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Navy panel urges ouster of officer who faked death

Navy panel urges ouster of officer who faked death
Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 13th
By MICHAEL MELIAAssociated Press GROTON, Conn. (AP) - A newly appointed nuclear attack submarine commander who went to extreme lengths to end an extramarital affair thought the issue was behind him - until the family of his ex-girlfriend got in touch with the Navy. Now the military career of Cmdr.

Discharge recommended for Navy officer in Conn.

Discharge recommended for Navy officer in Conn.
Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 12th
By MICHAEL MELIAAssociated Press GROTON, Conn. (AP) - A former submarine commander who faked his death to end an extramarital affair should be honorably discharged from the Navy, a panel of officers recommended Friday after a daylong hearing in which the officer said he accepted "full and total

Severe storms sock Midwest, push east; 2 dead

Severe storms sock Midwest, push east; 2 dead
Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 11th
By JIM SALTER and JIM SUHRAssociated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) - Two deaths have been blamed on a strong spring storm system that's brought everything from tornadoes to ice and snow to much of the Midwest and parts of the southeast United States. Mississippi Emergency Management Agency spokesman

Severe storms sock Midwest, push east; 1 dead

Severe storms sock Midwest, push east; 1 dead
Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 11th
By JIM SALTER and JIM SUHRAssociated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) - At least one death has been blamed on a strong spring storm system that's brought everything from tornadoes to ice and snow to much of the Midwest and parts of the southeast United States. Mississippi Emergency Management Agency

Global trade to be weaker than expected

Global trade to be weaker than expected
Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 10th
By JOHN HEILPRINAssociated Press GENEVA (AP) - Global trade will be weaker than expected this year as European economies struggle with their debt crisis, and will recover only slightly in 2014, the World Trade Organization said Wednesday. The global trade body forecast in its annual report that

Online translation on the rise, changing lives

Online translation on the rise, changing lives
Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 6th
By MARTHA MENDOZAAP National Writer MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. (AP) - You might use Google Translate to read a hard-to-find Manga comic book or to decipher an obscure recipe for authentic Polish blintzes. Or, like Phillip and Niki Smith in rural Mississippi, you could use it to rescue a Chinese orphan

Online translation on the rise, changing lives

Online translation on the rise, changing lives
Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 6th
By MARTHA MENDOZAAP National Writer MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. (AP) - You might use Google Translate to read a hard-to-find Manga comic book or to decipher an obscure recipe for authentic Polish blintzes. Or, like Phillip and Niki Smith in rural Mississippi, you could use it to rescue a Chinese orphan

Online translation on the rise, changing lives

Online translation on the rise, changing lives
Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 6th
By MARTHA MENDOZAAP National Writer MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. (AP) - You might use Google Translate to read a hard-to-find Manga comic book or to decipher an obscure recipe for authentic Polish blintzes. Or, like Phillip and Niki Smith in rural Mississippi, you could use it to rescue a Chinese orphan

Aid groups: US should send cash, not food, abroad

Aid groups: US should send cash, not food, abroad
Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 5th
By MARY CLARE JALONICKAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Food aid groups are urging the Obama administration to overhaul the way the United States helps starving people abroad. The White House will not say whether Obama's budget proposal, scheduled to come out next week, will seek to change the

Aid groups: US should send cash, not food, abroad

Aid groups: US should send cash, not food, abroad
Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 4th
By MARY CLARE JALONICKAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - After the 2010 earthquake in Haiti, former President Bill Clinton apologized for long championing food aid policies that helped Arkansas rice growers but made it harder for the impoverished country to grow its own crop. Floods of imports of U