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NJ AG visits mosque listed in secret NYPD report

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 30th

By By SAMANTHA HENRYAssociated Press NEWARK, N.J. (AP) - New Jersey Attorney General Jeffrey Chiesa quietly visited a Newark mosque Friday that had been listed in a secret report by the New York Police Department, and he reassured worshippers that New Jersey officials do not believe certain

Records: Fired Utah driver had safety violations

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 30th

By By PAUL FOYAssociated Press SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - A safety citation obtained Friday confirmed that a former FedEx driver in Utah - now suing for discrimination - had been cited for violations of federal trucking regulations. The violations in Iowa led to the termination of Ismail Aliyev, who

Couple convicted of stealing GM trade secrets

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 30th

By By ED WHITEAssociated Press DETROIT (AP) - A former General Motors engineer with access to the automaker's hybrid technology was convicted Friday along with her husband of stealing trade secrets for possible use in China. Shanshan Du won a transfer within GM in 2003 to be closer to the

US to sell wind energy leases off 3 states

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 30th

By By MICHELLE R. SMITHAssociated Press PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - The federal government plans to sell leases for wind farms off the coasts of Rhode Island, Massachusetts and Virginia, marking the first time it has sold competitive leases for wind energy on the outer continental shelf, officials

Lebanese fighters reported killed inside Syria

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 30th

By By BASSEM MROUEAssociated Press MASNAA, Lebanon (AP) - Syrian security forces killed as many as 20 Lebanese gunmen who were fighting alongside rebels in Syria on Friday, raising tensions amid mounting fears that the Syrian civil war is enflaming the region. The Lebanese security officials

Calif oyster farm closure ends long battle

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 30th

By By JASON DEARENAssociated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Kevin Lunny's struggle to keep his family's oyster farm running in Point Reyes National Seashore appears to be over, closing out an era of oysterman plying the park's pristine waters and ushering in the nation's newest

Study: Like a tree, growth rings show lobster age

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 30th

By By CLARKE CANFIELDAssociated Press PORTLAND, Maine (AP) - For the first time, scientists have figured out how to determine the age of a lobster - by counting its rings, like a tree. Nobody knows how old lobsters can live to be; some people estimate they live to more than 100. But knowing -

Money market fund assets rose to $2.612 trillion

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 29th

NEW YORK (AP) - Total U.S. money market mutual fund assets rose $10.09 billion to $2.612 trillion for the week that ended Wednesday, according to the Investment Company Institute. Assets of the nation's retail money market mutual funds rose $1.32 billion to $904.22 billion, the Washington-based

Reeling Texas cancer agency OK'd faulty $11M award

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 29th

By By PAUL J. WEBERAssociated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - Leaders of Texas' embattled $3 billion cancer-fighting effort approved an $11 million grant to a biomedical company even though the proposal wasn't reviewed, according to an internal audit that deepens the troubles of a state

Review: Rooming with strangers _ a game of trust

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 29th

By By BARBARA ORTUTAYAP Technology Writer NEW YORK (AP) - "Do we still have a TV?" That's the text message I got from my husband as I walked up the steps to our Brooklyn apartment on a Friday afternoon this fall. I was fairly sure that we did. I opened the door. Cats, check. TV, check. He