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Cockroaches quickly lose sweet tooth to survive

Cockroaches quickly lose sweet tooth to survive
Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 23rd
By MALCOLM RITTERAP Science Writer NEW YORK (AP) - For decades, people have been getting rid of cockroaches by setting out bait mixed with poison. But in the late 1980s, in an apartment test kitchen in Florida, something went very wrong. A killer product stopped working. Cockroach populations there

Study: Amphibians disappearing at alarming rate

Study: Amphibians disappearing at alarming rate
Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 23rd
GRANTS PASS, Ore. (AP) - A new study has determined for the first time just how quickly frogs and other amphibians are disappearing around the United States, and the news is not good. The U.S. Geological Study says populations of frogs, salamanders and toads have been vanishing from occupied sites

Hurricane forecast: Another busy Atlantic season

Hurricane forecast: Another busy Atlantic season
Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 23rd
By SETH BORENSTEINAP Science Writer COLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP) - This year's names: Andrea, Barry, Chantal, Dorian, Erin, Fernand, Gabrielle, Humberto, Ingrid, Jerry, Karen, Lorenzo, Melissa, Nestor, Olga, Pablo, Rebekah, Sebastien, Tanya, Van and Wendy. Copyright 2013 The Associated Press. All

Google to add Galapagos Islands to Street View

Google to add Galapagos Islands to Street View
Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 23rd
By JASON DEARENAssociated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Few have explored the remote volcanic islands of the Galapagos archipelago, an otherworldly landscape inhabited by the world's largest tortoises and other fantastical creatures that inspired Charles Darwin's theory of evolution. Soon it

Solar plane completes 2nd leg of trip in Texas

Solar plane completes 2nd leg of trip in Texas
Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 23rd
DALLAS (AP) - A solar-powered plane has landed in Texas, completing the second leg of a trip across the United States. The Solar Impulse is making the first attempt by a solar airplane capable of flying day and night without fuel to fly across the U.S. The plane landed early Thursday at Dallas-Fort

Lenovo says quarterly profit up 90 percent

Lenovo says quarterly profit up 90 percent
Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 23rd
By JOE McDONALDAP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) - Computer maker Lenovo Group said Thursday its latest quarterly profit rose 90 percent as sales of smartphones and mobile computing technology expanded. Lenovo said it earned $127 million, or 1.22 cents per share, in the three months ending March 31.

Jennifer Lopez to open cellphone stores

Jennifer Lopez to open cellphone stores
Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 22nd
By PETER SVENSSONAP Technology Writer NEW YORK (AP) - "Jenny from the Block" wants the block to buy Verizon phones from her. Singer and actress Jennifer Lopez on Wednesday announced she's opening a chain of 15 cellphone stores and a website under the Viva Movil brand. The aim is to sell Verizon

Facebook posts: Suit filed over vet's detention

Facebook posts: Suit filed over vet's detention
Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 22nd
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - A civil liberties group has filed a federal lawsuit on behalf of an ex-Marine, claiming his rights were violated when he was detained in a psychiatric facility after posting anti-government messages on Facebook. The Rutherford Institute's attorneys filed suit Wednesday

Facebook posts: Suit filed over vet's detention

Facebook posts: Suit filed over vet's detention
Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 22nd
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - A civil liberties group filed a federal lawsuit Wednesday on behalf of an ex-Marine who was detained in a psychiatric facility after posting anti-government messages on Facebook, using the case to criticize a program that looks for veterans who may have become extremists.

Doctors save Ohio boy by 'printing' an airway tube

Doctors save Ohio boy by 'printing' an airway tube
Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 22nd
By MARILYNN MARCHIONEAP Chief Medical Writer In a medical first, doctors used plastic particles and a 3-D laser printer to create an airway splint to save the life of a baby boy who used to stop breathing nearly every day. It's the latest advance from the booming field of regenerative medicine

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Obama To Visit Tornado-Ravaged OK Town

Obama To Visit Tornado-Ravaged OK Town
Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 22nd
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama will travel to tornado-ravaged Moore, Okla., on Sunday.    That's according to a White House official, who wasn't authorized to publicly discuss the trip ahead of the official announcement and requested anonymity.    A

Small Fla. city anxious to learn jackpot winner

Small Fla. city anxious to learn jackpot winner
Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 20th
By TAMARA LUSH and BARBARA RODRIGUEZAssociated Press ZEPHYRHILLS, Fla. (AP) - It could be an anxious wait of up to two months for people in a small Florida city to find out who won the highest Powerball jackpot in history: an estimated $590.5 million. The lucky ticket was bought sometime Saturday

SAY WHAT?!? Freak Snow In Washington State Town Cancels School

SAY WHAT?!? Freak Snow In Washington State Town Cancels School
Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 22nd
BICKLETON, Wash. (AP) - A freak snow has given students a snow day in May in the Klickitat County town of Bickleton.    School Superintendent Ric Palmer says 10-to-12 inches fell in places overnight and heavy snow brought some tree branches down on lines, knocking out power and