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Petition For Texas To Secede From US Reaches Threshold For White House Response

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 13th

NBCNEWS.COM - An online petition that calls for the State of Texas to withdraw from the U.S. and create its own government on Monday reached the required signature threshold to receive an official response from The White House. The petition on WhiteHouse.gov asks the Obama

Panetta: Admin deciding on post-2014 troop levels

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 12th

By ROBERT BURNSAP National Security Writer ABOARD A U.S. MILITARY AIRCRAFT OVER THE PACIFIC (AP) - Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said Monday the Obama administration is nearing a decision in the next few weeks on how many U.S. troops would remain in Afghanistan - and for what purposes - after

Tulsa dad arrested after toddler found in cage

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 12th

By KEN MILLERThe Associated Press OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - A Tulsa man was arrested after police found his 18-month-old daughter locked in a metal dog cage, his naked 4-year old daughter outside on a cold afternoon and him asleep in a drug or alcohol "induced stupor," police said Monday. A neighbor

911 call: Malnourished Ohio boy 'stiff as a board'

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 12th

By THOMAS J. SHEERANAssociated Press VERMILION, Ohio (AP) - A mother's frantic plea for help for her disabled 18-month-old son - "He's stiff as a board" - sent an ambulance crew to a reclusive family's home where they found the undersized boy and six other children, most

Look at how Syria neighbors are drawn into its war

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 12th

By The Associated Press Syria's neighbors are increasingly being drawn into the country's civil war in a variety of ways, whether militarily or due to an exodus of Syrians fleeing the fighting at home. The spillover has raised concerns that the nearly 20-month-long conflict between

House leader heard of Petraeus affair Oct. 27

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 12th

By LARRY MARGASAKAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - An aide to House Majority Leader Eric Cantor says the Virginia congressman first heard about CIA Director David Petraeus' extramarital affair on Saturday, Oct. 27, from an FBI source he didn't know. Communications director Rory Cooper

Many on NY's Long Island still dark after Sandy

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 12th

By FRANK ELTMAN and MICHAEL VIRTANENAssociated Press HICKSVILLE, N.Y. (AP) - Two weeks after Superstorm Sandy, while most utilities have restored electricity to nearly all their customers, there was one glaring exception Monday: a Long Island power company with more outages - almost 60,000

Criticized Red Cross Defends Hurricane Sandy Effort

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 12th

NBCNEWS.COM - The American Red Cross, which bills itself as "the world's largest humanitarian network," is pushing back against critics of its response to superstorm Sandy, with the head of the organization saying its relief effort has been "near flawless" despite criticism from stranded

Israel reports 'direct hits' on Syrian target

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 12th

By ARIEL SCHALIT and JOSEF FEDERMANAssociated Press TEL HAZEKA, Golan Heights (AP) - Israeli tanks struck a Syrian artillery launcher Monday after a stray mortar shell flew into Israel-held territory, the first direct clash between the neighbors since the Syrian uprising began nearly two years

Gawkers head to NY's storm-ravaged neighborhoods

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 12th

By CHRISTINA REXRODE and DAVID BAUDER and VERENA DOBNIKAssociated Press NEW YORK (AP) - Garbage trucks, hulking military vehicles and mud-caked cars move slowly through a Staten Island waterfront neighborhood still reeling from Superstorm Sandy's storm surge. Then comes an outlier: a spotless