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European austerity hits GlaxoSmithKline Q3 profit

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 31st

By ROBERT BARRAssociated Press LONDON (AP) - Drug company GlaxoSmithKline saw its third-quarter fall by nearly a fifth as sales fell in Europe and the United States. GSK reported Wednesday that its net profit declined 18 percent to 1.12 billion pounds ($1.8 billion) in the three months ending

Ohio teen convicted in deadly Craigslist scheme

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 31st

By ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINSAP Legal Affairs Writer AKRON, Ohio (AP) - An Ohio teenager taken under the wing of a man defense attorneys described as a master manipulator was found guilty of aggravated murder Tuesday for his role in a deadly plot to lure men desperate for work with phony Craigslist

Ohio teen convicted in deadly Craigslist scheme

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 30th

By ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINSAP Legal Affairs Writer AKRON, Ohio (AP) - A teenager taken under the wing of a man defense attorneys described as a master manipulator was found guilty of aggravated murder Tuesday for his role in a deadly plot to lure men desperate for work with phony Craigslist job

Truck driver jobs hard to fill even in bad economy

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 30th

By RUSS BYNUMAssociated Press SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) - Tribe Transportation is a growing company that just added 10 new trucks to its tractor-trailer fleet. The problem has been hiring people to drive them. So far the Georgia-based company has filled four of the jobs, leaving six vacancies. The new

Diplomat: Texas agents should have seen people

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 30th

By CHRISTOPHER SHERMANAssociated Press McALLEN, Texas (AP) - Texas law enforcement agents were close enough to a pickup truck to see it was carrying people, not drugs, before one opened fire, killing two Guatemalan immigrants hiding under a cover in the vehicle's bed, a diplomat said

Louisiana parolee set to die in Texas Wednesday

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 30th

By MICHAEL GRACZYKAssociated Press HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) - When Louisiana parole violator Donnie Lee Roberts was arrested for fatally shooting his girlfriend at her East Texas home nine years ago, he had an immediate request: the death penalty. Roberts, 41, is scheduled for lethal injection

Pot, gay marriage, suicide are ballot-item topics

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 30th

By DAVID CRARYAP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) - After all the economy-focused campaign talk, voters in some states will get a chance on Election Day to sound off on intriguing topics that the presidential rivals ignored, including death-penalty repeal, marijuana legalization and assisted

Mother of Mo. Sen. McCaskill dies at age 84

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 29th

By DAVID A. LIEBAssociated Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) - Betty Anne Ward McCaskill, the mother of Missouri Sen. Claire McCaskill and a political trailblazer in her own right, died Monday at her home in St. Louis after a long struggle with heart and kidney problems, the senator said. The

Business events scheduled for Tuesday

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 29th

By The Associated Press Major business events and economic events scheduled for Tuesday: WASHINGTON - Standard & Poor's releases S&P/Case-Shiller index of home prices for August, 9 a.m. Ford Motor Co. reports quarterly financial results. United States Steel Corp. reports quarterly

Report: Sands, feds in talks to settle probe

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 29th

NEW YORK (AP) - Federal officials and Las Vegas Sands Corp. are having talks aimed at settling a probe into whether the casino operator failed to report millions of dollars of potentially laundered money transferred to its casinos by two gamblers, according to a published report. Representatives