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Across America, a week of chaos, horror _ and hope

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 20th

By JESSE WASHINGTONAP National Writer Moment after nail-biting moment, the events shoved us through a week that felt like an unremitting series of tragedies: Deadly bombs. Poison letters. A town shattered by a colossal explosion. A violent manhunt that paralyzed a major city, emptying streets of

Across America, a week of chaos, horror _ and hope

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 20th

Marathon runner witnesses double disasters

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 18th

By AMY FORLITIAssociated Press People keep asking Joe Berti if he feels unlucky. A bomb exploded at the finish line of the Boston Marathon moments after Berti finished the race. Two days later, he was in his home state of Texas when he saw a fertilizer plant explode near Waco. "I was just like,

Food poisonings up from raw milk, poultry bacteria

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 18th

By MIKE STOBBEAP Medical Writer NEW YORK (AP) - Bacteria commonly linked to raw milk and poultry is causing more and more food poisonings, health officials said Thursday. Cases of campylobacter grew by 14 percent over the last five years, a government study found. The Centers for Disease Control

Oklahoma teen missing in remote Ore. terrain

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 18th

By JEFF BARNARDAssociated Press GRANTS PASS, Ore. (AP) - An Oklahoma teenager who was inspired to live off the land by the movie "Into the Wild" is the target of a search effort in remote, rugged country in southeastern Oregon. Dustin Self, 19, left his family home in the Oklahoma City suburb of

Cheers and Maori song as NZealand OKs gay marriage

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 18th

By NICK PERRYAssociated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) - The halls of Parliament echoed with a traditional Maori love song after lawmakers made New Zealand the 13th country in the world and the first in the Asia-Pacific region to legalize same-sex marriage. Supporters of the bill, including

New Zealand lawmakers approve gay-marriage bill

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 17th

By NICK PERRYAssociated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) - Hundreds of jubilant gay-rights advocates celebrated at New Zealand's Parliament on Wednesday as the country become the 13th in the world and the first in the Asia-Pacific region to legalize same-sex marriage. Lawmakers voted 77 to 44

5 French execs in breast implant scandal on trial

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 17th

By LORI HINNANTAssociated Press MARSEILLE, France (AP) - Hundreds of women who received faulty breast implants gathered Wednesday in a makeshift courthouse in the south of France for the fraud trial of five executives accused of using cheap industrial silicone to fill tens of thousands of implants

5 French execs in breast implant scandal on trial

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 17th

Kerry hopes next Palestinian PM can work with US

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 14th

By BRADLEY KLAPPERAssociated Press TOKYO (AP) - U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said Sunday he hoped the Palestinians pick a new prime minister who can work with the United States and "establish confidence" so that Mideast peace can advance. Speaking to journalists in Tokyo, Kerry praised Salaam