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Gas prices spurt as Gulf's rigs, refineries brace for hurricane Isaac

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on August 29th

By Ron Scherer Just before millions of Americans get ready to hit the road for a Labor Day getaway, the price of gasoline is on the rise. Blame hurricane Isaac. In advance of the storm hitting the New Orleans area, about half of the refineries in the storm's path had shut down for safety

UPDATE: Wildfire Near Grand Coulee Dam 93% Contained, 11,000+ Acres Burned

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on August 16th

Press Release: By Saturday afternoon, containment of the Buffalo Lake Road fire had increased to 93%. Mop up continues to progress as firefighters work to ensure that the fire perimeter is brought under control. The Bureau of Indian Affairs and the Washington Department

Seattle Medical Marijuana Dispensary Robbed

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on July 28th

SEATTLE (AP) - Armed robbers took 40 plants from a medical marijuana dispensary early Saturday in Seattle. Police say three men forced their way inside the dispensary about 4:30 a.m. and two were armed with handguns. They held the 70-year-old night watchman at gunpoint.

Investigators: Ohio teen suspected in drug ring

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on July 16th

LEBANON, Ohio (AP) - The drug kingpin had six lieutenants, selling as much as $20,000 of high-grade homegrown marijuana every month to high school students, careful not to do business on school grounds where they knew it was riskier, investigators said. And all this before he graduated. A 17-year-

In Calif., more Latinos among strawberry growers.

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on July 14th

By GOSIA WOZNIACKAAssociated Press SALINAS, Calif. (AP) - Alejandro Ramirez was 15 when he crossed the U.S.-Mexico border to work alongside his father and brother in California's strawberry fields. He spent 12 years toiling for a large grower, living with his wife and child in a garage,

Duke Energy's troubles far from over, analysts say

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on July 14th

By EMERY P. DALESIOAP Business Writer RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - Business experts who follow Duke Energy Corp. say the country's biggest electric company has months of problems ahead after ousting the Progress Energy CEO who had been long been promised the job as chief of the post-merger giant.

Dry weather pushes corn prices higher

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on July 13th

By The Associated Press Corn prices jumped again Friday, driven higher by worries about hot, dry weather in the Midwest. December contracts for corn jumped 8 cents, or 1.1 percent, to $7.4025 per bushel. That followed a 4 percent increase the day before, and is the highest price in about 11

Ford says Europe sales off 10 pct in 1st half

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on July 13th

By TOM KRISHERAP Auto Writer DETROIT (AP) - The slowing economy dragged down Ford Motor Co.'s European sales during the first half of the year, with the company predicting that the region's overall sales would drop to the lowest level since 1994. Ford sales fell 10 percent from January

Chinese industrialist behind Hawker Beechcraft bid

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on July 13th

By JOE McDONALD and ROXANA HEGEMANAssociated Press WICHITA, Kan. (AP) - In Beijing, Shenzong Cheng is known as the "Helicopter King of China," an industrialist who's been quietly building a small empire in aviation manufacturing. But he remains largely unknown in America, where the

Opel CEO Stracke resigns in middle of turnaround

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on July 12th

By DAVID McHUGH and TOM KRISHERAP Business Writers FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) - The CEO of General Motors' loss-making European business abruptly stepped down on Thursday, a sign that the automaker's top management wants to speed up what has been a slow-moving restructuring plan. Karl-