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Floodwaters rising after storms deluge heartland

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 19th

By JIM SALTER and JIM SUHRAssociated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) - Flood fighters from small Mississippi River hamlets to the suburbs of Chicago staged a feverish battle Friday to hold back raging rivers, after days of torrential rains soaked much of the Midwest. Mississippi River communities in Iowa,

Storm woes range from sinkhole to snow to twisters

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 18th

By JIM SALTER and JASON KEYSERAssociated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) - Middle America was overwhelmed by weather Thursday, with snow in the north, tornadoes in the Plains, and torrential rains that caused floods and transportation woes - and a sinkhole in Chicago. Seemingly every community in the Plains

American cancels all US flights for several hours

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 16th

By DAVID KOENIGAP Airlines Writer DALLAS (AP) - A key computer system used to run many daily operations at American Airlines failed Tuesday, forcing the nation's third-largest carrier to ground all flights across the United States for several hours and stranding thousands of frustrated

American cancels all US flights for several hours

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 16th

By DAVID KOENIGAP Airlines Writer DALLAS (AP) - A computer system used to run many daily operations at American Airlines failed Tuesday, forcing the nation's third-largest carrier to ground all flights across the United States for several hours and stranding thousands of frustrated passengers

Role reversal: GOP blasts Obama plan to sell TVA

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 16th

By MATTHEW DALYAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - In a political role reversal, Republicans are blasting President Barack Obama's plan to consider selling the Tennessee Valley Authority, an icon of the New Deal long targeted by conservatives as an example of government overreach. Obama's

Gold has its steepest plunge in 30 years

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 15th

By STEVE ROTHWELLAP Markets Writer NEW YORK (AP) - Gold had its biggest one-day drop since 1983 on Monday as a selling frenzy that began last week picked up speed. The price of gold plunged $140.30 to $1,361.10 an ounce, a decline of 9 percent. The metal has dropped $200 an ounce, or nearly 13

Bieber criticized for Anne Frank comment

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 14th

By TOBY STERLINGAssociated Press AMSTERDAM (AP) - Justin Bieber wrote an entry into a guestbook at the Anne Frank House museum in Amsterdam, saying he hoped the Jewish teenager who died in a Nazi concentration camp "would have been a Belieber" - or fan of his - if history were different. The

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

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

Midwest hit with snow, ice, other severe weather

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 10th

WORTHINGTON, Minn. (AP) - Storms packing snow, ice and dangerous winds knocked out power in communities throughout the Midwest and prompted Minnesota's governor to call out the state National Guard on Wednesday to help residents. Icy weather left thousands of people in Minnesota in the dark,