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Slain NY student's friends focus on violence issue

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 2nd

By CAROLYN THOMPSONAssociated Press BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) - As her family mourned her death, the friends of a college freshman who police say was beaten to death in her dorm room by her boyfriend have rallied people to wear purple to raise awareness of domestic violence. Alexandra Kogut's body

WHY IT MATTERS: Defense spending

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 2nd

By ROBERT BURNSAP National Security Writer The issue: Is the U.S. spending enough money on defense, and is it spending it in the right ways? In the aftermath of the 9/11 terrorist attacks the money spigot was turned wide open, pouring hundreds of billions of dollars into the wars in Iraq and

No Syria solution in sight at UN General Assembly

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 2nd

By RON DePASQUALEAssociated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) - After countless speeches, meetings and behind-the-scenes discussions, the war in Syria remained the unsolved problem that loomed over this year's gathering of world leaders at the United Nations. As the week-long meeting of the U.N.

Pope's butler pleads innocent to theft charge

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 2nd

By NICOLE WINFIELDAssociated Press VATICAN CITY (AP) - Pope Benedict XVI's onetime butler declared Tuesday he was innocent of a charge of aggravated theft of the pope's private correspondence, but acknowledged he photocopied the papers and said he feels guilty that he betrayed the trust

Budget resolution omits Iraq training authority

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 1st

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Pentagon says the temporary budget resolution that took effect Monday fails to authorize the U.S. military to continue training Iraqi security forces. Congress did not include the Iraqi Security Forces Fund in the short-term spending measure it passed last month to fund the

Shootings expose cracks in US mental health system

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 1st

By CARLA K. JOHNSON and PATRICK CONDONAssociated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Andrew Engeldinger's parents pushed him for two years to seek treatment for what they suspected was mental illness, but even though he became increasingly paranoid and experienced delusions, there was nothing more

Security company fired after nuke plant break-in

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 1st

By ERIK SCHELZIGAssociated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - The security contractor at the Y-12 nuclear weapons plant in Tennessee was fired Monday after authorities said three protesters cut through fences and vandalized a building in an unprecedented break-in. Security contractor WSI Oak Ridge

Sailors await resolution in prostitution scandal

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 1st

By LOLITA C. BALDORAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Six months after members of the U.S. military and the Secret Service were embroiled in a prostitution scandal in Colombia, two Navy sailors have been stripped of their security clearances and pulled off their regular jobs, but they have yet

Complaint: Beau said he killed NY college freshman

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 1st

By CAROLYN THOMPSONAssociated Press BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) - Friends of a college freshman who police say was beaten to death in her dorm room by her boyfriend rallied others Monday to wear purple to raise domestic violence awareness, and her family mourned the loss of a "bright, beautiful young

US judge: No probable cause for some RNC arrests

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 1st

By LARRY NEUMEISTERAssociated Press NEW YORK (AP) - Saying the Constitution does not recognize guilty by association, a federal judge ruled Monday that hundreds of protesters were arrested without probable cause during the 2004 Republican National Convention in New York. U.S. District Judge