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Tests only identify Zimmerman's DNA on handgun

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 19th

By MIKE SCHNEIDERAssociated Press ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) - Forensic tests made public Wednesday show that George Zimmerman's was the only DNA that could be identified on the grip of the gun used to fatally shoot 17-year-old Trayvon Martin. The results rule out Martin's DNA from being on the

Tests only identify Zimmerman's DNA on handgun

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 19th

By MIKE SCHNEIDERAssociated Press ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) - Forensic tests show that George Zimmerman's was the only DNA that could be identified on the grip of the gun used to fatally shoot 17-year-old Trayvon Martin. The results made public Wednesday rule out Martin's DNA from being on the

'Gangnam Style' has sharp social riff, 220M views

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 19th

By FOSTER KLUG and YOUKYUNG LEEAssociated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - South Korean rapper PSY's "Gangnam Style" video has 220 million YouTube views and counting, and it's easy to see why. No Korean language skills are needed to enjoy the chubby, massively entertaining performer'

Sesame Street's next chapter: Elmo talks back

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 19th

By BARBARA ORTUTAYAP Technology Writer NEW YORK (AP) - Cookie Monster, Big Bird and Elmo are giving kids a glimpse of television's future. The "Sesame Street" crew has been talking to kids for more than four decades. Now they're offering a way for their pint-sized audience to interact

Bailed-out Portugal pays less to borrow $2.6 bln

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 19th

LISBON, Portugal (AP) - Portugal's interest rates fell steeply in a short-term debt auction Wednesday where it borrowed €2 billion ($2.61 billion), evidence that the European Central Bank's recently-unveiled plan to intervene in bond markets is boosting investor confidence. The Treasury and

FDA urged to set standards for arsenic in rice

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 19th

By MARY CLARE JALONICKAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - The Food and Drug Administration may consider new standards for the levels of arsenic in rice as consumer groups are calling for federal guidance on how much of the carcinogen can be present in food. So far, FDA officials say they have

FDA urged to set standards for arsenic in rice

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 19th

New French cartoons inflame prophet film tensions

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 19th

By GREG KELLER and LORI HINNANTAssociated Press PARIS (AP) - A French magazine published vulgar caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad on Wednesday, brandishing its right to free speech amid global tensions over a movie insulting to Islam. In response, the French government ordered embassies and

Bank of England unanimous on rates, stimulus

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 19th

LONDON (AP) - The Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee was unanimous this month in keeping the interest rates and the economic stimulus program unchanged. Minutes of the MPC meeting released Wednesday show all but one of its nine members are open to another increase in the stimulus

Secondhand clothes from West flood Nigeria markets

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 19th

By LEKAN OYEKANMIAssociated Press LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) - At Nigeria's Katangua Market, that castaway from the West means big money. Shipping container after shipping container arrive in the market in Lagos, filled to the brim with plastic-wrapped bales of secondhand clothes from the U.S. and