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Syria: Bombing kills top pro-Assad Sunni preacher

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on March 21st

By ZEINA KARAMAssociated Press BEIRUT (AP) - A suicide bomb ripped through a mosque in the heart of the Syrian capital Thursday, killing a top Sunni Muslim preacher and outspoken supporter of President Bashar Assad in one of the most stunning assassinations of Syria's 2-year-old civil war. At

Warm spring, continued drought predicted for US

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on March 21st

WASHINGTON (AP) - Government forecasters say much of the United States can expect a warm spring and persistent drought. The National Weather Service said Thursday above-normal temperatures are predicted across most of the Lower 48 states and northern Alaska. The forecast also calls for little

Warm spring, continued drought predicted for US

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on March 21st

Syrian rebels capture areas near Golan Heights

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on March 21st

By BASSEM MROUEAssociated Press BEIRUT (AP) - Syrian rebels captured one village and parts of others on the edge of the Golan Heights Thursday as fighting closed in on the strategic plateau that Israel captured from Syria in 1967 and later annexed, activists and officials said. If the rebels take

Truck stolen by teen found at deadly robbery scene

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on March 21st

By TERRY WALLACEAssociated Press DALLAS (AP) - A pickup truck that a 17-year-old Oklahoma boy stole from his parents' home along with guns and ammunition was found Wednesday at a deadly robbery scene in Texas, authorities said. Two male suspects are dead after the failed home robbery, according

Southern Minnesota School Lock Down Was Just A Hoax

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on March 20th

UPDATE: NEW PRAGUE, Minn. (AP) - A sheriff says a 911 call about an active shooter at a school in southern Minnesota appears to be a hoax. Scott County Sheriff Kevin Studnicka says students and staff at the middle school, high school and Central Education Campus buildings in New Prague are all safe

Sanford advances in SC race, Colbert's sister wins

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on March 20th

By BRUCE SMITHAssociated Press CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) - Mark Sanford says he believes in "a God of second chances," and now the former South Carolina governor has taken the first step toward reviving a political career that was derailed by an extramarital affair. Elizabeth Colbert Busch, the sister

Sanford advances in SC race, Colbert's sister wins

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on March 20th

Japan ups damage seen from feared quake to $2.3T

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on March 19th

By ELAINE KURTENBACHAP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) - A major quake off the coast of central Japan could kill more than 320,000 people and cause 220 trillion yen ($2.3 trillion) in economic damage, a government panel said in a report that more than doubles estimates of the potential cost of such a

Severe storms, large hail pummel parts of South

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on March 19th

By HOLBROOK MOHRAssociated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - Severe thunderstorms Monday raked across a wide area of the South, packing strong winds, rain and some baseball-size hail. In Mississippi, authorities reported two people were hit on the head by large hail as the enormous storm front crossed