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Refugee Shares Story Of His Run From Terror

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 26th

KHQ.COM - Following the attacks on the city of Boston just one week ago, many reports have looked at people who left the countries of Kyrgystan in Central Asia, and Chechnya in Russia, for a new life in America. The reason? Because the alleged bombers grew up in the area, an area that's known

Refugee Shares Story Of His Run From Terror

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 26th

KHQ.COM - Following the attacks on the city of Boston just one week ago, many reports have looked at people who left the countries of Kyrgyzstan in Central Asia, and Chechnya in Russia, for a new life in America. The reason? Because the alleged bombers grew up in the area, an area that's

Officials: Dead bomber name in terrorism database

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 24th

By EILEEN SULLIVAN and KIMBERLY DOZIERAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - The federal government added the name of the dead Boston Marathon bombing suspect to a terrorist database 18 months before the deadly explosions, U.S. officials told The Associated Press on Wednesday. The CIA made the request

Officials: Dead bomber name in terrorism database

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 24th

Obama and Bush, distinct men with policy overlaps

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 24th

By JIM KUHNHENNAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Despite vast differences with President George W. Bush on ideology, style and temperament, President Barack Obama has stuck with Bush policies or aspirations on a number of fronts, from counterterrorism to immigration, from war strategy to the

Lawmakers ask who knew what about bomb suspect

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 24th

By KIMBERLY DOZIER, DAVID CRARY and DENISE LAVOIEAssociated Press BOSTON (AP) - Lawmakers are asking tough questions about how the government tracked suspected Boston Marathon bomber Tamerlan Tsarnaev when he traveled to Russia last year, renewing criticism from after the Sept. 11 attacks that

Senator might bar people on terror list from guns

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 23rd

WASHINGTON (AP) - A Senate sponsor of a defeated compromise on expanding gun sale background checks says he'll consider changing the measure to add people on the government's terror list to those forbidden from owning firearms. Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia says he's

Dems, GOP press Obama administration on drone use

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 23rd

By DONNA CASSATAAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Senate Democrats and Republicans on Tuesday challenged the Obama administration to spell out its justification for using drones for targeted killings amid growing concerns about unchecked powers of the presidency and Americans' civil liberties

Dems, GOP press Obama administration on drone use

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 23rd

Gun control fight spills over to federal research

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 23rd

By ALAN FRAMAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Washington's fight over firearms restrictions isn't limited to Congress. It's also taking place in the halls of science - literally - where gun control advocates and the National Rifle Association differ over the direction federal research