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Police probe chemical bomb threat at CNN Center

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 2nd

ATLANTA (AP) - Police have closed streets and sidewalks around CNN Center in downtown Atlanta as they investigate a chemical bomb threat. Atlanta police Capt. Adam Lee tells The Atlanta Journal-Constitution (http://bit.ly/RyNrFa) that a caller claimed to have planted a chemical bomb at the center.

Ky. evacuation indefinite as chemical tanker burns

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 2nd

By BRUCE SCHREINERAssociated Press LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - Hundreds of people will remain forced from their homes indefinitely as a massive effort continued Friday to move derailed train cars filled with hazardous materials away from a car holding chemicals that continued to burn for a third day

Secret Service agent who hid affair kills himself

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 2nd

By ALICIA A. CALDWELLAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - For nearly six years, a senior Secret Service agent kept his extramarital affair with a Mexican woman a secret from the agency responsible for protecting the president. But in the wake of an embarrassing prostitution scandal involving 13

NYC man accused of pulling gun in gas line

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 2nd

NEW YORK (AP) - The fight for fuel after Superstorm Sandy is starting to get nasty. New York City authorities say a motorist was arrested after he tried to cut in line at a gas station in Queens early Thursday and pointed a pistol at another motorist who complained. Queens District Attorney Richard

US officials counter reports on Benghazi attacks

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 2nd

By LOLITA C. BALDORAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - The Pentagon provided more details Friday of the military response to the assault on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya, as questions continue to swirl ahead of the presidential election about the government's response to the attack,

Norv's Bolts beat staggering Chiefs 31-13

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 2nd

By BERNIE WILSONAP Sports Writer SAN DIEGO (AP) - It took a win against arguably the worst team in the NFL to get Norv Turner off the hot seat, at least for 10 days. And if things have been bad for the embattled Turner, imagine what Romeo Crennel is going through. Antonio Gates caught a 14-yard

Final 10-mile trek for space shuttle Atlantis

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 2nd

By MARCIA DUNNAP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - Accompanied by a fleet of astronauts spanning NASA's entire existence, Atlantis made a slow, solemn journey to retirement Friday, the last space shuttle to orbit the world and the last to leave NASA's nest. Atlantis reached

Judge backs NASA lab in work discrimination case

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 2nd

LOS ANGELES (AP) - A California judge has tentatively ruled in favor of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in a wrongful termination lawsuit brought by a former computer specialist who alleged he was singled out in part because of his belief in intelligent design. Superior Court Judge Ernest

Hyundai, Kia overstated gas mileage, EPA finds

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 2nd

By TOM KRISHERAP Auto Writer DETROIT (AP) - Hyundai and Kia overstated the gas mileage on 900,000 vehicles in the past three years, a discovery that could result in sanctions from the U.S. government and millions of dollars in payments to car owners. The inflated figures were uncovered by the

Obama 2nd term: Leverage, lessons learned, legacy

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 2nd

By BEN FELLERAP White House Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) - If he wins, President Barack Obama would try to apply the leverage of his victory toward a lasting economic revival on his terms, guided by political lessons learned and the legacy he wants. Because Obama has made his race against Mitt