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1 child dead, 1 missing in Minn. park landslide

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 22nd

By STEVE KARNOWSKIAssociated Press ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - A fourth-grade field trip to a Mississippi River park popular with fossil hunters turned deadly Wednesday when gravel saturated by persistent rain gave way, killing one child and injuring two others. A fourth child was missing. The landslide

Spokane Valley Police: Latest Brass Thefts Extremely Dangerous; Reward Offered

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 22nd

PRESS RELEASE FROM THE SPOKANE VALLEY POLICE DEPT: The Spokane Valley Fire Department has reported multiple buildings that have had the FDC's (Fire Department Connections) stolen from the exterior of the buildings. These brass fittings are used for the fire department to connect to and

Spokane Valley Police: Latest Brass Thefts Extremely Dangerous; Reward Offered

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 22nd

One block: How neighbors saw twister's deadly path

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 22nd

By ALLEN G. BREEDAP National Writer MOORE, Okla. (AP) - Dan Garland could feel the latch on the shelter door begin to turn in his hand. It was as if the storm outside were a living, breathing thing - and it was trying desperately to get in. Huddled beside him in the darkened 5-foot-by-6-foot hole

NY funeral for student accidentally shot by police

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 22nd

By JIM FITZGERALDAssociated Press SLEEPY HOLLOW, N.Y. (AP) - Weeping filled a church Wednesday during a funeral for a Hofstra University student who was accidentally shot by police responding to a Long Island home invasion, with friends describing her fearlessness and love of life - riding bikes,

Czech president settles dispute over gay rights

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 22nd

PRAGUE (AP) - The Czech president says he will no longer block a university professorship for a gay rights activist who had been critical of him. Milos Zeman has been under fire after suggesting over the weekend that his reason for denying the promotion to Charles University literary historian

IRS official Lerner: 'I did nothing wrong'

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 22nd

By ALAN FRAM and STEPHEN OHLEMACHERAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - The Internal Revenue Service official at the center of the storm over the agency's targeting of conservative groups told Congress on Wednesday that she had done nothing wrong in the episode, and then invoked her

Susan Powell's dad gets private eye to review file

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 22nd

By GENE JOHNSONAssociated Press SEATTLE (AP) - Police say they've taken their best shot at finding missing Utah mother Susan Powell. Now, her dad is hoping a review of the newly released case file - containing tens of thousands of pages of detective reports, maps, interview transcripts and more

Okla. residents come home to pick up the pieces

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 22nd

By RAMIT PLUSHNICK-MASTI and CHRISTOPHER SHERMANAssociated Press MOORE, Okla. (AP) - With her son holding her elbow, Colleen Arvin walked up her driveway to what was left of her house for 40 years. It was the 83-year-old grandmother's first time back at her home since a monstrous and deadly

With high-tech guns, users could disable remotely

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 21st

By MARTHA MENDOZAAP National Writer SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) - A high-tech startup is wading into the gun control debate with a wireless controller that would allow gun owners to know when their weapon is being moved - and disable it remotely. The technology, but not an actual gun, was demonstrated