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Campaign is in high gear, but White House is quiet

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 22nd

By JULIE PACEAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - It's awfully quiet at the White House these days. President Barack Obama is spending lots of time campaigning in the most competitive states, and the White House press corps that normally occupies space in the West Wing is out there with him

Senate approves resolution on Iran

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 22nd

By DONNA CASSATAAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - The Senate has overwhelmingly approved a resolution that reaffirms U.S. efforts to stop Iran from developing a nuclear weapon and says containment of a nuclear-capable Iran is not an option. By a vote of 90-1 early Saturday, the Senate backed

Guatemalan massacre suspect extradited to US

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 22nd

By SHAYA TAYEFE MOHAJERAssociated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) - A former Guatemalan soldier accused of being involved in a 1982 massacre during that country's civil war was extradited Friday to California where he faces immigration fraud charges. Jose Sosa Orantes was brought to the U.S. from

Prison for wealthy Seattle couple who took welfare

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 21st

SEATTLE (AP) - A Seattle couple who collected welfare while living in a $1.2 million waterfront home are headed to prison. A federal judge sentenced chiropractor David Silverstein and his longtime partner, Lyudmila Shimonova, to 18 months in prison Friday. Silverstein also must pay a criminal fine

UN Security Council to consider Mali force

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 21st

By RON DePASQUALEAssociated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) - The U.N. Security Council said Friday it will consider a request from West African countries for military intervention in Mali to root out Al-Qaeda-linked Islamists who have seized control of the country's northern region. The Economic

Pelosi: Don't extend payroll tax cut next year

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 21st

By ALAN FRAMAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - The Social Security payroll tax cut should be allowed to expire at the end of this year and lawmakers should turn instead to overhauling the entire federal tax code, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi said Friday. The 2 percentage point reduction

Military-style tactics seen in US Consulate siege

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 21st

By KIMBERLY DOZIER and MATT APUZZOAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - The heavily armed extremists who laid siege to the U.S. Consulate in Libya used military-style tactics that may have steered Americans toward a waiting ambush, U.S. officials said Friday as they pieced together details about

Cinemark to reopen Aurora shooting theater in 2013

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 21st

By P. SOLOMON BANDAAssociated Press AURORA, Colo. (AP) - Three people wounded in the shooting that killed 12 people at a Colorado theater have filed lawsuits alleging the exit door the gunman used to enter the building should have had an alarm. Two lawsuits were filed Friday in U.S. District

AP PHOTOS: In a digital age, paper stocks hang on

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 21st

By CHRISTINA REXRODEAP Business Writer Bob Kerstein loves his paper stock certificates. At a time when stock trading is dominated by rapid-fire computers, he relishes paper stocks for their palpability. Wall Street seems cryptic and far away, but certificates are something he can see and hold.

Judge reviews N.O. police reform blueprints

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 21st

By KEVIN MCGILL and MICHAEL KUNZELMANAssociated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Details of a sweeping agreement to clean up the troubled New Orleans Police Department were heard Friday by a federal judge who must approve the reforms, some of the widest ranging ever negotiated by the federal government