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Calif. governor looks to China for investments

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 6th

By JULIET WILLIAMSAssociated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - California Gov. Jerry Brown has designs on building some of the most expensive public works projects in the nation and wants to keep the state moving forward in its slow recovery from the recession. Where better to go searching for the

Calif. governor looks to China for investments

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 6th

Chile port workers end strikes halting exports

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 6th

SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) - Chilean port workers are returning to work after reaching a deal to end three weeks of strikes that blocked exports of copper, fruit and wood pulp. The stoppage in the world's No.1 copper producing nation began in the northern port of Angamos when workers demanded a 30-

Chile port strikes block copper, fruit exports

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 4th

By LUIS ANDRES HENAO and EVA VERGARAAssociated Press SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) - A series of fast-spreading port strikes in Chile are blocking exports of copper, fruit and wood pulp and keeping thousands of workers idle. The stoppage in the world's top copper producing nation began in the northern

Worker thrown from Ala. dock where ship torn loose

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 4th

By MELISSA NELSON-GABRIEL and PHILLIP LUCASAssociated Press MOBILE, Ala. (AP) - Authorities were searching for a shipyard worker who was thrown into the water in strong winds that also tore a troubled Carnival cruise ship away from its mooring at an Alabama port. The man was one of two people in a

12 WA Districts Interested In Authorizing Charters

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 4th

SEATTLE (AP) - Twelve Washington school districts have announced plans to apply to become charter school authorizers. They have until July 1 to complete their applications and send them to the State Board of Education. If approved, these districts could be among the boards approving Washington'

Crews corral cruise ship that tore loose in Ala.

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 3rd

By MELISSA NELSON-GABRIEL and PHILLIP LUCASAssociated Press MOBILE, Ala. (AP) - The crippled cruise ship whose sewage-filled breakdown in the Gulf of Mexico subjected thousands to horrendous conditions tore loose Wednesday from the dock where it's being repaired, lumbered downriver and crunched

HK dockworkers refuse to back down in port strike

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 3rd

By KELVIN CHANAP Business Writer HONG KONG (AP) - Striking Hong Kong dockworkers refused to back down Wednesday in a weeklong pay dispute that is slowing cargo shipments at the world's third busiest port. Several hundred dockworkers and supporters camped out on the road in front of a container

Help shrinks as poverty spikes in the US

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 2nd

By STEVEN R. HURSTAssociated Press BALTIMORE (AP) - Antonio Hammond is the $18,000 man. He's a success story for Catholic Charities of Baltimore, one of a multitude of organizations trying to haul people out of poverty in this Maryland port city where one of four residents is considered poor by

Help shrinks as poverty spikes in the US

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 2nd