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Social Security benefits get a 1.7 percent bump

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 16th

By STEPHEN OHLEMACHERAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - More than 56 million Americans on Social Security will get raises averaging $19 a month come January, one of the smallest hikes since automatic adjustments for inflation were adopted in 1975, the government announced Tuesday. Much of the 1

Social Security benefits get a 1.7 percent bump

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 16th

White House ponders a strike over Libya attack

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 16th

By KIMBERLY DOZIER and RUKMINI CALLIMACHIAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - The White House, under political pressure to respond forcefully to the Sept. 11 attack on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, is readying strike forces and drones but first has to find a target. And if the administration

Picasso, Monets stolen in Dutch heist

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 16th

By TOBY STERLINGAssociated Press AMSTERDAM (AP) - Thieves broke into a Rotterdam museum on Tuesday and walked off with works from the likes of Picasso, Monet, Gauguin and Matisse potentially worth hundreds of millions. Police haven't said how they pulled off the early hours heist, but an

UK blocks extradition of alleged hacker to US

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 16th

By DAVID STRINGERAssociated Press LONDON (AP) - A British computer hacker's decade-long struggle to avoid trial in the U.S. over alleged breaches of military and NASA networks ended in success Tuesday, as the U.K. government ruled he was unfit to face charges there. Home Secretary Theresa

UK blocks extradition of alleged hacker to US

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 16th

Analysis: In blistering form, Obama rebounds

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 16th

By BEN FELLERAP White House Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) - Fighting for his political life, President Barack Obama re-emerged in blistering form in an interruption-filled debate rematch, trying to diminish Mitt Romney's rising stature by accusing him of dishonesty and extremism. In a

After Clinton, Obama takes Benghazi responsibility

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 16th

By BRADLEY KLAPPER and MATTHEW LEEAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama assumed responsibility Tuesday for the deadly terror attack in Libya last month that killed four Americans just hours after Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton sought to shoulder the blame for any

Govt to let Cubans travel freely

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 16th

By ANDREA RODRIGUEZ and PETER ORSIAssociated Press HAVANA (AP) - The Cuban government announced Tuesday that it will eliminate a half-century-old restriction that requires citizens to get an exit visa to leave the country. The decree that takes effect Jan. 14 will eliminate a much-loathed

KSM, 2 other Gitmo defendants don't show in court

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 16th

By BEN FOXAssociated Press GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba (AP) - Three Sept. 11 defendants took a judge up on his offer to let them skip their military tribunal Tuesday and the proceedings went on without them. The Guantanamo detainees won a new request to return to court in camouflage