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Nevada lawmakers pass 5 bills in special session

Nevada lawmakers pass 5 bills in special session
Submitted by Fox First at Ten on June 4th
By SANDRA CHEREBAssociated Press CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) - Sleep-deprived Nevada lawmakers quickly passed all five bills they had to deal with in a special session called overnight by Gov. Brian Sandoval. The Republican ordered the session before dawn Tuesday after lawmakers failed to take final

US safety agency may expand GM air bag recall

US safety agency may expand GM air bag recall
Submitted by Fox First at Ten on June 4th
DETROIT (AP) - U.S. safety regulators are checking to see if more General Motors cars should be recalled because the air bags won't inflate. The probe covers about 400,000 Chevrolet Cruze and Sonic small cars, the Chevrolet Camaro muscle car and the Buick Verano small car from the 2012 model

US safety agency may expand GM air bag recall

US safety agency may expand GM air bag recall
Submitted by Fox First at Ten on June 4th
By TOM KRISHERAP Auto Writer DETROIT (AP) - U.S. safety regulators are checking to see if up to 400,000 General Motors cars should be added to two recalls for defective air bags. The probe covers Chevrolet Cruze and Sonic small cars, the Chevrolet Camaro muscle car and the Buick Verano small car

US safety agency may expand GM air bag recall

US safety agency may expand GM air bag recall
Submitted by Fox First at Ten on June 4th
By TOM KRISHERAP Auto Writer DETROIT (AP) - U.S. safety regulators are checking to see if up to 400,000 General Motors cars should be added to two recalls for defective air bags. The probe covers Chevrolet Cruze and Sonic small cars, the Chevrolet Camaro muscle car and the Buick Verano small car

Locked doors a sign of China work-safety failings

Locked doors a sign of China work-safety failings
Submitted by Fox First at Ten on June 4th
By CHRISTOPHER BODEENAssociated Press BEIJING (AP) - A fire breaks out in a Chinese factory, and panicked workers discover one exit after another is locked. That describes not only the poultry plant fire that killed 119 people Monday, but a toy-factory blaze that left 87 workers dead 20 years

Silicon Valley at front line of global cyber war

Silicon Valley at front line of global cyber war
Submitted by Fox First at Ten on June 4th
By MARTHA MENDOZAAP National Writer SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) - Chinese President Xi Jinping and American counterpart Barack Obama will talk cyber-security this week in California, but experts say the state's Silicon Valley and its signature high-tech firms should provide the front lines in the

Silicon Valley at front line of global cyber war

Silicon Valley at front line of global cyber war
Submitted by Fox First at Ten on June 4th
By MARTHA MENDOZAAP National Writer SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) - Chinese President Xi Jinping and American counterpart Barack Obama will talk cyber-security this week in California, but experts say the state's Silicon Valley and its signature high-tech firms should provide the front lines in the

Silicon Valley at front line of global cyber war

Silicon Valley at front line of global cyber war
Submitted by Fox First at Ten on June 4th
By MARTHA MENDOZAAP National Writer SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) - Chinese President Xi Jinping and American counterpart Barack Obama will talk cyber-security this week in California, but experts say the state's Silicon Valley and its signature high-tech firms should provide the front lines in the

Thousands go home as wildfire calms north of LA

Thousands go home as wildfire calms north of LA
Submitted by Fox First at Ten on June 4th
By ROBERT JABLONAssociated Press PALMDALE, Calif. (AP) - Dennis Immel's neighbors, even his wife, followed official orders and fled as a huge wildfire approached his lakeside neighborhood in northern Los Angeles County. But Immel, after stocking up on fire hoses and nozzles, remained. His house

Ex-Calif. Rep. Cunningham to finish prison term

Ex-Calif. Rep. Cunningham to finish prison term
Submitted by Fox First at Ten on June 4th
By ELLIOT SPAGATAssociated Press SAN DIEGO (AP) - Randy "Duke" Cunningham, whose feats as a Navy flying ace during the Vietnam War catapulted him to a U.S House career that ended in disgrace when he was convicted of accepting $2.4 million in bribes from defense contractors, is completing one of the