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Pentagon to seek new vets record system

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 22nd

By LOLITA C. BALDOR AND PAULINE JELINEKAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - The Pentagon has decided to buy a new computerized health records system to be able to better share and merge its data with the Department of Veterans Affairs, but officials cautioned that it was part of a "long-term

Others who took the 5th: McGwire, Abramoff, North

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 22nd

WASHINGTON (AP) - Lois Lerner of the IRS joins a diverse roll call of people who have invoked Fifth Amendment protections against self-incrimination in refusing to answer questions at congressional hearings over the years. A few of the well-known names: ___ -Former St. Louis Cardinals slugger Mark

Kerry: US, allies, ready to step up aid rebels

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 22nd

By BRADLEY KLAPPERAssociated Press AMMAN, Jordan (AP) - The United States and its Arab and European allies will step up their support for Syria's opposition to help them "fight for the freedom of their country" if President Bashar Assad's regime doesn't engage in peace talks in good

More doctors, hospitals using electronic records

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 22nd

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Obama administration says more doctors and hospitals are embracing technology as adoption of computerized medical records reaches a "tipping point" in America. A report Wednesday from Health and Human Services says more than 50 percent of doctors' offices and 4 in 5

FBI: Man fatally shot in Boston bombing probe

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 22nd

By KYLE HIGHTOWERAssociated Press ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) - A Chechen immigrant was shot to death by authorities while being questioned in the Boston Marathon bombing case early Wednesday after he lunged at an FBI agent with a knife, officials said. Ibragim Todashev, a 27-year-old mixed martial arts

Czech president settles dispute over gay rights

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 22nd

PRAGUE (AP) - The Czech president says he will no longer block a university professorship for a gay rights activist who had been critical of him. Milos Zeman has been under fire after suggesting over the weekend that his reason for denying the promotion to Charles University literary historian

FEMA Chief: Feds won't go 'when the cameras leave'

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 22nd

WASHINGTON (AP) - The head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency says U.S. officials are "going neighborhood to neighborhood" to make sure Oklahoma gets the help it needs. FEMA's Craig Fugate promises in an interview that officials won't desert Oklahoma, saying "We don't leave here

Kenya's truth report: Killings, land grabs, graft

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 22nd

By TOM ODULAAssociated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) - Kenya's president received a long-awaited Truth Justice and Reconciliation Commission report that names the president and his deputy as being among those suspected of planning and financing Kenya's 2007-08 postelection violence in which

Garcetti elected Los Angeles mayor over Greuel

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 22nd

By MICHAEL R. BLOODAP Political Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) - City Councilman Eric Garcetti defeated Controller Wendy Greuel to become next mayor of Los Angeles after a campaign in which he depicted his rival a pawn of powerful labor bosses. With all precincts reporting Wednesday, the city councilman

House panel seeks to curb military sexual assaults

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 22nd

By RICHARD LARDNERAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Determined to check the growing epidemic of sexual assaults in the armed forces, a House panel is poised to approve a series of revisions to longstanding military law. They include stripping commanding officers of their unilateral authority to