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Ex-oilman Welby named archbishop of Canterbury

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 9th

By ROBERT BARRAssociated Press LONDON (AP) - How will Justin Welby lead the world's Anglicans and heal their deep divisions? Even he is not sure yet. Welby generated high hopes but few clear expectations Friday as British Prime Minister David Cameron announced the 56-year-old former oil

Union workers strike at Raley's supermarket chain

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 4th

By JOHN S. MARSHALLAssociated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Union workers at Raley's supermarket chain, which operates more than 100 stores in California and Nevada, went on strike Sunday after last-ditch efforts to reach a new contract failed. The strike, which marked the first against Raley

Union workers strike at Raley's supermarket chain

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 4th

Union Musicians Strike, Saturday's Concert Canceled

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 3rd

SPOKANE, Wash. - The union representing the musicians of the Spokane Symphony have rejected the latest contract offer from the Spokane Symphony Society. Union members will strike on Saturday, Nov. 3, 2012 at 5 p.m. Saturday night's SuperPops performance will

Union Musicians Strike, Saturday's Concert Canceled

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 3rd

Syria truce collapse shows limits of diplomacy

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 28th

By ZEINA KARAMAssociated Press BEIRUT (AP) - Syria's air force fired missiles and dropped barrel bombs on rebel strongholds while opposition fighters attacked regime positions Sunday, flouting a U.N.-backed cease-fire that was supposed to quiet fighting over a long holiday weekend but never

Bombings, clashes leave Syria truce in tatters

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 27th

By KARIN LAUBAssociated Press BEIRUT (AP) - A Syrian warplane flattened a three-story building, suspected rebels detonated a deadly car bomb and both sides traded gunfire in several hotspots across the country Saturday, activists said, leaving a U.N.-backed holiday truce in tatters on its

Former US Sen. Mitchell won't mediate Calif. talks

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 26th

By GARANCE BURKEAssociated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Former U.S. Sen. George Mitchell has stepped down from overseeing private settlement talks over a deadly Northern California pipeline explosion after state regulators set up a mediation process criticized by several parties as an unfair,

Car bombs, violence mar Syria's shaky truce

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 26th

By KARIN LAUB and ZEINA KARAMAssociated Press BEIRUT (AP) - Two deadly car bombs and sporadic fighting marred a shaky holiday truce Friday in Syria, although thousands of protesters used the brief respite in the civil war to pour into the streets and demand President Bashar Assad's ouster.

UN Security Council endorses Syria holiday truce

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 24th

By BEN HUBBARD and KARIN LAUBAssociated Press BEIRUT (AP) - The U.N. Security Council gave unanimous backing Wednesday to a four-day truce proposed by the international mediator for Syria to mark a major Muslim holiday after he warned that the failure of yet another cease-fire plan would only