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Correction: People-PSY-Protests story

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 7th

By By The Associated Press In a story Dec. 7 about the South Korean rapper PSY, The Associated Press erroneously reported the date of a charity concert where the singer is slated to perform. The concert is Sunday, Dec. 9, not Dec. 21. It will be broadcast on TNT on Dec. 21. A corrected version

Correction: Cancer Clinic Probe-Mississippi story

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 7th

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - In a story Dec. 7 about the sentencing of a doctor and two others in a cancer clinic fraud case in Mississippi, The Associated Press erroneously attributed a quote to U.S. District Judge Daniel P. Jordan III. The quote was from Assistant U.S. Attorney Scott Gilbert, who said

Gene-altered mosquitoes could be used vs. dengue

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 6th

By By JENNIFER KAYAssociated Press KEY WEST, Fla. (AP) - Mosquito control officials in the Florida Keys are waiting for the federal government to sign off on an experiment that would release hundreds of thousands of genetically modified mosquitoes to reduce the risk of dengue fever in the

Chicago asks judge to vacate landmark verdict

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 5th

By By MICHAEL TARMAssociated Press CHICAGO (AP) - The city of Chicago is asking a judge to erase a landmark verdict that found there exists a code of silence in the police department that leads officers to protect rogue colleagues - a legal move that critics say is calculated to deny others

UPDATE: Homeless NYC Man Hides Boots, Wants 'Piece Of The Pie'

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 4th

NEW YORK (AP) — The New York City homeless man — whose gift of boots from an NYPD police officer became an online sensation — is back on the streets with no shoes. The New York Times found him Sunday night wandering barefoot in Manhattan. The paper identified him as Jeffrey

Homeless man shoeless again in NYC despite boots

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 3rd

NEW YORK (AP) - The New York City homeless man - whose gift of boots from an NYPD police officer became an online sensation - is back on the streets with no shoes. The New York Times (http://nyti.ms/UjCGbY ) found him Sunday night wandering barefoot in Manhattan. The paper identified him as Jeffrey

Arafat grave dug up for probe of poison suspicion

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 27th

By KARIN LAUB and MOHAMMED DARAGHMEHAssociated Press RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) - Eight years after Yasser Arafat's mysterious death, his political heirs opened his grave Tuesday and let forensics experts take samples from his remains, defying strong cultural taboos in search of evidence that

Justin Bieber gets love at American Music Awards

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 18th

By MESFIN FEKADUAP Music Writer Justin Bieber may be Canadian, but he was the all-American boy at Sunday night's American Music Awards. The pop singer dominated the awards show, winning three trophies, including artist of the year. His mom joined him onstage as he collected the award, beating

Storm-wrecked NY gay youth center gets quick help

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 16th

By VERENA DOBNIKAssociated Press NEW YORK (AP) - It took only hours for Superstorm Sandy's surging waters to destroy an emergency drop-in center for homeless gay youths. Four feet of water swamped the hallways and rooms, buckling the linoleum floors and caking the electrical outlets with

Philly officer who punched woman at parade charged

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 15th

By PATRICK WALTERSAssociated Press PHILADELPHIA (AP) - A former police lieutenant caught on video punching a woman in the face while responding to a disturbance at a Puerto Rican Day parade festival was charged Thursday with simple assault, prosecutors said. Jonathan Josey, a veteran supervisor