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Conn. man thought linked to heist gets 2½ years

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 9th

By DAVE COLLINSAssociated Press HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) - A reputed Connecticut mobster was sentenced Thursday to 2½ years in prison in a weapons and prescription drugs case that revealed federal authorities' belief that he knows something about the largest art heist in U.S. history. A prosecutor

NYC Council OKs sick days plan, seen as key step

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 8th

By JENNIFER PELTZAssociated Press NEW YORK (AP) - In a significant victory amid a push for paid sick time laws around the country, city lawmakers voted Wednesday to make businesses provide the benefit to an estimated 1 million workers who don't have it now. Saying they hoped that requiring sick

Despite scandal, Ex-SC Gov. Sanford back in office

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 8th

By BRUCE SMITHAssociated Press CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) - Four years after scandal derailed his political career, ex-Republican Gov. Mark Sanford once again holds a South Carolina political office, winning back his old congressional seat Tuesday after a race in which he battled his past and an

Despite scandal, Ex-SC Gov. Sanford back in office

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 8th

Amanda Bynes comes clean about nose job

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 6th

By Natalie Abrams, In keeping with her very honest public persona lately, Amanda Bynes has fessed up to getting a nose job. In a rant on Twitter Sunday, Bynes says she came clean because a magazine recently used an older photo of her on their cover. "I hate it!" she wrote. "The reason I've

Lindsay Lohan to Piers Morgan: "I've never been a huge drinker"

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 6th

By Liz Raftery, Lindsay Lohan may be serving a mandatory 90 days in rehab, but the actress insists that she's not a heavy user of either alcohol or illegal drugs.

California prison crowding plan still falls short

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 3rd

By DON THOMPSONAssociated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - Underlying California's attempts to meet a federal court order for reducing its prison population is an unsettling question: Will the public be in greater danger as a result? The answer could determine how many inmates are ultimately

Testimony: Family tried intervention for Jackson

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 2nd

By LINDA DEUTSCHAP Special Correspondent LOS ANGELES (AP) - Michael Jackson's mother sat in court Thursday as a police detective testified that she told him the family had tried drug interventions for the singer, believing he was addicted to painkillers. But Detective Orlando Martinez said

Medicaid improved mental health for uninsured

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 1st

By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVARAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - If you're uninsured, getting on Medicaid clearly improves your mental health, but it doesn't seem to make much difference in physical conditions such as high blood pressure. The counterintuitive findings by researchers at Harvard

Medicaid improved mental health for uninsured

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 1st