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Polar bear bill ties Senate in knots

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 21st

By MARY CLARE JALONICKAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - On its last day in session before the election, the Senate has tied itself in knots over 41 polar bear carcasses that hunters want to bring home from Canada. After punting tough decisions on far weightier issues, Majority Leader Harry

UN Security Council to consider Mali force

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 21st

By RON DePASQUALEAssociated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) - The U.N. Security Council said Friday it will consider a request from West African countries for military intervention in Mali to root out Al-Qaeda-linked Islamists who have seized control of the country's northern region. The Economic

Congress exits Washington to hit campaign trail

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 21st

By ANDREW TAYLORAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - The most partisan, least productive Congress in memory has skipped out of Washington for the campaign trail. The Senate shuttered the Capitol soon after sending President Barak Obama stopgap spending legislation that will make sure the

Man jumps off Bronx Zoo monorail, mauled by tiger

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 21st

By JIM FITZGERALDAssociated Press NEW YORK (AP) - A man was mauled by a 400-pound tiger at the Bronx Zoo on Friday after he leaped from a moving monorail train and plummeted over a protective fence. The man was alone with the tiger for about 10 minutes before he was rescued by zoo officials,

Authorities prepare for large Wash. fires to merge

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 21st

By SHANNON DININNYAssociated Press YAKIMA, Wash. (AP) - There's no relief in sight for firefighters battling several large wildfires in Washington state, and a lightning storm forecast to sweep through the region Saturday could ignite even more blazes and bring little to no rain. For weeks

Harvard journal: Jesus 'wife' papyrus unverified

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 21st

By JAY LINDSAYAssociated Press BOSTON (AP) - A Harvard University journal says it hasn't fully verified research that purportedly shows some early Christians believed Jesus had a wife, even though Harvard's divinity school touted the research during a publicity blitz this week. The

Jury Finds Shellye Stark Guilty Of Murder

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 21st

SPOKANE, Wash. - For the second time in three years, Shellye Stark has been found guilty of murdering her husband. A jury returned a guilty verdict Friday on Stark's First Degree murder charge, meaning that once again this jury didn't buy stark's claim of self-defense. Prosecutors say

British bank signs $340M settlement with NY state

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 21st

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - A British bank accused of scheming with the Iranian government to launder billions of dollars has signed an agreement with New York regulators to settle their investigation with a $340 million payment. Standard Chartered Bank says it's pleased to reach the settlement and

NY inmates sue for dental floss and $500 million

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 21st

By JIM FITZGERALDAssociated Press WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. (AP) - Some jail inmates are trying to put a $500 million bite on a suburban New York county in a lawsuit demanding access to dental floss. Eleven inmates in the Westchester County jail in Valhalla say in a federal civil rights lawsuit that

Wildfire Smoke Worsens; State Health Provides Thousands Of Respirators

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 21st

OLYMPIA, Wash. - State health officials have sent more than 20,000 respirator masks to local health agencies hit hardest by the smoky wildfires in central and eastern Washington. The Kittitas County Public Health Department is getting 10,000 respirators today, and Chelan-Douglas Health District got