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Grocery store chain Food Lion has new president

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 8th

SALISBURY, N.C. (AP) - The grocery store chain Food Lion has a new president. Beth Newlands Campbell is replacing Cathy Green Burns, who became a familiar face on Food Lion's television commercials. The management change was announced late Thursday by Roland Smith, chief executive officer of

Soldier's slaying in US is bitter irony for family

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By By DAN ELLIOTTAssociated Press DENVER (AP) - Army Spc. Brandy Fonteneaux's death came not on a battlefield in Afghanistan but on an infantry post in Colorado - allegedly at the hand of a fellow soldier - and that makes the pain even worse for her family. The 28-year-old from Houston had

USDA to allow more meat, grains in school lunches

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By By MARY CLARE JALONICKAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - The Agriculture Department is responding to criticism over new school lunch rules by allowing more grains and meat in kids' meals. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack told members of Congress in a letter Friday that the department

NY mostly ignored reports warning of superstorm

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By By MICHAEL GORMLEYAssociated Press ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - More than three decades before Superstorm Sandy, a state law and a series of legislative reports began warning New York politicians to prepare for a storm of historic proportions, spelling out scenarios eerily similar to what actually

Booze, smokes on agenda for quirky gov't group

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By By DANIEL WAGNERAP Business Writer BELTSVILLE, Md. (AP) - Deep in a secure laboratory just outside Washington sits the federal government's heaviest smoker. It is a half-ton hulk of a machine, all brushed aluminum and gasping smoke holes, like a retrofit of equipment used on an

Democrats want jobless benefits in 'cliff' deal

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By By SAM HANANELAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Hovering in the background of the "fiscal cliff" debate is the prospect of 2 million people losing their unemployment benefits four days after Christmas. "This is the real cliff," said Sen. Jack Reed, D-R.I. He's been leading the effort to

Democrats want jobless benefits in 'cliff' deal

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 8th

Lugar starting internship program for Ind. college

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By By TOM LoBIANCOAssociated Press INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - U.S. Sen. Richard Lugar will continue wielding influence in Washington after he leaves office, albeit with a much younger audience. Lugar is starting an internship program with the University of Indianapolis that will operate out of

FDA panel opposes pure hydrocodone painkiller

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 7th

By By MATTHEW PERRONEAP Health Writer WASHINGTON (AP) - Government health experts overwhelmingly voted against a stronger version of hydrocodone on Friday, questioning the need for a new form of one of most widely abused prescription painkillers. The Food and Drug Administration's panel of

North Korea considers delaying rocket launch

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 7th

By By HYUNG-JIN KIMAssociated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - North Korea may postpone the controversial launch of a long-range rocket that had been slated for liftoff as early as this week, state media said Sunday, as international pressure on Pyongyang to cancel the provocative move