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AP IMPACT: Wind farms get pass on eagle deaths

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 14th

By DINA CAPPIELLOAssociated Press CONVERSE COUNTY, Wyo. (AP) - It happens about once a month here, on the barren foothills of one of America's green-energy boomtowns: A soaring golden eagle slams into a wind farm's spinning turbine and falls, mangled and lifeless, to the ground. Killing

AP IMPACT: Wind farms get pass on eagle deaths

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 14th

Convicted Pa. abortion doctor gets life in prison

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 14th

By MARYCLAIRE DALEAssociated Press PHILADELPHIA (AP) - An abortion doctor convicted of killing three babies born alive at his rogue clinic dodged a possible death sentence on Tuesday in a hasty post-verdict deal with prosecutors. Dr. Kermit Gosnell waived his right to appeal in exchange for a

Big 4 cellphone carriers unite on anti-texting ads

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 14th

By PETER SVENSSONAP Technology Writer NEW YORK (AP) - The country's four biggest cellphone companies are set to launch their first joint advertising campaign against texting while driving, uniting behind AT&T's "It Can Wait" slogan to blanket TV and radio this summer. AT&T, Verizon

Philly abortion doctor guilty in 3 babies' deaths

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 13th

By MARYCLAIRE DALEAssociated Press PHILADELPHIA (AP) - An abortion doctor was convicted Monday of first-degree murder and could face execution in the deaths of three babies who were delivered alive and then killed with scissors at his grimy, "house of horrors" clinic. In a case that became a grisly

Deaths from West Nile virus hit record last year

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 13th

By MIKE STOBBEAP Medical Writer NEW YORK (AP) - U.S. health officials say last year was the worst ever for West Nile virus deaths. The final tally reported Monday was 286 deaths - or two more than the record set in 2002. But there were far fewer illnesses overall, and fewer serious cases than in

2 new diseases could both spark global outbreaks

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 13th

By MARIA CHENGAP Medical Writer LONDON (AP) - Two respiratory viruses in different parts of the world have captured the attention of global health officials - a novel coronavirus in the Middle East and a new bird flu spreading in China. Last week, the coronavirus related to SARS spread to France,

Spies caught in website scandal embarrass SKorea

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 13th

By HYUNG-JIN KIMAssociated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - The scandal shaking up South Korea's main spy agency is not cloak-and-dagger stuff, but the kind of low-grade trickery anyone with an Internet connection could pull off. And the target was not Seoul's opaque rival to the north, but

Police vow to solve shootings of 19 in New Orleans

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 13th

By CHEVEL JOHNSONAssociated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Video released early Monday by New Orleans police shows a possible suspect in the Mother's Day gunfire that wounded 19 people during a neighborhood parade. The grainy surveillance video shows a crowd suddenly scattering in all directions,

Benghazi depositions to examine Clinton's role

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 13th

By PHILIP ELLIOTTAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - The Republican chairman of the House oversight panel is asking a veteran diplomat and a former chairman of the Joints Chief of Staff for sworn testimony about their investigation into the deaths of four Americans at a diplomatic outpost in