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U. Iowa adds optional LGBT question to application

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 12th

By By RYAN J. FOLEYAssociated Press IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) - The University of Iowa has become the nation's first public university to include optional questions about sexual orientation and gender identity on its application, a move hailed Wednesday by advocates hoping to improve the college

Census: Whites No Longer A Majority In US By 2043

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 12th

WASHINGTON (AP) - White people will no longer make up a majority of Americans by 2043. The new government projection is a year later than previous estimates, made before the impact of the recent economic downturn was known. The nation continues to grow and become

Ex-NY comptroller out of prison after 20 months

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 12th

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - A former New York state comptroller has been released from prison after serving 20 months for his leading role in an influence-peddling scandal at the state's massive pension fund. State corrections officials say Alan Hevesi (HEH'-veh-see) left the prison in upstate New

Pfizer to pay $55 million in drug misbranding case

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 12th

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Justice Department says Pfizer Inc. will pay $55 million to resolve allegations that its subsidiary Wyeth LLC promoted the drug Protonix for uses that were not approved by the Food and Drug Administration. In a written statement from its New York office, Pfizer, which acquired

Recall news

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 12th

By By The Associated Press The following recall has been announced: ____ STROLLERS DETAILS: Baby Jogger City Versa strollers manufactured by Baby Jogger LLC of Richmond, Va.; sold at buybuy Baby and other juvenile product stores nationwide and online at buybuybaby.com, albeebaby.com, diapers.

NYPD: Getaway car found in slaying of Calif. man

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 12th

By By TOM HAYSAssociated Press NEW YORK (AP) - Police revealed Wednesday that they found a getaway car used in an execution-style daylight slaying of a Los Angeles man on a busy Manhattan street - a possible break in a case that has defied easy answers. No motive or suspects have been

Census: Whites no longer a majority in US by 2043

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 12th

By By HOPE YENAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - White people will no longer make up a majority of Americans by 2043, according to new census projections. That's part of a historic shift that already is reshaping the nation's schools, workforce and electorate, and is redefining long-

House GOP press Obama for balanced fiscal deal

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 12th

WASHINGTON (AP) - House Republican leaders are pressing President Barack Obama to come up with plan they can accept for spending cuts and tax revenue to avoid the so-called "fiscal cliff" of automatic tax hikes and budget reductions. Speaker John Boehner (BAY'-nuhr) tells reporters at a Capitol

UN court convicts Bosnian Serb of genocide

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 12th

By By MIKE CORDERAssociated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) - A U.N. war crimes court convicted a former senior Bosnian Serb army commander Wednesday of genocide for playing a key role in Europe's worst massacre since World War II and sentenced him to life imprisonment, delivering another

DEAL OR NO DEAL? Fiscal Cliff Talks Appear To Be Stalled

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 12th

WASHINGTON (AP) - House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi says a bipartisan deal to avert a "fiscal cliff" is more likely if Democrats and Republicans don't try to over-reach on spending cuts. The California Democrat tells "CBS This Morning" that Congress and the White House need