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Obama calls on Congress to act on tax cut, housing

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 6th

By MATTHEW DALYAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama says a new report showing that the unemployment rate has dropped below 8 percent is a sign the still-sluggish economy is moving forward. But Obama says more needs to be done. He called on Republicans in Congress to work

US: Haqqani tie to Afghan insider attacks possible

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 6th

By ROBERT BURNSAP National Security Writer KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - The Haqqani insurgent network, based in Pakistan and with ties to al-Qaida, is suspected of being a driving force behind a significant number of the "insider" attacks by Afghan forces that have killed or wounded more than 130

Obama, Romney use humor into connect with voters

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 6th

By KEN THOMASAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Have you heard the one about the kid who thinks President Barack Obama's job is to "approve this message?" Or the time Mitt Romney compared another presidential run to giving birth? At presidential fundraisers and rallies, the jokes are easy

Syria vows to 'crush' rebels, launches new attacks

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 6th

By KARIN LAUBAssociated Press BEIRUT (AP) - Syria's military will "crush" armed rebels, President Bashar Assad's defense minister warned Saturday, as the regime shelled rebel positions in two cities and near the Lebanese border in a widening offensive. Neighboring Turkey, meanwhile, set

Papal pardon expected for butler after conviction

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 6th

By NICOLE WINFIELDAssociated Press VATICAN CITY (AP) - A painful and damaging chapter in Pope Benedict XVI's papacy closed Saturday with the conviction of his former butler on charges he stole the pontiff's private letters and leaked them to a journalist. But questions remain as to

UN Ambassador Rice denies misleading Congress

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 5th

By LARRY MARGASAKAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - The U.S. ambassador to the United Nations has denied she tried to mislead Congress when she initially called the Sept. 11 attack on the American consulate in Benghazi, Libya a spontaneous protest. Susan Rice, in a letter released Friday, wrote

Officials reject conspiracies on unemployment rate

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 5th

By CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABER and SCOTT MAYEROWITZAP Business Writers WASHINGTON (AP) - When conspiracists suggested Friday that the Obama administration had engineered a sharp drop in unemployment to aid President Barack Obama's re-election, the response was swift. Career government officials

Officials reject conspiracies on unemployment rate

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 5th

FDA fights Web pharmacies selling unapproved drugs

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 5th

By LINDA A. JOHNSONAP Business Writer TRENTON, N.J. (AP) - The Food and Drug Administration is stepping up its fight against counterfeit and other potentially harmful medicine sold over the Internet. The agency is ordering operators of about 4,100 websites to immediately stop selling unapproved

Syrian regime opens new urban front, shells Homs

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 5th

By KARIN LAUBAssociated Press BEIRUT (AP) - The Syrian military opened a second urban front Friday, attacking the rebel stronghold of Homs with the most intense artillery barrage in months and putting opposition fighters there and in Syria's largest city, Aleppo, increasingly on the