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Weather Service looks at hurricane warnings

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 6th

MIAMI (AP) - The National Weather Service is considering changing how it issues hurricane watches and warnings. Spokesman Chris Vaccaro said in an email Wednesday the weather service is considering a proposal to issue watches and warnings for storms that threaten life and property even if they are

Clarification: Cancer Funding-Texas story

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 6th

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - In a story Dec. 5, The Associated Press reported that ongoing troubles with the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas began in May with a $20 million award that was insufficiently reviewed. The story should have made clear that although the state agency has

4 charged in NY Iran-China weapons shipment scheme

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 5th

By By LARRY NEUMEISTERAssociated Press NEW YORK (AP) - Four men have been charged with arranging shipments to China and Iran of weapons materials or a substance that can be used in uranium enrichment, officials announced Wednesday after indictments containing the charges were unsealed. Three of

US, Mexico complete trial of flying deportees home

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 5th

SAN DIEGO (AP) - The U.S. and Mexican governments have completed a two-month program to fly deportees deep into Mexico, and the U.S. is looking to the new administration of Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto on whether to continue the effort aimed at relieving overwhelmed Mexican border cities. U

Celebrations planned as Wash. legalizes marijuana

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 5th

By By GENE JOHNSONAssociated Press SEATTLE (AP) - Legal marijuana possession becomes a reality under Washington state law on Thursday, and some people planned to celebrate the new law by breaking it. Voters in Washington and Colorado last month made those the first states to decriminalize and

Texas student shoots self while in police custody

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 5th

By By JUAN A. LOZANOAssociated Press HOUSTON (AP) - A student taken into custody for his own protection Wednesday at his Houston-area high school shot himself with a hidden gun while handcuffed inside a patrol car, authorities said. The student, a senior whose name was not released, was

Hunters find bodies believed to be 2 Iowa cousins

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 5th

By By RYAN J. FOLEY and DAVID PITTAssociated Press EVANSDALE, Iowa (AP) - Hunters discovered two bodies Wednesday believed to be the young Iowa cousins who vanished five months ago while riding their bikes, authorities said. The families of 9-year-old Elizabeth Collins and 11-year-old Lyric

US, allies seek UN action if NKorea fires rocket

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 5th

By By MATTHEW PENNINGTONAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - The U.S. and key Asian allies have agreed to seek U.N. Security Council action if North Korea launches a long-range rocket this month, the State Department said Wednesday. Pyongyang plans the launch between Dec. 10 and 22 in defiance of

Fire damages 12 homes on NJ shore hit by storm

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 5th

By BY WAYNE PARRYAssociated Press MANASQUAN, N.J. (AP) - Since Superstorm Sandy smashed the Jersey shore, owners of flood-damaged homes up and down the coast feared something else might happen to their properties, sitting vacant and largely unwatched. Those fears came true for a dozen

Lawyer: Plea planned in NY subpoenaed-tweets case

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 5th

By By JENNIFER PELTZAssociated Press NEW YORK (AP) - An Occupy Wall Street protester plans to plead guilty in a disorderly conduct case that turned into a clash over law enforcement's access to postings on social media, his lawyer said Wednesday. Malcolm Harris intends to enter the plea