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At Least 1 Dead, 1 Wounded At Wyo. Community College

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 30th

CASPER, Wyo. (AP) - At least one person was killed and another was wounded in an attack at a community college in central Wyoming. Casper College spokesman Rich Fujita says it happened around 9 a.m. Friday. He says police took into custody one person who is injured.

Police: Wyo. murder-suicide happened during class

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 30th

By By MEAD GRUVERAssociated Press CASPER, Wyo. (AP) - A man wielding a sharp-edged weapon killed one person in a Casper neighborhood Friday before killing a male teacher and himself in front of students in a community college classroom, causing a campus-wide lockdown as authorities tried to

Exec pays $1.4M to settle insider trading charges

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 30th

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) - An investment industry executive has paid $1.4 million to settle insider trading charges, federal regulators said Friday. I. Joseph Massoud, who founded investment advisory firm Compass Group Management, gained access to nonpublic information at an Internet site where bidding

Obama takes middle class tax cut pitch outside DC

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 30th

By By JIM KUHNHENNAssociated Press HATFIELD, Pa. (AP) - President Barack Obama is urging Congress to pass an extension of tax cuts for middle class families, saying a tax increase for them would be like a "lump of coal" for Christmas. In his first campaign-style event to sell his solution on

4 Hofstra basketball players charged in burglaries

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By By FRANK ELTMANAssociated Press MINEOLA, N.Y. (AP) - Four Hofstra University basketball players were arrested on burglary charges stemming from dormitory room break-ins, police said Friday. Detectives said the players were charged in six burglaries that occurred between Oct. 4 and Nov. 5,

Nile croc hunted near Miami as potential danger

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 30th

By By KELLI KENNEDY and SUZETTE LABOYAssociated Press HOMESTEAD, Fla. (AP) - State wildlife officials have given their agents a rare order to shoot to kill in the hunt for a young and potentially dangerous Nile crocodile loose near Miami. The Nile crocodile, which hails from Africa, can jump

UPDATE: Toys For Tots Pickup Officially Underway!

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 30th

UPDATE: Orders 1-600 will be ready for pickup on Saturday, Dec. 1st. Also, we received a call to the KHQ newsroom from volunteer coordinators begging that we get the word out that they need more toys. Every age group and gender is needed desperately. UPDATE: Toys For Tots Pickup starts today!

Israel okays new West Bank settlement construction

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 30th

By By ARON HELLER and KARIN LAUBAssociated Press JERUSALEM (AP) - Israel on Friday approved the construction of 3,000 homes in Jewish settlements on Israeli-occupied lands, a government official said, drawing swift condemnation from the Palestinians a day after their successful U.N. recognition

Deadly, destructive 2012 hurricane season ends

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 30th

By By CHRISTINE ARMARIOAssociated Press MIAMI (AP) - The 2012 Atlantic hurricane season that spawned the destruction of Sandy and Isaac has come to an end as one for the record books. There were 19 named storms in what meteorologists consider an above-average year that tied as being the third

Possible generator tampering found at nuke plant

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 30th

LOS ANGELES (AP) - Someone may have tampered with an emergency generator at the San Onofre nuclear power plant, but there was no danger because both reactors at the California coastal facility are shut down, operators said. In late October, coolant was found in the oil system of the backup diesel