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'BOOM TOWN BABY': African stock markets see gains

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 22nd

By JASON STRAZIUSOAssociated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) - The barrage of hourly tweets sent out by Aly-Khan Satchu - East Africa's version of CNBC's Mad Money host Jim Cramer - cheers on what Satchu says is a growing sentiment among investors: If you're not investing in Africa, you

A year after IPO, Facebook aims to be ad colossus

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 17th

By BARBARA ORTUTAYAP Technology Writer NEW YORK (AP) - It was supposed to be our IPO, the people's public offering. Facebook, the brainchild of a young CEO who sauntered into Wall Street meetings in a hoodie, was going to be bigger than Amazon, bigger than McDonald's, bigger than Coca-Cola

A year after IPO, Facebook aims to be ad colossus

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 17th

Emergency medical cat care at your fingertips

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 13th

By Dr. Jessica VogelsangFrom The Daily Cat We've all been there: It's midnight, and your cat is acting strange. Then it vomits. You watch your pet, wondering if you need to bundle it into the carrier and incur a $100 emergency vet bill to be told your cat is probably fine, or that you

Tiger, mountain lions seized from Kansas property

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 6th

By HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTHAssociated Press KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - A tiger and two mountain lions were among a menagerie of wild cats seized from private farmland in rural northeast Kansas, where they lived in inadequate chain-link enclosures and weren't properly fed or watered,

Shock Fall Short at Utah, 52-48

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 5th

The Spokane Shock contributed to this story SALT LAKE CITY, Utah -- Erik Meyer's 4th down pass into the end zone fell incomplete as the Spokane Shock dropped their second straight game on Saturday, 52-48 against the Utah Blaze. On the Shock's opening possession, Blaze defensive lineman

UPDATE: Structure Fire On Spokane's Lower South Hill; 5 People Displaced

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 2nd

UPDATE: At least 5 people are displaced after Thursday's fire, according to our partners over at the Spokesman Review. No one was injured. There's still no official cause of fire. UPDATE: According to neighbors they heard a propane tank explode on the back porch. They say two dogs were

France defends interest in blocking Yahoo deal

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 2nd

By GREG KELLERAssociated Press PARIS (AP) - The French government has defended its veto over Yahoo Inc.'s attempted takeover of video sharing website Dailymotion, even as the move draws jeers for discouraging much needed foreign investment. Yahoo this week abandoned plans to take a 75 percent

France defends interest in blocking Yahoo deal

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 2nd

Germ-zapping 'robots': Hospitals combat superbugs

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 29th

By MIKE STOBBEAP Medical Writer NEW YORK (AP) - They sweep. They swab. They sterilize. And still the germs persist. In U.S. hospitals, an estimated 1 in 20 patients pick up infections they didn't have when they arrived, some caused by dangerous 'superbugs' that are hard to treat. The