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US diplomats in Beirut burning classified material

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 17th

By MATTHEW LEEAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Diplomats at the U.S. Embassy in Beirut have started to destroy classified material as a security precaution amid anti-American protests in Lebanon and elsewhere in the Middle East and North Africa. A State Department status report obtained

Sandusky to be sentenced Oct. 9 in sex abuse case

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 17th

By MICHAEL RUBINKAMAssociated Press There's little doubt former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky faces a long prison sentence. In a few weeks, he'll find out just how long. A judge announced Monday he will sentence Sandusky on Oct. 9, nearly four months after Sandusky

Calif. illegal immigrants ask for school records

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 17th

LOS ANGELES (AP) - Thousands of illegal immigrants have inundated the nation's second-largest school district with requests for copies of records that might qualify them for the Obama administration's Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, the district said Monday. Under the

Peregrine CEO pleads guilty to cheating investors

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By RYAN J. FOLEYAssociated Press CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) - Peregrine Financial Group CEO Russ Wasendorf Sr. pleaded guilty Monday to carrying out a 20-year fraud that duped investors and transformed his image from a highly-regarded businessman to one of Iowa's most notorious corporate

SLIDESHOW: Drunk Teen Crashes In Northwest Spokane...Neighbors CHASE Him Down!

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 17th

SPOKANE, Wash. - A teenage driver was arrested Monday morning after crashing his vehicle at Alberta and Everett near the Shadle Center. Authorities tell KHQ's Don Clossin, who was the first on the scene, that the teen was heading westbound on Everett when he failed to stop at a stop sign and

Video shows Libyans trying to rescue US ambassador

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By MAGGIE MICHAELAssociated Press CAIRO (AP) - Libyans tried to rescue Ambassador Chris Stevens, cheering "God is great" and rushing him to a hospital after they discovered him still clinging to life inside the U.S. Consulate, according to witnesses and a new video that emerged Monday from last

Lawmaker fined about $4,000 for insulting EU chief

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 17th

BRUSSELS (AP) - How much does it cost to tell the one of the EU's top officials he has "the charisma of a damp rag?" About €3,000, or close to $4,000, as a European member of Parliament has discovered. In 2010, Nigel Farage, an anti-European Union member of the EU Parliament, rose following a

Pelosi: 'Everybody Knows' Mitt Romney Won't Be President

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 17th

WASHINGTON (AP) - House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) doesn't have a doubt in her mind that President Barack Obama will be reelected in November. And she claims she's not alone. "Oh, Mitt Romney's not going to be president of the United States," Pelosi said with a laugh

Cancer overtakes heart disease among US Hispanics

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By MIKE STOBBEAP Medical Writer NEW YORK (AP) - Cancer has overtaken heart disease as the No. 1 killer among Hispanics in the U.S., and the rest of the country may be only a few years behind. The change is not exactly cause for alarm. Death rates for both cancer and heart disease have been

19-Year-Old Charged With Shaking Baby To Death

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NBCNEWS.COM - A 19-year-old New Jersey man will appear in court Monday after being charged with shaking his girlfriend's baby to death, according to the Atlantic County Prosecutor's Office. Daquan Davis is charged with manslaughter and endangering the welfare of a child. Police say