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Retired shuttle Endeavour lands for Houston stop

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 19th

HOUSTON (AP) - Space shuttle Endeavour has landed in Houston for a one-day stop on its trek west to retirement in a California museum. The shuttle, atop a modified jumbo jet, touched down Wednesday morning on a runway near NASA's Johnson Space Center at Ellington Field. Hundreds of people

Tests only identify Zimmerman's DNA on handgun

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 19th

By MIKE SCHNEIDERAssociated Press ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) - Forensic tests made public Wednesday show that George Zimmerman's was the only DNA that could be identified on the grip of the gun used to fatally shoot 17-year-old Trayvon Martin. The results rule out Martin's DNA from being on the

Tests only identify Zimmerman's DNA on handgun

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 19th

By MIKE SCHNEIDERAssociated Press ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) - Forensic tests show that George Zimmerman's was the only DNA that could be identified on the grip of the gun used to fatally shoot 17-year-old Trayvon Martin. The results made public Wednesday rule out Martin's DNA from being on the

Premiums inching higher for popular Medicare plans

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 19th

By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVARAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Monthly premiums for popular private insurance plans through Medicare are only inching up next year, the Obama administration said Wednesday, trumpeting good news for skeptical older voters on a closely watched election-year issue.

Iraq nominee says US pressing on use of airspace

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 19th

By DONNA CASSATAAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama's choice for ambassador to Iraq said Wednesday that Baghdad is accepting Iranian assurances that it is not using Iraqi airspace to smuggle weapons into Syria where the 18-month conflict between the government and

Police: Pa. couple sold neighbor's lost puppy

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 19th

LEECHBURG, Pa. (AP) - Police say a Pennsylvania couple sold a neighbor's lost puppy for $50 rather than return it to its owner. Police in Leechburg, about 25 miles northeast of Pittsburgh, say a golden retriever and a Rottweiler puppy wandered onto the property of Scott and Roxanne Duff on Sept

Jury eyes conspiracy charge in Ohio Amish trial

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 19th

By THOMAS J. SHEERANAssociated Press CLEVELAND (AP) - Jurors deciding whether a breakaway Amish group committed hate crimes in beard- and hair-cutting attacks on fellow Amish focused on the conspiracy charge Wednesday but ended their fourth day of deliberations without reaching a verdict.

US penalties in effect for Taliban-allied Haqqanis

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 19th

By MATTHEW LEEAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - U.S. sanctions against the Pakistan-based Haqqani (hah-KAH'-nee) network of militants have come into force following the Obama administration's decision to designate the group a "foreign terrorist organization." Secretary of State Hillary

After teachers strike, doubts about implications

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 19th

By SOPHIA TAREEN and TAMMY WEBBERAssociated Press CHICAGO (AP) - Mayor Rahm Emanuel secured an extension of Chicago's school day and empowered principals to hire the teachers they want. Teachers were able to soften a new evaluation process and win some job protections. As students returned

Poll: Obama Job Approval Rising, Race Still Tight

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 19th

WASHINGTON (AP) - A new Associated Press-GfK poll finds that Americans are feeling markedly better about the country's future and about Barack Obama's job performance. That said, the president's re-election race against Republican Mitt Romney remains a neck-and-neck proposition.