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GM offers big discounts to boost Volt sales

GM offers big discounts to boost Volt sales
Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 22nd
By TOM KRISHERAP Auto Writer DETROIT (AP) - General Motors rolled out the Chevrolet Volt two years ago with lofty sales goals and the promise of a new technology that someday would help end America's dependence on oil. So it seemed like a good thing in August when sales of the $40,000 car

The 5 top-selling electric cars in the US

The 5 top-selling electric cars in the US
Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 22nd
By The Associated Press Americans have been slow to adopt electric cars. Here are the five top sellers in the U.S. this year, with sales listed through August. Chevrolet Volt: 13,497 Toyota Prius Plug-in: 6,082 Nissan Leaf: 4,228 Mitsubishi i-MiEV: 403

GM offers big discounts to boost Volt sales

GM offers big discounts to boost Volt sales
Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 22nd
By TOM KRISHERAP Auto Writer DETROIT (AP) - General Motors rolled out the Chevrolet Volt two years ago with lofty sales goals and the promise of a new technology that someday would help end America's dependence on oil. So it seemed like a good thing in August when sales of the $40,000 car

Wash. woman convicted in saw attack on husband

Wash. woman convicted in saw attack on husband
Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 21st
EVERETT, Wash. (AP) - A Washington state woman accused of trying to decapitate her sleeping husband with an electric saw was convicted Thursday of attempted murder. Jurors needed only about three hours to reach a verdict in the trial of Renee Bishop-McKean of Everett. They also convicted the 44-

Panetta talks computer hacking issues with Chinese

Panetta talks computer hacking issues with Chinese
Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 20th
By LOLITA C. BALDORAssociated Press BEIJING (AP) - Despite several years of escalating diplomacy and warnings, the U.S. is making little headway in its efforts to tamp down aggressive Chinese cyberattacks against American companies and the government. U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta, who is

Panetta talks computer hacking issues with Chinese

Panetta talks computer hacking issues with Chinese
Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 20th
By LOLITA C. BALDORAssociated Press BEIJING (AP) - Despite several years of escalating diplomacy and warnings, the U.S. is making little headway in its efforts to tamp down aggressive Chinese cyberattacks against American companies and the government. U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta, who is

Panetta talks computer hacking issues with Chinese

Panetta talks computer hacking issues with Chinese
Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 20th
By LOLITA C. BALDORAssociated Press BEIJING (AP) - Despite several years of escalating diplomacy and warnings, the U.S. is making little headway in its efforts to tamp down aggressive Chinese cyberattacks against American companies and the government. U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta, who is

Barge traffic halted near Mississippi River lock

Barge traffic halted near Mississippi River lock
Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 19th
By JIM SUHRAssociated Press GRANITE CITY, Ill. (AP) - Crews scrambled to make repairs Wednesday near the busiest Mississippi River lock shut down because of damage blamed partly on the summer drought, snarling hundreds of barges and tugboats in a backlog that was growing worse by the hour.

China cuts rare earths mining permits

China cuts rare earths mining permits
Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 19th
By JOE McDONALDAP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) - China has cut the number of permits for rare earths mining in a new move to tighten controls over the exotic minerals needed to manufacture mobile phones, electric cars and other high-tech goods. The Ministry of Land and Resources decided to cut

World Bank: Palestinian fiscal crisis is deepening

World Bank: Palestinian fiscal crisis is deepening
Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 19th
By AMY TEIBELAssociated Press JERUSALEM (AP) - The World Bank warned Wednesday of a deepening fiscal crisis in the Palestinian territories and appealed to donors to act urgently to prop up the Western-backed Palestinian Authority. The bank said the finances of the Palestinian Authority, which