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GOPs' Broun vs Darwin in Ga. House race

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 17th

By RAY HENRY and RUSS BYNUMAssociated Press ATLANTA (AP) - Having denounced evolution as a lie "straight from the pit of hell," Republican Rep. Paul Broun has won himself a new political opponent: Charles Darwin. An ultraconservative congressman whose district includes the University of Georgia

GOPs' Broun vs Darwin in Ga. House race

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 17th

Third parties to Obama, Romney: Leave us alone

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 17th

By JOSH LEDERMANAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - What do a Navy mom, Big Bird and AARP have in common? They want President Barack Obama and Republican Mitt Romney to leave them alone. Both candidates are drawing on personal stories and pop culture references in campaign ads, daily speeches

Octopus usually found in tropics found off Calif.

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 17th

LOS ANGELES (AP) - A baseball-sized octopus usually found only in the tropics has been scooped up by fishermen off Los Angeles, and aquarium officials are fascinated. Unusually warm fall weather and balmy ocean currents have created perfect conditions for the female Argonaut, or paper nautilus, a

News Summary: ASML bids for US light beam maker

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 17th

By The Associated Press THE OFFER: ASML Holding NV, the Dutch chip-making equipment supplier, bid $2.55 billion for California company Cymer Inc. THE TARGET: Cymer's technology makes focused beams of light. Its shares rocketed higher Wednesday. THE ACQUIRER: ASML uses such beams in machines

Study: Multivitamins may lower cancer risk in men

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 17th

By MARILYNN MARCHIONEAP Chief Medical Writer America's favorite dietary supplements, multivitamins, modestly lowered the risk for cancer in healthy male doctors who took them for more than a decade, the first large study to test these pills has found. The result is a surprise because many

Attorney: Pittsburgh hostage-taker was off meds

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 17th

PITTSBURGH (AP) - A defense attorney says his mentally ill client held a Pittsburgh businessman hostage last month because the suspect hadn't taken his medication and heard a crow and other voices telling him to do it. The attorney, Blaine Jones, says 22-year-old Klein Michael Thaxton is back

Tentative June trial set in Trayvon Martin case

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 17th

By KYLE HIGHTOWERAssociated Press SANFORD, Fla. (AP) - A judge set a tentative trial date next year for a neighborhood watch volunteer charged with fatally shooting Trayvon Martin. In her first hearing since taking over the case, Judge Debra S. Nelson said June 10 would be the start of George

Binders of women: How the debate played online

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 17th

By OSKAR GARCIAAssociated Press Move over Big Bird, these binders are full of women. The offhand phrase from former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney on Tuesday night was one of many topics that pinballed across social networks, as users instantly weighed in on moments from his debate with

Google opens window into secretive data centers

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 17th

By MICHAEL LIEDTKEAP Technology Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Google is opening a virtual window into the secretive data centers where an intricate maze of computers process Internet search requests, show YouTube video clips and distribute email for millions of people. The unprecedented peek is