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Families of Nigeria crash victims get compensation

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on July 4th

LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) - A grounded Nigerian airline says it has started compensating families of those who died when one of its planes crashed a month ago, with each family expected to get $100,000. The Dana Air plane crashed June 3 in Lagos, Nigeria's

Charged ex-BP engineer: Deleted texts were routine

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on July 2nd

By MICHAEL KUNZELMANAssociated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Lawyers for a former BP engineer are pressing federal prosecutors to explain how their client impeded a grand jury probe by deleting text messages about the company's response to the 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico

3 bidders want to build 2 more Czech reactors

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on July 2nd

PRAGUE (AP) - Czech state-run power utility CEZ says it has received bids from three international companies to build two more nuclear reactors at the Temelin nuclear power station in the country's south. CEZ says the bidders for the multibillion-dollar

1st Japan reactor goes online since nuclear crisis

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on July 1st

TOKYO (AP) - Dozens of demonstrators in Japan are protesting the restarting of a nuclear power plant - the first to go back online since all reactors were shut down for safety checks following the Fukushima nuclear disaster. Ohi nuclear plant's reactor No. 3

For parts of the nation, a fireworks-free Fourth

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on June 30th

By CHARLES WILSON and STEVEN K. PAULSONAssociated Press DENVER (AP) - Drought and wildfire fears are snuffing out some Fourth of July festivities this year. From Utah to Indiana, state and local governments are calling off annual fireworks displays out of fear

AP PHOTOS: Wildfires burn in the West

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on June 30th

By The Associated PressAssociated Press Making slow but steady progress against a Colorado wildfire that has killed at least two people, authorities hoped for continued favorable weather and asked for patience from thousands of evacuees who fled encroaching flames that destroyed

Obama lauds coordinated response to Colorado fires

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on June 30th

By JIM KUHNHENNAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama praised the coordinated response to Colorado's wildfires and said trying times bring Americans together. Obama was in the state Friday for a firsthand look at the damage after he

US hosts world's largest naval exercises in Hawaii

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on June 29th

By AUDREY McAVOYAssociated Press PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii (AP) - Some 25,000 sailors and other military personnel from 22 nations are converging on Hawaii starting Friday to practice hunting for submarines and catching pirates in the world's largest naval exercises

AP PHOTOS: Wildfires rage in the West

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on June 29th

By The Associated PressAssociated Press From above, the destruction wrought by a raging Colorado wildfire becomes painfully clear: Rows and rows of homes - hundreds in all - reduced to smoldering ashes. Amid the devastation, there are hopeful signs: More than 120 soldiers using

Congress passes student loans, highway jobs bill

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on June 29th

By ALAN FRAM and JOAN LOWYAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Congress emphatically approved legislation Friday preserving jobs on transportation projects from coast to coast and avoiding interest rate increases on new loans to millions of college students, giving lawmakers