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No protesters at NM coyote contest

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 17th

By Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) - No protesters showed up Saturday at a New Mexico gun shop sponsoring a coyote hunting contest this weekend that set off howls of protests from animal activists. In fact, television and radio reporters milling in the shop's parking lot were the

Dolphins found shot, slashed, stabbed with tool

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 17th

GULFPORT, Miss. (AP) - Authorities are investigating several attacks on dolphins in the northern Gulf of Mexico after some were found with gunshot wounds, cuts and missing jaws. The Sun Herald reports (http://bit.ly/QN0xUt ) that the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has issued a "

Coast Guard ends search for 2 after oil rig fire

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 17th

By MICHAEL KUNZELMANAssociated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) - The Coast Guard on Saturday evening called off its search for two workers missing after an explosion and fire on an oil platform in the Gulf of Mexico a day earlier. Four others workers were badly burned in the blaze, which evoked memories

Coast Guard ends search for 2 after oil rig fire

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 17th

New Mexico coyote hunting contest sparks protests

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 16th

By RUSSELL CONTRERASAssociated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) - The terms of the competition are simple: Hunters in New Mexico have two days this weekend to shoot and kill as many coyotes as they can, and the winners get their choice of a free shotgun or a pair of semi-automatic rifles. But the

Rigs exploring for oil and gas in US up this week

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 16th

HOUSTON (AP) - The number of rigs actively exploring for oil and natural gas in the U.S. rose this week by three, to 1,809. Texas-based oilfield services company Baker Hughes Inc. reported Friday that 1,390 rigs were exploring for oil and 417 were searching for gas. Two were listed as miscellaneous

2 missing, 4 badly burned in Gulf platform fire

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 16th

By MICHAEL KUNZELMANAssociated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) - The Coast Guard was searching late Friday for two workers missing after a fire erupted on an oil platform in the Gulf of Mexico, sending an ominous black plume of smoke into the air reminiscent of the 2010 Deepwater Horizon explosion that

Federal inspectors flying to oil platform fire

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 16th

By STEPHEN BRAUNAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - A federal official says a team of environmental enforcement inspectors is flying to the scene of an oil platform fire in the Gulf of Mexico following reports of an explosion on the rig earlier Friday. David Smith, a spokesman for the Interior

Glum Spain hosts summit for booming Latam nations

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 16th

By ALAN CLENDENNING and JORGE SAINZAssociated Press CADIZ, Spain (AP) - In an historic role reversal, recession-hit Spain and Portugal on Friday courted the Latin American leaders of their former colonies, countries that now enjoy some of the strongest economic growth in the world. Spain's

EPA turns down states' request for ethanol waiver

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 16th

By MARY CLARE JALONICKAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - The Environmental Protection Agency on Friday denied requests from several governors to waive production requirements for corn-based ethanol. A renewable fuels law requires that 13.2 billion gallons of ethanol be produced by this year and