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Telepresence robots let employees 'beam' into work

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 23rd

By TERENCE CHEAAssociated Press PALO ALTO, Calif. (AP) - Engineer Dallas Goecker attends meetings, jokes with colleagues and roams the office building just like other employees at his company in Silicon Valley. But Goecker isn't in California. He's more than 2,300 miles away, working at

Telepresence robots let employees 'beam' into work

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 23rd

Ho Ho Holy Discount: Vatican tax-free store busy

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 23rd

By NICOLE WINFIELDAssociated Press VATICAN CITY (AP) - Anyone left on your Christmas list just aching for a 65-inch Samsung 3D flat-screen television? Just your luck. The Vatican's duty-free department store has one on sale for €2,899 ($3,840) - a nifty savings over the €3,799 ($5,032) it costs

Ho Ho Holy Discount: Vatican tax-free store busy

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 23rd

Low-water rivers offering up glimpse of history

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 22nd

By JIM SALTERAssociated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) - From sunken steamboats to a millennium-old map engraved in rock, the drought-drained rivers of the nation's midsection are offering a rare and fleeting glimpse into years gone by. Lack of rain has left many rivers at low levels unseen for decades,

Obama seeks scaled-down 'fiscal cliff' agreement

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 22nd

By ANDREW TAYLORAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama has scaled back his ambitions for a sweeping budget bargain with Republicans. Instead, he's calling for a limited measure sufficient to prevent the government from careening off the "fiscal cliff" in January by extending

Obama On Gun Violence: 'We Hear You'

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 21st

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama says his administration has received an outpouring of support for stricter gun laws following last week's elementary school massacre in Connecticut. He says in response to an online petition: "We hear you." The president says in a video

Cliff poses tiny dollar gap, wide political ravine

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 21st

By ALAN FRAMAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - When it comes to resolving their "fiscal cliff" impasse, the dollar gap between President Barack Obama and House Speaker John Boehner is tiny in federal terms. That masks a monumental political ravine the two men must try to bridge, with most of the

AP PHOTOS: A photo journey through North Korea

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 21st

By DAVID GUTTENFELDERAssociated Press PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) - My window on North Korea is sometimes, quite literally, a window - of a hotel room, the backseat of a car, a train. Fleeting moments of daily life present themselves suddenly, and they are opportunities to show a side of the

Bells Toll For Victims One Week After Shooting

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 20th

NEWTOWN, Conn. (AP) - Bells are ringing in a Connecticut town to commemorate the moment one week ago when a gunman began a shooting rampage at an elementary school that killed 20 children and six adults. Gov. Dannel (DAHN'-uhl) Malloy and other officials are leading a moment