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News Summary: NY Fed told of rate rigging in 2007

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on July 13th

By The Associated Press WHEN NEW YORK FED KNEW: The Federal Reserve Bank of New York released documents that show it learned five years ago of big banks understating their borrowing costs to manipulate a key interest rate. GEITHNER PRESSED BRITS: The documents also show that Treasury Secretary

Records: Navy doc let family handle Marine's brain

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on July 13th

PORTSMOUTH, Va. (AP) - A Navy medical examiner took a Marine's brain out of a specimen jar and let his children handle the organ, records show. Dr. Mark E. Shelly has been fined $2,500 by the Virginia Board of Medicine and fired from his part-time job with the state medical examiner's

US chamber sees Pacific trade pact ready in 2013

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on July 13th

By MATTHEW PENNINGTONAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - The head of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce said Friday he is hopeful a major trans-Pacific trade pact will be completed in 2013, but not this year as originally planned. Chamber president, Thomas Donohue, was speaking ahead of a trip to

Baseball great pleads guilty to bankruptcy fraud

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on July 13th

By GREG RISLINGAssociated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) - Former All-Star outfielder Lenny Dykstra pleaded guilty Friday and could face 20 years in prison for hiding and selling sports memorabilia and other items that were supposed to be part of his bankruptcy filing. Dykstra, 49, entered his plea in U.

Prosecutor: Fla. teen not insane in girl's beating

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on July 13th

By CURT ANDERSONAP Legal Affairs Writer FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) - A Florida teenager was not insane and knew the consequences of his actions when he nearly killed a 15-year-old girl by savagely kicking and stomped her head outside a school, a prosecutor told jurors Friday as an attempted

Houston-area rain floods homes, may end drought

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By JUAN A. LOZANOAssociated Press HOUSTON (AP) - Officials say historic rainfall levels that drenched the Houston area this week flooded dozens of homes but probably also resulted in the end of drought conditions in Southeast Texas. Francisco Sanchez of the Harris County Office of Homeland

French president's 'Mr. Normal' image hit by tweet

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on July 13th

By THOMAS ADAMSONAssociated Press Writer PARIS (AP) - A feud involving the French president's live-in girlfriend, his former partner and his eldest son may have tarnished the new leader's carefully cultivated image as "Mr. Normal" - credited with helping him win the spring election among

Shock Miss Playoffs; No Sweeping Changes On the Horizon

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on July 13th

Just because Spokane didn't make the playoffs for the first time in franchise history, don't expect majority owner Brady Nelson to make sweeping, wholesale changes. It won't happen. Just because Spokane didn't make the playoffs for the first time in franchise history, don't

Shock Miss Playoffs; No Sweeping Changes On the Horizon

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on July 13th

Melrose Place star Grant Show engaged

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on July 13th

By Sadie Gennis,