supreme Court and was executed Tuesday evening in Texas for participating in the shooting death of a woman he and a buddy met 10 years ago at a bar. Cleve Foster was

Mom charged with being NYC madam pleads guilty

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 25th

By TOM HAYSAssociated Press NEW YORK (AP) - A suburban mother of four charged with moonlighting as a multimillion-dollar madam pleaded guilty Tuesday to promoting prostitution as part of a plea deal. Anna Gristina, a legal U.S. resident originally from the Scottish Highlands, made the plea in

Former Army recruiter facing 4th execution date

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 25th

By MICHAEL GRACZYKAssociated Press HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) - Former Army recruiter Cleve Foster went to the U.S. Supreme Court a fourth time, hoping they'd again postpone his execution that's scheduled for Tuesday evening for his role the 2002 shooting death of a Fort Worth woman he and

Texas inmate prepares for 3rd trip death house

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 23rd

By MICHAEL GRACZYKAssociated Press LIVINGSTON, Texas (AP) - What Cleve Foster remembers most about his recent brushes with death is the steel door, the last one condemned Texas inmates typically walk through before their execution. "You can't take your eyes off that door," he says. But

Family: Minn. Somali left to join al-Shabab

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 21st

By AMY FORLITIAssociated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - A Minnesota man recently traveled to Somalia to join al-Shabab, a spokesman for his family said, renewing fears that the terror group is continuing to recruit Somalis living in the U.S. to return to their homeland to fight. The investigation