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Five days of fear: What happened in Boston

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 21st

By ADAM GELLERAP National Writer BOSTON (AP) - In the tight rows of chairs stretched across the Commonwealth Ballroom, the nervousness - already dialed high by two bombs, three deaths and more than 72 hours without answers - ratcheted even higher. The minutes ticked by as investigators stepped out

Toenail Clippings To Measure Toxic Exposure In NJ

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on March 24th

GARFIELD, N.J. (AP) - Some residents of a New Jersey town will soon be asked to turn over their toenails. Scientists need them to measure if people who live in Garfield near a Superfund site have been exposed to hexavalent chromium. It's a known carcinogen. For the past 30 years

APNewsBreak: US to revise cigarette warning labels

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on March 19th

By MICHAEL FELBERBAUMAP Tobacco Writer RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - The U.S. government is abandoning a legal battle to require that cigarette packs carry a set of large and often macabre warning labels depicting the dangers of smoking and encouraging smokers to quit. Instead, the Food and Drug

UPDATE: Military Aircraft Crashes In Lincoln County; 3 Dead

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on March 11th

HARRINGTON, Wash. - An EA-6B plane from Naval Air Station Whidbey Island with three people aboard crashed into a wheat field roughly 10 miles west of Harrington just before 9 a.m. Monday. All three people aboard the plane are believed to be dead. People living and working near the small rural town

NOAA chief says she will leave in February

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 12th

By By MALCOLM RITTERAP Science Writer NEW YORK (AP) - The woman who was a key figure in the federal government's response to the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico in 2010 said Wednesday she will leave her post at the end of February. "I have decided to return to my family and academia," Jane

Court denies rehearing on cigarette warnings

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 5th

By By MICHAEL FELBERBAUMAP Tobacco Writer RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - An appeals court on Wednesday denied the federal government's request to reconsider a decision blocking a requirement that tobacco companies put large graphic health warnings on cigarette packages to show that smoking can

College launches research institute devoted to pot

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 26th

ARCATA, Calif. (AP) - A public university located in one of California's prime pot-growing regions has formed an academic institute devoted to marijuana. The Humboldt Institute for Interdisciplinary Marijuana Research at Humboldt State University plans to sponsor scholarly lectures and

Correction: Gulf Rig Fire story

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 18th

NEW ORLEANS (AP) - In a story Nov. 17 about an oil platform fire in the Gulf of Mexico, The Associated Press erroneously described the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement. It is a federal agency within the U.S. Department of the Interior, not a state agency. A corrected version of the

Correction: Gulf Rig Fire story

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 18th

Coast Guard ends search for 2 after oil rig fire

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 17th

By MICHAEL KUNZELMANAssociated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) - The Coast Guard on Saturday evening called off its search for two workers missing after an explosion and fire on an oil platform in the Gulf of Mexico a day earlier. Four others workers were badly burned in the blaze, which evoked memories