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Court upholds conviction in W.Va. mine explosion

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 14th

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - An appeals court has upheld the conviction of a former security chief convicted of lying to investigators after the 2010 explosion that killed 29 miners at West Virginia's Upper Big Branch mine. Hughie Elbert Stover claimed there was no evidence he knowingly lied when he

Treasury spells out rules on taxing of tribes

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 14th

By By SUZANNE GAMBOAAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Taxes cannot be levied on honoraria to a shaman or spiritual leader for religious services, but could be assessed on per-capita payments from gambling revenues to tribal members, under a proposal for taxing Native Americans by the Internal

Senate Dems offer Sandy disaster aid package

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 12th

By By ANDREW MIGAAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Senate Democrats on Wednesday finished cobbling together a $60.4 billion disaster aid package for New York, New Jersey and other states hit by Superstorm Sandy in late October. Working from the emergency spending request President Barack Obama

US economy could withstand brief fall off 'cliff'

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 12th

By By CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABERAP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) - It's the scenario that's been spooking employers and investors and slowing the U.S. economy: Congress and the White House fail to strike a budget deal by New Year's Day. Their stalemate triggers sharp tax increases

NOAA chief says she will leave in February

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 12th

By By MALCOLM RITTERAP Science Writer NEW YORK (AP) - The woman who was a key figure in the federal government's response to the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico in 2010 said Wednesday she will leave her post at the end of February. "I have decided to return to my family and academia," Jane

US economy could withstand brief fall off 'cliff'

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 12th

Numb, hopeful, families endure post-Sandy recovery

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 9th

By By KATIE ZEZIMA, MEGHAN BARR and HELEN O'NEILLAssociated Press It's been more than a month since Sandy, the superstorm combining a hurricane, a nor'easter and surging full-moon tides, tore through the Northeast, leaving billions of dollars in damage in the New Jersey-New York-

Nuclear industry plans rescue wagon for disasters

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 9th

By By RAY HENRYAssociated Press ATLANTA (AP) - If disaster strikes a nuclear power plant in the U.S., the utility industry wants the ability to fly in heavy-duty equipment that could avert a meltdown. That capability is part of a larger industry plan being developed to meet new rules that

Peru's capital highly vulnerable to major quake

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 9th

By By FRANK BAJAK and CARLA SALAZARAssociated Press LIMA, Peru (AP) - The earthquake all but flattened colonial Lima, the shaking so violent that people tossed to the ground couldn't get back up. Minutes later, a 50-foot (15-meter) wall of Pacific Ocean crashed into the adjacent port of

NY mostly ignored reports warning of superstorm

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 8th

By By MICHAEL GORMLEYAssociated Press ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - More than three decades before Superstorm Sandy, a state law and a series of legislative reports began warning New York politicians to prepare for a storm of historic proportions, spelling out scenarios eerily similar to what actually