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Google Maps now lets armchair scuba divers explore the Great Barrier Reef

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 26th

By Trevor MoggProvided by When we tell you that Google Street View now takes you into the sea, you might initially think the service must be suffering from similar glitches to Apple's new Maps app, which appears to have been getting more things wrong than right since its launch last week. But

Google Maps now lets armchair scuba divers explore the Great Barrier Reef

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 26th

Ala. council stops work on Confederate statue

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 26th

By BOB JOHNSONAssociated Press SELMA, Ala. (AP) - Council members in an Alabama city voted Tuesday to stop a group's work on a new monument honoring a Confederate general who was an early leader in the Ku Klux Klan. The Selma City Council voted 4-0 with two members abstaining to stop all

ECB's Draghi defends bond-buying plans to Germans

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 25th

By GEIR MOULSONAssociated Press BERLIN (AP) - The head of the European Central Bank sought Tuesday to win a skeptical German audience over to his plans to buy potentially unlimited amounts of government bonds to help the continent's most indebted states survive the financial crisis. Mario

CGGVeritas buying Fugro unit for $1.55 billion

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 24th

NEW YORK (AP) - CGGVeritas, which provides equipment and services to oil and gas companies, is buying Fugro's geoscience unit for 1.2 billion euros ($1.55 billion). The French company said Monday that the deal will expand its capabilities in serving its customers in activities ranging from

LA preps for freeway closure and Carmageddon II

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 23rd

By JOHN ROGERSAssociated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) - "Carmageddon II" - the sequel - is coming to one of the nation's most crowded freeways, and authorities are hoping its subtitle won't be "The Traffic Strikes Back." Transportation officials say what they would like to see during the last

Gas drilling protests held in US, other countries

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 22nd

PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Demonstrators in the United States and other countries protested Saturday against the natural gas drilling process known as fracking that they say threatens public health and the environment. Participants in the "Global Frackdown" campaign posted photos on social media websites

Massacre of preachers in Mali sign of broken army

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 22nd

By RUKMINI CALLIMACHIAssociated Press DIABALY, Mali (AP) - It was dusk when the aging Toyota pickup truck pulled into the first military checkpoint, loaded with at least 17 bearded men fingering prayer beads. This pinprick of a village in central Mali is not even large enough to appear on most

Increased Patrols In High Bridge Park

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 21st

SPOKANE, Wash. - Since March, the Spokane Police Department has increased the amount of officers that patrol High Bridge Park in Spokane. Officer Tim Ottmar said that they have had complaints for lewd conduct and reports of people having sex in the park. They have given out about 4 tickets for

Increased Patrols In High Bridge Park

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 21st