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One block: How neighbors saw twister's deadly path

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 22nd

By ALLEN G. BREEDAP National Writer MOORE, Okla. (AP) - Dan Garland could feel the latch on the shelter door begin to turn in his hand. It was as if the storm outside were a living, breathing thing - and it was trying desperately to get in. Huddled beside him in the darkened 5-foot-by-6-foot hole

UPS 1Q profit rises 7 percent

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 25th

By DAVID KOENIGAP Business Writer DALLAS (AP) - Consumers who kept spending after the holidays ended helped boost profit at UPS. United Parcel Service Co. said Thursday that first-quarter profit rose 7 percent to $1.04 billion. Its adjusted profit beat analysts' expectations and shares rose

Cars, utilities lift US industrial output in March

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 16th

By PAUL WISEMANAP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) - U.S. industrial output rose in March as cold weather kept utilities busy generating heat and a surge in auto production helped offset broader weakness in manufacturing. Production at the nation's factories, mines and utilities rose 0.4

Japan's Feb trade deficit at $8.1B as exports lag

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on March 21st

By ELAINE KURTENBACHAP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) - Japan recorded a trade deficit of 777.5 billion yen ($8.1 billion) in February despite the weaker yen as exports of cars and auto parts slipped while energy-related imports surged nearly 12 percent. It was the eighth consecutive monthly deficit

Strong auto output boosts US factory production

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on March 15th

By CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABERAP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) - A strong increase in auto output boosted U.S. factory production last month, the latest sign that manufacturing is helping drive economic growth after lagging for much of 2012. The Federal Reserve says factory output rose a seasonally

Official: Abducted Ind. boy's mother lived in car

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on January 11th

By KYLE POTTER and AMY FORLITIAssociated Press CLARISSA, Minn. (AP) - In 2006, an 18-year-old Minnesota man legally changed his name to Michael Jeff Landers. Six years later, authorities determined Landers was really the Indiana child who had been abducted by his paternal grandparents in 1994.

Police officer among 2 fatally shot in Houston

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 24th

By JUAN A. LOZANOAssociated Press HOUSTON (AP) - A traffic stop turned into a fatal shooting on Christmas Eve when a gunman killed a police officer and bystander in the parking lot of a Houston body shop, police said. The confrontation followed a chase that began shortly before 9 a.m. Monday when

A123 wins bankruptcy court approval of asset sale

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 11th

By RANDALL CHASEAP Business Writer WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) - A Delaware bankruptcy judge on Tuesday approved the sale of most of the assets of failed battery maker A123 Systems Inc. to the U.S. arm of Chinese auto parts conglomerate Wanxiang Group Corp. for nearly $257 million. In asking Judge

GM's Opel to end car production at German plant

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 10th

By By GEIR MOULSONAssociated Press BERLIN (AP) - General Motors Co.'s Opel unit said Monday that it plans to end car production at one plant in Germany in 2016, but a slimmed-down factory may continue to make components. Employees at the Bochum plant in northwestern Germany, one of four in

Chinese company wins bid for battery maker A123

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 9th

NEW YORK (AP) - Bankrupt battery maker A123 Systems Inc. on Sunday said it will sell most of its assets to the U.S. arm of Chinese auto parts conglomerate Wanxiang Group Corp. for $256.6 million. Wanxiang America Corp. won an auction conducted under the supervision of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for