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CAUGHT ON TAPE: Man Hit Repeatedly By Thieves Catches Them On Camera

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 31st

SPOKANE, Wash. – Garrett Prettyman says he's been targeted by thieves three times in the last few months alone and a total of four or five times since he moved to Spokane's Shadle neighborhood two years ago. Fed up, KHQ first met him last week, when he tracked suspects by dropping

Air Force Academy brawl injures 27 cadets

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 31st

By DAN ELLIOTTAssociated Press DENVER (AP) - The Air Force Academy said 27 cadets were injured in a brawl during an unofficial ritual marking the first snowfall of the season. Six cadets were taken to an off-campus hospital after the Oct. 25 ruckus and have been released, the academy said

Planned Parenthood stays in Women's Health Program

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 31st

By WILL WEISSERTAssociated Press GEORGETOWN, Texas (AP) - Planned Parenthood will continue to receive funds from a joint Texas and federal program providing health care to low-income women, despite the state's promise to exclude its clinics by Nov. 1 because they are affiliated with

Who can fix political gridlock? Poll favors Romney

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 31st

By CONNIE CASS and JENNIFER AGIESTAAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Just about everybody agrees Washington is a gridlocked mess. But who's the man to fix it? After two years of brawling and brinkmanship between President Barack Obama and congressional Republicans, more voters trust Mitt

Correction: Meningitis Outbreak story

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 31st

BOSTON (AP) - In a story and in a separate list Oct. 31 about a nationwide fungal meningitis outbreak, The Associated Press, relying on information from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, erroneously reported that 29 people have died. The correct death toll is 28. A corrected version

Fire erupts at Ky chemical train derailment site

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By BRUCE SCHREINER and DYLAN LOVANAssociated Press LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - Flames from a derailed train car sent people rushing out of neighborhoods and an entire town near Louisville on Wednesday while firefighters tried to douse the chemical blaze that left three workers badly burned. Some

McCaskill renews campaigning after mother's death

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 31st

ST. LOUIS COUNTY, Mo. (AP) - Missouri Sen. Claire McCaskill is back on the campaign trail for the first time after the death of her mother. Betty Anne Ward McCaskill died Monday after a long struggle with heart and kidney problems. The Democratic senator stopped campaigning last week while her

Advocates: Day care oversight still issue in Texas

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 31st

By JUAN A. LOZANOAssociated Press HOUSTON (AP) - Working two jobs to make ends meet, Keisha Brown was looking for affordable, safe child care for her 16-month-old son. After visiting a home day care run by Jessica Tata, the 21-year-old mother thought she had found what she wanted. Tata "seemed

UPDATE: Family Of Washington State University Student Says He Died Of Alcohol Poisoning

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 31st

SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) - The family of a Washington State University student who died last weekend says that 18-year-old Kenneth Hummel died from acute alcohol poisoning. The student from Lynnwood, was found unconscious Saturday morning at Stephenson Hall on the Pullman campus.

New York struggles back 2 days after killer storm

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 31st

By JENNIFER PELTZ and LEANNE ITALIEAssociated Press NEW YORK (AP) - Flights resumed, but slowly. The New York Stock Exchange got back to business, but on generator power. And with the subways still down, great numbers of people walked across the Brooklyn Bridge into Manhattan in a reverse of