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House bill shifts funds in health care law

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 24th

By JIM ABRAMSAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - House Republicans are coming to the aid of high-risk patients trying to get insurance under the new health care law. But they do so by diverting money from a prevention program that is key to the law, ensuring stiff opposition from Democrats and a

Thailand bans film about Thai-Cambodian border row

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 24th

By THANYARAT DOKSONEAssociated Press BANGKOK (AP) - Thailand's film censors have banned a documentary about the country's long-running border dispute with neighboring Cambodia as a threat to national security, the filmmaker said Wednesday. "Boundary" tells the story of the Thai-

GOP report faults State Dept. on Libya security

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 23rd

By DONNA CASSATA and RICHARD LARDNERAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - An interim report released Tuesday by House Republicans faults the State Department and former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton for security deficiencies at the U.S. diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya, prior to last

Charges dropped in ricin letters sent to Obama

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 23rd

By JEFF AMY and EMILY WAGSTER PETTUSAssociated Press TUPELO, Miss. (AP) - Charges of sending ricin-laced letters to President Barack Obama and others were dropped Tuesday against an Elvis impersonator from Mississippi who has said since his arrest last week that he had nothing to do with the case.

TV-over-Internet service Aereo expands to Boston

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 23rd

By ANICK JESDANUNAP Technology Writer NEW YORK (AP) - Aereo, the television-over-the-Internet service that is threatening the broadcast and cable TV industries, is expanding to Boston on May 15. With prices starting at $8 a month, Aereo will offer 28 Boston-area broadcast channels, plus the cable

Limping al-Qaida offshoot rearms with Twitter

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 23rd

By ELAINE GANLEYAssociated Press Battered by a French-led military campaign in Mali, al-Qaida's North African arm is trying something new to stay relevant: Twitter. The PR campaign by the terror network seeks to tap into social grievances and champion mainstream causes such as unemployment, all

From outsiders to bombing suspects in Boston

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 23rd

By LARA JAKES and EILEEN SULLIVANAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Tamerlan and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev sought to embrace American lives after emigrating from Russia - joining a boxing club, winning a scholarship and even seeking U.S. citizenship. But their uncle last week angrily called them "losers"

UPDATE: Package Full Of Junk Brings Out The Explosive Disposal Unit To Hillyard

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 22nd

SPOKANE, Wash. - The Spokane Police Department's Explosive Disposal Unit was called to the 3900 block of E. Nebraska in Hillyard Monday afternoon to check on a suspicious package that appeared over the weekend. The package was discovered at about 1:00pm. Police arrived and sent in the

UPDATE: Package Full Of Junk Brings Out The Explosive Disposal Unit To Hillyard

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 22nd

Suburbs now playing a key role in gun legislation

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 22nd

By KEN THOMAS and MICHAEL RUBINKAMAssociated Press QUAKERTOWN, Pa. (AP) - In the emotional politics of gun control, the suburbs seem to be emerging as a new sphere of influence. The Senate's defeat last week of firearms restrictions underscored the nation's shifting demographics and a