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With Samsung, Jay-Z's business continues to boom

With Samsung, Jay-Z's business continues to boom
Submitted by Fox First at Ten on June 18th
By MESFIN FEKADUAP Music Writer NEW YORK (AP) - He really is more than a businessman. Jay-Z's partnership with Samsung for his new album, "Magna Carta Holy Grail," is another sign of how musicians are finding new ways to push, sell and promote their music, and how the multiplatinum performer -

Chinese supercomputer named as world's fastest

Chinese supercomputer named as world's fastest
Submitted by Fox First at Ten on June 18th
BEIJING (AP) - A Chinese university has built the world's fastest supercomputer, almost doubling the speed of the U.S. machine that previously claimed the top spot and underlining China's rise as a science and technology powerhouse. The semiannual TOP500 listing of the world's fastest

Airborne laser reveals hidden city in Cambodia

Airborne laser reveals hidden city in Cambodia
Submitted by Fox First at Ten on June 17th
By KRISTEN GELINEAUAssociated Press SYDNEY (AP) - Airborne laser technology has uncovered a network of roadways and canals, illustrating a bustling ancient city linking Cambodia's famed Angkor Wat temple complex. The discovery was announced late Monday in a peer-reviewed paper released early by

'Tweet' is now officially a word in the Oxford English Dictionary

'Tweet' is now officially a word in the Oxford English Dictionary
Submitted by Fox First at Ten on June 17th
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Official: Solar plane to help energy use on ground

Official: Solar plane to help energy use on ground
Submitted by Fox First at Ten on June 17th
By BY SETH BORENSTEINAP Science Writer CHANTILLY, Va. (AP) - The plane parked outside the airport looks more like a giant exotic insect or maybe an outsized balsa wood toy airplane. When it's in flight, there's no roar of jet engines. It's strangely quiet. And as it crisscrosses

How Britain spies on friends and rivals alike

How Britain spies on friends and rivals alike
Submitted by Fox First at Ten on June 17th
By RAPHAEL SATTERAssociated Press LONDON (AP) - Former NSA contractor Edward Snowden's leaks to the Guardian newspaper have thrown back the curtain on the world of diplomatic espionage, revealing - in explicit detail - how British spies monitor enemies and allies alike. So what does GCHQ,

McCain presses Obama on secret emails

McCain presses Obama on secret emails
Submitted by Fox First at Ten on June 17th
By JACK GILLUMAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Republican Sen. John McCain on Monday questioned President Barack Obama about his political appointees' use of secret government email accounts at work, saying that Congress cannot tell the American people what its government is doing if it

Google settles suit, clears way for stock split

Google settles suit, clears way for stock split
Submitted by Fox First at Ten on June 17th
By MICHAEL LIEDTKEAP Technology Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Google has resolved a shareholder lawsuit blocking a long-delayed stock split, clearing the way for the Internet search leader to issue a new class of non-voting shares later this year. The settlement announced Monday came on the eve of a

Solar-powered plane lands near Washington

Solar-powered plane lands near Washington
Submitted by Fox First at Ten on June 17th
WASHINGTON (AP) - A solar-powered plane nearing the close of a cross-continental journey landed at Dulles International Airport outside the nation's capital early Sunday, only one short leg to New York remaining on a voyage that opened in May. Solar Impulse's website said the aircraft with

Israel picks team to build high-speed web network

Israel picks team to build high-speed web network
Submitted by Fox First at Ten on June 17th
JERUSALEM (AP) - An Israeli committee has chosen a consortium led by Swedish company ViaEuropa to build a nationwide high-speed broadband network. The committee, which includes representatives from the government and the state-owned Israel Electric Corp., announced its decision Monday. It said the

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UPDATE: Wrong-Way Crash On Hwy. 195 At Cheney Spokane Rd.

UPDATE: Wrong-Way Crash On Hwy. 195 At Cheney Spokane Rd.
Submitted by Fox First at Ten on June 18th
UPDATE: The female driver has been identified as Jennifer A. Schmidt of Spokane Valley. The male driver has been identified as Sean D. Moss. Both Schmidt and Moss were life-flighted by Medstar to Sacred Heart. The State Patrol says both vehicles were totaled and both drivers were wearing seatbelts

NASA picks 8 new astronauts, 4 of them women

NASA picks 8 new astronauts, 4 of them women
Submitted by Fox First at Ten on June 17th
By MARCIA DUNNAP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - NASA has eight new astronauts - its first new batch in four years. Among the lucky candidates: the first female fighter pilot to become an astronaut in nearly two decades. A female helicopter pilot also is in the group. In fact, four of

FIRST ON KHQ.COM: Spokane Valley Homeowner Catches Would Be Burglar; Holds Suspect At Gunpoint Until Authorities Arrive

FIRST ON KHQ.COM: Spokane Valley Homeowner Catches Would Be Burglar; Holds Suspect At Gunpoint Until Authorities Arrive
Submitted by Fox First at Ten on June 18th
PRESS RELEASE FROM THE SPOKANE VALLEY POLICE DEPT: On Tuesday, June 18, 2013, at 9:15 a.m., Spokane Valley Sheriff's Deputies responded to a person with a weapon call near the area of 13600 E. 20th Ave. Deputies arrived on scene and found the victim homeowner detaining the suspect, later