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Mayor: NYC working on storm, climate prep

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 6th

By By JENNIFER PELTZAssociated Press NEW YORK (AP) - The city will work on upgrading building codes and evacuation-zone maps, hardening power and transportation networks and making sure hospitals are better prepared for extreme weather after Superstorm Sandy, Mayor Michael Bloomberg said

Clinton fears efforts to 're-Sovietize' in Europe

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 6th

By By BRADLEY KLAPPERAssociated Press DUBLIN (AP) - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton warned Thursday about a new effort by oppressive governments to "re-Sovietize" much of Eastern Europe and Central Asia, taking particular aim at Russia for its crackdown on democracy and human

Tensions mount as UN climate talks near end

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 6th

By By KARL RITTERAssociated Press DOHA, Qatar (AP) - U.N. climate talks are heading into the final stretch with a host of issues unresolved, including a standoff over how much money financially stressed rich countries can spare to help the developing world tackle global warming. That issue has

Colo. shooting suspect: Brief romance, few friends

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 6th

By By NICHOLAS RICCARDIAssociated Press DENVER (AP) - It didn't take long for suspicions to surface at a Colorado university that the man who just hours earlier shot up a midnight movie was a student who recently resigned from a school program. The name of James Holmes began to circulate in

AP Exclusive: China Nobel wife speaks on detention

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By By ISOLDA MORILLO and ALEXA OLESENAssociated Press BEIJING (AP) - Stunned that reporters were able to visit her, Liu Xia trembled uncontrollably and cried as she described how absurd and emotionally draining her confinement under house arrest has been in the two years since her jailed

Obama seeks to put personal touch on cliff talks

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 6th

By By DAVID ESPO and KEN THOMASAssociated Press FALLS CHURCH, Va. (AP) - President Barack Obama, trying to put a personal touch on "fiscal cliff" negotiations, visited a northern Virginia family's basement apartment Thursday to press his hard line on tax rate increases for the wealthy. "We

Obama seeks to put personal touch on cliff talks

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 6th

US Reps. expect deeper look at NJ derailment

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 6th

By By GEOFF MULVIHILLAssociated Press CLARKSBORO, N.J. (AP) - Federal regulations require inspections of rail bridges and other infrastructure and reports on accidents, but leave it to freight railroad owners to do the work themselves. After a derailment that released thousands of gallons of a

President Obama lights National Christmas Tree

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 6th

By By MATTHEW DALYAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - As he and his family flipped the switch to light the National Christmas Tree Thursday night, President Barack Obama said he hopes the tree lasts longer than its predecessor, which died after just a year. "Our tree has been having a hard time

Did Costas overstep his bounds with gun comments?

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 5th

By By FRAZIER MOOREAP Television Writer NEW YORK (AP) - Clearly, Bob Costas stirred up a hornet's nest Sunday with a halftime commentary about Kansas City Chiefs player Jovan Belcher, who killed his girlfriend (and the mother of his child) before killing himself. On Twitter, someone posed