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Obama Urges Nation To Come Together For Holiday

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 22nd

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama is urging Americans to put aside partisan differences and come together as a nation for Thanksgiving. Obama, just re-elected to a second term, says in his weekly radio and Internet address that the country has "just emerged from a campaign

UPDATE: Car Hit By Idaho Train, Dragged To Next Crossing

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 22nd

POST FALLS, Idaho (AP) - A 39-year-old northern Idaho man was taken to the hospital after his 2002 Subaru Legacy was strike by a train in Post Falls and pushed to the next railroad crossing. Idaho State Police reported on Wednesday that John S. Cheatham was taken to Kootenai

LET THE SHOPPING BEGIN! Line WRAPS Around The K-Mart In Spokane Valley!

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 22nd

SPOKANE VALLEY, Wash. - Hundreds of people flooded into the Spokane Valley K-Mart Thursday morning! It took 7 minutes for the whole line to get in....that's a lot of people! The line wrapped around the back! The first person in line said they were shopping for tablets. Shop safe out there, it

Sarkozy joins ex-French leaders under legal fire

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 22nd

PARIS (AP) - Former President Nicolas Sarkozy follows in a long line of French leaders in the legal crosshairs. Voted out office in May, the 57-year-old conservative faced a judge Thursday over allegations that he illegally accepted donations from France's richest woman for his 2007 election

INFLUENCE GAME: Election over, campaign continues

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 22nd

By STEPHEN OHLEMACHERAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - The election may be over, but a new campaign is being waged in the nation's capital as lobbyists, advocates and trade groups fight to shape the government's response to the looming fiscal cliff. It's a twist on the usual

Cash-strapped post office tests same-day delivery

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 22nd

By HOPE YENAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Emboldened by rapid growth in e-commerce shipping, the cash-strapped U.S. Postal Service is moving aggressively this holiday season to start a premium service for the Internet shopper seeking the instant gratification of a store purchase: same-day

Doctor: Puerto Rico boxer Camacho is brain dead

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 22nd

By DANICA COTOAssociated Press SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) - Famed Puerto Rican boxer Hector "Macho" Camacho is clinically brain dead, doctors said Thursday, but family members disagreed on whether to take him off life support and two of the fighter's aunts said later that relatives had

Egypt's Morsi grants himself far-reaching powers

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 22nd

By HAMZA HENDAWIAssociated Press CAIRO (AP) - Egypt's Islamist president unilaterally decreed greater authorities for himself Thursday and effectively neutralized a judicial system that had emerged as a key opponent by declaring that the courts are barred from challenging his decisions.

Police officer quits after comments about Obama

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 22nd

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) - A Jacksonville police officer has quit after admitting he told colleagues that he would volunteer to assassinate President Barack Obama. Sam Koivisto told the Florida Times-Union (http://bit.ly/10zfc6q) on Wednesday that his comments had been blown out of proportion and

Appalachian book project helps inmates in 6 states

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 22nd

By VICKI SMITHAssociated Press MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) - For people behind bars in six Appalachian states, they are one of the few forms of escape - hundreds of used books, wrapped in brown paper and stacked thigh-high under a table, just waiting to be shipped. Parenting and self-help books.