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Funerals set for victims of Conn. school rampage

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 16th

NEWTOWN, Conn. (AP) - The Connecticut Funeral Directors Association has announced that funerals have been scheduled for seven of the Connecticut school shooting victims. Services for 6-year-olds Noah Pozner and Jack Pinto are being planned for Monday. The funeral for 6-year-old Jessica Rekos is

Pentagon front-runner has strong Obama ties

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 16th

By By LOLITA C. BALDORAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Former Nebraska Sen. Chuck Hagel is a contrarian Republican moderate and decorated Vietnam combat veteran who is likely to support a more rapid withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan. As President Barack Obama's top candidate for

'Hobbit' bests 'Rings' with $84.8 million opening

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 16th

By By JAKE COYLEAP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) - Peter Jackson's "The Hobbit" led the box office with a haul of $84.8 million, a record-setting opening better than the three previous "Lord of the Rings" films. The Warner Bros. Middle Earth epic was the biggest December opening ever,

Unexpected shutdown reported at Pa. nuclear plant

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 16th

BERWICK, Pa. (AP) - An energy company says it's trying to figure out why a central Pennsylvania nuclear power plant reactor shut down unexpectedly. PPL Corp. says Unit 2 at the Susquehanna nuclear facility near Berwick shut down early Sunday morning. The company says the reactor is safe and

Lieberman, Democrats want ban on assault weapons

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By By ANNE FLAHERTYAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Democratic lawmakers and independent Sen. Joe Lieberman said Sunday that military-style assault weapons should be banned and that a national commission should be established to examine mass shootings in the United States. The proposals were

Police: Man charged in attack on 3 Pa. Mennonites

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 16th

LANCASTER, Pa. (AP) - A 22-year-old man attacked three elderly Mennonite sisters because of their faith, shocking them with a stun gun and vandalizing their home during an hours-long ordeal, police said Sunday. Dereck Taylor Holt was charged with aggravated assault, ethnic intimidation, burglary

A look at tax breaks that expired this year

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 16th

By By The Associated Press While much of Washington is consumed by the debate over tax cuts scheduled to expire next year, a big package of tax breaks already expired this year. Among the biggest, along with the cost to retroactively extend each one for 2012 and 2013: ___ Individual tax breaks

Millions face higher taxes real soon without fix

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 16th

By By STEPHEN OHLEMACHERAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Millions of families and businesses will get hit by big tax increases a lot sooner than many realize if Congress and the White House don't agree on a plan to skirt the year-end fiscal cliff of higher tax rates and big government

Big price for inaugural pomp; much private money

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 16th

By By JENNIFER C. KERRAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - The pomp surrounding the inauguration of the president of the United States can carry a hefty price tag, from the glitzy galas to all those inaugural balls. Think of it this way: It can cost about the same as 150 Bentley cars, several

Some of the deadliest school shootings in the US

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 16th

By By The Associated Press A gunman at a Connecticut elementary school killed 26 people, 20 of them children, and himself on Friday. A look at some other school shootings in years past: - April 2, 2012: A gunman killed seven people in a rampage at a Christian university in California. The