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Megachurch shooting suspect was committed in Md.

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 24th

By ALEX DOMINGUEZ and NORMAN GOMLAKAssociated Press COLLEGE PARK, Ga. (AP) - A man suspected in Wednesday's fatal shooting at a Georgia megachurch was once committed to a mental health facility in Maryland after facing various criminal charges including attempted murder, according to court

Libyan militia takes former Gadhafi stronghold

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 24th

By ESAM MOHAMEDAssociated Press BANI WALID, Libya (AP) - Libya's government declared Wednesday that it had taken control of one of the last strongholds of deposed dictator Moammar Gadhafi's loyalists, as its fighters in the heart of the city fired their guns into the air to celebrate

Islamic militant group in Syria rejects truce

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 24th

By BARBARA SURKAssociated Press BEIRUT (AP) - The current international peace plan seeking to stop Syria's civil war suffered a major setback Wednesday when an al-Qaida-inspired militant group rejected a cease-fire proposed by the international envoy. Lakhdar Brahimi, the U.N.-Arab League

Convicted terrorist sentenced in millennium plot

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 24th

By GENE JOHNSONAssociated Press SEATTLE (AP) - An Algerian man whose sentence for plotting to blow up the Los Angeles airport around the turn of the new millennium was thrown out for being too lenient was ordered Wednesday to spend 37 years in prison. Ahmed Ressam, who had trained with al-Qaida

GOP's Mourdock stands by rape, abortion remark

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 24th

By TOM LoBIANCOAssociated Press INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Indiana Republican Senate candidate Richard Mourdock refused to apologize Wednesday for saying that when pregnancy results from rape then that is "something God intended." State Republicans and a few congressional leaders defended Mourdock,

GOP's Mourdock stands by rape, abortion remark

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 24th

High school students form 'sex' fantasy league

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 24th

By LISA LEFFAssociated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - School administrators and parents are wrestling with how to respond to news that some male high school athletes created a statistics-based fantasy league that awarded points when girls the boys "drafted" were rumored to have engaged in sexual

Gazans blast Israel with rockets, draws airstrikes

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 24th

By JOSEF FEDERMANAssociated Press JERUSALEM (AP) - Hamas militants in the Gaza Strip fired dozens of rockets and mortar shells into southern Israel on Wednesday in the heaviest bombardment on the area in months, drawing ominous Israeli threats of retaliation and dangers of escalation. The

WHY IT MATTERS: Issues at stake in election

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 24th

By The Associated Press A selection of issues at stake in the presidential election and their impact on Americans, in brief: ___ Abortion: Abortion and birth control are divisive issues in politics, and they've flared up at times in this campaign despite the candidates' reluctance to

WHY IT MATTERS: Issues at stake in election

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 23rd