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Farm bill: Still a little something for everyone

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 14th

By MARY CLARE JALONICKAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - There's still a little something for everyone in massive farm bills that Congress is considering this week, even though the legislation would cut billions of dollars from federal farm and food subsidies. The Senate version of the bill, to

Farm bill: Still a little something for everyone

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 14th

Farm bill: Still a little something for everyone

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 14th

Big retailers back safety accord in Bangladesh

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 13th

By ANNE D'INNOCENZIOAP Retail Writer NEW YORK (AP) - Some of the world's largest retailers have agreed to a first-of-its-kind pact to improve safety at some of Bangladesh's garment factories following a building collapse that killed more than 1,100 workers in the country last month. The

Big retailers back safety accord in Bangladesh

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 13th

NEW YORK (AP) - Four of the world's biggest retailers agreed to sign a pact to improve safety at garment factories in Bangladesh nearly three weeks after more than 1,100 workers died in a building collapse in the country. H&M, C&A, Primark and Inditex, owner of the Zara chain, on Monday

One by one, homes in Calif. subdivision sinking

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 11th

By TRACIE CONEAssociated Press LAKEPORT, Calif. (AP) - Scott and Robin Spivey had a sinking feeling that something was wrong with their home when cracks began snaking across their walls in March. The cracks soon turned into gaping fractures, and within two weeks their 600-square-foot garage broke

Texas launches criminal probe into plant explosion

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 10th

By ANGELA K. BROWN and RAMIT PLUSHNICK-MASTIAssociated Press WACO, Texas (AP) - Texas law enforcement officials on Friday launched a criminal investigation into the massive fertilizer plant explosion that killed 14 people last month, after weeks of largely treating the blast as an industrial

Woman rescued after 17 days in Bangladesh rubble

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 10th

By JULHAS ALAMAssociated Press SAVAR, Bangladesh (AP) - For 17 days, the seamstress lay trapped in a dark basement pocket beneath thousands of tons of wreckage as temperatures outside climbed into the mid-90s F. She rationed food and water. She banged a pipe to attract attention. She was fast

Italy cargo ship slams into Genoa port, kills 7

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 8th

By NICOLE WINFIELDAssociated Press ROME (AP) - Rescue workers in diving gear found seven bodies Wednesday in the wreckage after a cargo ship slammed into the dock at Genoa, toppling the busy Italian port's control tower into the harbor. Four people were hospitalized and two others remained

Low disaster costs give Munich Re a Q1 profit lift

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 7th

FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) - Reinsurer Munich Re said Tuesday its first-quarter net profit rose 25 percent as the company saw modest outlays for natural disasters and raised its prices for catastrophe coverage. Net profit was 979 million euros ($1.28 billion) in the first three months of the year, up