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Trip home smooth for many Thanksgiving travelers

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 26th

By PHUONG LEAssociated Press SEATTLE (AP) - Despite a predicted increase in the number of holiday travelers, Americans returning home after the long Thanksgiving weekend found generally good weather, few airport delays and at times manageable conditions on the nation's highways. Travel

Calif.-Vegas party train could hit tracks in 2013

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 23rd

By MICHELLE RINDELSAssociated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) - As if a weekend in Las Vegas isn't wild enough for Southern Californians, a Nevada entrepreneur is about to add five more hours of party to either end. After striking an agreement with Union Pacific Railroad last week, the Las Vegas

US roads, airports unready for extreme weather

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 21st

By JOAN LOWYAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - The nation's lifelines - its roads, airports, railways and transit systems - are getting hammered by extreme weather beyond what their builders imagined, leaving states and cities searching for ways to brace for more catastrophes like

Economy makes for tougher Thanksgiving journeys

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 21st

By JASON KEYSERAssociated Press CHICAGO (AP) - Millions of Americans piled their families into cars, hopped on buses and waited out delays at airports Wednesday as they set off on Thanksgiving treks that many said required financial sacrifice, help from relatives to come up with airfare and

New Orleans streetcar line to get Super Bowl debut

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 12th

By CAIN BURDEAUAssociated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) - With the Super Bowl less than three months away, New Orleans is rushing to lay streetcar tracks through one of its busiest corridors to connect by trolley the Louisiana Superdome and the French Quarter. The Big Easy - which will be the site of

Sick, frail struggle most in storm's aftermath

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 10th

By DAVID B. CARUSOAssociated Press NEW YORK (AP) - Some of society's most vulnerable people - the elderly, the disabled and the chronically ill - have been pushed to the brink in the powerless, flood-ravaged neighborhoods struggling to recover from Superstorm Sandy. The storm didn't

Where Obama stands on the issues

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 7th

By CALVIN WOODWARDAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - A look at where President Barack Obama stands on some of the issues that the country will face in his second term. Abortion and birth control: Supports access to abortion. Health care law requires contraceptives to be available for free for

Missing from presidential race: roads, bridges

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 5th

By JOAN LOWYAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Here are a few items that largely have been missing from the presidential campaign: planes, trains, roads and bridges. But as Superstorm Sandy reminded the world so vividly, we can't afford to do without them. So why isn't the nation's

WHY IT MATTERS: Infrastructure

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 5th

By JASON KEYSERAssociated Press The issue: From bridges to broadband, America's infrastructure is supposed to be speeding along commerce, delivering us to work and piping energy and water into our homes and businesses. But just repairing all the breakdowns and potholes would cost tens of

Obama and Romney: Where they stand on the issues

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 2nd

By CALVIN WOODWARDAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - A look at where President Barack Obama and Republican presidential rival Mitt Romney stand on a selection of issues, in brief: ABORTION and BIRTH CONTROL: Obama: Supports access to abortion. Health care law requires contraceptives to be