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Peugeot Citroen CEO: no recovery for years

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 27th

By GREG KELLERAP Business Writer PARIS (AP) - The chief executive of PSA Peugeot Citroen, France's largest carmaker, admits his company is "in the eye of the hurricane" as Europe's car makers face an expected 6th straight year of falling sales in 2013. And things aren't expected to

China's biggest steelmaker shuts mill

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 27th

By JOE McDONALDAP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) - China's biggest steelmaker said Thursday it has shut down a mill in Shanghai in a new sign of weakening growth in the world's second-largest economy. Baosteel Group's announcement adds to a drumbeat of bad news including a decline in

Tenn. search for 2 children focuses on fire debris

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 27th

By KRISTIN M. HALLAssociated Press SHELBYVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Authorities looking for any trace of two missing children doggedly sifted the ashes of a deadly house fire, searched rolling farmland nearby and untangled complicated family relationships. Investigators aren't sure if 9-year-old

Police chief resigns, NM force has gone to the dog

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 27th

By RUSSELL CONTRERASAssociated Press VAUGHN, N.M. (AP) - A drug-sniffing dog now is the only certified member of the police force in the small eastern New Mexico town of Vaughn. Police Chief Ernest "Chris" Armijo decided to step down Wednesday after news stories reported that he wasn't

Phoenix filmmaker jailed in grenade launcher hoax

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 27th

By BOB CHRISTIEAssociated Press PHOENIX (AP) - A Phoenix man has been accused of dressing his 16-year-old nephew in a sheet and sending him into a busy street with a fake grenade launcher, then filming the masked teenager pointing the faux weapon at passing cars. Authorities said it was all to

Suspicions ignored as bosses let chemist work on

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 27th

By BRIDGET MURPHYAssociated Press BOSTON (AP) - Chemist Annie Dookhan was "Superwoman," a colleague at a Massachusetts state crime lab used to joke. She seemed unstoppable in her quest to please prosecutors, police and her bosses, testing two to three times more drug samples than anyone else,

Agency: Medicare refills strong drugs despite law

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 27th

By KELLI KENNEDYAssociated Press MIAMI (AP) - Medicare routinely refilled pain pills and other restricted medications that are barred by federal law from renewal without a fresh prescription, government inspectors said in a report Thursday. The report based on 2009 data found three-quarters of

New Zealand agency illegally spied on Kim Dotcom

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 27th

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) - A New Zealand spying agency apologizes after acknowledging it broke the law by spying on Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom. The Government Communications Security Bureau is authorized only to spy on foreigners. However, a report released Thursday by Prime Minister John

Prisoner held in max security during killing probe

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 26th

ORDWAY, Colo. (AP) - An imprisoned sex offender described as a person of interest in the death of a female corrections officer had been disciplined multiple times for sexual harassment of women employees at another Colorado prison where the victim previously worked, authorities said Wednesday.

Students allegedly got alcohol enema at Tenn. frat

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 26th

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - The University of Tennessee is investigating allegations that fraternity members took alcohol enemas, leading one student to be hospitalized, and a national fraternity has suspended its chapter in Knoxville. The Knoxville News Sentinel (http://bit.ly/Pndf7d) reports the