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Fox show brings messy workplaces to television

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 22nd

By DAVID BAUDERAP Television Writer NEW YORK (AP) - This time "you're fired" is more than a Donald Trump catchphrase. Fox is turning the firing of real people from real jobs into prime-time entertainment starting this week. The network on Thursday will begin airing "Does Someone Have to Go?" a

Boy achieves family dream with geography bee win

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 22nd

By BEN NUCKOLSAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Passion for geography runs deep in Sathwik Karnik's family. When he was about 6, his mother began challenging Sathwik and his older brother, Karthik, to her own version of hide-and-seek - using an atlas. The boys would comb through the book,

Iceland forms center-right govt, halts EU talks

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 22nd

By JENNA GOTLIEBAssociated Press REYKJAVIK, Iceland (AP) - The leader of the center-right Progressive Party was chosen as Iceland's new prime minister Wednesday and promptly announced a halt to talks with the European Union about joining the 27-nation bloc. Sigmundur David Gunnlaugsson spoke

Russian oligarchs foot most of 2014 Sochi Olympics

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 20th

By NATALIYA VASILYEVAAP Business Writer SOCHI, Russia (AP) - The mountains of Sochi are now home to Potanin's slope, Gazprom's gondola lift and Sberbank's ski jump. The nicknames used by locals and an army of construction workers leave no doubt about who is paying for the 2014 Winter

First Inland Northwest Honor Flight Of The Season Returns To The Inland Northwest

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 18th

KHQ.COM - For the first time in the program's history, Inland NW Honor Flight chartered an entire aircraft, taking 96 veterans on this single flight. This is three times the amount normally taken on a commercial flight. They left Spokane early Thursday morning, and returned a little more

First Inland Northwest Honor Flight Of The Season Returns To The Inland Northwest

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 18th

Cyprus drops limits on 8 more foreign banks

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 17th

NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) - Cyprus on Friday got rid of limits on money transfers and withdrawals for international clients of another eight foreign banks doing business in the debt-laden country. The Finance Ministry said in a new decree the capital control exemptions now apply to Lebanon's Banque

Bloomberg appoints ex-IBM CEO as privacy adviser

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 17th

NEW YORK (AP) - Bloomberg LP, the financial news and information service, on Friday said it has appointed Samuel Palmisano, the former CEO of IBM, as an independent adviser on its privacy and data standards. The move comes a week after revelations that Bloomberg journalists had access to some

Justice Dept. faulted over terrorist identities

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 16th

By PETE YOSTAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - The government allowed "a small but significant number" of terrorists into America's witness protection program and then failed to provide the names of some of them for a watch list that's used to keep dangerous people off airline flights, the

Google challenger in Vietnam redirecting queries

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 16th

By CHRIS BRUMMITTAssociated Press HANOI, Vietnam (AP) - A Russian-financed search engine seeking to challenge Google's dominance in Vietnam is redirecting queries for some politically sensitive terms to the American company's website, apparently as a way of avoiding government anger or