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Investigators: Missing family left US voluntarily

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 9th

By ELLIOT SPAGATAssociated Press SAN DIEGO (AP) - Investigators said Tuesday they believe a couple that abruptly disappeared with their two young boys left for Mexico voluntarily, a statement that closes a chapter on an exhaustive search that began more than three years ago. The search for Joseph

Powerful winds lash California, Arizona

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 8th

By SHAYA TAYEFE MOHAJERAssociated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) - Powerful winds raked much of California on Monday, toppling trees, causing scattered power outages, whipping up blinding dust storms, and sending waves crashing ashore as a vigorous spring weather system swept through the state on its way

NM school bus crashes into embankment; driver dead

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 8th

By RUSSELL CONTRERASAssociated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) - A bus driver died and nine students were injured Monday when a school bus went off a road and lodged in an embankment in northern New Mexico, authorities said Monday. The driver died at the scene of the crash that investigators said

Calif. governor looks to China for investments

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 6th

By JULIET WILLIAMSAssociated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - California Gov. Jerry Brown has designs on building some of the most expensive public works projects in the nation and wants to keep the state moving forward in its slow recovery from the recession. Where better to go searching for the

Calif. governor looks to China for investments

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 6th

Study: Mexican wages fall below Chinese levels

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 5th

MEXICO CITY (AP) - Mexico is looking to penetrate the Chinese market after a new report suggested that Mexican labor costs have fallen below those of China. President Enrique Pena Nieto visited Hong Kong on Friday, and said "I am convinced that Mexican products should take advantage of the dynamism

Interior chief sees many wind farms in US future

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 5th

By MATTHEW DALYAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Interior Secretary Ken Salazar voiced optimism Friday that the nation's first offshore wind farm will soon break ground after more than a decade of delays and be followed by more off the Atlantic coast. "I think there's a good chance it will

Salazar: Cape Wind could break ground this year

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 5th

By MATTHEW DALYAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Interior Secretary Ken Salazar said Friday he is optimistic that the nation's first offshore wind farm will break ground this year after more than a decade of delays. Salazar said in an interview with The Associated Press that he thinks "there

Comedy on Mexico income gap a big screen hit

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 5th

By ADRIANA GOMEZ LICONAssociated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) - A construction magnate's preppy son is forced to drive one of Mexico City's battered green buses, while his spoiled sister waits tables at a cantina in a miniskirt and non-designer shoes. Their credit cards have been canceled, their

Worker thrown from Ala. dock where ship torn loose

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 4th

By MELISSA NELSON-GABRIEL and PHILLIP LUCASAssociated Press MOBILE, Ala. (AP) - Authorities were searching for a shipyard worker who was thrown into the water in strong winds that also tore a troubled Carnival cruise ship away from its mooring at an Alabama port. The man was one of two people in a