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Post-storm construction hiring may aid US economy

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 4th

By ALEX VEIGA and MATTHEW PERRONEAP Business Writers Hiring in the long-depressed U.S. construction industry will get a boost from the rebuilding that will follow Superstorm Sandy. Those jobs, in turn, could raise economic growth, analysts say. The modest lift to the economy is expected to come

New oil workers key bloc in ND Senate race

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 4th

By DALE WETZELAssociated Press MANNING, N.D. (AP) - Shirley Meyer grew up on a ranch north of Dickinson, N.D., and has represented her rural district in the state House for a decade. But when she knocks on doors in her re-election campaign, she sometimes feels like a stranger in her own home. "

PROMISES, PROMISES: Hours to go, promises to keep

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 4th

By CALVIN WOODWARDAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Mitt Romney has a ton of promises to keep if he becomes president, and that's on his first day alone, never mind the other 1,460 days. Barack Obama was similarly brimming with will-do's in his first presidential campaign, racking them

PROMISES, PROMISES: Hours to go, promises to keep

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 4th

For Romney, Obama, long slog to nail-biter finish

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 4th

By NANCY BENACAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Mitt Romney pulled the plug on his first presidential run on Feb. 7, 2008, and immediately served notice that he wasn't about to fade away. "I hate to lose," he told conservatives that day. Barack Obama wasn't paying too much attention to

For Romney, Obama, long slog to nail-biter finish

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 4th

2012 ad blitz: big money, smaller audience

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 4th

By BETH FOUHYAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - One million ads. More than $1 billion. Ten battleground states. Those eye-popping figures tell the story of the 2012 presidential campaign TV ad blitz - never before has so much money been spent on so many commercials aimed at so few voters.

Will Jersey shore ever be the same after Sandy?

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 4th

By WAYNE PARRYAssociated Press SEASIDE HEIGHTS, N.J. (AP) - It is one of the icons of America, the backdrop to a thousand stories - the place where Tony Soprano's nightmares unfolded, where Nucky Thompson built his "Boardwalk Empire," where Snooki and The Situation brought reality TV to the

GOP pursues last chances to upend Senate Dems

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 3rd

By DONNA CASSATAAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Republicans vigorously pursued their last, longshot chances for taking control of the Senate - Pennsylvania topped their list - as Democrats remained cautiously optimistic that they'd retain their narrow majority after Tuesday's

4 on Japan nuclear safety team took utility money

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 3rd

By YURI KAGEYAMAAP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) - Four members of a Japanese government team that sets atomic reactor safety standards received funding from utility companies or nuclear manufacturers, raising questions about their neutrality in the wake of last year's tsunami-triggered