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Avista Makes Price Reduction Requests In Idaho

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on July 31st

Avista Press Release: SPOKANE, Wash. – July 31, 2012, 1:30 p.m. PDT: Avista (NYSE: AVA) customers would see a decrease in their electric and natural gas prices on Oct. 1 if the Idaho Public Utilities Commission (IPUC or Commission) approves several annual rate adjustment requests

Some voters get wrong early ballot in Tenn. county

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on July 27th

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - Tennessee election officials called Friday for closer scrutiny of a contest in the state's largest county after reports that more than 5 percent of voters have gotten the wrong ballot during early voting. Tennessee Election Coordinator Mark Goins said he has asked the

Patent company NTP settles with Apple, Google etc.

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on July 23rd

NEW YORK (AP) - NTP said Monday that it has settled patent suits over email delivery with 13 major technology companies, including Apple, Microsoft, Google and all four national wireless carriers. NTP Inc. did not disclose the value of the settlements. NTP holds patents on the wireless delivery of

Your Baby Can Read company going out of business

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on July 16th

By DAVID CRARYAP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) - The company that persuaded hundreds of thousands of parents to buy Your Baby Can Read products is going out of business, citing the high cost of fighting complaints alleging its ads were false. Your Baby Can LLC announced the decision on its

Tainted Montana town reaches cleanup milestone

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on July 15th

By MATTHEW BROWNAssociated Press BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) - Grass and freshly planted trees are sprouting in a new town park that sits atop the site of a vermiculite plant that once spewed asbestos dust across the mountain community of Libby - a welcome dose of normalcy for a city that has become

How did ex-slave's letter to master come to be?

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on July 14th

By ALLEN G. BREED and HILLEL ITALIEAP National Writers NEW YORK (AP) - The photograph, scratched and undated, is captioned "Brother Jordan Anderson." He is a middle-aged black man with a long beard and a righteous stare, as if he were a preacher locking eyes with a sinner, or a judge about to

Unrelenting Obama jabs at Romney's job record

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on July 14th

By JIM KUHNHENNAssociated Press CLIFTON, Va. (AP) - An unrelenting President Barack Obama jabbed at Mitt Romney's record with a private equity firm in an ad Saturday that aimed to keep his rival on the defensive just as the Republican challenger's campaign hoped to take advantage of poor

Developers pull plans for New Mexico ghost town

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on July 14th

By JERI CLAUSINGAssociated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) - The company behind plans to build a scientific ghost town says it is pulling out of a deal to develop the make-believe city near Hobbs. Pegasus Global Holdings in May announced with much fanfare its selection of a 15-square mile site in

Asian carp DNA found in year-old Lake Erie samples

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on July 13th

By JOHN FLESHERAP Environmental Writer TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) - Genetic material from Asian carp has been discovered in Lake Erie water samples collected nearly a year ago, officials said Friday. Researchers with the University of Notre Dame, Central Michigan University and The Nature

Macy's wins temporary block against Martha Stewart

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on July 13th

By ANNE D'INNOCENZIOAP Retail Writer NEW YORK (AP) - J.C. Penney's woes keep piling on. In the latest string of troubles, Macy's won a preliminary injunction against Martha Stewart Living that would prevent it from selling some of its products at the chain. The decision from New York