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South Carolina AP reporter Jim Davenport dies

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 31st

By JEFFREY COLLINSAssociated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - Jim Davenport, an Associated Press reporter who worked doggedly to inform people in South Carolina about what their governors, lawmakers and other powerful officials were doing with their tax money and their influence, died Monday, according

US sailors sue Japanese utility over radiation

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 28th

SAN DIEGO (AP) - Eight U.S. sailors are suing the Tokyo utility that operates the Fukushima nuclear power plant, charging that the company lied about the high level of radiation in the area where they were carrying out a humanitarian mission after the tsunami that triggered the reactor crisis. The

Correction: Southern's Big Bet story

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 28th

DEKALB, Miss. (AP) - In a story Dec. 28 about a coal-fired power plant being built by Southern Co. in Mississippi, The Associated Press reported erroneously in the 10th paragraph that Southern Co. subsidiary Georgia Power is contributing $6 million to the cost of a nuclear power project. That

Ailing Calif nuke plant faces questions on restart

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 26th

By MICHAEL R. BLOODAssociated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) - Federal regulators Wednesday pressed the operator of the San Onofre nuclear power plant for more analysis on its damaged steam generators, as the government considers when, or if, one of the seaside reactors can be restarted safely. San Onofre

Shinzo Abe returns as Japan's prime minister

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 26th

By ERIC TALMADGEAssociated Press TOKYO (AP) - Old-guard veteran Shinzo Abe was voted back into office as prime minister Wednesday and immediately named a new Cabinet, ending three years of liberal administrations and restoring power to his conservative, pro-big-business party that has run Japan for

Shinzo Abe returns as Japan's prime minister

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 26th

New Japan PM: Saving economic crisis top mission

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 26th

By ERIC TALMADGEASSOCIATED PRESS TOKYO (AP) - Shinzo Abe took office as Japan's seventh prime minister in six years Wednesday and vowed to overcome the deep-rooted economic and diplomatic crises facing his country. Abe was elected as Japan's leader hours earlier Wednesday, bringing back to