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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

Deer poacher convicted of killing Pa. game warden

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 2nd

GETTYSBURG, Pa. (AP) - Jurors who convicted a deer poacher of first-degree murder in the shooting death of a central Pennsylvania game warden must now decide whether to sentence him to execution or life in prison without possibility of parole. The Adams County panel deliberated for less than an

Border Patrol agent shot, killed on patrol in Ariz

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 2nd

By JACQUES BILLEAUDAssociated Press PHOENIX (AP) - A U.S. Border Patrol agent was killed and another wounded in a shooting early Tuesday in Arizona near the U.S.-Mexico line, according to the Border Patrol. The agents were shot while patrolling on horseback in Naco, Ariz., at about 1:50 a.m.

Police in Idaho seek motive in downtown shootout

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 30th

COEUR D'ALENE, Idaho (AP) - Law enforcement officers in northern Idaho say they have at least five crime scenes to examine after a downtown shootout in Coeur d'Alene left one man dead and another injured. The suspect, whose name has not yet been released, was shot and killed Saturday after

Man charged in San Diego-area police shootout

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 28th

SAN DIEGO (AP) - A suspect in a child abuse case has been charged with attempted murder in a gun battle that seriously wounded two sheriff's deputies in Southern California. U-T San Diego (bit.ly/PJfNxJ) reports that Daniel Witczak pleaded not guilty Thursday from his bed at Scripps Mercy

2 sheriff's deputies, suspect shot near San Diego

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 25th

LAKESIDE, Calif. (AP) - Two sheriff's deputies and a suspected child molester were injured Tuesday during a 15-minute shootout in suburban San Diego, authorities said. Daniel Robert Witczak, 30, opened fire as a team of deputies arrived to investigate allegations of child abuse, the sheriff

Israel's only co-ed combat unit proves its worth

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 24th

By TIA GOLDENBERGAssociated Press JERUSALEM (AP) - A deadly shootout last week along Israel's border with Egypt has shined a spotlight on Israel's only mixed female and male combat unit, granting some recognition to a group that has faced much skepticism and often been the butt of jokes

Border shootout kills Israeli soldier, 3 militants

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 21st

By ARON HELLERAssociated Press JERUSALEM (AP) - A shootout along the Israel-Egypt border on Friday, in which three Islamic militants and an Israeli soldier were killed, highlighted the growing threat posed by al-Qaida-inspired groups that have taken hold in the vast desert of the Sinai

Republicans, IG take Justice Dept. to task

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 20th

By PETE YOSTAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - House Republicans eagerly joined the Justice Department's inspector general in taking the agency to task Thursday for its bungled gun-trafficking probe in Arizona that allowed hundreds of weapons to reach Mexican drug rings. At a committee

Justice Dept faulted in gun-trafficking operation

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 19th

By PETE YOSTAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - The Justice Department's internal watchdog on Wednesday faulted the agency for misguided strategies, errors in judgment and management failures during a bungled gun-trafficking probe in Arizona that disregarded public safety and resulted in