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Ky. evacuation indefinite as chemical tanker burns

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 2nd

By BRUCE SCHREINERAssociated Press LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - Hundreds of people will remain forced from their homes indefinitely as a massive effort continued Friday to move derailed train cars filled with hazardous materials away from a car holding chemicals that continued to burn for a third day

With offices out, NY Daily News keeps publishing

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 2nd

By CHRISTINA REXRODEAssociated Press NEW YORK (AP) - The Daily News got its Plan A and its Plan B eviscerated by Hurricane Sandy. The storm knocked out of commission the newspaper's Manhattan main office and the place where it planned to work during emergencies - its Jersey City, N.J.,

Timeline of events surrounding Libya rescue effort

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 2nd

By The Associated Press U.S. intelligence officials offered a timeline Thursday of the CIA's response to the attack on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya, from its annex less than a mile from the diplomatic mission. U.S. Ambassador Chris Stevens and three other Americans were killed in

Edwin Q. White, former AP Saigon chief, dies

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 1st

By OSKAR GARCIA and RICHARD PYLEAssociated Press HONOLULU (AP) - One night in 1969, as a salvo of Viet Cong rockets exploded in the streets of Saigon, Edwin Q. White paused after typing a dateline on his typewriter to light his pipe and reflect on his belief that as an American journalist, he

Big Apple improvises to reopen for business

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 31st

By CANDICE CHOI and MAE ANDERSONAssociated Press NEW YORK (AP) - Two days after Superstorm Sandy brought business in New York City to a standstill, stores that lost power are again serving customers, albeit by flashlight. Companies with closed offices are setting up shop in coffeehouses. And

Big Apple improvises to reopen for business

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 31st

Fire erupts at Ky chemical train derailment site

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 31st

By BRUCE SCHREINER and DYLAN LOVANAssociated Press LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - Flames from a derailed train car sent people rushing out of neighborhoods and an entire town near Louisville on Wednesday while firefighters tried to douse the chemical blaze that left three workers badly burned. Some

Superstorm Sandy's extremes, by the numbers

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 31st

By The Associated Press Hurricane Sandy, after killing at least 69 people in the Caribbean, streamed northward, merged with two wintry weather systems and socked the Northeast, mid-Atlantic and Great Lakes with wind, waves, rain and snow. Some figures associated with Sandy's rampage through the

Guard delivers food, water to flooded NJ city

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 31st

By SAMANTHA HENRYAssociated Press HOBOKEN, N.J. (AP) - National Guard troops delivered food and water to residents in this heavily flooded city across from Manhattan on Wednesday as officials sent out a plea for more supplies, including boats and generators. Superstorm Sandy sent the raging

Commodities prices mostly rise as storm recedes

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 30th

By The Associated Press Prices for corn, soybeans and other commodities are mostly rising as traders become less worried about fallout from Hurricane Sandy. CME Group, which runs several exchanges including the New York Mercantile Exchange, said its New York trading floor will reopen Wednesday