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Jobs bill for vets bogs down in Senate

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 19th

By KEVIN FREKINGAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Senate Republicans blocked legislation Wednesday that would have established a $1 billion jobs program putting veterans back to work tending to the country's federal lands and bolstering local police and fire departments. Republicans said

Tests only identify Zimmerman's DNA on handgun

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 19th

By MIKE SCHNEIDERAssociated Press ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) - Forensic tests made public Wednesday show that George Zimmerman's was the only DNA that could be identified on the grip of the gun used to fatally shoot 17-year-old Trayvon Martin. The results rule out Martin's DNA from being on the

Governor Gregoire To Extend Wildfire Emergency Order

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 19th

WENATCHEE, Wash. (AP) - A firefighter who died after falling ill while helping battle a wildfire north of Wenatchee, Wash., has been identified as a Darby, Mont., man. Crews are struggling to contain dozens of wildfires throughout the state of Washington. Fire

Spain has space, but limited time to seek bailout

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 19th

By ALAN CLENDENNINGAP Business Writer MADRID (AP) - Spain is breathing a little easier ever since the European Central Bank said it would buy unlimited amounts of government bonds to help countries like it that are being strangled by their debts. After the ECB pledged two weeks ago to rescue

New French cartoons inflame prophet film tensions

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 19th

By GREG KELLER and LORI HINNANTAssociated Press PARIS (AP) - A French magazine published vulgar caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad on Wednesday, brandishing its right to free speech amid global tensions over a movie insulting to Islam. In response, the French government ordered embassies and

France ups embassy security after prophet cartoons

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 19th

By GREG KELLER and LORI HINNANTAssociated Press PARIS (AP) - France stepped up security at some of its embassies on Wednesday after a satirical Parisian weekly published crude caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad. The prime minister said he would block a demonstration by people angry over a

Voters sour on economy, but Obama job approval up

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 19th

By JENNIFER AGIESTA and NANCY BENACAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Still sour on the state of the U.S. economy, Americans are nonetheless heading into the home stretch to Election Day feeling better about the country's future and about how President Barack Obama is doing his job, a new

Nationalism may rise under Japan's next gov't

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 19th

By MALCOLM FOSTERAssociated Press TOKYO (AP) - One is a former prime minister known for his nationalistic views. A second is a hawkish former defense chief. And a third is the son of Tokyo's outspoken governor whose proposal to buy and develop a cluster of uninhabited islands claimed by

Army tests body armor tailored for female soldiers

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 19th

By KRISTIN M. HALLAssociated Press FORT CAMPBELL, Ky. (AP) - Female soldiers from Fort Campbell deploying to Afghanistan will field test the first Army body armor that is shorter and better tailored specifically to fit women's physiques. Members of a female engagement team from the 101st

Firefighter Dies While Combating Wildfire Burning Near Wenatchee

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 18th

WENATCHEE, Wash. (AP) - A firefighter assigned to a wildfire burning north of Wenatchee has died. Agencies responding to the blaze say the firefighter became ill Monday afternoon and was transported to a nearby hospital where he died. A fire spokesman says the