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Idaho couple and Sun Valley land in Twitter tussle

Idaho couple and Sun Valley land in Twitter tussle
Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 20th
By JOHN MILLERAssociated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) - An Internet entrepreneur and former Wall Street derivatives analyst contends central Idaho's Sun Valley resort and the Twitter Inc. social media site heisted his handle. Leonard Barshack, who in the 1990s founded the Internet email listing

Yahoo takes big leap with $1.1B deal for Tumblr

Yahoo takes big leap with $1.1B deal for Tumblr
Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 20th
By MICHAEL LIEDTKEAP Technology Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Yahoo is buying online blogging forum Tumblr for $1.1 billion as CEO Marissa Mayer tries to rejuvenate an Internet icon that had fallen behind the times. The deal announced Monday represents Mayer's boldest move yet since she left

Seen and heard at the Cannes Film Festival

Seen and heard at the Cannes Film Festival
Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 20th
By The Associated Press CANNES, France (AP) - Associated Press journalists open their notebooks at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival: JAMES CAAN GOES BACK TO THE 70S They don't make movies like they used to - which is why James Caan was happy to go back to the 1970s in Guillaume Canet's "Blood

Seoul: Day 3 of NKorea tests of short-range weapon

Seoul: Day 3 of NKorea tests of short-range weapon
Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 20th
By HYUNG-JIN KIMAssociated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - North Korea continued firing short-range weapons over its own eastern waters Monday after a weekend of what it called "rocket launching tests" intended to bolster deterrence against enemy attack. South Korean officials were investigating

Senators require fingerprinting at 30 airports

Senators require fingerprinting at 30 airports
Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 20th
By DAVID ESPO and ERICA WERNERAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Senate supporters of far-reaching immigration legislation accepted minor changes in public while negotiating over more sweeping alterations in private Monday as they drove toward expected Judiciary Committee approval by mid-week. In a

Mice return from a month in space

Mice return from a month in space
Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 19th
MOSCOW (AP) - A Russian capsule carrying mice, lizards and other small animals returned to Earth on Sunday after spending a month in space for what scientists said was the longest experiment of its kind. Fewer than half of the 53 mice and other rodents who blasted off on April 19 from the Baikonur

Hits and misses in Facebook's history

Hits and misses in Facebook's history
Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 19th
By The Associated Press Facebook made its debut on the stock market a year ago on May 18 in one of the largest IPOs in history and the biggest for any Internet company. The social network's market value was more than $100 billion. Now, Facebook's stock is trading roughly 30 percent lower

Honeybees trained in Croatia to find land mines

Honeybees trained in Croatia to find land mines
Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 19th
By DUSAN STOJANOVIC and DARKO BANDICAssociated Press ZAGREB, Croatia (AP) - Mirjana Filipovic is still haunted by the land mine blast that killed her boyfriend and blew off her left leg while on a fishing trip nearly a decade ago. It happened in a field that was supposedly de-mined. Now, unlikely

SKorea analyzing NKorea's 4 projectile launches

SKorea analyzing NKorea's 4 projectile launches
Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 19th
By HYUNG-JIN KIMAssociated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - South Korea is analyzing whether projectiles North Korea fired into its eastern waters over the weekend are short-range missiles or a new type of artillery the country may be developing, officials said Monday. North Korea fired what Seoul

Alaska volcano shoots ash 15,000 feet into the air

Alaska volcano shoots ash 15,000 feet into the air
Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 17th
By RACHEL D'OROAssociated Press ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - One of Alaska's most restless volcanoes shot an ash cloud 15,000 feet into the air Friday in an ongoing eruption that is visible for miles when the weather allows. An air traffic controller in the region said small planes have flown

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Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 21st
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Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 21st
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Spokane Valley Police Dept: Three Separate Robberies

Spokane Valley Police Dept: Three Separate Robberies
Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 21st
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