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Avoid online holiday shopping pitfalls

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 19th

By Andrew Housser Online shoppers are expected to spend more than $54 billion this holiday season. That is a 17 percent increase from 2011. In fact, nearly a fourth of all retail holiday shopping now takes place on the Web. Online shopping is fast and easy. Even better: You do not have to fight for

Avoid online holiday shopping pitfalls

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 19th

US budget hopes shore up markets

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 19th

By PAN PYLASAP Business Writer LONDON (AP) - Optimism over the progress of crucial U.S. budget talks combined with hopes that Greece will finally get its next batch of bailout cash to shore up markets Monday in spite of concerns over the fighting in the Middle East. The advance followed a

Southern Israel residents scared but determined

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 18th

By ARON HELLERAssociated Press BEERSHEBA, Israel (AP) - After days of incessant rocket fire, the largest city in southern Israel has been turned into a ghost town. Schools are closed, stores are shuttered and normally bustling streets are empty. Aside from emergency errands, residents avoid the

Sandy a super test for Bloomberg, Christie, Cuomo

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 18th

By ANGELA DELLI SANTI and JENNIFER PELTZ and MICHAEL GORMLEYAssociated Press NEW YORK (AP) - For New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, leadership often came with an empathetic hug. For New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, it came with an angry tirade at utilities slow to restore power. For New York City Mayor

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

Coast Guard ends search for 2 after oil rig fire

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 17th

Coast Guard searches for 2 after oil platform fire

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 17th

By MICHAEL KUNZELMANAssociated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Two oil workers remained lost at sea Saturday, a day after a torch being used to cut an oil pipe ignited a blaze that severely burned four others workers on a production platform in the Gulf of Mexico. The four burned workers are in