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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

Congress takes first hard look at Sandy damage

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 29th

By By ANDREW MIGAAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Congress on Thursday took its first hard look at the damage from Superstorm Sandy amid appeals for tens of billions of dollars in additional disaster assistance to rebuild from one of the most destructive storms ever to hit the Northeast.

Feds deny oyster farm lease renewal in California

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 29th

By By JASON DEARENAssociated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - An historic Northern California oyster farm along Point Reyes National Seashore will be shut down and the site converted to a wilderness area, U.S. Interior Secretary Ken Salazar announced on Thursday. Salazar said he will not renew the

Once technology's height, Concord timeline at end

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 29th

By By The Associated Press A French court overturned the conviction of Continental Airlines and its mechanic in the crash of a Concorde that helped lead to the demise of the whole supersonic jet's program. Here are key moments in its history: 1950s: The idea of a supersonic passenger plane

NY court rejects inspector liability in capsizing

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 29th

By By MICHAEL VIRTANENAssociated Press ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - New York's top court on Thursday rejected damages claims against state inspectors who continually recertified a tour boat for 48-passenger capacity before it overturned on an Adirondack lake in 2005, drowning 20 people on a fall

Internet service goes out across Syria

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 29th

By By ZEINA KARAM and BASSEM MROUEAssociated Press BEIRUT (AP) - Internet service went down Thursday across Syria and international flights were canceled at the Damascus airport when a road near the facility was closed by heavy fighting in the country's civil war. Activists said President

Internet service goes out across Syria

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 29th