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Voters in NY, NJ not deterred by storm's effects

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 6th

By BETH FOUHY and WAYNE PARRYAssociated Press POINT PLEASANT, N.J. (AP) - Election Day turnout was heavy Tuesday in several storm-ravaged areas in New York and New Jersey, a welcome change from crisis to catharsis for many who saw exercising their civic duty as a sign of normalcy amid lingering

Police: Calif. shooting suspect was 'methodical'

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 6th

By GOSIA WOZNIACKAAssociated Press FRESNO, Calif. (AP) - Clattering machinery at a chicken-processing plant provided all the cover Lawrence Jones needed to kill two co-workers execution style and wound two others Tuesday, police said. Armed with a handgun, the 42-year-old ex-convict moved

HAPPIEST VOTE EVER

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 6th

By The Associated Press "Oh my God, I have been so anxious about being able to vote. ... It's such a relief to be able to do it. This is the happiest vote I ever cast in my life." - Annette DeBona of Point Pleasant Beach, N.J., voting in an area hit hard by Superstorm Sandy. The 73-year-old

America casts its ballots on democracy's day

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 6th

By The Associated Press On Election Day, Americans took time to vote, and to explain why this ritual means so much to them. At polling places and in luncheonettes, on the storm-battered East Coast and in a California city hobbled by foreclosure, in precincts large and small, they celebrated

America casts its ballots on democracy's day

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 6th

Biden stops in Cleveland, jokes about next run

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 6th

By MATTHEW DALYAssociated Press Vice President Joe Biden was joking about his next run for office even before Tuesday's election results were in. At a surprise campaign stop in Cleveland, Biden joked that he might run for a local office. "I'm going to go back home and run for county

AP sports writer's harrowing tale of Sandy

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 5th

By DENNIS WASZAK JR.AP Sports Writer NEW YORK (AP) - I was the first to cry. Not my wife. Not our three kids. I was standing in our pitch-black basement as water streamed through the broken windows like a waterfall. A bathtub drain gurgled, the slimy sewage quickly pooling in an ominous mess.

US service firms grow more slowly in October

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 5th

By CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABERAP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) - U.S. service companies grew at a slightly weaker pace in October than September because sales and new orders slowed. But a measure of employment rose, indicating services firms hired more. The Institute for Supply Management said

US service firms grow more slowly in October

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 5th

Tragedies can't break heroic NY community's spirit

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 4th

By LARRY NEUMEISTERAssociated Press NEW YORK (AP) - Tragedy has too often visited one Queens community, but residents drew a line in the sand with Superstorm Sandy, rallying with a surfboard and kayaks at the storm's peak to rescue themselves as a fire engulfed 14 homes and flaming embers