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Republicans, IG take Justice Dept. to task

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 20th

By PETE YOSTAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - House Republicans eagerly joined the Justice Department's inspector general in taking the agency to task Thursday for its bungled gun-trafficking probe in Arizona that allowed hundreds of weapons to reach Mexican drug rings. At a committee

Who are Mitt Romney's 47 percent? A breakdown

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 20th

By CONNIE CASSAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Just which 47 percent of Americans was Mitt Romney talking about? It's hard to say. He lumped together three different ways of sorting people in what he's called less-than-elegant remarks. Each of those three groups - likely Obama voters

Who are Mitt Romney's 47 percent? A breakdown

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 20th

Endeavour salutes Giffords en route to California

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 20th

By ALICIA CHANG and PAUL DAVENPORTAssociated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) - Space shuttle Endeavour returned to its California roots Thursday after a wistful cross-country journey that paid homage to NASA workers and former Arizona Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and her astronaut husband. "That's my

Ohio executes man for killing 2 strangers in 1989

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 20th

By AMANDA LEE MYERSAssociated Press LUCASVILLE, Ohio (AP) - An Ohio death-row inmate used his last words Thursday to repeatedly apologize to the family members of his two victims and tell them that he hopes they can let their pain die with him. Donald Palmer, 47, was executed by lethal

Philly teen who drowned among 19 Carnegie Heroes

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 20th

By JOE MANDAKAssociated Press PITTSBURGH (AP) - A Philadelphia teenager who drowned trying to save a friend in the tidal currents of the Delaware River was one of 19 people honored with Carnegie medals for heroism on Thursday. William Wilkinson died on May 25, 2011, after jumping from a pier

Pepper-spraying campus police won't face charges

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 20th

DAVIS, Calif. (AP) - The University of California, Davis police officers who doused students and alumni with pepper spray during a campus protest last November won't face criminal charges, prosecutors said Wednesday. The chemical crackdown prompted widespread condemnation, campus protests and

Coloradoan wins $7 million in popcorn lung lawsuit

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 19th

DENVER (AP) - A suburban Denver man who was diagnosed with "popcorn lung," possibly from inhaling the artificial butter smell of the microwave popcorn he regularly ate, has won a $7.2 million verdict against various food companies. Wayne Watson's attorney, Ken McClain, said a federal jury

Congressman Jackson puts Washington home on market

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 19th

By SOPHIA TAREENAssociated Press CHICAGO (AP) - Illinois Congressman Jesse Jackson Jr., who has been on a hushed medical leave for more than three months, has put his home in Washington on the market for $2.5 million to help pay for health care costs, an aide said Wednesday. Jackson's

Obama creates new national monument in Colorado

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 19th

DENVER (AP) - President Barack Obama's administration will create a national monument at a dramatic rock formation in southwestern Colorado on a site that was home to the ancestors of modern Pueblo Indians 1,000 years ago, officials confirmed Wednesday. The move to preserve 4,726 acres of high