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The factory fire: Global commerce, local tragedy

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 1st

By By ADAM GELLERAP National Writer In the charred bones of the Tazreen Fashions Ltd. factory, the labels and logos - sewn and printed in scarlet and royal blue - beckon from the ashes. Even in ruins, there's no missing that these T-shirts and jeans were intended for U.S. stores and

2 dead in bus crash into overpass at Miami airport

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 1st

By By SUZETTE LABOYAssociated Press MIAMI (AP) - At Miami International Airport, two large signs warn drivers of large vehicles not to pass beneath the 8-foot-6 inch concrete overpass. Authorities say two passengers are dead and others have been critically injured after a too-tall charter bus

Man twice tries to break into Pa. judge's office

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 1st

HAZLETON, Pa. (AP) - Authorities in northeastern Pennsylvania are looking for a man caught twice on surveillance video trying to break into a judge's office. State Superior Court Judge Correale Stevens jokes that he can't understand why someone would want to break into his office, unless he

Funeral held for boxer 'Macho' Camacho in NYC

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 1st

By By KAREN MATTHEWSAssociated Press NEW YORK (AP) - Hundreds mourned Hector Camacho on Saturday in the landmark East Harlem church the fighter attended as a boy, and hundreds more cheered and shouted "Macho!" when his coffin was carried out and loaded into a hearse afterward. "Hector lived the

Vampire on the loose in Serbia?

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 1st

By By DUSAN STOJANOVICAssociated Press ZAROZJE, Serbia (AP) - Get your garlic, crosses and stakes ready: a bloodsucking vampire is on the loose. Or so say villagers in the tiny western Serbian hamlet of Zarozje, nestled between lush green mountain slopes and spooky thick forests. They say

House and Senate sit on tax bills the other passed

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 1st

By By STEPHEN OHLEMACHERAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - It may not sound like it from the rhetoric, but both the House and Senate already have passed separate bills to delay big tax increases awaiting nearly every taxpayer next year if Congress and the White House can't agree on a plan

Mitt Romney's loss creates GOP leadership vacuum

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 1st

By By STEVE PEOPLESAssociated Press BOSTON (AP) - Mitt Romney's shadow looms over a Republican Party in disarray. The face of the GOP for much of the last year, the failed presidential candidate has been a virtual ghost since his defeat Nov. 6. He has quietly weathered the fallout of the

Syrian Internet largely restored after blackout

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 1st

By By BASSEM MROUEAssociated Press BEIRUT (AP) - Internet and telephone service were restored across much of Syria on Saturday following a two-day, nationwide communications blackout that came during some of the worst fighting to hit the capital since July. Experts say the shutdown was likely

Egypt's president sets date for constitution vote

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 1st

By By SARAH EL DEEBAssociated Press CAIRO (AP) - Egypt's President Mohammed Morsi called Saturday for a referendum in two weeks on a contentious draft constitution, setting a date for another milestone in the country's transition to democracy. Widespread disputes over the charter and

South Africa makes progress in HIV, AIDS fight

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 1st

By By CARLEY PETESCHAssociated Press JOHANNESBURG (AP) - In the early '90s when South Africa's Themba Lethu clinic could only treat HIV/AIDS patients for opportunistic diseases, many would come in on wheelchairs and keep coming to the health center until they died. Two decades later the