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Delta will pay a dividend, buy back shares

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 8th

By JOSHUA FREEDAP Airlines Writer MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Delta Air Lines Inc. says it will start paying a quarterly dividend and buy back some of its shares - investor-friendly moves that are common in other industries but rare for airlines. Delta said on Wednesday that it will pay a quarterly dividend

Suspect in killings of 3 in Wisconsin now charged

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 7th

By DINESH RAMDEAssociated Press MILWAUKEE (AP) - A man accused of killing three people in a Wisconsin farmhouse last month told investigators he broke into their house for warmth and then struck each of them with a fireplace poker as they returned home, according to a criminal complaint filed

China's struggling automakers jump on SUV boom

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 7th

By JOE McDONALDAP Business Writer SHANGHAI (AP) - BYD is known for electric cars but this year's flagship model is the S7, a gasoline-powered SUV. It comes with an air purifier, radar to help with backing and digital TV. An onboard hard drive can hold 1,000 films. This is China's Year of

China's struggling automakers jump on SUV boom

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 7th

NKorea issues warning ahead of US-SKorea summit

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 7th

By SAM KIMAssociated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - North Korea on Tuesday threatened the United States and South Korea over joint naval drills taking place this week in tense Yellow Sea waters ahead of a Washington summit by the allies' leaders. The warning, however, was softer than North

Solar plane lands in Ariz., 1st leg of major trip

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 4th

By BOB SEAVEY and SUSAN MONTOYA BRYANAssociated Press PHOENIX (AP) - Alone in the single-seat cockpit and high above the American Southwest, pilot Bertrand Piccard could hear only his plane's gear box and the quiet whine of four electric motors. No noisy jet engines. He's flying Solar

Solar plane lands in Ariz., 1st leg of major trip

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 4th

Fire forces evacuation of campus, homes in Calif.

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 2nd

By CHRISTOPHER WEBERAssociated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) - A wildfire fanned by gusty Santa Ana winds raged along the fringes of Southern California communities on Thursday, forcing the evacuation of homes and a university while setting recreational vehicles ablaze. The blaze erupted during morning

Dry winter, warming trend foretell wildfire danger

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 1st

By JOHN MILLERAssociated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) - Two small but unseasonably early fires burning in northern California's wine country and another wind-whipped blaze farther south likely are a harbinger of a nasty summer fire season across the West. Officials with the National Interagency Fire

DB Cooper parachute packer ID'd as homicide victim

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 1st

By GENE JOHNSONAssociated Press SEATTLE (AP) - The man who packed the parachutes used by infamous skyjacker D.B. Cooper more than four decades ago has been identified as the victim of a homicide in Washington state. However, authorities say they have no reason to think the death of 71-year-old Earl