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49ers make just enough plays, hold off Seahawks

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 19th

By JANIE McCAULEYAP Sports Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Two of the NFL's top defenses dueled it out in a low-scoring game just as everybody expected - and San Francisco's offense did just enough to give the 49ers a narrow lead in the NFC West. For the time being, anyway. This is hardly

TransCanada temporarily shuts Keystone pipeline

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 18th

By MARIA FISHERAssociated Press KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - TransCanada Corp. has temporarily shut down its existing 2,100-mile Keystone pipeline after tests showed possible safety issues, a federal agency said Thursday. Jeannie Layson, spokeswoman for the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety

Farmworkers sue Calif. regulators over heat rules

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 18th

By GOSIA WOZNIACKAAssociated Press FRESNO, Calif. (AP) - The United Farm Workers of America sued California's work safety division Thursday, saying state regulators aren't enforcing heat regulations, leading to continued illnesses and deaths in the fields. The lawsuit, filed on behalf

UN chief: Hezbollah drone launch 'reckless'

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 18th

By RON DePASQUALEAssociated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) - U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called Hezbollah's recent drone launch into Israeli airspace a "reckless provocation" in a report submitted Thursday to the Security Council, and warned that the war in Syria was destabilizing Lebanon

In Syria, Sunni rebels besiege Shiite villages

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 18th

By HAMZA HENDAWIAssociated Press BEYANON, Syria (AP) - Anyone who dares try to slip out of the Shiite villages of Zahraa and Nubl is risking their life. Sunni rebel snipers outside are ready to gun them down. Roads out are blocked with barricades and checkpoints. Twice a day government

Navy to go after rats, mold in Gitmo legal offices

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 18th

By BEN FOXAssociated Press GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba (AP) - Legal offices that are so contaminated with mold and rat droppings that lawyers in the Sept. 11 terrorism trial have been getting sick will get a full clean-up and be evaluated by safety experts, a military official said Thursday

"Perversion files" show locals helped cover up

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 18th

By NIGEL DUARAAssociated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - Again and again, decade after decade, an array of authorities - police chiefs, prosecutors, pastors and local Boy Scout leaders among them - quietly shielded scoutmasters and others accused of molesting children, a newly opened trove of

Deputy shoots suspect in hospital emergency room

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 18th

INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) - A jail inmate suspected of drug use was shot and killed Thursday by a Los Angeles County deputy after the man grabbed a gun from another deputy in a hospital emergency room, authorities said. The 27-year-old man, whose name was not immediately released, was pronounced dead

Calif., other states take part in earthquake drill

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 18th

LOS ANGELES (AP) - Millions of Americans preparing to survive an earthquake ducked under tables and covered their heads Thursday as part of the annual "Great ShakeOut" drill. Organizers said some 14 million people, including 9.3 million in California, signed up to participate. Schoolchildren,

Persecuted Hazaras flee Pakistan; some die trying

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 18th

By KATHY GANNONAssociated Press QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) - As he knelt in prayer to mark one of Islam's holiest days, Ali Raza Qurban saw a childhood friend and dozens of others die in a suicide attack on their Shiite mosque. Sunni militants were again targeting minority ethnic Hazaras in this