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Calif Latino grocery chain fights immigration woes

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 27th

By GOSIA WOZNIACKAAssociated Press FRESNO, Calif. (AP) - Two decades ago, Mi Pueblo Food Center began modestly as a small butcher shop run by an illegal immigrant. Now, the supermarket that caters to the Latino immigrant community has grown into a popular chain of 21 stores in California. But

Calif Latino grocery chain fights immigration woes

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 27th

Young activists wary of delayed deportation policy

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 27th

By KATE BRUMBACKAssociated Press ATLANTA (AP) - President Barack Obama announced a policy shift in June that allows certain young people brought to the U.S. illegally to avoid deportation. But the response from leaders of the so-called DREAMers movement has been lukewarm. One of them is

Segregation and Alabama's constitution: Excerpts

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 27th

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - What the Alabama Constitution says on school segregation: From 1901 to 1956: "The legislature shall establish, organize, and maintain a liberal system of public schools throughout the state for the benefit of the children thereof between the ages of seven and twenty-one

Navy replaces admiral leading Mideast strike group

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 27th

By ROBERT BURNSAP National Security Writer WASHINGTON (AP) - The Navy said Saturday it is replacing the admiral in command of an aircraft carrier strike group in the Middle East, pending the outcome of an internal investigation into undisclosed allegations of inappropriate judgment. Rear Adm.

Admin. rejects new claim about Libya attack

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 27th

By KIMBERLY DOZIERAP Intelligence Writer WASHINGTON (AP) - Obama administration officials defended their response to the September attack on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya, amid new claims that the White House failed to send help quickly enough as militants overran the mission. The U.S.

US senators call on FDA to act on energy drinks

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 26th

NEW YORK (AP) - Two U.S. senators on Friday again called on federal regulators to close what they say are loopholes that allow energy-drink makers to sell products with additives and high levels of caffeine that the lawmakers say have not been proven safe. The letter to the Food and Drug

East Coast braces for monster 'Frankenstorm'

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 26th

By SETH BORENSTEINAP Science Writer WASHINGTON (AP) - When Hurricane Sandy becomes a hybrid weather monster some call "Frankenstorm" it will smack the East Coast harder and wider than last year's damaging Irene, forecasters said Friday. The brunt of the weather mayhem will be concentrated

Judge delays ruling on gag order in Zimmerman case

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 26th

By KYLE HIGHTOWERAssociated Press SANFORD, Fla. (AP) - The prosecutor in the case of a former neighborhood watch leader accused of shooting an unarmed black teenager in central Florida called the conduct of the defense lawyer "a slippery slope" in pleading with the judge Friday to impose a gag

Forecasters warn East Coast about 'Frankenstorm'

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 25th

By SETH BORENSTEINAP Science Writer WASHINGTON (AP) - All the spare parts appear to be coming together to create what forecasters are calling "Frankenstorm," a monster combination of high wind, heavy rain, extreme tides and maybe snow that could cause havoc along the East Coast just before