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Group says Google shopping ads fuel ivory trade

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on March 5th

By TODD PITMANAssociated Press BANGKOK (AP) - A conservation group claims that Google has something in common with illicit ivory traders in China and Thailand: It says the Internet search giant is helping fuel a dramatic surge in ivory demand in Asia that is killing African elephants at record

Austerity triggers novel protests in Portugal

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on March 1st

By BARRY HATTONAssociated Press LISBON, Portugal (AP) - A Portuguese revolutionary song from 40 years ago is haunting the bailed-out country's government. Anti-austerity protesters are hounding senior officials by loudly singing at public events a celebrated tune from the 1974 Carnation

Facebook buying Atlas ad business from Microsoft

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on February 28th

By MICHAEL LIEDTKEAP Technology Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Facebook is buying a set of online advertising tools called Atlas from Microsoft in its latest attempt to build a more effective marketing system around its social network. In making the deal announced Thursday, Facebook is betting the

Tycoon wants to send married couple on Mars flyby

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on February 27th

By SETH BORENSTEINAP Science Writer WASHINGTON (AP) - It's a road trip that could test the best of marriages: Mars. A tycoon announced plans Wednesday to send a middle-aged couple on a privately built spaceship to slingshot around the red planet and come back home, hopefully with their bodies

Tycoon wants to send married couple on Mars flyby

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on February 27th

First lady's anti-obesity campaign prompts change

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on February 27th

By DARLENE SUPERVILLE and MARY CLARE JALONICKAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Wal-Mart is putting special labels on some store-brand products to help shoppers quickly spot healthier items. Millions of schoolchildren are helping themselves to vegetables from salad bars in their lunchrooms, while

First lady's anti-obesity campaign prompts change

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on February 27th

NY Times, others back AP lawsuit against Meltwater

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on February 26th

NEW YORK (AP) - The Newspaper Association of America, the New York Times Co. and several other newspaper companies have filed papers in support of a lawsuit filed by The Associated Press against Meltwater, a company that monitors the media for corporate customers. The AP sued Meltwater U.S.

Ahead of the bell: Google's 4Q to give ad insights

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on January 22nd

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Google's fourth-quarter earnings report should provide a barometer on how much more advertising shifted to the Internet during the holiday shopping season. The results, due out after the stock market closes Tuesday, will also give investors a better sense on how the growing

4 Banks Robbed Across 3 States; Suspect Uses AK-47; $100,000 Reward Offered

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on January 17th

PRESS RELEASE FROM THE FBI: A reward of up to $100,000 is being offered in exchange for information leading to the arrest of a suspect who shot and wounded a Chino police officer after robbing a bank last year and who has since been linked to additional bank robberies in other states. The