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Ohio to review case after boy's malnutrition death

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 15th

VERMILION, Ohio (AP) - Ohio's family services agency plans to investigate county social workers who dealt with a family whose youngest son recently died of malnutrition and dehydration, but will wait until a criminal investigation is completed, a spokesman said Thursday. Erie County Job and

Target upbeat about holidays after 3Q climbs

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 15th

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Target Corp. is optimistic heading into the critical holiday shopping season after a strong third quarter. The holiday shopping season can make up 40 percent of a retailer's annual revenue - and Target expects this year to be "highly competitive and promotional," said Kathryn

Socialite's climb halted by unfolding scandal

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 15th

By ALLEN G. BREED and DONNA CASSATA and TAMARA LUSHAssociated Press TAMPA, Fla. (AP) - Jill Kelley's climb to the top of Tampa's social ladder may be as spectacular as her fall from it. Accounts of lavish parties at her bay front mansion with politicians and military generals have been

Obama vows not to forget storm victims rebuilding

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 15th

By MATTHEW DALYAssociated Press NEW YORK (AP) - President Barack Obama vowed Thursday to stick with New Yorkers still struggling 17 days after Superstorm Sandy "until the rebuilding is complete" after getting an up-close look at devastated neighborhoods rendered unlivable. Obama brought the

Obama vows not to forget storm victims rebuilding

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 15th

News Summary: Congress probes meningitis outbreak

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 14th

By The Associated Press CALL FOR CLARITY: The head of the Food and Drug Administration asked Congress to give her agency greater authority over compounding pharmacies, at the first hearing to examine a deadly meningitis outbreak tied to contaminated steroid injections. REPUBLICAN PUSHBACK:

Arguments from both sides about emissions program

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 14th

By The Associated Press California launched its "cap-and-trade" system on Wednesday by holding its first auction for pollution permits - a process that will put a price on carbon emissions. The program works by placing a limit, or cap, on emissions from individual polluters such as power plants

Sandy, careful consumers lower US retail sales

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 14th

By ANNE D'INNOCENZIO and CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABERAP Business Writers WASHINGTON (AP) - Superstorm Sandy combined with cautious consumers to lower retail sales in October and raise concerns about weaker economic growth and a tepid holiday shopping season. Consumers may also be holding back

Israel moves troops toward Gaza

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 14th

By IBRAHIM BARZAK and JOSEF FEDERMANAssociated Press GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) - Palestinian militants barraged Israel with more than 200 rockets on Thursday, killing three people as Israel pressed a punishing campaign of airstrikes on militant targets across the Gaza Strip. Three rockets

EU OKs Bristol-Myers, AstraZeneca diabetes drug

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 14th

By The Associated Press PRINCETON, N.J. (AP) - Drugmakers Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. and AstraZeneca PLC say their experimental diabetes pill has gotten its first major approval, in the European Union. Forxiga (for-SEE'-gah), a once-a-day pill for adult Type 2 diabetes patients, is the first