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Vote to restore SF sheriff brings further division

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 11th

By TERRY COLLINSAssociated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Embattled San Francisco Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi is expected to take control of his department next week, even as the district attorney, the mayor and a city official who voted not to remove him from office question his ability to oversee the

Glued toddler's mom cries at photos of injuries

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 11th

By NOMAAN MERCHANTAssociated Press DALLAS (AP) - A Dallas woman who admitted to beating her toddler and gluing her hands to a wall sobbed Thursday as a prosecutor ordered her to look at the injuries she inflicted on her daughter's body. Elizabeth Escalona began crying and didn't speak

AP IMPACT: Cartels flood US with cheap meth

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 11th

By JIM SALTERAssociated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) - Mexican drug cartels are quietly filling the void in the nation's drug market created by the long effort to crack down on American-made methamphetamine, flooding U.S. cities with exceptionally cheap, extraordinarily potent meth from factory-

Va Tech massacre at center of 2 court appeals

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 11th

By STEVE SZKOTAKAssociated Press RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - The state moved Thursday to reverse a wrongful death verdict in the 2007 massacre at Virginia Tech while the parents of two students killed want the university's president to stand trial for failing to alert the campus when the first

McDonald's Owner Fights With Customer Over Fox News

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 11th

HUFFINGTONPOST.COM - Fox News and McDonald's are both magnets for controversy. Both of them have featured prominently in several documentaries, and they both get blood boiling across the country. So put them together, and you're bound to incite arguments.

Calif. man behind film denies probation violation

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 10th

LOS ANGELES (AP) - A California man behind an anti-Muslim film that inflamed parts of the Middle East has denied he violated his probation for a 2010 bank fraud conviction. U.S District Judge Christina Snyder said Wednesday an evidentiary hearing will be held on Nov. 9 for 55-year-old Mark Basseley

Dozens protest shooting of naked Alabama student

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 10th

By MELISSA NELSON-GABRIELAssociated Press MOBILE, Ala. (AP) - Dozens of students gathered at the site of a deadly campus shooting on Wednesday to protest the killing of a naked, unarmed student by a University of South Alabama police officer. A smaller group rallied to support the embattled

Olympic gold rewards 17-year-old boxer's resolve

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 10th

By NANCY ARMOURAP National Writer FLINT, Mich. (AP) - The ferociousness that won Claressa Shields an Olympic gold medal melted away as she climbed on the podium to claim it. She giggled and grinned as she caressed it, the prettiest thing the 17-year-old boxer ever had. She shimmied and bounced

Turkey intercepts Syrian plane as tensions mount

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 10th

By SUZAN FRASERAssociated Press ANKARA, Turkey (AP) - Turkish jets on Wednesday forced a Syrian passenger plane to land at Ankara airport on suspicion that it might be carrying weapons or other military equipment, amid heightened tensions between Turkey and Syria that have sparked fears of a

Calif. man behind film denies probation violations

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 10th

By GREG RISLINGAssociated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) - The California man behind the anti-Muslim film that sparked violence in the Middle East denied Wednesday that he violated terms of his probation for a 2010 bank fraud conviction by using aliases and lying about his role in the movie. Mark