Cloud | MyFOX Spokane

Wild, unregulated hacker currency gains following

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 10th

By RAPHAEL SATTERAssociated Press LONDON (AP) - With $600 stuffed in one pocket and a smartphone tucked in the other, Patricio Fink recently struck the kind of deal that's feeding the rise of a new kind of money - a virtual currency whose oscillations have pulled geeks and speculators alike

Midwest hit with snow, ice, other severe weather

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 10th

WORTHINGTON, Minn. (AP) - Storms packing snow, ice and dangerous winds knocked out power in communities throughout the Midwest and prompted Minnesota's governor to call out the state National Guard on Wednesday to help residents. Icy weather left thousands of people in Minnesota in the dark,

Jackson Jr.'s House successor faces difficult road

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 8th

By SOPHIA TAREENAssociated Press CHICAGO (AP) - Democrat Robin Kelly should have little trouble winning the special election to replace former U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. - the territory's been held by a Democrat since the early 1950s and she sailed through the primary with outside help from

Jackson Jr.'s House successor faces difficult road

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 8th

Risk for Obama in pursuing morning-after pill case

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 6th

By JOSH LEDERMAN and LAURAN NEERGAARDAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama supports requiring girls younger than 17 to see a doctor before buying the morning-after pill. But fighting that battle in court comes with its own set of risks. A federal judge in New York on Friday

Risk for Obama in pursuing morning-after pill case

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 6th

Judge making morning-after pill available to all

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 5th

By LAURAN NEERGAARD and LARRY NEUMEISTERAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - The morning-after pill might become as easy to buy as aspirin. In a scathing rebuke accusing the Obama administration of letting election-year politics trump science, a federal judge ruled Friday that there should be no age

NKorea's parliament meets amid nuclear tension

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 1st

By FOSTER KLUG and HYUNG-JIN KIMAssociated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - After weeks of warlike rhetoric, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un gathered legislators Monday for an annual spring parliamentary session that followed a ruling party declaration that nuclear bomb building and a stronger

Wachowskis to make sci-fi series for Netflix

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on March 27th

NEW YORK (AP) - Netflix's newest original series will be science-fiction from the duo behind the "The Matrix" trilogy. Netflix announced Wednesday that it will stream "Sense8" late next year for subscribers. The series is the first foray into television for Andy and Lana Wachowski, the

Bars test limits of legal-marijuana laws in WA, CO

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on March 26th

By GENE JOHNSONAssociated Press TACOMA, Wash. (AP) - John Connelly leaned forward on his barstool, set his lips against a clear glass pipe and inhaled a white cloud of marijuana vapor. A handful of people milled around him. Three young women stood behind the bar, ready to assist with the