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NY mayor seeks more disaster aid for Sandy victims

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 28th

By By ANDREW MIGAAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg appealed to congressional leaders Wednesday for quick action on providing tens of billions of dollars in new federal aid to help his city and state and others recover from Superstorm Sandy but was told it

Syrian war clouds Turkish plan to clear land mines

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 28th

By CHRISTOPHER TORCHIAAssociated Press AKINCI, Turkey (AP) - For two people walking into a Turkish minefield, they looked awfully assured. The pair strode in from Syria on a recent afternoon, following a faint track across the grassy plain. They slipped into Turkey through a fence near a vacant

Japan suspends dubious reconstruction projects

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 28th

By ELAINE KURTENBACHAP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) - Japan's government has suspended 35 projects included in a budget for reconstruction from the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami after criticism the spending was not directly related to recovery from the disasters. As much as a fourth of

APNewsBreak: $9B for storm prep would rethink NYC

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 28th

By MICHAEL GORMLEYAssociated Press ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - Gov. Andrew Cuomo wants huge electrical transformers in commercial buildings hauled to upper floors and wants the ability to shutter key tunnels, airports and subways from floodwaters as part of a $9 billion plan to safeguard New York City

Dollar rises as consumer confidence increases

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 27th

NEW YORK (AP) - The dollar rose against the euro Tuesday after U.S. consumer confidence increased to its highest level in almost five years. Traders also bought the dollar as sales of machinery and equipment unexpectedly rose last month. The euro fell to $1.2939 in afternoon trading from $1.2963

Stocks get little help from consumer confidence

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 27th

NEW YORK (AP) - Investors are taking little comfort from the latest deal to deliver financial aid to Greece and better readings on consumer confidence and durable goods orders in the U.S. Indexes were little changed on Wall Street at midday Tuesday. The Dow Jones industrial average was down 18

Stocks slide on 'fiscal cliff' warning

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 27th

By STEVE ROTHWELLAP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) - Stocks slumped on Wall Street Tuesday after Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said he was frustrated by the lack of progress in talks over the U.S. budget impasse in Washington. The Dow Jones industrial average closed down 89.24 points to 12,

Congo rebels indefinitely delay exit from Goma

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 27th

By By MELANIE GOUBY and RUKMINI CALLIMACHIAssociated Press GOMA, Congo (AP) - Rebels who are believed to be backed by Rwanda once again postponed their departure from Congo's key eastern city of Goma on Friday, defying an international ultimatum for the second time. The delay raises the

Cuomo likens Katrina, Sandy as damage total soars

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 27th

By MICHAEL GORMLEYAssociated Press ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo declared Superstorm Sandy in some ways worse than 2005's Hurricane Katrina as he said his state would need $42 billion to recover from the damage wreaked in late October and prevent future catastrophe. The

Arafat grave dug up for probe of poison suspicion

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 27th

By KARIN LAUB and MOHAMMED DARAGHMEHAssociated Press RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) - Eight years after Yasser Arafat's mysterious death, his political heirs opened his grave Tuesday and let forensics experts take samples from his remains, defying strong cultural taboos in search of evidence that