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Jurors deliberate Arias fate amid spectacle

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 6th

By BRIAN SKOLOFF and JOSH HOFFNERAssociated Press PHOENIX (AP) - It has become a real-life soap opera watched by people around the world and dozens of fanatics who camp out on a Phoenix sidewalk in the middle of the night to get into the show. One seat even sold for $200. A cable network has set up

Jurors deliberate Arias fate amid spectacle

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 6th

Unlikely NY scribe handwrites Good Book in 4 years

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 6th

By MICHAEL HILLAssociated Press PHILMONT, N.Y. (AP) - In the beginning, Phillip Patterson decided to write out every word in the Bible. On empty pages, he wrote of Adam, an ark, locusts, loaves, fishes and the resurrection in his neat, looping cursive. Four years of work begat more than 2,400 pages

Giffords receives Profile in Courage award

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 5th

BOSTON (AP) - Former U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords received the 2013 Profile in Courage award at the John F. Kennedy Library on Sunday in recognition of the political, personal, and physical courage she has demonstrated in her fearless public advocacy for policy reforms aimed at reducing gun

Giffords receives Profile in Courage award

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 5th

Police: US soccer referee punched by player dies

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 5th

MURRAY, Utah (AP) - Ricardo Portillo's daughters had begged him to stop refereeing in a soccer league because of the growing risk of violence from angry players. Now they're faced with planning his funeral after he succumbed to injuries late Saturday that had put him in a coma for a week

Family of Utah soccer referee who died holds vigil

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 5th

By BRADY McCOMBSAssociated Press SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - Family members of a Utah soccer referee who died a week after a player punched him in the head called on athletes around the world Sunday night to hold their tempers in check so another family doesn't have to suffer. They spoke at a

South Carolina center stage in early 2016 talk

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 4th

By KEN THOMAS and JOSH LEDERMANAssociated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - Mere months after the 2012 election, South Carolina is a buzz of political activity with a slate of potential presidential candidates already looking ahead to the state's "first in the South" primary - still three years away

Sunnis flee Syrian city after reports of killings

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 4th

By BASSEM MROUEAssociated Press BEIRUT (AP) - Thousands of Sunni Muslims fled a Syrian coastal town Saturday, a day after reports circulated that dozens of people, including children, had been killed by pro-government gunmen in the area, activists said. The violence occurred as embattled Syrian

Obama wraps up Latin trip with an eye back home

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 4th

By JIM KUHNHENNAssociated Press SAN JOSE, Costa Rica (AP) - President Barack Obama, concluding a three-day visit to Mexico and Costa Rica, is cheering Mexican economic advances and pressing other Central American leaders to deal with poverty and security while reaching out to a politically powerful