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Wisconsin Assembly's all-nighters targeted

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on January 8th

By SCOTT BAUERAssociated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) - To young people, pulling an all-nighter usually involves lots of caffeine and staying up to study. To the Wisconsin state Assembly, it's an all-too-familiar method of doing the state's business. The new Republican speaker of the Assembly

Clinton to testify on Libya assault Jan. 22

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on January 8th

WASHINGTON (AP) - The top Republican on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee says Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton will testify on the deadly Sept. 11 assault in Libya on Jan. 22. That's the day after President Barack Obama's inauguration and the first day the Senate returns to

US Senator: Israel should not worry about Hagel

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on January 8th

JERUSALEM (AP) - A prominent member of the U.S. Senate said Tuesday Israel should not worry about President Obama's choice for U.S. defense secretary. Some in Israel view Chuck Hagel as unsympathetic to Israel because his positions on Iran and the Palestinians seem to be at odds with those of

THE RESET: Treasury secretary may be next job up

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on January 8th

By TOM RAUMAssociated Press Since winning re-election, President Barack Obama has announced new choices to head the State Department, Pentagon and Central Intelligence Agency. But he has yet to act on another looming top-tier vacancy, that of Treasury secretary. Indications are now that Timothy

White House tries to keep momentum on gun control

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on January 8th

By JULIE PACEAP White House Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) - Less than a month after a horrific elementary school shooting, the White House is fighting to keep the momentum for new gun legislation amid signs it's losing ground in Congress to other pressing issues. Vice President Joe Biden has

Black ties, booze and access marks of inauguration

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on January 8th

By PHILIP ELLIOTTAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - This is K Street on steroids. South Carolinians will be celebrating President Barack Obama's inauguration with cocktails amid the Hope Diamond and dinosaur fossils at the Smithsonian's Museum of Natural History. Minority government

Obama, Karzai to meet in Washington on Friday

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on January 8th

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama will host Afghan President Hamid Karzai (HAH'-mihd KAHR'-zeye) at the White House on Friday. It's the first in-person meeting for the two leaders since Obama won re-election. His victory meant the continuation of his administration's plans to

Reid says he misspoke with disaster comparison

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on January 7th

By JIM ABRAMSAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said Monday that he misspoke when he suggested in a Senate speech that damage from Superstorm Sandy was worse than that inflicted by Hurricane Katrina in 2005. In a short statement released by his office, the Nevada

Obama's CIA pick chose spycraft over priesthood

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on January 7th

By LARA JAKESAP National Security Writer WASHINGTON (AP) - John Brennan was headed for the priesthood when, while sitting idly on a bus as a student at Fordham University in the 1970s, he stumbled on a recruiting ad for the CIA. Now, after years of poring through intelligence, trekking with Mideast

$60 inaugural ball tickets sell out ahead of time

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on January 7th

By NEDRA PICKLERThe Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - The low-cost tickets to President Barack Obama's inaugural ball were mistakenly put on sale a day early and are now sold out. Inaugural officials say the limited number of $60 tickets to the Jan. 21 ball that were supposed to go on sale