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Man charged in "mercy killing" set for sentencing

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on March 29th

By BRIAN SKOLOFFAssociated Press PHOENIX (AP) - George Sanders appeared frail and tired in the hours after he shot his ailing elderly wife in the head, wrapped in a blanket as he sat being questioned by a detective. " She never wanted to outlive me and be left at the mercy of someone else," Sanders

Senior home staff had complained about suspect

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 21st

TORRANCE, Calif. (AP) - Residents and staff members at a senior high-rise in California had complained in the past about erratic behavior by an elderly man now suspected of killing two women and himself at the facility, authorities and employees said. Some people at the Golden West Tower apartments

3 dead in murder-suicide at Calif. senior center

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 21st

TORRANCE, Calif. (AP) - Three people died Tuesday in what appears to be a double murder-suicide at a senior citizens' high-rise south of Los Angeles, police said. A man in his 80s apparently shot two women shortly after noon before turning the gun on himself in the lobby of the Golden West

America casts its ballots on democracy's day

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 6th

By The Associated Press On Election Day, Americans took time to vote, and to explain why this ritual means so much to them. At polling places and in luncheonettes, on the storm-battered East Coast and in a California city hobbled by foreclosure, in precincts large and small, they celebrated

America casts its ballots on democracy's day

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 6th

Viewers of oft-overlooked VP debate say it matters

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 12th

By ADAM GELLERAP National Writer Robert Munson has heard the conventional wisdom: Vice presidential debates aren't supposed to matter. But in an election this close, he and millions of others tuned in Thursday to a candidate faceoff that many said may not have changed their vote, but firmed

In Virginia, rivals for Senate talk up cooperation

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 19th

By DONNA CASSATAAssociated Press LEESBURG, Va. (AP) - Democrat Tim Kaine talks a lot about Republicans - the ones in his family, the ones he's worked with and the ones he hopes will help him bridge the caustic political divide if he's elected to the U.S. Senate. "We can't have a

Retirees head to unconventional destinations

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 16th

By CLARKE CANFIELDAssociated Press CAMDEN, Maine (AP) - When Peg Davis was ready to find a retirement community to move to, she looked north - not south - for a place to spend her later years. Rather than set her sights on Florida, Arizona or some other warm-weather locale, she packed up and

Former AP correspondent Watson Sims dies in NC

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on July 6th

By MARTHA WAGGONERAssociated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - Watson Sims, who won a Silver Star for helping rescue Gen. Douglas MacArthur during World War II and went on to become a foreign correspondent and World Services editor for The Associated Press, died Friday. He was 90

Obama faces growing GOP super PAC financial power

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on June 21st

By STEPHEN BRAUNAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - The national campaigns backing President Barack Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney are drawing even in their fundraising prowess, but new financial filings released show that the "super" political committees supporting