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Disney to make new 'Star Wars' films, buy Lucas co

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 30th

By RYAN NAKASHIMAAP Business Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) - A decade since George Lucas said "Star Wars" was finished on the big screen, a new trilogy under new ownership is destined for theaters after The Walt Disney Co. announced Tuesday that it would buy Lucasfilm Ltd. from him for $4.05 billion

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Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 30th

By The Associated Press ___ Storm's cost may hit $50 billion; rebuilding to ease blow WASHINGTON (AP) - Superstorm Sandy will end up causing about $20 billion in property damages and $10 billion to $30 billion more in lost business, according to IHS Global Insight, a forecasting firm. In

Disney To Make New 'Star Wars' Films After Buying Lucasfilm For $4.05 Billion

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 30th

LOS ANGELES (AP) - A decade after George Lucas said "Star Wars" was finished on the big screen, a new trilogy is destined for theaters as The Walt Disney Co. announced Tuesday that it was buying Lucasfilm Ltd. for $4.05 billion. The seventh movie, with a working title of "Episode 7," is set

Disney to make new 'Star Wars' films, buy Lucas co

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 30th

By RYAN NAKASHIMAAP Business Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) - A decade after George Lucas said "Star Wars" was finished on the big screen, a new trilogy is destined for theaters as The Walt Disney Co. announced Tuesday that it was buying Lucasfilm Ltd. for $4.05 billion. The seventh movie, with a

Coast Guard searches on for tall ship's captain

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 30th

By EMERY P. DALESIO and TAMARA LUSHAssociated Press ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) - Robin Walbridge had been in a lot of dicey situations as the captain of the HMS Bounty, an 18th-century replica tall ship that was the set of countless movie dramas. But none of his journeys was as treacherous,

Sandy leaves death, damp and darkness in wake

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 30th

By ALLEN G. BREED and TOM HAYSAssociated Press NEW YORK (AP) - As superstorm Sandy marched slowly inland, millions along the East Coast awoke Tuesday without power or mass transit, with huge swaths of the nation's largest city unusually vacant and dark. New York was among the hardest hit,

Sandy leaves death, damp and darkness in wake

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 30th

By ALLEN G. BREED and TOM HAYSAssociated Press NEW YORK (AP) - As Superstorm Sandy marched slowly inland, millions along the East Coast awoke Tuesday without power or mass transit, with huge swaths of the nation's largest city unusually vacant and dark. New York was among the hardest hit,

Coastal areas bear brunt of Sandy's damaging wrath

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 30th

By GEOFF MULVIHILL and KATIE ZEZIMAAssociated Press ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) - A string of New Jersey's barrier islands got cut off from the mainland by storm surges. Crashing waves shattered part of a landmark fishing pier in Maryland. And dangerous winds forced the busy port in Portland,

Sandy leaves death, damp and darkness in wake

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 29th

Sandy leaves death, damp and darkness in wake

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 29th