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Pandora posts in-line 1Q loss, upbeat sales

Pandora posts in-line 1Q loss, upbeat sales
Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 23rd
By RYAN NAKASHIMAAP Business Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) - Internet radio company Pandora Media Inc. reported higher-than-expected revenue in the latest quarter, with losses in line with analysts' forecasts, as the number of subscribers who pay for ad-free listening more than doubled to exceed 2.5

NASA head views progress on asteroid lasso mission

NASA head views progress on asteroid lasso mission
Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 23rd
By ALICIA CHANGAP Science Writer PASADENA, Calif. (AP) - Surrounded by engineers, NASA chief Charles Bolden inspected a prototype spacecraft engine that could power an audacious mission to lasso an asteroid and tow it closer to Earth for astronauts to explore. Bolden checked on the progress

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
By JEFF BARNARDAssociated Press 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 Survey said Thursday that populations of frogs, salamanders and

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) - Get ready for another busy hurricane season, maybe unusually wild, federal forecasters say. Their prediction Thursday calls for 13 to 20 named Atlantic storms, 7 to 11 that strengthen into hurricanes and 3 to 6 that become major

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

Muslim hard-liners ID suspect in London attack

Muslim hard-liners ID suspect in London attack
Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 23rd
By PAISLEY DODDS and GREGORY KATZAssociated Press LONDON (AP) - A man seen with bloody hands wielding a butcher knife after the killing of a British soldier on the streets of London was described as a convert to Islam who took part in demonstrations with a banned radical group, two Muslim hard-

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

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Spokane County Sheriff's Office: Adult Male Arrested For Four McDonald's Robberies

Spokane County Sheriff's Office: Adult Male Arrested For Four McDonald's Robberies
Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 24th
PRESS RELEASE FROM THE SPOKANE COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE: On Thursday, May 23, 2013, Spokane County Major Crime Detective Kirk Keyser arrested 23-year-old Sean Martin for three counts of first degree robbery.  Through his investigation, Detective Keyser determined Martin was

UK court: Lawmaker's wife's tweet was libelous

UK court: Lawmaker's wife's tweet was libelous
Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 24th
LONDON (AP) - A tweet posted by the wife of Britain's parliamentary speaker about a politician wrongly linked to child sex abuse was libelous, the High Court ruled Friday. A BBC report last year led to widespread Internet chatter that falsely linked politician Alistair McAlpine to decades-old

Journalist and author Haynes Johnson dies at 81

Journalist and author Haynes Johnson dies at 81
Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 25th
By BARRY SCHWEID and BRETT ZONGKERAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Haynes Johnson, a pioneering Washington journalist who won a Pulitzer Prize for his coverage of the civil rights movement and migrated from newspapers to television, books and teaching, died Friday. He was 81. The Washington Post