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An agency-by-agency guide to Obama's 2014 budget

An agency-by-agency guide to Obama's 2014 budget
Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 10th
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama has proposed a $3.8 trillion budget for fiscal 2014 that aims to slash the deficit by a net $600 billion over 10 years, raise taxes and trim popular benefit programs, including Social Security and Medicare. The White House claims deficit reductions of $1.8

An agency-by-agency guide to Obama's 2014 budget

An agency-by-agency guide to Obama's 2014 budget
Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 10th
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama has proposed a $3.8 trillion budget for fiscal 2014 that aims to slash the deficit by a net $600 billion over 10 years, raise taxes and trim popular benefit programs, including Social Security and Medicare. The White House claims deficit reductions of $1.8

An agency-by-agency guide to Obama's 2014 budget

An agency-by-agency guide to Obama's 2014 budget
Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 10th
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama has proposed a $3.8 trillion budget for fiscal 2014 that aims to slash the deficit by a net $600 billion over 10 years, raise taxes and trim popular benefit programs, including Social Security and Medicare. The White House claims deficit reductions of $1.8

Judge fines Costa $1.3M for Concordia wreck

Judge fines Costa $1.3M for Concordia wreck
Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 10th
ROME (AP) - A judge in Tuscany fined Italian cruise line Costa Crociere SpA 1 million euros ($1.3 million) Wednesday for the 2012 shipwreck of the Concordia cruise ship that killed 32 people. Costa had asked for a plea bargain deal to respond to the administrative sanctions, which under Italian law

China's ex-train boss charged in bribery case

China's ex-train boss charged in bribery case
Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 10th
By LOUISE WATTAssociated Press BEIJING (AP) - The man who spearheaded China's showcase bullet train network has been charged with taking bribes and abusing his power, two years after he was ousted from his job as railways minister. A court press office official said prosecutors submitted the

China's ex-train boss charged in bribery case

China's ex-train boss charged in bribery case
Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 10th
By LOUISE WATTAssociated Press BEIJING (AP) - The man who spearheaded China's showcase bullet train network has been charged with taking bribes and abusing his power, two years after he was ousted from his job as railways minister. A court press office official said prosecutors submitted the

Investigation after 2 children die in NC collapse

Investigation after 2 children die in NC collapse
Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 9th
By MITCH WEISS and MICHAEL BIESECKERAssociated Press STANLEY, N.C. (AP) - It was common knowledge around a rural North Carolina neighborhood that Jordan Arwood was digging a two-story-deep pit on his property. Some said it was for a bunker and warned their children to stay out of it. Now

Cyprus crisis ruins dying father's plans for kids

Cyprus crisis ruins dying father's plans for kids
Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 9th
By MENELAOS HADJICOSTISAssociated Press NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) - When Costas Kalapodas was diagnosed with brain cancer two years ago and given months to live, he saw one sure place to put his money: Cyprus' biggest bank. The 43-year-old threw his entire savings into Bank of Cyprus stock, and even

Father sobs on 911 after kids buried in collapse

Father sobs on 911 after kids buried in collapse
Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 8th
By MITCH WEISS and MICHAEL BIESECKERAssociated Press STANLEY, N.C. (AP) - A North Carolina man tearfully begged authorities to hurry to his house to rescue his daughter and her cousin, who were buried when the walls of a 24-foot deep pit he dug on his property collapsed. Jordan Arwood, 31, was

NKorea recalling workers from jointly run factory

NKorea recalling workers from jointly run factory
Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 8th
By HYUNG-JIN KIMAssociated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - North Korea said Monday it will suspend operations at a factory complex it has jointly run with South Korea, pulling out more than 53,000 North Korean workers and moving closer to severing its last economic link with its rival as tensions