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SpaceX Dragon capsule launched to space station

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 8th

By MARCIA DUNNAP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - A commercial cargo ship rocketed into orbit Sunday in pursuit of the International Space Station, the first of a dozen supply runs under a mega-contract with NASA. It was the second launch of a Dragon capsule to the orbiting lab by

SpaceX Dragon capsule launched to space station

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 8th

Union: Border agents opened fire on each other

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 7th

By BOB CHRISTIEAssociated Press PHOENIX (AP) - The U.S. Border Patrol agent killed last week in a shooting in southern Arizona apparently opened fire on two fellow agents thinking they were armed smugglers and was killed when they returned fire, the head of the Border Patrol agents' union

Gunman opens fire in NJ car; 2 killed, 3 wounded

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 7th

CAMDEN, N.J. (AP) - A masked man carrying a gun and a machete entered a parked car and opened fire on five young adults inside, killing the driver and a passenger and wounding the others, then pushed aside the driver's body and drove off with four of the victims inside, authorities said, in a

Friends baffled by killing of Ala. college student

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 7th

MOBILE, Ala. (AP) - Classmates and friends are questioning why a police officer fatally shot a University of South Alabama freshman who was naked and had been banging on a window at police headquarters. Campus officials didn't give any indication that Gil Collar, 18, of Wetumpka had a weapon

WHY IT MATTERS: Missile Defense

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 7th

By DESMOND BUTLERAssociated Press The issue: Missile technology is proliferating. It remains unclear how quickly foes such as Iran and North Korea could develop a capability to strike the United States with missiles, but the U.S. says Iran is already capable of hitting Europe. The United States

Police fatally shoot naked student at Ala. college

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 6th

MOBILE, Ala. (AP) - A police officer at the University of South Alabama has fatally shot a naked student whom authorities said repeatedly charged the officer. University officials said the confrontation happened early Saturday morning when the officer went outside a police station to investigate a

Kamiah Man Gets Hearing After Shooting Incident

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 6th

NEZPERCE, Idaho (AP) - A 41-year-old northern Idaho man accused of three counts of second-degree murder will be in court later this month to answer to the charges. Steven Francis of Kamiah is being held at the Lewis County Jail on $50,000 bond ahead of his Oct. 18 hearing.

NC family hopes for release of man in Ga. prison

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 6th

By MARTHA WAGGONERAssociated Press WILSON, N.C. (AP) - For seven years, Anita McNeil has tried to move on from what she calls "the incident" - that day in December 2005 when her husband shot and killed a man who threatened him outside their home in Georgia. John McNeil was jailed and eventually

1 dead, 11 arrested in anti-terror sweep in France

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 6th

By LORI HINNANTAssociated Press PARIS (AP) - Police carried out raids across France on Saturday after DNA on a grenade that exploded last month at a kosher grocery store led them to a suspected jihadist cell of young Frenchmen recently converted to Islam. The man whose DNA was identified, named