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$2 billion price tag for presidential election

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 6th

By By STEPHEN BRAUN and JACK GILLUMAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - The 2012 presidential election broke the $2 billion milestone in its final weeks, becoming the most expensive in American political history, according to final federal finance reports released Thursday. The reports detailed a

NAACP seeks to mount shakeup in US education

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 6th

By By SUZANNE GAMBOAAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - The NAACP is going on the offensive on education, deploying volunteers across the country in its biggest push for a public education overhaul since the nation's classrooms were ordered desegregated in 1954, the civil rights group said

LA district wants to settle claims over teacher

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 6th

By By CHRISTINA HOAGAssociated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) - The Los Angeles Unified School District hopes to settle 189 legal actions by late January in a case involving a former elementary teacher accused of lewd acts with students that were so shocking, they prompted the district to remove all

THE RESET: Other voices in fiscal cliff debate

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 6th

By By TOM RAUMAssociated Press They don't have a seat at the talks to defuse a year-end fiscal bomb, yet wield considerable influence. They are wise-cracking debt-reduction duo Alan Simpson and Erskine Bowles; anti-tax activist Grover Norquist and Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke.

Recall news

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 6th

By By The Associated Press The following recalls have been announced: ____ NAILERS DETAILS: RIDGID Coil Roofing Nailers and RIDGID Clipped Head Framing Nailers imported by One World Technologies Inc. of Anderson, S.C. and manufactured by De Poan Pneumatic Corporation of Taiwan; sold at Home

Report: Calif. stem cell agency needs overhaul

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 6th

By By ALICIA CHANGAP Science Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) - California has transformed into a major player in stem cell research, but the taxpayer-funded institute responsible has "significant deficiencies" in how research dollars are distributed, experts said Thursday. A report by the Institute of

Mormon church wants more compassion for gays

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 6th

By By BRADY MCCOMBS and RACHEL ZOLLAssociated Press SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - Mormon leaders made their most significant outreach yet to gays and lesbians, unveiling a new website Thursday that encourages church members to be more compassionate in discussions about homosexuality. Church officials

Rotting whale is gigantic problem in Malibu

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 6th

MALIBU, Calif. (AP) - A whale carcass rotting near celebrity homes in Malibu is causing a gigantic cleanup problem as authorities try to decide who's responsible for getting rid of it. Los Angeles County lifeguards planned to try to pull the 40,000-pound carcass out to sea at high tide, said

INSIDE WASHINGTON: Fiscal fight, broken politics

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 6th

By By BEN FELLERAP White House Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) - Here we slow again. Washington's leaders are back to form, playing a petty, peevish and dangerous brand of politics. All that's at stake is the fate of the economy. Everyone in this town knows how it goes in a time of a

Fed. court orders resentencing in Arkansas bombing

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 6th

By By JEANNIE NUSSAssociated Press LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - An Arkansas doctor sentenced to life in prison for a 2009 bombing that nearly killed the head of the state medical board should be resentenced on some convictions, a federal appeals court ruled Thursday. A jury convicted Randeep Mann,