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Device to scare birds causes Guard base lockdown

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 10th

By HOLBROOK MOHRAssociated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - After a report of gunfire, Air National Guard officials locked down a Mississippi base on Wednesday, but the noise thought to be shots turned out to be a device used to scare birds away from an airport runway, authorities said. The lockdown of

Mars missions scaled back in April because of sun

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 4th

By ALICIA CHANGAP Science Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) - It's the Martian version of spring break: Curiosity and Opportunity, along with their spacecraft friends circling overhead, will take it easy this month because of the sun's interference. For much of April, the sun blocks the line of sight

Mars missions scaled back in April because of sun

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 4th

Sticky-fingered thieves target sap in Maine

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 4th

By CLARKE CANFIELDAssociated Press PORTLAND, Maine (AP) - Sticky-fingered thieves are stealing the sap right out of Maine's maple trees. With little more than a spout-like tap and a bucket, people are looting the liquid out of trees on private property and hauling it away to turn into sweet

Sticky-fingered thieves target sap in Maine

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 4th

Wyo. power plant stalls 17 years, faces skepticism

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on March 30th

By MEAD GRUVERAssociated Press WRIGHT, Wyo. (AP) - In Wyoming, folks call it the "No Elk" plant, an $800 million project that - once finished - was meant to supply coal-fired power to 100,000 homes and support dozens of full-time jobs on the rolling prairie of northeast Wyoming. Megawatts from the

North Korea Orders Rocket Prep After US B-2 Drill

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on March 29th

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - North Korea's leader says his rocket forces are ready "to settle accounts with the U.S." Kim Jong Un's (kim jawng oonz) comments are an escalation of the country's bellicose rhetoric and a direct response to the unprecedented announcement that U.S. B-2

Neb. utility touts progress at troubled nuke plant

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on March 27th

By JOSH FUNKAssociated Press BLAIR, Neb. (AP) - Utility officials say the troubled Nebraska nuclear power plant that has been idle since 2011 might be ready to restart yet this spring - shortly after the two-year anniversary of its shutdown - but first they'll have to convince federal

Mars rover back in action after computer problems

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on March 25th

LOS ANGELES (AP) - The Mars rover Curiosity is humming again after being sidelined by back-to-back computer problems. The six-wheel rover fired up its onboard laboratories and analyzed a pinch of rock dust over the weekend. It had been unable to perform science experiments since late last month

Amputee veteran helps train troops for war

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on March 25th

By JULIE WATSONAssociated Press SAN DIEGO (AP) - The sailor had been back from war for just over a year when friends invited him to watch an unusually emotional training exercise for troops preparing to deploy. The drill happened not on a military base but at a film studio, where Marine and Navy