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Partisan Dems, GOP can only agree defense cuts bad

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 20th

By DONNA CASSATAAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - The only thing a bitterly partisan Congress can agree on as it heads for the exits is that looming defense cuts will have a devastating effect on the military. No resolution emerged Thursday to avert $55 billion in cuts to a defense budget of

Ethics panel to hold hearing in Maxine Waters case

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 20th

By LARRY MARGASAKAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - The House Ethics Committee will hold a hearing Friday in the case of Rep. Maxine Waters, a senior Democrat on the Financial Services Committee, who disputes allegations she tried to steer U.S. bailout money to a bank where her husband owns

UN chief: Achieving UN anti-poverty goals at risk

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 20th

By EDITH M. LEDERERAssociated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) - U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon warned Thursday that the first decline in international aid to developing countries in years is jeopardizing the U.N. goal of reducing poverty by 2015 in many countries. Ban spoke at a news conference

A look at Coptic Christians, history and beliefs

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 20th

By The Associated Press The Egyptian Coptic Orthodox Church split from other Christians in 451 A.D. over a dispute about the nature of Christ. Unlike Roman Catholics, they do not believe in the infallibility of the Pope or in purgatory. They believe in the immaculate conception of Jesus, but

Detroit's former mayor faces corruption trial

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By ED WHITEAssociated Press DETROIT (AP) - As Detroit residents fled one of the nation's most-distressed cities in waves, then-Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick enriched himself and his allies by rigging public contracts, shaking down businessmen and pocketing hundreds of thousands of dollars, the

Man dies hanging upside down at Utah's Zion park

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 20th

By PAUL FOYAssociated Press SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - A 74-year-old man was found dead after spending a night hanging upside down on his climbing ropes at Zion National Park, the park superintendent said Thursday. Yoshio Hosobuchi was making a rappel in the Subway, a popular and demanding

Judges seem skeptical of CIA secrecy of drones

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By FREDERIC J. FROMMERAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Federal appeals court judges Thursday questioned the CIA's efforts to block information on the use of unmanned drones to kill suspected terrorists. A lower court federal judge sided with the CIA last year and dismissed a lawsuit by

Texas executes man who confessed to killing 5

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 20th

By MICHAEL GRACZYKAssociated Press HUNSTVILLE, Texas (AP) - An ex-convict who confessed to killing five people at a Dallas-area car wash a week after he was fired from his job there 12 years ago was executed Thursday evening. Robert Wayne Harris, 40, received lethal injection less than two

Correction: Arlington Cemetery story

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 20th

McLEAN, Va. (AP) - In a story Sept. 20 about changes at Arlington National Cemetery, The Associated Press erroneously reported in the story and headline that the Pentagon inspector general prepared the report. It was the Army inspector general. A corrected version of the story is below: IG report

Smithsonian plans 1st ad campaign to broaden reach

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 20th

By BRETT ZONGKERAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - The most-visited museums in the U.S. are about to launch their first-ever national advertising campaign to connect more people with the Smithsonian Institution online, in schools or in the museums themselves. The 166-year-old museum complex