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ATTENTION SKIERS: Early Snow Lays Thick Snowpack For NW Ski Resorts

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 27th

SANDPOINT, Idaho (AP) - Early-season snows are making skiers and resort owners happy in northern Idaho and eastern Washington. Officials at Schweitzer Mountain Resort in Sandpoint say December snowfall is the heaviest in nearly 30 years. The ski hill is reporting 180 inches of new

ATTENTION SKIERS: Early Snow Lays Thick Snowpack For NW Ski Resorts

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 27th

SeaWorld files to go public with $100 million IPO

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 27th

By MICHELLE CHAPMANAP Business Reporter NEW YORK (AP) - Looks like Shamu may soon be making a splash in the stock market. The company famous for water shows featuring killer whales, dolphins and other animals at SeaWorld said Thursday that it is planning to go public. SeaWorld Entertainment Inc.

Nonprofit tech innovators inspire new philanthropy

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 27th

By BRETT ZONGKERAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Scott Harrison knows his charity has funded nearly 7,000 clean water projects in some of the poorest areas of the world in the past six years. How many of those wells are still flowing with drinking water months or years later, though? That

Nonprofit tech innovators inspire new philanthropy

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 27th

NY charity finds shelter for homeless in Hamptons

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 27th

By FRANK ELTMANAssociated Press RIVERHEAD, N.Y. (AP) - It's not so easy to spot the homeless in the Hamptons in the summer, when celebrity A-listers fly in by helicopter and Wall Street whizzes drive out in their Jaguars and Lexuses. It's not that the homeless don't exist in the string

Snowboarder dies in avalanche at Tahoe-area resort

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 25th

TRUCKEE, Calif. (AP) - A 49-year-old California man died Monday after being buried in an avalanche while snowboarding at a Sierra ski resort, one of several avalanche-related emergencies in the Lake Tahoe area after recent storms dumped up to 3 feet of fresh snow. Donner Ski Ranch, about 90 miles

Police: 1 blackjack dealer stabs another in Vegas

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 23rd

LAS VEGAS (AP) - A fight between two female blackjack dealers at a Las Vegas Strip resort sent one to the hospital and the other to jail. KSNV-TV reports (http://bit.ly/12HtOle) 50-year-old Brenda Wilson is accused of stabbing the other dealer Friday night in a blackjack pit at the Bellagio hotel-

Judge dismisses suit challenging Senate filibuster

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 21st

By FREDERIC J. FROMMERAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - A judge on Friday dismissed a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of Senate rules that establish a 60-vote threshold for defeating filibusters. U.S. District Judge Emmet G. Sullivan in Washington ruled that the plaintiffs lack the legal

Snowstorm causing problems from Rockies to Midwest

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 19th

By COLLEEN SLEVINAssociated Press DENVER (AP) - A storm that has dumped more than a foot of snow in the Rocky Mountains was causing problems for travelers as it spread across the Plains on Wednesday. The main east-west route across Colorado, Interstate 70, closed for several hours from east of