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Addiction counselor charged with murder in DUI

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 27th

By GILLIAN FLACCUS and LINDA DEUTSCHAssociated Press TORRANCE, Calif. (AP) - The convertible hit Phillip Moreno so hard it knocked him out of his shoes and lodged him in the windshield. As he lay dying on the hood, police said, Sherri Lynn Wilkins kept going another two miles until other

2 Multi-Millionaires In Powerball Jackpot; One Ticket Sold In Idaho Worth $1 Million

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 27th

UPDATE: Powerball officials confirm that one million dollar ticket was sold in Idaho. That's all the information they're releasing at this hour. As soon as we get more details we'll post them. PREVIOUS STORY:

House, DOJ will try to resolve records lawsuit

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 27th

By FREDERIC J. FROMMERAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Lawyers for the House and the Justice Department will meet to try to resolve a lawsuit over congressional efforts to get records related to Operation Fast and Furious, a bungled gun-tracking operation in Arizona. The lawyers told U.S.

Deputies: Alligators Used To Protect Marijuana

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OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) - Thurston County Sheriff's deputies found two 5-foot alligators at a marijuana grow site where a man was shot on Monday evening. Lieutenant Greg Elwin says deputies responded to the scene in the Scott Lake area south of Olympia when a man called 911 to say

Acadia surges on Parkinson's psychosis drug study

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 27th

NEW YORK (AP) - Shares of Acadia Pharmaceuticals Inc. more than doubled to their highest price in more than three years Tuesday after the company said its drug pimavanserin reduced psychosis in patients with Parkinson's disease. Acadia said pimavanserin was more effective than a placebo in

Stocks slide on 'fiscal cliff' warning

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By STEVE ROTHWELLAP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) - Stocks slumped on Wall Street Tuesday after Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said he was frustrated by the lack of progress in talks over the U.S. budget impasse in Washington. The Dow Jones industrial average closed down 89.24 points to 12,

ConAgra gobbles up store brands with Ralcorp deal

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By CANDICE CHOI and MICHELLE CHAPMANAssociated Press NEW YORK (AP) - ConAgra Foods is set to become the nation's biggest maker of store-brand foods, with a $5 billion purchase of Ralcorp that expands its stake in the growing market for cereals, crackers and other packaged foods sold under

Former baseball union head Miller dead at 95

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By RONALD BLUMAP Sports Writer NEW YORK (AP) - Marvin Miller was a labor economist who never played a day of organized baseball. He preferred tennis. Yet he transformed the national pastime as surely as Babe Ruth, Jackie Robinson, television and night games. Miller, the union boss who won free

Peanut Butter Plant Shuttered By FDA, In First-Ever Use Of New Powers, After Huge Recall

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WASHINGTON (AP) - The country's largest producer of organic peanut butter will have to prove that its facilities are clean enough to reopen. The Food and Drug Administration suspended the registration of Sunland Inc., Monday, after the New Mexico company's repeated food

ConAgra buying Ralcorp for about $5 billion

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 27th

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - ConAgra Foods is buying the private-label food maker Ralcorp for about $5 billion, which will make it North America's biggest manufacturer of cereals, crackers and other packaged foods sold under store brands. The deal caps a year of acquisitions for ConAgra, which makes