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Waste Connections buying R360 for about $1.3B

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 17th

THE WOODLANDS, Texas (AP) - Solid waste services company Waste Connections is buying R360 Environmental Solutions Inc. for about $1.3 billion in cash. Waste Connections said Monday that the transaction is a natural extension of its exploration and production disposal services. R360 provides non-

Waste Connections buying R360 for about $1.3B

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 17th

Chicago teachers to again consider ending strike

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 17th

By MICHAEL TARM and SOPHIA TAREENAssociated Press CHICAGO (AP) - An angry Mayor Rahm Emanuel's appeal to the courts to end a six-day teachers strike in the nation's third largest city set off a new round of recriminations Monday, but did little to end a walkout that has left parents

Older drivers face confusing array of license laws

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 17th

By LAURAN NEERGAARDAP Medical Writer WASHINGTON (AP) - Jerry Wiseman notices it's harder to turn and check his car's blind spots at age 69 than it was at 50. So the Illinois man and his wife took a refresher driving course, hunting tips to stay safe behind the wheel for many more years

Idaho couple works to recovers drowning victims

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 16th

By JESSIE L. BONNERAssociated Press KUNA, Idaho (AP) - Gene Ralston and his wife left their home in southwestern Idaho less than a week after he had a coronary angioplasty, putting another 2,400 miles on their motorhome while traveling to and from Canada with their aluminum boat. Ralston's

Young illegal immigrants may get driver's licenses

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 15th

By GOSIA WOZNIACKAAssociated Press FRESNO, Calif. (AP) - When 17-year-old Alondra Esquivel needs to get from her rural central California home to classes at Fresno State University 20 miles away, she must rely on rides from her relatives or her boyfriend. Most Californians her age can drive.

Did battle, and US future, hang on thread of fate?

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 15th

By CHRISTOPHER SULLIVANAssociated Press SHARPSBURG, Md. (AP) - From as far away as Minnesota, Colorado and Ohio they came, more than 30 members of the Bloss and Mitchell families who converged on the hallowed Civil War fighting grounds of rural Maryland. John McKnight Bloss, now 81, had just

Tropical Storm Lane forms far out in Pacific

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 15th

MIAMI (AP) - Forecasters say Tropical Storm Lane has formed in the eastern Pacific Ocean but that it poses no threat to land. The National Hurricane Center in Miami says Lane is 1145 miles (1843 kilometers) southwest of the southern tip of Mexico's Baja California and has maximum sustained

US rig count unchanged at 1,864

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 14th

HOUSTON (AP) - The number of rigs actively exploring for oil and natural gas in the U.S. remained unchanged this week at 1,864. Houston-based oilfield services company Baker Hughes Inc. reported Friday that 1,413 rigs were exploring for oil and 448 were searching for gas. Three were listed as

Judge asked to toss claims spill hurt BP brand

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 14th

By MICHAEL KUNZELMANAssociated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) - BP PLC is asking a federal judge to dismiss claims by its fuel dealers that the 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico diminished the value of the BP brand and cost them business. U.S. District Judge Carl Barbier didn't immediately rule