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Judge orders tobacco companies to say they lied

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 27th

By FREDERIC J. FROMMERAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - A federal judge on Tuesday ordered tobacco companies to publish corrective statements that say they lied about the dangers of smoking and that disclose smoking's health effects, including the death on average of 1,200 people a day. U.

Stocks slide on 'fiscal cliff' warning

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 27th

By STEVE ROTHWELLAP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) - Stocks slumped on Wall Street Tuesday after Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said he was frustrated by the lack of progress in talks over the U.S. budget impasse in Washington. The Dow Jones industrial average closed down 89.24 points to 12,

ConAgra gobbles up store brands with Ralcorp deal

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 27th

By CANDICE CHOI and MICHELLE CHAPMANAssociated Press NEW YORK (AP) - ConAgra Foods is set to become the nation's biggest maker of store-brand foods, with a $5 billion purchase of Ralcorp that expands its stake in the growing market for cereals, crackers and other packaged foods sold under

Peanut Butter Plant Shuttered By FDA, In First-Ever Use Of New Powers, After Huge Recall

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 27th

WASHINGTON (AP) - The country's largest producer of organic peanut butter will have to prove that its facilities are clean enough to reopen. The Food and Drug Administration suspended the registration of Sunland Inc., Monday, after the New Mexico company's repeated food

ConAgra buying Ralcorp for about $5 billion

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 27th

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - ConAgra Foods is buying the private-label food maker Ralcorp for about $5 billion, which will make it North America's biggest manufacturer of cereals, crackers and other packaged foods sold under store brands. The deal caps a year of acquisitions for ConAgra, which makes

Congo rebels pulling back; fate of Goma uncertain

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 27th

By By MELANIE GOUBY and RUKMINI CALLIMACHIAssociated Press GOMA, Congo (AP) - Rebels who last week seized Goma, one of the most important cities in eastern Congo, said they had pulled back slightly and were on track to leave the city by Friday, in accordance with a deadline imposed by the

FDA suspends operations at peanut butter plant

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 27th

By MARY CLARE JALONICKAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - The Food and Drug Administration is cracking down on a New Mexico peanut butter plant that had repeated food safety violations over several years, using new authority to halt operations at facilities that may be producing unsafe food. The

Burglars Caught On Camera At Deer Park Pawn Shop

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 27th

DEER PARK, Wash –- While most of us were enjoying Thanksgiving Day with our families, the manager of CC's Pawn in Deer Park was cleaning up after an expensive burglary.

2 men sentenced in Fast and Furious gun case

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 27th

By BRIAN SKOLOFFAssociated Press PHOENIX (AP) - Two men were sentenced Monday for their roles in a gun smuggling ring that was part of the U.S. government's botched Operation Fast and Furious, an investigation that unraveled after illegally purchased weapons turned up at the scene of a

FDA halts operations at peanut butter plant

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 26th

By MARY CLARE JALONICKAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - The Food and Drug Administration halted operations of the country's largest organic peanut butter processor Monday, cracking down on salmonella poisoning for the first time with new enforcement authority the agency gained in a 2011