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Review: Gift guide to full-size tablets

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 23rd

By PETER SVENSSONAP Technology Writer NEW YORK (AP) - Tablets are at the top of many wish lists this holiday season. But what to get? The choice used to be pretty limited, with the iPad dominating the latecomers. But this year, the field is more even, as tablets from Apple's competitors

Review: Gift guide to full-size tablets

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 23rd

EU pays $230M a year to keep Parliament on road

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 23rd

By ROBERT WIELAARDAssociated Press BRUSSELS (AP) - If European Union leaders are looking to save some serious money, they might look no further than the "traveling circus" that is the European Parliament. The EU assembly leads a pricey and nomadic life. Once a month, it shifts thousands of

Budget clash leaves EU summit close to failure

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 23rd

By CARLO PIOVANO and DON MELVINAssociated Press BRUSSELS (AP) - The prospect of failure loomed over a European Union leaders' summit intended to lay out the 27-country bloc's long-term spending plans. While heavyweights like Britain and France are pulling in opposite directions, smaller

Cyprus bailout talks make 'good progress'

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 23rd

By MENELAOS HADJICOSTISAssociated Press NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) - Cyprus' potential international creditors said Friday they have made "good progress" in negotiations on a possible bailout for the crisis-hit country. Despite earlier hopes that a deal was imminent, representatives from the so-

Egypt clashes as president defends his new powers

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 23rd

By AYA BATRAWY and MAGGIE MICHAELAssociated Press CAIRO (AP) - Supporters and opponents of President Mohammed Morsi clashed Friday in the worst violence since he took office, while he defended a decision to give himself near-absolute power to root out what he called "weevils eating away at the

German Parliament blocks Switzerland tax treaty

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 23rd

BERLIN (AP) - Opposition parties in Germany's upper house of Parliament on Friday blocked a new agreement with Switzerland aimed at ending a long-running dispute over German tax cheats who hide their money in Swiss banks. The deal, which was to have gone into force Jan. 1, would have allowed

Calif.-Vegas party train could hit tracks in 2013

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 23rd

By MICHELLE RINDELSAssociated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) - As if a weekend in Las Vegas isn't wild enough for Southern Californians, a Nevada entrepreneur is about to add five more hours of party to either end. After striking an agreement with Union Pacific Railroad last week, the Las Vegas

Markets solid as US shoppers hit the mall

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 23rd

By PAN PYLASAP Business Writer LONDON (AP) - Europe's squabbling leaders failed to douse the prevailing optimism in the markets this week, with investors hopeful about the start of the U.S. shopping season and an imminent decision to give Greece billions more in cash to avoid bankruptcy.

Tax increases could factor in MLB negotiations

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 23rd

By RONALD BLUMAP Sports Writer Team executives and agents wandered into the Agave Sunset lounge at the resort where the general managers' meetings were held in Indian Wells, Calif. Four of the six flat-screen televisions were showing election coverage, with the other two turned to sports.