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Fewer qualms for gun-rights groups over Romney now

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 15th

By BRIAN BAKSTAssociated Press ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - Gun-rights groups perceive President Barack Obama as a threat to unfettered access to firearms. They once had qualms about Mitt Romney, too. But times and circumstances have changed for Romney, the GOP presidential nominee now in tune with

Gitmo detainees behave this time at 9/11 hearing

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 14th

By BEN FOXAssociated Press GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba (AP) - There were no rants this time, no ignoring the judge or getting out of their seats to pray - just one scornful remark from the professed mastermind of the Sept. 11 attacks as a weeklong pretrial hearing began for five Guantanamo

Fewer qualms for gun-rights groups over Romney now

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 14th

Syria accused of cluster bomb use in civil war

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 14th

By KARIN LAUBAssociated Press BEIRUT (AP) - The Syrian regime was accused Sunday of dropping cluster bombs - indiscriminate scattershot munitions banned by most nations - in a new sign of desperation and disregard for its own people. The international group Human Rights Watch cited amateur

Few good options to secure Syria chemical arsenal

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 13th

By KARIN LAUBAssociated Press BEIRUT (AP) - The U.S. and regional allies are closely monitoring Syria's chemical weapons - caught in the midst of a raging civil war - but options for securing the toxic agents stuffed into shells, bombs and missiles are fraught with risk. President Bashar

Va. escapes worst of recession but new fears ahead

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 13th

By SHARON COHENAP National Writer LEESBURG, Va. (AP) - Amid scenic horse farms, vineyards, Civil War landmarks and quaint shops tucked in historic red-brick buildings, signs of prosperity are plainly visible. The anxiety about the economy, less so - but it's here. Talk to the husband and

Returning veterans swell ranks of US entrepreneurs

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 13th

By MICHAEL MELIAAssociated Press HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) - As a truck driver for the U.S. military in wartime Iraq, Ed Young racked up 7,000 miles, facing a constant threat of attack that left him struggling with depression and suicidal thoughts. Four years later, he is driving long hauls again,

Returning veterans swell ranks of US entrepreneurs

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 13th

By MICHAEL MELIA HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) - A former Navy truck driver running his own transport business is one of a growing number of veterans from Iraq and Afghanistan making a new life as entrepreneurs. Ed Young faced constant threat of attack on wartime roads in Iraq that left him struggling

SUPREME COURT NOTEBOOK: Justices as campaign issue

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 13th

By MARK SHERMANAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - A closely divided Supreme Court. Four justices in their 70s. Presidential candidates with dramatically different views of the ideal high court nominee. And yet, until late in Thursday's debate between Vice President Joe Biden and Republican

Feds approve plan to identify source of Gulf sheen

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 13th

By The Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Federal officials said late Friday they have approved a joint plan from BP and Transocean to identify the source of a sheen in the Gulf Of Mexico associated with the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill. Officials said in a news release that the federal on