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News summary: Entrepreneurship grows with economy

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 29th

By By The Associated Press ENTREPRENEURIAL SPIRIT: A study by researchers at Babson College and Baruch College found that the number of people starting or running new businesses grew 60 percent to 29 million in 2011. FUTURE FORTUNES: Forty percent of those entrepreneurs expected to create more

Sandy delivers heavy blow to US economy

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By By MARTIN CRUTSINGERAP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) - Superstorm Sandy packed a bigger economic punch than most people had thought. In its sweep through the Northeast, the storm halted sales at major retailers at the start of the crucial holiday shopping season, closed factories and

NJ mayor to live on food stamps starting Tuesday

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By By KATIE ZEZIMAAssociated Press NEWARK, N.J. (AP) - Mayor Cory Booker said he will live on food stamps for a week starting Tuesday. Booker told The Associated Press on Thursday that he will honor the challenge he made to a Twitter follower earlier this month and try living on the monetary

Report: Extending jobless benefits creates jobs

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By By SAM HANANELAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Extending the current level of long-term unemployment benefits for another year would add 300,000 jobs to the economy, according to a report from the Congressional Budget Office. The analysis released Wednesday from the nonpartisan office

Review: Rooming with strangers _ a game of trust

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By By BARBARA ORTUTAYAP Technology Writer NEW YORK (AP) - "Do we still have a TV?" That's the text message I got from my husband as I walked up the steps to our Brooklyn apartment on a Friday afternoon this fall. I was fairly sure that we did. I opened the door. Cats, check. TV, check. He

Creditors group backs new board at stand-alone AMR

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By By DAVID KOENIGAP Business Writer DALLAS (AP) - A group of creditors say that if American Airlines parent AMR Corp. emerges from bankruptcy as an independent company it should have a new board of directors. The group represents financial investors that, as of a court filing in September,

UPDATE: Woman Leaves Children Along Side Of I-90

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 29th

COEUR d'ALENE, Idaho - A mother accused of leaving her children along a busy interstate has been extradited to Kootenai County to face charges. 27-year-old Shannon Germanton (Duval) was transported to the Kootenai County jail to face two felony counts of injury to

UPDATE: Woman Leaves Children Along Side Of I-90

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 29th

UPDATE: Woman Leaves Children Along Side Of I-90

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 29th

UPDATE: On Thursday Shannon Germanton (Duval) waived the right to a preliminary hearing. She's expected to plead guilty to one of the original felony injury to child charges. The arraignment date has not been set. PREVIOUS STORY: COEUR d'ALENE, Idaho - A mother accused of

NASA: Closest planet to sun, Mercury, harbors ice

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By By MARCIA DUNNAP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - Just in time for Christmas, scientists have confirmed a vast amount of ice at the north pole - on Mercury, the closest planet to the sun. The findings are from NASA's Mercury-orbiting probe, Messenger, and the subject of three