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Panetta heading to Japan, China

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 13th

By LOLITA C. BALDORAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Defense Secretary Leon Panetta will soon be traveling to China and Japan, amid escalating tensions in the region including tussles over several disputed islands in the East China Sea. This will be Panetta's third trip to Asia in 11

Construction Elevator Falls; 19 Workers Die

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 13th

BEIJING (AP) -- A platform elevator at a construction site in southern China has dropped 30 floors in a free fall, killing 19 workers. The official Xinhua News Agency says the accident happened Thursday in Wuhan city in Hubei province. A government notice posted by local Wuhan

News Summary: Brand new laptop has malware

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 13th

By The Associated Press THE INITIAL PROBE: A team of Microsoft researchers in China were investigating the sale of counterfeit software. WHAT THEY FOUND INSTEAD: They bought a laptop that was supposedly in pristine, super-fast, direct-from-the-factory condition. Instead, they say, it had

UN meeting rebukes Iran's nuclear defiance

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 13th

By GEORGE JAHNAssociated Press VIENNA (AP) - The 35-nation board of the U.N. nuclear agency overwhelmingly rebuked Iran on Thursday for refusing to heed demands that it take actions to diminish fears that it might be seeking atomic arms, a move hailed by the United States as demonstrating

US incomes fall to 1989 levels. How did that happen?

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 13th

By Mark Trumbull The typical US household saw its income fall last year to 1989 levels. That news, contained in a US Census Bureau survey released Wednesday, points to difficult questions of how the US can get back on a track of job growth and rising prosperity. Median incomes fell 1.5 percent in