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Coverage may be unaffordable for low-wage workers

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on June 13th

By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVARAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - It's called the Affordable Care Act, but President Barack Obama's health care law may turn out to be unaffordable for many low-wage workers, including employees at big chain restaurants, retail stores and hotels. That might seem

HIV drug can also protect injection drug users

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on June 12th

By MIKE STOBBEAP Medical Writer ATLANTA (AP) - Doctors should consider giving a daily AIDS drug to another high risk group to help prevent infections - people who shoot heroin, methamphetamines or other injection drugs, U.S. health officials said Wednesday. A similar recommendation is already in

UK top court rules against oil tycoon in divorce

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on June 12th

By JILL LAWLESSAssociated Press LONDON (AP) - Britain's top court on Wednesday handed an oil tycoon a costly setback in a divorce case, ruling he must give his ex-wife assets held by companies he owns. In a case with significant implications for wealthy divorcing couples, the Supreme Court

Protecting NYC: mayor's plan, successor's question

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on June 12th

By JENNIFER PELTZAssociated Press NEW YORK (AP) - A $20 billion plan to gird New York with levees, flood gates and other defenses is a bold stroke from a mayor who saw the city through Superstorm Sandy and has championed preparedness for global warming. But the future of Mayor Michael Bloomberg

Protecting NYC: mayor's plan, successor's question

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on June 12th

EEOC sues over criminal background checks

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on June 11th

By SAM HANANELAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission filed lawsuits Tuesday against discount retailer Dollar General Corp. and a BMW manufacturing plant in South Carolina over their use of criminal background checks to screen out job applicants or fire

Multiple injuries reported in Kentucky bus crash

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on June 11th

By BRUCE SCHREINERAssociated Press LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - A bus carrying students on a college campus visit veered out of control and crashed on a Kentucky interstate Tuesday, and nearly three dozen people were taken to hospitals, authorities said. Thirty students from Waggener High School in

Juncker concedes mistakes on Greek bailout

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on June 11th

By DEREK GATOPOULOSAssociated Press ATHENS, Greece (AP) - Former Eurogroup president Jean-Claude Juncker conceded Tuesday that mistakes were made in the bailout of Greece - days after a similar admission by the International Monetary Fund. The Luxembourg prime minister, who played a central role in

Japan's Nikkei outperforms as growth revised up

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on June 10th

By PAN PYLASAP Business Writer LONDON (AP) - An upward revision to Japanese growth helped the country's Nikkei stock index surge Monday while markets elsewhere settled down following last week's better-than-expected U.S. jobs data. The Nikkei soared 4.9 percent to 13,514.20 after the first-

Jury selection begins in Zimmerman's trial

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on June 10th

By MIKE SCHNEIDERAssociated Press SANFORD, Fla. (AP) - In the first order of business in the trial of a Florida neighborhood watch volunteer charged in the fatal shooting of an unarmed teen, a judge Monday denied a defense request to delay the trial's start. Circuit Judge Debra Nelson rejected