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Metals lead gains for commodities as dollar slumps

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 23rd

NEW YORK (AP) - Precious metals advanced Friday, with silver and gold both reaching one-month highs, as a slump in the dollar made them more attractive to hold as investments. Palladium for December delivery led the gains, rising $16.30, or 2.5 percent, to $667.60 an ounce. December silver gained

Idaho falconers channel history, hunt with raptors

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 23rd

By JOHN MILLERAssociated Press KUNA, Idaho (AP) - Gary Moon releases "Laser," his young prairie falcon, as the sun's first rays set southern Idaho's desert horizon ablaze. The two-pound female, a tiny radio transmitter strapped to each leg, lifts from Moon's leather gauntlet and

A look at powers decreed by Egypt's president

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 23rd

By The Associated Press Egypt's President Mohammed Morsi issued decrees giving himself broad powers and effectively neutering the judiciary. Morsi, an Islamist hailing from the Muslim Brotherhood, defends the step as necessary to clear obstacles holding up Egypt's transition,

Facebook and volatile market still chill IPOs

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 23rd

By STEVE ROTHWELLAP Business Writer Making a killing on initial public offerings used to be easy. At the peak of the technology boom, little more than a decade ago, a plentiful supply of companies vied to sell stock on the exchanges, and investors were assured mouthwatering returns. These days

Egypt clashes as president defends his new powers

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 23rd

By AYA BATRAWY and MAGGIE MICHAELAssociated Press CAIRO (AP) - Supporters and opponents of President Mohammed Morsi clashed Friday in the worst violence since he took office, while he defended a decision to give himself near-absolute power to root out what he called "weevils eating away at the

Gaza crowds surge at Israel border fence, 1 dead

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 23rd

By KARIN LAUB and SARAH EL DEEBAssociated Press GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) - Israeli troops fired on Gazans surging toward Israel's border fence Friday, killing one person but leaving intact the fragile two-day-old cease-fire between Hamas and the Jewish state. The truce, which calls for an

Oil prices climb on new Gaza-Israel fears

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 23rd

By SCOTT MAYEROWITZAP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) - Oil prices climbed Friday after Israeli troops fired on crowds in Gaza surging toward the border fence, killing one Palestinian. Benchmark crude ended the trading day up 90 cents to $88.28 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange. Brent

NC activists angered by killing of 3-legged bear

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 23rd

By MITCH WEISSAssociated Press BURNSVILLE, N.C. (AP) - A skinny, three-legged black bear had become a fixture at an upscale housing community deep in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina, rummaging through trash cans and playfully ambling along the golf course After the bear started

Egypt's Morsi grants himself far-reaching powers

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 22nd

By HAMZA HENDAWIAssociated Press CAIRO (AP) - Egypt's Islamist president unilaterally decreed greater authorities for himself Thursday and effectively neutralized a judicial system that had emerged as a key opponent by declaring that the courts are barred from challenging his decisions.

Official: Man killed zoo monkey during theft try

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 22nd

By JOHN MILLERAssociated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) - A 22-year-old man clubbed a monkey to death with a tree branch, after he was bitten by the animal while trying to steal it from a Boise zoo, prosecutors allege. Michael J. Watkins entered Zoo Boise on Saturday morning, manipulated a lock to get