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Seattle is sun-splashed while SW deals with rain

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 12th

By CHRIS GRYGIEL and JACQUES BILLEAUDAssociated Press SEATTLE (AP) - Heavy rains and flooding in the Southwest? A near-record dry streak in Seattle? The seemingly counterintuitive weather is not necessarily unusual for this time of year, but it's striking when compared with the usual

A look at Old Farmer's Almanac weather predictions

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 12th

A look at the Old Farmer's Almanac weather predictions for 2013: -Northeast: Winter will be colder and drier than normal; spring will be warmer and drier in the north and warmer and wetter in the south; summer will be drier with average temperatures. -Atlantic Corridor: Winter will be colder

A year after floods, shippers face low Miss. River

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on July 16th

By ADRIAN SAINZ and HOLBROOK MOHRAssociated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - A year after the Mississippi River swelled to near-historic proportions and flooded farms and homes from Illinois to Louisiana, the level along the waterway's southern half is so low that cargo barges have run aground and

While Batman lurks, 'Ice Age' tops box office

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on July 15th

By JAKE COYLEAP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) - With Batman lurking, the prehistoric critters of "Ice Age: Continental Drift" ran off with the box office, earning $46 million in their opening weekend, according to studio estimates Sunday. The animated film from 20th Century Fox is the fourth

Weather stops tandem lawn chair balloon flight

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on July 14th

By JEFF BARNARDAssociated Press BEND, Ore. (AP) - A gas station owner and an Iraqi adventurer trying to fly from Oregon to Montana in tandem lawn chairs suspended from party balloons made a hard landing Saturday after aborting their flight due to thunderstorms - but their craft kept flying. Kent

9 dead in Mont Blanc summer avalanche

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on July 12th

By JOHN HEILPRINAssociated Press CHAMONIX, France (AP) - They set out before dawn, hoping to conquer a mountaineering classic: Mont Blanc, Western Europe's highest peak. But below the prized summit, a climber is believed to have accidentally caused a slab of ice to snap off, triggering an

A 'Snow Monster' In Mount Rainier Creek...Photo Stuns Many

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on July 12th

HUFFINGTONPOST.COM - A National Geographic reader sent a curious photo to Huffington, which they have been staring at longingly today. Gisela Taranovski, a former planner for Boeing and a kayak builder, tells us she shot this scene of nature's whimsy on a snow-shoeing trip with her son and

9 dead, 2 missing in Mont Blanc summer avalanche

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on July 12th

By ANGELA CHARLTON and JOHN HEILPRINAssociated Press CHAMONIX, France (AP) - A climber trying to scale Mont Blanc may accidentally have caused a slab of ice to snap off Thursday high in the French Alps, sparking an avalanche that swept nine European climbers to their deaths, authorities said. A

Miss. abortion case heard by GOP-appointed judge

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on July 8th

By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUSAssociated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - Although restricting abortion has long been a conservative goal in Mississippi, the Republican-appointed judge considering the constitutionality of the state's stringent new abortion law doesn't play politics in the courtroom,

UPDATE: Usk Man Dies In Car Crash After Falling Asleep At The Wheel

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on July 8th

PEND OREILLE COUNTY, Wash. - Police are investigating a rollover accident in Pend Oreille County that has left one person dead. The Washington State Patrol says 55-year-old Arthur Falk of Usk was driving southbound on LeClerc Road and Snow Berry Lane around 1:30AM when he fell asleep and went off