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WHY IT MATTERS: Issues at stake in election

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 21st

By The Associated Press A selection of issues at stake in the presidential election and their impact on Americans, in brief: Afghanistan: The stakes now are similar to what caused the U.S. to invade almost 11 years ago: the threat of more al-Qaida attacks. President Barack Obama says U.S.

Border shootout kills Israeli soldier, 3 militants

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 21st

By ARON HELLERAssociated Press JERUSALEM (AP) - A shootout along the Israel-Egypt border on Friday, in which three Islamic militants and an Israeli soldier were killed, highlighted the growing threat posed by al-Qaida-inspired groups that have taken hold in the vast desert of the Sinai

Obama's record in Muslim world: strides, setbacks

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 21st

By BEN FELLER and ROBERT BURNSAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Images of angry mobs in Arab cities burning American flags and attacking U.S. diplomatic posts suggest the Muslim world is no less enraged at the United States than when President George W. Bush had to duck shoes hurled at him in

Panetta: US surge troops out of Afghanistan

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 21st

By LOLITA C. BALDORAssociated Press AUCKLAND, New Zealand (AP) - The 33,000 additional U.S. troops that President Barack Obama ordered to Afghanistan to tamp down the Taliban attacks nearly two years ago have now left the country, but a new wave of deadly insider attacks and a reassessment of how

Lawyer: Man in violent online posts just 'dumb'

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 21st

LOS ANGELES (AP) - A 21-year-old man whose alleged Internet rant about killing children alarmed law enforcement authorities, leading them to knock down his door and arrest him, is being described by his own attorney as "just a dumb kid." Authorities said they considered several factors in the case

Australian minister warns of Republican 'crazies'

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 21st

By ROD McGUIRKAssociated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) - Australia's deputy prime minister warned Friday that the greatest threat to the U.S. economy are the "cranks and crazies" in the Republican Party, a rare foray into American domestic politics that was blasted by the opposition. Wayne

On the Call: Oracle CEO Larry Ellison

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 21st

REDWOOD SHORES, Calif. (AP) - Founded 35 years ago, Oracle Corp. remains one of the world's most successful software makers. But it is facing a new challenge as many of its corporate and government customers embrace "cloud computing" - the concept of storing software applications in remote data

Bomb threat at Baton Rouge airport

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 21st

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - The terminal at the Greater Baton Rouge Metro Airport has reopened about three hours after authorities evacuated it because of a bomb threat. Airport spokesman Jim Caldwell says the terminal reopened at about 7:20 p.m. Thursday. At about 4:30 p.m., someone called authorities

3 Mile Island nuke plant automatically shuts down

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 20th

MIDDLETOWN, Pa. (AP) - A malfunctioning pump at the site of the worst nuclear power plant accident in U.S. history has triggered an automatic shutdown. Thursday's shutdown at Pennsylvania's Three Mile Island was the second in as many months. Government regulators and plant officials say it

Panetta: US surge troops out of Afghanistan

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 20th

By LOLITA C. BALDORAssociated Press AUCKLAND, New Zealand (AP) - Nearly two years after President Barack Obama ordered 33,000 more U.S. troops to Afghanistan to tamp down the escalating Taliban violence, the last of those surge troops have left the country, U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta