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Security increased at Los Alamos Nat'l Lab in NM

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 21st

LOS ALAMOS, N.M. (AP) - Officials at Los Alamos National Laboratory say they have been ordered to increase security, but they won't say why. In a press release Friday afternoon, the lab said that the National Nuclear Security Administration has directed it to increase security immediately,

UN: 4 peacekeepers killed in Darfur shooting

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 21st

UNITED NATIONS (AP) - A peacekeeper serving with the joint U.N.-African Union force in Darfur opened fire on fellow peacekeepers, killing four and injuring one, the United Nations said Friday. Kieran Dwyer, spokesman for the U.N. peacekeeping force, said the peacekeeping mission in Darfur, known as

Analysis: GOP policies led to fiscal cliff blowup

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 21st

By CHARLES BABINGTONAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - House Republicans seem shocked by their party's meltdown on the so-called fiscal cliff. They shouldn't be. The uncompromising conservatives who blocked Speaker John Boehner's tax bill were merely sticking to policies that Boehner

Over the fiscal cliff: Soft landing or dizzy dive?

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 21st

By CONNIE CASSAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Efforts to save the nation from going over a year-end "fiscal cliff" were in disarray as lawmakers fled the Capitol for their Christmas break. "God only knows" how a deal can be reached now, House Speaker John Boehner declared. President Barack Obama

Over the fiscal cliff: Soft landing or dizzy dive?

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 21st

'Fiscal cliff': Armageddon or just 'eh'?

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 21st

By CHRISTINA REXRODE and MARK JEWELLAP Business Writers NEW YORK (AP) - You've heard the predictions for what happens if the country goes over the "fiscal cliff": The economy will shrink, nervous consumers will stop spending, and the stock market will plunge. But those doomsday predictions are

Biographical information for Sen. John Kerry

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 21st

By The Associated Press NAME - John Forbes Kerry. AGE-BIRTH DATE - 69; Dec. 11, 1943. EDUCATION - Bachelor's degree, political science, Yale University, 1966; law degree, Boston College, 1976. EXPERIENCE - U.S. Senate, 1985-present; unsuccessful Democratic candidate for president, 2004;

IMF warns French economy vulnerable to downturn

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 21st

PARIS (AP) - The International Monetary Fund warned Friday that the French economy, the eurozone's second-largest, is vulnerable to a downturn because of its shrinking share of the export market and ossified labor market and urged the government to do more, faster to stay competitive and keep

Congress completes $633B defense bill

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 21st

By DONNA CASSATAAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Congress sent President Barack Obama a $633 billion defense bill for next year that would tighten penalties on Iran to thwart its nuclear ambitions and bulk up security at diplomatic missions worldwide after the deadly Sept. 11 raid in Libya. The

Greece: Eco-cruise NGO in fraud probe

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 21st

By NICHOLAS PAPHITIS and DEREK GATOPOULOSAssociated Press ATHENS, Greece (AP) - Fourteen people have been charged with criminal fraud in Greece in a major investigation into a nonprofit group involved in a series of environmental conferences on cruise ships attended by religious leaders and