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Dem leader to GOP: Compromise to avert defense cut

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on July 12th

By DONNA CASSATAAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - The Senate's Democratic leader insisted on Thursday that if House Republicans desperately want to avert automatic cuts to the military, they have to compromise and make tax increases part of any solution. In a biting letter to the GOP members

Corn pushes higher as crops shrivel in heat wave

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on July 12th

By SANDY SHOREAP Business Writer The price of corn jumped 4 percent Thursday as crops continue to shrivel in a relentless heat wave across much of the country. December corn futures rose 28.25 cents to end at $7.3225 per bushel. That's the highest price since August. About 30 percent of the

1 chimp dead, 1 tranquilized after Vegas escape

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on July 12th

By KEN RITTER and MICHELLE RINDELS LAS VEGAS (AP) - Two chimpanzees escaped a Las Vegas backyard and rampaged through a neighborhood Thursday, pounding on cars and jumping into at least one vehicle before police killed one primate and tranquilized the other, authorities said. No people were hurt

Boehner says no decision on farm bill vote

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By JIM ABRAMSAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - House Speaker John Boehner said Thursday that no decision has been made on House consideration of a five-year, $500-billion farm and nutrition bill that has cleared the Senate and was approved earlier in the day by the House Agriculture Committee

How to make an authentic McDonald’s Big Mac right in your kitchen

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on July 12th

By Natt GarunProvided by From the same producers that brought you the behind the scenes look at why McDonald's advertisements make food products look different than the actual thing, McDonald's Canada is back to answer fan questions with a video demonstration.

How to make an authentic McDonald’s Big Mac right in your kitchen

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on July 12th

Review: 'Quantum Conundrum' blinds with science

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on July 12th

By LOU KESTENAssociated Press Disc-based video games, the ones that cost $60 and come in a plastic box, may be heading the way of the VHS cassette and the eight-track tape. Many industry pundits believe that by 2020, if not sooner, you'll download all your games - just as you do now with

US concerns grow over Mali unrest

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on July 12th

By JOSH LEDERMANAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - The Obama administration moved Thursday to boost assistance to people fleeing violence in northern Mali, where radical Islamists and rebels have taken advantage of political chaos in the west African country to attack villages and destroy

Ex-NKorean star recalls 'ping pong diplomacy'

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on July 12th

By BY JEAN H. LEEAssociated Press PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) - Her eyes well up when Li Pun Hui recalls her role in a historic example of "ping pong diplomacy." In 1991, the North Korean table tennis star paired with her archrival, South Korea's Hyun Jung-hwa, as part of the first "unified

Research murky on danger of Asian carp invasion

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on July 12th

By JOHN FLESHERAP Environmental Writer HAVANA, Ill. (AP) - As scientists aboard a research boat activate an electric current, the calm Illinois River transforms into a roiling, silvery mass. Asian carp by the dozen hurtle from the water as if shot from a gun, soaring in graceful arcs before