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Conservationists team up with ranchers, loggers

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 15th

By By GOSIA WOZNIACKAAssociated Press FRIANT, Calif. (AP) - Two cowboys on horses pushed cattle across an expanse of golden hills overgrown with tall grasses and oak trees, up an unpaved road toward another pasture. From the Sierra Nevada foothills, the cattle will be sent for processing into

Domino's founder sues feds over health care law

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 15th

DETROIT (AP) - The founder of Domino's Pizza is suing the federal government over mandatory contraception coverage in the health care law. Tom Monaghan, a devout Roman Catholic, says contraception isn't health care but a "gravely immoral" practice. He filed a lawsuit Friday in federal court

Ala. police kill suspects after separate shootings

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 15th

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) - Police in Alabama fatally shot two suspects Saturday following separate shooting incidents 75 miles apart that left several others, including two officers, wounded. Authorities said Jason Letts, 38, of Jemison opened fire early Saturday morning at a hospital in Birmingham,

Criminal probe adds to Texas cancer agency woes

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By By PAUL J. WEBERAssociated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - Texas put up $3 billion in taxpayer money and promised cancer breakthroughs. But a criminal investigation, widespread rebuke from scientists and the resignations of embattled state officials came faster than medical discoveries. The

How To Make A Wine Bottle Lamp

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 15th

Here's how you make a wine bottle lamp. First...drill a hole in the wine bottle. You need a special drill bit that cute through glass. You can get it at Ace. Make sure you have two people doing this. One person drilling, and another person spraying water on the bottle. 2. Soak the bottle and

AP PHOTOS: Scenes from the Connecticut shooting

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 15th

By By The Associated Press Most died at the very start of their young lives, tiny victims taken in a way not fit for anyone regardless of age. Others found their life's work in sheltering little ones, teaching them, caring for them, treating them as their own. After the gunfire ended at

Secretary of state faints, sustains concussion

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 15th

By By MATTHEW LEEAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, who skipped an overseas trip this past week because of a stomach virus, sustained a concussion after fainting, the State Department said Saturday. The 65-year-old Clinton, who's expected to leave

Conn. Officials: Principal Died Lunging At Gunman

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 15th

NEWTOWN, Conn. (AP) - Town officials in Connecticut say the principal who died in the rampage at an elementary school was killed while lunging at the gunman as she tried to overtake him. Dawn Hochsprung was gunned down in Friday's massacre in Newtown. Board of Education

Police: Gunman wounds 3 at Alabama hospital

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 15th

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) - Authorities in Alabama say a man opened fire in a hospital, wounding an officer and two employees before he was fatally shot by police. Birmingham Police Sgt. Johnny Williams says the officer and employees suffered injuries that are not considered life-threatening. Williams

Shoshone County Deputy Involved In Multi-Vehicle Accident On I-90

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 15th

SHOSHONE COUNTY, Idaho - Friday afternoon while checking the status of a slide-off along I-90 in his patrol car, a Shoshone County Deputy's patrol car was struck from behind by a westbound vehicle. Seconds later, another car slid out of control and struck the car that initially rear-ended the