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Draining cash, Egypt on $30 billion search for aid

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 26th

By AYA BATRAWYAssociated Press CAIRO (AP) - During a meeting in a Black Sea resort city, Egypt's president and members of his government turned to Russian President Vladimir Putin and asked for a sizable loan, according to a Putin aide. Egypt's Mohammed Morsi appealed to Moscow and Cairo

Hollywood yielding to China's growing film clout

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 24th

By PETER ENAVAssociated Press Coming soon to a theater near you: China's Communist Party. From demanding changes in plot lines that denigrate the Chinese leadership, to dampening lurid depictions of sex and violence, Beijing is having increasing success in pressuring Hollywood into deleting

News Corp. insurers pay $139M in shareholder suit

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 22nd

NEW YORK (AP) - News Corp. has reached a $139 million settlement in shareholder lawsuits over the British phone hacking scandal and the controversial purchase of an entertainment company run by founder Rupert Murdoch's daughter. The company also said Monday that it has agreed to corporate

News Corp. insurers pay $139M in shareholder suit

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 22nd

US home sales slip as supply remains tight

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 22nd

By CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABERAP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) - Sales of previously occupied U.S. homes dipped in March as the supply remained tight. But the sales pace remained ahead of last year's. The National Association of Realtors said Monday that sales dipped to a seasonally adjusted

MDs warn teens: Don't take the cinnamon challenge

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 22nd

By LINDSEY TANNERAP Medical Writer CHICAGO (AP) - Don't take the cinnamon challenge. That's the advice from doctors in a new report about a dangerous prank depicted in popular YouTube videos but which has led to hospitalizations and a surge in calls to U.S. poison centers. The fad involves

Anger, fear, tears normal response to disasters

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 21st

By LAURAN NEERGAARD and CARLA K. JOHNSONAP Medical Writers BOSTON (AP) - Kaitlyn Greeley burst into tears when a car backfired the other day. She's afraid to take her usual train to her job at a Boston hospital, walking or taking cabs instead. She can't sleep. "I know this is how people

Anger, fear, tears normal response to disasters

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 18th

Radio scans show Boston police, medic heroics

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 16th

By STEPHEN BRAUN and JACK GILLUMAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - The Boston Marathon was still in progress on a bright Monday afternoon, but for Boston city police officers using the department's radio scanner channel, the day was winding down. At 2:51 p.m., an unidentified police dispatcher

Rising costs weigh on US homebuilder confidence

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 15th

By ALEX VEIGAAP Real Estate Writer U.S. homebuilders are concerned that limited land and rising costs for building materials and labor will slow sales in the short term. Still, their outlook for sales over the next six months climbed to the highest level in more than six years - suggesting the