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Stocks soar on Black Friday; tech leads the way

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 23rd

By DANIEL WAGNERAP Business Writer The stock market enjoyed some Black Friday cheer, rising sharply as shoppers braved the annual post-Thanksgiving rush. Major stock indexes closed one of their best weeks of the year. Traders were encouraged by positive economic news from Germany and China, two

Ranbaxy recalls generic Lipitor doses

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 23rd

By LINDA A. JOHNSONAP Business Writer TRENTON, N.J. (AP) - Ranbaxy Pharmaceuticals Inc. has recalled dozens of lots of its generic version of cholesterol drug Lipitor because some may contain tiny glass particles, the latest in a string of manufacturing deficiencies that once led U.S.

DC on pace for fewer than 100 homicides in 2012

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 23rd

By ERIC TUCKERAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - The crack epidemic that began in the 1980s ushered in a wave of bloodletting in the nation's capital and a death toll that ticked upward daily. Dead bodies, sometimes several a night, had homicide detectives hustling between crime scenes and

Doctor: Puerto Rico boxer Camacho is brain dead

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 22nd

By DANICA COTOAssociated Press SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) - Famed Puerto Rican boxer Hector "Macho" Camacho is clinically brain dead, doctors said Thursday, but family members disagreed on whether to take him off life support and two of the fighter's aunts said later that relatives had

Official: Man killed zoo monkey during theft try

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 22nd

By JOHN MILLERAssociated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) - A 22-year-old man clubbed a monkey to death with a tree branch, after he was bitten by the animal while trying to steal it from a Boise zoo, prosecutors allege. Michael J. Watkins entered Zoo Boise on Saturday morning, manipulated a lock to get

Jon Bon Jovi opens up about daughter's overdose

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 22nd

By Natalie Abrams, Jon Bon Jovi has opened up about his daughter's overdose, saying, "We'll get through it." His 19-year-old daughter, Stephanie Rose Bongiovi was facing misdemeanor charges after authorities found heroin, marijuana and drug paraphernalia in her dorm room on Wednesday when

Study: ADHD medicines help curb criminal behavior

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 21st

By MARILYNN MARCHIONEAP Chief Medical Writer Older teens and adults with attention deficit disorder are much less likely to commit a crime while on ADHD medication, a provocative study from Sweden found. It also showed in dramatic fashion how much more prone people with ADHD are to break the

Boxer 'Macho' Camacho critical in Puerto Rico

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 21st

By BEN FOX and DANICA COTOAssociated Press SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) - The family of Hector "Macho" Camacho tried to decide Wednesday whether he should be removed from life support after a shooting in his Puerto Rican hometown left the former boxing champion clinging to life and his fans

Mom of girl shot on Fla. school bus seeks answers

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 21st

By SUZETTE LABOYAssociated Press MIAMI (AP) - Family members of a 13-year-old Florida girl fatally shot while riding a school bus with her younger sister say they forgive the boy who allegedly did it, but the victim's mother insisted Wednesday that he also "has to pay for what he did." A 15

Boxer 'Macho' Camacho critical in Puerto Rico

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 21st

By DANICA COTOAssociated Press SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) - Hector "Macho" Camacho was clinging to life Wednesday after being shot in the face while in a car, with doctors and his family expected to decide whether to remove the former boxing champion from life support. Doctors had said Camacho