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Amphibious vehicle to go on sale soon in US

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 14th

By DEE-ANN DURBINAP Auto Writer DETROIT (AP) - Amphibious vehicles could soon be zooming out of James Bond's garage - or pond - and into yours. The Quadski - a one-person all-terrain vehicle that doubles as a personal watercraft - is being billed by its makers as the first high-speed,

GOP senator alleges cover-up on Libya

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 14th

By ANNE FLAHERTYAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - A senior Republican senator on Sunday accused President Barack Obama's aides of deliberately covering up the details of the Sept. 11 attack in Libya that killed a U.S. ambassador so that voters wouldn't question Obama's handling of

For dollars' worth of copper farmers out thousands

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 14th

By TRACIE CONEAssociated Press DOS PALOS, Calif. (AP) - Cannon Michael is a folk hero across California's agriculture heartland, where these days the price of scrap metal influences a farmer's bottom line as much that of the fine pima cotton he grows. When thieves tore up yet another

WHY IT MATTERS: Auto bailout

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 14th

By TOM KRISHERAP Auto Writer The issue: The government bailout of General Motors and Chrysler is one of the most polarizing issues of the presidential campaign. Many Americans wonder why $62 billion in tax dollars went to keeping the two automakers afloat in 2008 and 2009. There's little

Fewer qualms for gun-rights groups over Romney now

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 14th

By BRIAN BAKSTAssociated Press ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - Gun-rights groups perceive President Barack Obama as a threat to unfettered access to firearms. They once had qualms about Mitt Romney, too. But times and circumstances have changed for Romney, the GOP presidential nominee now in tune with

Big separatist gains in local Belgian elections

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 14th

By RAF CASERTAssociated Press BRUSSELS (AP) - The leader of a separatist party won the race to become mayor of Antwerp, Europe's second biggest port city, and vowed Sunday to use the power base to seek wider autonomy for Belgium's wealthy Dutch-speaking region of Flanders. Bart De Wever

Italy's secret anti-mob weapon: witness protection

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 14th

By VICTOR L. SIMPSONAssociated Press ROME (AP) - A woman who dares to cooperate with police in the fight against a dreaded Italian mob network is murdered, her body dumped in a barrel of acid in the countryside near Milan. Her 17-year-old daughter steps forward and testifies, helping to send

Debate preparation trumps 2012 campaigning Sunday

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 14th

By JULIE PACE and STEVE PEOPLESAssociated Press BURLINGTON, Mass. (AP) - As Mitt Romney's campaign claimed new momentum in the race for the White House, President Barack Obama's political advisers on Sunday promised the incumbent would unleash his more aggressive side in Tuesday's

Debate preparation trumps 2012 campaigning Sunday

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 14th

Bernanke: Fed policies to help emerging markets

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 14th

By MARTIN CRUTSINGERAP Economics Writer Chairman Ben Bernanke is rejecting arguments that the Federal Reserve's bold moves to bolster U.S. job growth could have unwanted consequences in emerging market countries. In a speech Sunday, Bernanke disagreed with criticism that the Fed's