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NYPD investigating actress Bynes allegations

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 25th

By JAKE PEARSONAssociated Press NEW YORK (AP) - Internal Affairs officers on Saturday were looking into allegations made by actress Amanda Bynes that New York Police Department officers sexually assaulted her when she was charged with heaving a marijuana bong out the window of her 36th-floor

San Antonio flooding kills 2; 200-plus rescued

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 25th

By MICHAEL BRICKAssociated Press SAN ANTONIO (AP) - Torrential rains swamped San Antonio with flash floods on Saturday, leaving at least two people dead as emergency workers rushed to rescue more than 200 residents stranded in cars and homes. "It was pretty crazy," said Gera Hinojosa, a valet

In Ethiopia, African Union celebrates 50 years

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 25th

By KIRUBEL TADESSEAssociated Press ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) - The African Union on Saturday marked 50 years since the founding of a continentwide organization that helped liberate Africa from colonial masters and which now is trying to stay relevant on a continent regularly troubled by conflict.

Hezbollah chief commits to victory in Syria

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 25th

By BASSEM MROUEAssociated Press BEIRUT (AP) - The leader of Lebanon's Hezbollah militant group vowed to help propel President Bashar Assad to victory in Syria's bloody civil war, warning that the fall of the Damascus regime would give rise to extremists and plunge the Middle East into a "

Key figures in racial profiling lawsuit in Ariz

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 25th

By The Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) - Key figures in a lawsuit that alleges that an Arizona sheriff's office has racially profiled Latinos in its immigration patrols. A judge ruled Friday that Arpaio's office systematically racially profiles Latinos: ARPAIO: Sheriff Joe Arpaio has

UK court: Lawmaker's wife's tweet was libelous

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 24th

LONDON (AP) - A tweet posted by the wife of Britain's parliamentary speaker about a politician wrongly linked to child sex abuse was libelous, the High Court ruled Friday. A BBC report last year led to widespread Internet chatter that falsely linked politician Alistair McAlpine to decades-old

'Like A Hollywood Movie': Driver Tells Of Plunge As Bridge Collapses

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 24th

NBCNEWS - A driver said he thought he was about to die when an Interstate 5 bridge span collapsed in Washington state, plunging his pickup and another car into the Skagit River below. Dan Sligh, his wife and another motorist found themselves waist-deep in water when the freeway crumbled moments

'Like A Hollywood Movie': Driver Tells Of Plunge As Bridge Collapses

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 24th

Q&A: On Turkey's proposed alcohol restrictions

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 24th

By SUZAN FRAZERAssociated Press ANKARA, Turkey (AP) - A look at legislation passed in Turkey's parliament early Friday that would ban all alcohol advertising and tighten restrictions on the sale of such beverages, and how such a law could affect tourists and liquor companies in the mainly

APNewsBreak: Co. says it has permits to cross span

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 24th

By MANUEL VALDES and MIKE BAKERAssociated Press MOUNT VERNON, Wash. (AP) - A truck hauling an oversized load of drilling equipment hit an overhead bridge girder on the major interstate between Seattle and Canada, sending a section of the span into a river below as the driver watched the structure