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Samoa airline introduces pay-by-weight pricing

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 2nd

By FILI SAGAPOLUTELE and NICK PERRYAssociated Press PAGO PAGO, American Samoa (AP) - A tiny Samoa airline is giving passengers a big reason to lose weight: tickets sold not by the seat, but by the kilogram. Samoa Air planned on Wednesday to start pricing its first international flights based on the

NM governor signs space travel liability bill

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 2nd

By JERI CLAUSINGAssociated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) - Gov. Susana Martinez on Tuesday signed into law liability-waiving legislation aimed at saving the state's nearly quarter-billion-dollar investment in a futuristic spaceport and retaining its anchor tenant, British billionaire Richard

Health insurers lead stocks higher on Wall Street

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 2nd

By DANIEL WAGNERAP Business Writer The Dow Jones industrial average closed at a record high Tuesday after reports on auto sales and factory orders provided the latest evidence that the U.S. economy is strengthening. Traders plowed money back into European stocks as the financial situation in Cyprus

US factory orders up 3 percent in February

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 2nd

By MARTIN CRUTSINGERAP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) - U.S. factories rose sharply in February from January on a surge in demand for volatile aircraft. The gain offset a drop in key orders that signal business investment. The Commerce Department said Tuesday that factory orders increased 3

Report predicts ever-bigger Lake Erie algae blooms

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 1st

By JOHN FLESHERAP Environmental Writer TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) - It was the largest algae bloom in Lake Erie's recorded history - a scummy, toxic blob that oozed across nearly one-fifth of the lake's surface during the summer and fall of 2011. It sucked oxygen from the water, clogged boat

Phil Ramone, Grammy-winning producer, dead at 79

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on March 30th

By HILLEL ITALIEAP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) - Phil Ramone, the masterful Grammy Award-winning engineer, arranger and producer whose platinum touch included recordings with Ray Charles, Billy Joel and Paul Simon, died Saturday of complications stemming from heart surgery, his family said. He

Syrian rebels enter strategic Aleppo neighborhood

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on March 30th

By BASSEM MROUEAssociated Press BEIRUT (AP) - Syrian rebels pushed into a strategic neighborhood in the northern city of Aleppo after days of heavy clashes, seizing control of at least part of the hilltop district and killing a pro-government cleric captured in the fighting, activists and state

Lawmakers tighten belts amid automatic budget cuts

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on March 30th

By JIM ABRAMSAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Members of Congress are traveling less and worrying more about meeting office salaries. Their aides are contending with long lines to get inside their offices and fewer prospects of a raise. Such are the indignities thrust upon the men and women who

Lawmakers tighten belts amid automatic budget cuts

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on March 30th

Syrian rebels capture key town near Jordan border

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on March 29th

By BASSEM MROUEAssociated Press BEIRUT (AP) - Syrian rebels on Friday captured a strategic town near the border with Jordan after a day of fierce clashes that killed at least 38 people, activists said, as opposition fighters expand their presence in the south, considered a gateway to Damascus. The