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The IRS may be snooping through Facebook and Twitter to nab tax evaders

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 17th

By Francis BeaProvided by It's tax season, and that means plugging away at all of this past year's financial activities. Not every tax payer (or evader) in the U.S. will get flagged and audited. But if you do, here's one piece of advice: Your social network activity better back up what

Palestinians seeking statehood look to high-tech

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 17th

By DANIELA BERRETTAAssociated Press RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) - Palestinians are turning to their fledgling high-tech sector as they lay the groundwork for a future state, saying the unique hardships of life in the West Bank have fostered a creative spirit conducive to the world of startups. Dozens

Amazon nears debut of original TV shows

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 17th

By RYAN NAKASHIMAAP Business Writer SANTA MONICA, Calif. (AP) - Amazon is letting viewers help choose its new lineup of TV shows, scuttling a secretive, wasteful process once reserved for Hollywood taste-makers. The online retailing giant will let visitors from the U.S, U.K. and Germany watch, rate

Amazon nears debut of original TV shows

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 17th

By RYAN NAKASHIMAAP Business Writer SANTA MONICA, Calif. (AP) - There used to be just one way for getting shows on TV. Networks would spend tens of millions of dollars ordering scripts and shooting pilots and then show the fruits of their labor to focus groups. A small group of executives would

American expects flights to return to normal

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 17th

By DAVID KOENIGAP Airlines Writer DALLAS (AP) - American Airlines is promising to run a near-normal operation on Wednesday, and that would be just fine for the tens of thousands of passengers who were stranded by a mammoth technology meltdown at the nation's third-biggest airline. On Tuesday,

Radio scans show Boston police, medic heroics

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 16th

By STEPHEN BRAUN and JACK GILLUMAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - The Boston Marathon was still in progress on a bright Monday afternoon, but for Boston city police officers using the department's radio scanner channel, the day was winding down. At 2:51 p.m., an unidentified police dispatcher

American cancels all US flights for several hours

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 16th

By DAVID KOENIGAP Airlines Writer DALLAS (AP) - A computer system used to run many daily operations at American Airlines failed Tuesday, forcing the nation's third-largest carrier to ground all flights across the United States for several hours and stranding thousands of frustrated passengers

American cancels all US flights for several hours

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 16th

By DAVID KOENIGAP Airlines Writer DALLAS (AP) - A key computer system used to run many daily operations at American Airlines failed Tuesday, forcing the nation's third-largest carrier to ground all flights across the United States for several hours and stranding thousands of frustrated

Hollywood business continues after Boston bombing

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 16th

LOS ANGELES (AP) - While entertainers share their horror over the Boston Marathon bombings, Hollywood as a whole presses on. There was no mention of the deadly blasts Tuesday at the National Association of Theater Owners convention in Las Vegas. New York's Tribeca Film Festival is set to open

Online nonprofit InsideClimate News wins Pulitzer

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 16th

By DEEPTI HAJELAAssociated Press NEW YORK (AP) - In a sign of a rapidly changing media world, a relatively unknown New York-based online nonprofit news site joined some of the country's most well-known media outlets in claiming a Pulitzer Prize, the highest honor in journalism. InsideClimate