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East about to be overrun by billions of cicadas

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 6th

By SETH BORENSTEINAP Science Writer WASHINGTON (AP) - Any day now, billions of cicadas with bulging red eyes will crawl out of the earth after 17 years underground and overrun the East Coast. The insects will arrive in such numbers that people from North Carolina to Connecticut will be outnumbered

Jailed protesters cast shadow on anti-Putin rally

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 6th

By MAX SEDDONAssociated Press MOSCOW (AP) - About 20,000 protesters thronged Bolotnaya Square across from the Kremlin on Monday, a year after a protest at the same spot turned violent on the eve of President Vladimir Putin's inauguration. Monday's turnout - far less than the 100,000 or more

Colbert Busch raises affair in debate with Sanford

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 30th

By BRUCE SMITHAssociated Press CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) - With only eight days to go before a special congressional election, the chief rival to former South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford went for the jugular in the candidates' only debate, homing in on the extramarital affair that nearly destroyed

Colbert Busch raises affair in debate with Sanford

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 30th

Tesco prepares US exit with sale of Fresh & Easy

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 17th

By DANICA KIRKAAssociated Press LONDON (AP) - Tesco PLC, Britain's largest retailer by sales, is to pull out of the U.S., selling off its lossmaking Fresh & Easy supermarket chain at a cost of 1.2 billion pounds after it failed to transfer its winning formula from the U.K. to the western

Austin expected to be next stop for Google Fiber

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 9th

By PAUL J. WEBERAssociated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - Google Inc. is expected to name tech-savvy Austin as the second city where the search giant will offer its ultra-fast home Internet service. Google and Texas Gov. Rick Perry scheduled a Tuesday morning announcement in Austin. Industry groups and

CONSUMER ALERT: AAA: Average Price Of Gas In Washington $3.73

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 8th

BELLEVUE, Wash. (AP) - The AAA auto club reports the average price of a gallon of gasoline in Washington is $3.73. That's down a penny in a week and 8 cents in a month. It's 14 cents higher than the national average. Some metro prices Monday from the AAA

FINALS WATCH: 'Russdiculous,' Beilein followers

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 7th

ATLANTA (AP) - Around the Final Four and its host city with journalists from The Associated Press bringing the flavor and details of everything surrounding the games. ___ 'RUSSDICULOUS' Russ Smith has a reputation for being a little, shall we say, out there. This, after all, is the player

Wall street stocks little changed; Best Buy soars

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 4th

By STEVE ROTHWELLMarkets Writer NEW YORK (AP) - Stocks were little changed on Wall Street ahead of the release of the government's March employment report Friday. The Dow Jones industrial average was up six points, or 0.05 percent, to 14,557 as of 12:45 p.m. EDT Thursday. The Standard &

United delays Denver-Toyko service as 787s sit

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on March 29th

CHICAGO (AP) - United Airlines is delaying its new Denver-Tokyo service - again - because its new Boeing 787 jets remain grounded. United said Friday that service between Denver and Tokyo's Narita Airport will begin June 10. The airline had already pushed back the original March 31 start to at