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AP sources: New Obama offer moves toward Boehner

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 17th

By By DAVID ESPO and JIM KUHNHENNAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama has agreed to curtail future cost-of-living increases for recipients of Social Security and softened his demand for higher taxes at upper income levels, narrowing differences with House Speaker John

No water, power, cash: Syria rebels run broke town

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 16th

By By KARIN LAUBAssociated Press MAARET MISREEN, Syria (AP) - The anti-regime locals who have thrown together a ramshackle administration to run this northern Syrian town have one main struggle: Finding money to keep their community alive. Like other nearby rebel-held towns, Maaret Misreen is

Pentagon front-runner has strong Obama ties

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 16th

By By LOLITA C. BALDORAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Former Nebraska Sen. Chuck Hagel is a contrarian Republican moderate and decorated Vietnam combat veteran who is likely to support a more rapid withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan. As President Barack Obama's top candidate for

AP source: Boehner offers millionaire tax hike

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 16th

By By JIM KUHNHENNAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Signaling new movement in "fiscal cliff" talks, House Speaker John Boehner has proposed raising the top rate for earners making more than $1 million, a person familiar with the negotiations said. President Barack Obama, who wants higher top

News Summary: ECB says 'no room for complacency'

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 14th

By By The Associated Press STAY ALERT: European Central Bank officials say there is "no room for complacency" even though debt stress on banks and financial markets has eased. NOT OUT OF WOODS: The central bank warned that failure by governments to reduce deficits and improve growth risked

Some worry Sandy could aid NY gambling expansion

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 14th

By By MICHAEL HILLAssociated Press ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - Anti-gambling forces fear that the economic losses from Superstorm Sandy could help efforts to expand casino gambling in New York. State lawmakers were already expected to consider a gambling amendment to the state constitution next year

Could Superstorm Sandy aid NY gambling expansion?

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 14th

ECB: Crisis eases, "no room for complacency"

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 14th

By By DAVID McHUGHAP Business Writer FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) - European Central Bank officials say there is "no room for complacency" even though stresses from the debt crisis have eased on banks and financial markets. The central bank for the 333 million people in the 17-country eurozone on

Spain's house prices keep tumbling

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 14th

By By HAROLD HECKLEAssociated Press MADRID (AP) - Spain's ailing property market showed little sign of recovery Friday, with the latest figures showing house prices were down some 15 percent in the third quarter. The collapse in the country's real estate market in 2008 sparked Spain

Treasury spells out rules on taxing of tribes

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 14th

By By SUZANNE GAMBOAAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Taxes cannot be levied on honoraria to a shaman or spiritual leader for religious services, but could be assessed on per-capita payments from gambling revenues to tribal members, under a proposal for taxing Native Americans by the Internal