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Tea party hero changes tune to woo Ind. moderates

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 27th

By TOM LoBIANCOAssociated Press INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Richard Mourdock became one of the tea party's biggest winners of the 2012 primary season when he knocked off veteran Indiana Sen. Richard Lugar in a brutal campaign built on his contention that Lugar was too old, too out of touch and too

Pope's ex-butler goes on trial for leaked papers

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 27th

By NICOLE WINFIELDAssociated Press VATICAN CITY (AP) - There was a time when a Vatican trial could end with a heretic being burned at the stake. Paolo Gabriele doesn't risk nearly as dire a fate, but he and the Holy See face a very public airing over the gravest security breach in the

From words to deeds: Why election matters

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 27th

By CALVIN WOODWARDAssociated Press When you vote for Democrat Barack Obama or Republican Mitt Romney in November, you'll be voting for more than a president. You'll be casting a ballot for and against a checklist of policies that touch your life and shape the country you live in. It can be

WHY IT MATTERS: Syria

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 27th

By BRADLEY KLAPPERAssociated Press The issue: Syria's conflict is the most violent to emerge from last year's Arab Spring. The protests started peacefully but prompted a brutal crackdown by President Bashar Assad's government. The fighting has escalated into a civil war that has

WHY IT MATTERS: Syria

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 27th

Israel's Netanyahu draws his "red line" for Iran

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 27th

By ARON HELLERAssociated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) - In his most detailed plea to date for global action against Iran's nuclear program, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Thursday the world has until next summer at the latest to stop Iran before it can build a nuclear bomb.

New Zealand agency illegally spied on Kim Dotcom

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 27th

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) - A New Zealand spying agency apologizes after acknowledging it broke the law by spying on Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom. The Government Communications Security Bureau is authorized only to spy on foreigners. However, a report released Thursday by Prime Minister John

Prisoner held in max security during killing probe

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 26th

ORDWAY, Colo. (AP) - An imprisoned sex offender described as a person of interest in the death of a female corrections officer had been disciplined multiple times for sexual harassment of women employees at another Colorado prison where the victim previously worked, authorities said Wednesday.

Egypt's Morsi assumes major role in Mideast

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 26th

By STEVEN R. HURSTAssociated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) - Egypt's new President Mohammed Morsi assigned himself the heavyweight's role in the Middle East on Wednesday, declaring in his first speech to the United Nations that the civil war raging in Syria is the "tragedy of the age" and

Mass. to appeal inmate sex change surgery ruling

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 26th

By STEVE LeBLANCAssociated Press BOSTON (AP) - Massachusetts will appeal a federal judge's decision to grant a convicted murderer's request for sex reassignment surgery, prison officials announced Wednesday. The state Department of Correction said that it believes the medical care