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Algeria reels from tales of oil sector corruption

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on March 3rd

By AOMAR OUALI and PAUL SCHEMMAssociated Press ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) - Corrupt and gorging itself at the trough of Algeria's vast oil wealth - that's how most Algerians privately view the elites running the country. Yet few have been willing to say so publicly, until now. New corruption

Most of Fla. house over sinkhole demolished

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on March 3rd

By TAMARA LUSHAssociated Press SEFFNER, Fla. (AP) - Crews on Sunday razed more than half of the Tampa-area home perched over a huge sinkhole that swallowed a man three days ago, managing to salvage some keepsakes for family members who lived there. Jeremy Bush, 35, tried to save his brother, Jeff,

Rescuers end effort to find body in Fla. sinkhole

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on March 2nd

By TAMARA LUSHAssociated Press SEFFNER, Fla. (AP) - The effort to find the body of a Florida man who was swallowed by a sinkhole under his Florida home was called off Saturday and crews planned to begin demolishing the four-bedroom house. The 20-foot-wide opening of the sinkhole is almost

Buzz off: Pa. honeybee colony getting new home

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on March 1st

By MICHAEL RUBINKAMAssociated Press DURYEA, Pa. (AP) - They say home is where the hive is. Or something like that. A colony of troublesome honeybees will settle into new digs in northeastern Pennsylvania after being removed Friday from a back alley in Duryea, where the queen and thousands of her

NY court eyeing Argentine swap offer in debt case

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on March 1st

By MICHAEL WARRENAssociated Press BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) - A New York court ordered Argentina on Friday to explain how it would issue new bonds rather than comply with a $1.3 billion cash judgment to resolve debts unpaid for more than decade. Two days after a key oral hearing in NML Capital

Man Missing After Being SWALLOWED By Sinkhole!

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on March 1st

BRANDON, Fla. (AP) - A man is missing after a large sinkhole opened under the bedroom of a house near Tampa and his brother says the man screamed for help as the collapse happened. The 36-year-old man's brother told rescue crews he heard a loud crash around 11 p.m. Thursday,

A Star Is Born? No, But Maybe A Planet

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on March 1st

WALLSTREETJOURNAL.COM - Astronomers have spotted what they believe is a planet in the violent process of being born in another solar system, an event that may shed light on how planets come into being. An international team of researchers said the so-called protoplanet has a mass that

From eggs to film: A Japanese-American studio head

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on February 28th

By RYAN NAKASHIMAAP Business Writer BURBANK, Calif. (AP) - There isn't much "Hollywood" about Kevin Tsujihara. He spends most of his time in back-room meetings, away from the red carpets and spotlights for which the city is known. There are few photos of him online, and a few weeks ago, someone

Q&A: Argentina's NY court showdown on default debt

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on February 27th

By MICHAEL WARRENAssociated Press BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) - Judgment day is approaching in an epic battle between Argentina and New York billionaire Paul Singer, who has sent lawyers around the globe trying to force the South American country to pay its defaulted debts. Three U.S. appellate

Wary of crises, Americans tune out budget cut talk

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on February 27th

By JOSH LEDERMANAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama is pulling out all the stops to warn just what could happen if automatic budget cuts kick in. Americans are reacting with a collective yawn. They know the shtick: Obama raises the alarm, Democrats and Republicans accuse each