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Ohioans promoting Richter scale developer legacy

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 25th

By LISA CORNWELLAssociated Press CINCINNATI (AP) - Ohio native Charles Richter's scale for measuring the power of earthquakes isn't as widely used as before, but he has fans determined to make sure his name and legacy don't fade away. A road roundabout will be dedicated in his name

More details sought on mute Boston bomb suspect

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 23rd

By DENISE LAVOIE and EILEEN SULLIVANAssociated Press BOSTON (AP) - The 19-year-old charged with the Boston Marathon bombing, his throat injured by a gunshot wound, wrote down answers to the questions of investigators about his motives and connections to any terror networks. Dzhokhar Tsarnaev's

Halliburton posts 1Q loss on litigation charges

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 22nd

By DAVID KOENIG and BREE FOWLERAP Business Writers DALLAS (AP) - Halliburton Co. said Monday that it lost money in the first quarter after adding $637 million to the reserve it has to cover litigation over the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill. It's also in talks to settle most claims related to

Across America, a week of chaos, horror _ and hope

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 20th

By JESSE WASHINGTONAP National Writer Moment after nail-biting moment, the events shoved us through a week that felt like an unremitting series of tragedies: Deadly bombs. Poison letters. A town shattered by a colossal explosion. A violent manhunt that paralyzed a major city, emptying streets of

Across America, a week of chaos, horror _ and hope

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 20th

American expects flights to return to normal

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 17th

By DAVID KOENIGAP Airlines Writer DALLAS (AP) - American Airlines is promising to run a near-normal operation on Wednesday, and that would be just fine for the tens of thousands of passengers who were stranded by a mammoth technology meltdown at the nation's third-biggest airline. On Tuesday,

Driver in Texas bus wreck also drove in '98 crash

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 12th

By DANNY ROBBINSAssociated Press DALLAS (AP) - The driver of a bus that swerved off a North Texas highway, leaving two passengers dead and dozens injured, was at the wheel in another fatal accident 15 years ago, but an official Friday downplayed the importance of the earlier accident to the pending

Airlines lagging in on-time performance

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 11th

By SCOTT MAYEROWITZAP Airlines Writer NEW YORK (AP) - Airlines are struggling this year to get planes to the gate on time. The government said Thursday that 80.3 percent of flights by U.S. carriers arrived on time in January and February. That's down from a record 84.9 percent during last year

Argentina: flooding from torrential rains kill 41

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 3rd

By CRISTIAN KOVADLOFFAssociated Press LA PLATA, Argentina (AP) - At least 35 people were killed by flooding overnight in Argentina's Buenos Aires province, the governor said Wednesday, bringing the overall death toll from days of torrential rains to at least 41 and leaving large stretches of

Early number sense plays role in later math skills

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on March 26th

By LAURAN NEERGAARDAP Medical Writer WASHINGTON (AP) - We know a lot about how babies learn to talk, and youngsters learn to read. Now scientists are unraveling the earliest building blocks of math - and what children know about numbers as they begin first grade seems to play a big role in how well