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Venezuela's military enters high-crime slums

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 17th

By KARL RITTERAssociated Press PETARE, Venezuela (AP) - Stern-looking soldiers clutching assault rifles wave down the beat-up Chevy Caprice entering this sprawling slum on the outskirts of Caracas. Flashlights in his face, the driver steps out and places his hands on the roof while the soldiers

Crime Tracker: Smart Phone Security Measures: Are You Safe?

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 17th

SPOKANE, Wash. - Many people with smart phones admit their entire life is held right in the palm of their hand. They say the chunk of metal holds almost every piece of private information they own. However, many users don't protect their phones and that private information the

Crime Tracker: Smart Phone Security Measures: Are You Safe?

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 17th

EU Commission sees Greek recovery but few jobs

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 17th

ATHENS, Greece (AP) - Greece's deep, six-year recession is likely to end in 2014, but unemployment will remain above 20 percent for another three years, the European Commission said Friday in a report. Greece has been dependent on rescue loans from other European countries that use the euro and

Problems surface over Ariz.'s 2007 immigration law

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 17th

By JACQUES BILLEAUDAssociated Press PHOENIX (AP) - The immigration debate in Arizona reached a boiling point in 2007 when the state passed a groundbreaking law targeting those often blamed with fueling the nation's border woes: Employers who hire immigrants living in the U.S. illegally. The law

Report: Torture evidence found in Syrian prisons

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 17th

By BARBARA SURKAssociated Press BEIRUT (AP) - Rights activists visiting abandoned government prisons in the first Syrian city to come under rebel control have found torture devices and other evidence that detainees were abused there, Human Rights Watch said in a report Friday. Raqqa, in eastern

Subpoena of AP records revives media shield bill

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 16th

By FREDERIC J. FROMMERAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - The controversy over the government's secret subpoena of Associated Press telephone records has revived legislation that protect journalists from having to reveal their sources to federal investigators - and the White House is endorsing

US, Turkey project united front on Syria

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 16th

By JOSH LEDERMANAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama and Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan projected a united front Thursday on Syria, keeping stark differences about how much the U.S. should intervene behind closed doors as they looked to Russia and the global

Newtown parents seek more focus on school security

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 16th

By MICHAEL MELIAAssociated Press HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) - The moment Alissa Parker learned of a shooting at her daughter's school, she suddenly regretted not pointing out what she had seen as security gaps at Sandy Hook Elementary School. Parker, whose 6-year-old daughter Emilie was among 20

Justice Dept. faulted over terrorist identities

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 16th

By PETE YOSTAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - The government allowed "a small but significant number" of terrorists into America's witness protection program and then failed to provide the names of some of them for a watch list that's used to keep dangerous people off airline flights, the