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Draft order would give companies cyberthreat info

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 19th

By RICHARD LARDNERAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - A new White House executive order would direct U.S. spy agencies to share the latest intelligence about cyberthreats with companies operating electric grids, water plants, railroads and other vital industries to help protect them from

Money men: Who are top 5 donors to Romney?

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 19th

By STEPHEN BRAUNAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Republicans hit the jackpot with casino mogul Sheldon Adelson. Worth an estimated $25 billion, Adelson has donated $44.2 million so far to aid Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney and organizations supporting Romney this election.

Money men: Who are top 5 donors to Romney?

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 19th

By STEPHEN BRAUNAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - For a casino mogul worth an estimated $25 billion, $34.2 million may sound like chump change. Yet that's how much money Sheldon Adelson has donated so far to aid Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney and organizations supporting

Money men: Who are top 5 donors to Romney?

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 19th

Korean firm charged with stealing Kevlar secrets

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 18th

By MATTHEW BARAKATAssociated Press ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) - A South Korean company and five of its employees are accused in an indictment of stealing the recipe from the DuPont Co. to the high-tech fiber used to make Kevlar body armor, prosecutors announced Thursday. The indictment in U.S.

Union Pacific 3Q profit up 15 pct. on price hikes

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 18th

By JOSH FUNKAP Business Writer OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - Union Pacific said Thursday that its third-quarter profit climbed 15 percent because price increases and more automotive and chemical shipments helped the railroad offset a 12 percent drop in coal shipments. The railroad reported $1 billion in

Chinese elite politics: It's still a man's world

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 17th

By ALEXA OLESENAssociated Press BEIJING (AP) - A glance at history suggests it's easier for a Chinese woman to orbit Earth than to land a spot on the highest rung of Chinese politics. In June, a 33-year-old air force major marked a major feminist milestone by becoming the first Chinese

Viewers riveted by feisty presidential debate

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 17th

By DAVID CRARYAP National Writer At the University of Cincinnati, 200 students were expected to turn out to watch the second debate between Barack Obama and Mitt Romney. But organizers hadn't reckoned on the intense curiosity as to how the president would perform after an admittedly lackluster

Dirty shoes? How did steroids get contaminated?

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 16th

By MIKE STOBBEAP Medical Writer NEW YORK (AP) - Was it some moldy ceiling tiles? The dusty shoes of a careless employee? Or did the contamination ride in on one of the ingredients? There are lots of ways fungus could have gotten inside the Massachusetts compounding pharmacy whose steroid

Police probe Texas agency in case where child died

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 16th

By BETSY BLANEYAssociated Press LUBBOCK, Texas (AP) - Police have launched a rare investigation of the Texas child protection agency after a 22-month-old girl died and her mother claimed her military husband's deployment overseas left her too stressed to care for their three children.