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CA murder trial opens for accused arsonist

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on July 10th

By AMY TAXINAssociated Press SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. (AP) - The five victims all died of heart attacks. But prosecutors said it was still murder. Angry after being thrown out of a house where his family was staying, Rickie Lee Fowler deliberately torched a hillside and started a raging wildfire

Crews eye winds, heat at wildfires across West

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By JESSIE L. BONNERAssociated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) - Wind-fanned wildfires in southern Idaho are proving stubborn, but across the West as a whole, firefighters are gaining ground and keeping an eye on the weather. A fast-moving blaze spread across nearly 300 square miles of sagebrush and dry

Obama, Romney clash over taxes, outsourcing jobs

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By KASIE HUNT and KEN THOMASAssociated Press CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) - Clashing over the economy, President Barack Obama challenged Mitt Romney to join him in allowing tax hikes for rich Americans like them, needling his Republican rival on Tuesday to "compromise to help the middle class." Romney

Olmert legacy revisited after acquittal in Israel

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By JOSEF FEDERMANAssociated Press JERUSALEM (AP) - Former Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's acquittal of the most serious charges in a high-profile corruption case on Tuesday set off a fierce debate about how the peace process might have proceeded differently had the former leader not been driven

Kitchen Fire Quickly Spreads In Northwest Spokane

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on July 10th

SPOKANE, Wash. - Spokane Firefighters were called to a structure fire Monday evening at Mission and Walnut. Fire officials say a man was cooking dinner in the upper level apartment when the grease he was cooking with caught fire and exploded. The man tried to put the flames out with baking soda,

Fire Danger To Be "High" On Thursday

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SPOKANE, Wash. - With this stretch of hot temperatures, Washington's Department of Natural Resources is keeping a close watch on the fire danger. Crews now say they plan to change the fire danger from moderate to high starting Thursday at midnight. Spokesman for the Department of

Second suspect in SF triple murder arrested in NC

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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Authorities in North Carolina arrested a second suspect Monday in the 2008 killings of a father and his two sons in San Francisco. After four years as a fugitive, Wilfredo Reyes, 31, was arrested at a home in Salisbury, N.C., after trying to escape through a window, according

Spirit Lake Police Chief Being Investigated For Sexual Harassment

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on July 9th

SPIRIT LAKE, Idaho- The Chief of Police in Spirit Lake, Pat Lawless, is being accused of sexual harassment and being investigated by Post Falls Police. A tort claim seeking 5 million dollars in damages was filed by former Spirit Lake police officer Crystal Sudol. The claim states

Seasonal firefighters seek health care coverage

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By DAN ELLIOTTAssociated Press DENVER (AP) - They work the front lines of the nation's most explosive wildfires, navigating treacherous terrain, dense walls of smoke and tall curtains of flame. Yet thousands of the nation's seasonal firefighters have no health insurance for themselves or

3 dead after gunfire at Del. soccer tournament

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on July 9th

By RANDALL CHASEAssociated Press DOVER, Del. (AP) - Armed men suspected of triggering an exchange of gunfire at a weekend soccer tournament in Delaware that left three people dead and two wounded apparently targeted the tournament organizer, but authorities on Monday remained mum about the motive