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Japan moves to revamp troubled power industry

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 2nd

By ELAINE KURTENBACH and MARI YAMAGUCHIAssociated Press TOKYO (AP) - Japan's Cabinet has approved a proposal to revamp its troubled electricity industry and foster more competition by obliging utilities to split power generation and distribution into separate businesses. The plan is meant to

Nearly 3 dozen homes evacuated in Wash. landslide

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on March 28th

By DOUG ESSERAssociated Press SEATTLE (AP) - Geologists and engineers are assessing the stability of a scenic Puget Sound area after a large landside thundered down a hillside, knocking one house off its foundation and threatening others. That heavily damaged home and 33 others were ordered

Google adds street views inside Japan nuclear zone

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on March 28th

By YURI KAGEYAMAAP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) - Concrete rubble litters streets lined with shuttered shops and dark windows. A collapsed roof juts from the ground. A ship sits stranded on a stretch of dirt flattened when the tsunami roared across the coastline. There isn't a person in sight.

Report: Big Okla. quake in 2011 likely man-made

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on March 26th

By SETH BORENSTEINAP Science Writer WASHINGTON (AP) - An unusual and widely felt 5.6-magnitude quake in Oklahoma in 2011 was probably caused when oil drilling waste was pushed deep underground, a team of university and federal scientists concluded. That would make it the most powerful quake to be

Report: Big Okla. quake in 2011 likely man-made

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on March 26th

Report: Big Okla. quake in 2011 likely man-made

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on March 26th

Temple Square Is Visited By 5 Million People A Year!

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on March 20th

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah - Temple Square in Salt Lake City is visited by 5 million people a year. It has a terrific view of the Salt Lake Temple. Fountains and statues adorn the square. Salt Lake is the State Capitol of Utah. The Capitol building most resembles our nation's Capitol.

Fed is expected to maintain stimulative programs

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on March 20th

By MARTIN CRUTSINGERAP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) - The Federal Reserve on Wednesday is expected to maintain its resolve to keep borrowing costs at record lows despite growing signs that the economy is strengthening. The Fed will end a two-day meeting with a policy statement and updated

Japan ups damage seen from feared quake to $2.3T

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on March 19th

By ELAINE KURTENBACHAP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) - A major quake off the coast of central Japan could kill more than 320,000 people and cause 220 trillion yen ($2.3 trillion) in economic damage, a government panel said in a report that more than doubles estimates of the potential cost of such a

Oregon's Next Huge Earthquake: Not If, But When

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on March 18th

KHQ.COM - The clock is ticking on the next big earthquake in the Pacific Northwest, and experts fear it will be a monster. Following the deadly magnitude-9.0 Tohoku earthquake and tsunami that struck Japan in March 2011, Oregon legislators commissioned a study of the impact a similar quake