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'War on coal' label obscures battlefield realities

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 21st

By VICKI SMITHAssociated Press MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) - Drive through the coalfields of Central Appalachia, and signs of the siege are everywhere. Highway billboards announce entry to "Obama's No Job Zone," while decals on pickup truck windows show a spikey-haired boy peeing on the

Enough already: voters hit with ads, calls, more

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 20th

By NANCY BENAC and PHILIP ELLIOTTAssociated Press RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - People who live in battleground states tend to have a number and a coping strategy. Virginian Catherine Caughey's number is four: Her family recently got four political phone calls in the space of five minutes. Ohioan

'War on coal' label obscures battlefield realities

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 20th

High pay a costly legacy of Calif. prison receiver

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 19th

By DON THOMPSONAssociated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - A doctor at California Medical Facility was paid more than $410,000 last year, while a registered nurse at High Desert State Prison made nearly $236,000 - more than twice the statewide average in both cases. A pharmacist at Corcoran

APNewsBreak: Tenn.'s meningitis has likely peaked

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 19th

By TRAVIS LOLLERAssociated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Tennessee's chief medical officer says the rate of new infections from a deadly fungal meningitis outbreak appears to be declining in the state where it was first discovered. "I think we're on the downhill part of the epidemic

WHY IT MATTERS: The environment

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 19th

By MATTHEW DALYAssociated Press The issue: Everyone wants clean air and water. But people also want to drive their cars whenever they wish and light up a room by flipping a switch. It's a never-ending balancing act for government as it tries to protect health and the environment while

Navy to go after rats, mold in Gitmo legal offices

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 18th

By BEN FOXAssociated Press GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba (AP) - Legal offices that are so contaminated with mold and rat droppings that lawyers in the Sept. 11 terrorism trial have been getting sick will get a full clean-up and be evaluated by safety experts, a military official said Thursday

Miss. says no thanks to Medicaid expansion dollars

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 18th

By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUSAssociated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - Mississippi has long been one of the sickest and poorest states in America, with some of the highest rates of obesity, diabetes and heart disease and more than 1 in 7 residents without insurance. And so you might think Mississippi

Akzo Nobel reports $3.11B loss in third quarter

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 18th

By TOBY STERLINGAP Business Writer AMSTERDAM (AP) - With its new CEO on an extended sick leave, Dutch chemicals conglomerate Akzo Nobel NV reported Thursdsay a €2.37 billion ($3.11 billion) loss in the third quarter after taking a massive impairment charge on its home paints business. The net

Grant County Resident Dies From Hantavirus

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 17th

GRANT COUNTY, Wash. - On October 2, 2012 The Grant County Health District (GCHD) received confirmation from the Washington State Department of Health Public Health Laboratory (DOH) that the death of a Grant County woman was likely caused by the Hantavirus. The woman was hospitalized and died in