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Another storm headed toward weather-beaten NY, NJ

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 4th

By JIM FITZGERALDAssociated Press NEW YORK (AP) - Just what New York and New Jersey need after the devastation of Superstorm Sandy: more high winds. The National Weather Service predicted Sunday that a Nor'easter that could include gusts of up to 55 mph is likely to reach the area by

Cold weather and new storm add to victims' misery

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 4th

By JENNIFER PELTZ and MICHAEL HILLAssociated Press NEW YORK (AP) - Shivering victims of Superstorm Sandy went to church Sunday to pray for deliverance as cold weather settling in across the New York metropolitan region - and another powerful storm forecast for the middle of the week - added to

Forecasters: New, Lesser Storm May Hit The East Coast

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 2nd

WASHINGTON (AP) - Forecasters say another messy - and wintry - storm may cause post-Election Day problems for an already weather weary East Coast. But meteorologists add that it's six days out, so that's rather early to get too worried. The forecast could change before it

Civility efforts seek better behavior on campus

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 1st

By ALAN SCHER ZAGIERAssociated Press COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) - Jewish students in the University of California system labeled terrorists for their support of Israel. Black high school students pelted by bananas on a Tennessee campus tour. A hostile student in Maryland challenging his professor to a

WHY IT MATTERS: Health care

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 23rd

By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVARAssociated Press The issue: America's health care system is unsustainable. It's not one problem, but three combined: high cost, uneven quality and millions uninsured. Major changes will keep coming. Every family will be affected. ___ Where they stand: President

Google issues a bad report early, hurting Nasdaq

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 18th

By MATTHEW CRAFTAP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) - Google plummeted almost $80 per share, more than 10 percent, and trading in the stock was halted two and a half hours Thursday after a disappointing earnings report was published ahead of schedule and surprised investors. Bleak figures in the

IBM's 3Q earnings flat, revenue slides 5 percent

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 16th

By MICHAEL LIEDTKEAP Technology Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - IBM's revenue slipped below Wall Street's expectations in the third quarter as the technology company dealt with jittery customers and a weakening euro that undercut its results. Despite the problems posed by the wobbly economy

$300 million harbor deepening moves to water

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 14th

By BRUCE SMITHAssociated Press CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) - For the past several weeks, James Phillips and Jeff Marshall have been up before dawn streaks the sky, taking their 24-foot research boat to a ramp on Charleston Harbor. They launch the craft, fire up their computers and then begin the

Alaska village short of water as winter approaches

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 10th

By DAN JOLING and MARK THIESSENAssociated Press ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - Inupiat Eskimo villagers in a small Alaska community are facing six long months of melting ice and snow nearly every time they want to cook a meal or bathe, after freezing temperatures hit before workers could fill the

Corps let off the hook for Katrina flooding

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 25th

By CAIN BURDEAUAssociated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) - A surprise ruling by a federal appeals court that lets the Army Corps of Engineers off the hook for paying compensation for Hurricane Katrina's catastrophic flooding isn't going over well on the streets of New Orleans. People in