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Greek riots, Spanish marches shatter market calm

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 26th

By ELENA BECATOROSAssociated Press ATHENS, Greece (AP) - Europe's fragile financial calm was shattered Wednesday as investors worried that violent anti-austerity protests in Greece and Spain's debt troubles showed that the continent still cannot contain its financial crisis. Police

AP IMPACT: Party seems over for Somali pirates

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 25th

By ABDI GULED and JASON STRAZIUSOAssociated Press HOBYO, Somalia (AP) - The empty whiskey bottles and overturned, sand-filled skiffs littering this once-bustling shoreline are signs the heyday of Somali piracy may be over. Most of the prostitutes are gone and the luxury cars repossessed.

PSY finds his success with 'Gangnam Style' unreal

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 25th

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - South Korean rapper PSY finds his success with "Gangnam Style" so unreal that he wonders if he's being tricked into believing it - like Jim Carrey in "The Truman Show." PSY said Tuesday in a press conference in Seoul that he cried in disbelief when his song entered the

California governor signs driverless cars bill

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 25th

By TERENCE CHEAAssociated Press MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. (AP) - Gov. Jerry Brown rode to Google headquarters in a self-driving Toyota Prius before signing legislation Tuesday that will pave the way for driverless cars in California. The bill by Democratic Sen. Alex Padilla will establish safety

Presidential campaign is nice, and then again not

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 25th

By DAVID ESPO and KASIE HUNTAssociated Press NEW YORK (AP) - In a split-screen race for the presidency, Republican Mitt Romney and President Barack Obama were on their best campaign behavior in public Tuesday, all the while slashing away at each other in paid television ads. In separate

Presidential campaign is nice, and then again not

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 25th

Report: Premium hikes for top Medicare drug plans

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 25th

By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVARAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Millions of seniors enrolled in some of the most popular Medicare prescription drug plans face double-digit premium hikes next year if they don't shop for a better deal, says a private firm that analyzes the highly competitive

SF could OK among tiniest apartments in US

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 24th

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - San Francisco may soon give new meaning to the word "downsizing." Supervisors are set to vote on Tuesday on a proposed change to the city's building code that would allow construction of among the tiniest apartments in the country. Under the plan, new apartments could be as

Romney Medicare plan: Key details still in flux

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 24th

By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVARAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Medicare is the one health insurance plan that will cover virtually every American at some point in life, and Republican Mitt Romney is proposing the biggest changes since its creation nearly 50 years ago. With important details still

How rising food prices are impacting the world

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 24th

By Dan Murphy Our story begins near Prairie City, Iowa, in the fields of Gordon Wassenaar, who has been coaxing food out of some of the world's richest earth for 57 years. Normally, Mr. Wassenaar is able to harvest about 200 bushels of corn per acre from his land -- bin-bursting crops that are