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Interior Dept. releases $475m in Sandy aid

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 7th

By ANDREW MIGAAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - The Interior Department on Tuesday said it is releasing more than $475 million to help repair the damage from Superstorm Sandy, which roared up the East Coast last fall. The money will go for 234 projects that will repair and rebuild parks, refuges

Encroaching sea already a threat in Caribbean

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 7th

By DAVID McFADDENAssociated Press TELESCOPE, Grenada (AP) - The old coastal road in this fishing village at the eastern edge of Grenada sits under a couple of feet of murky saltwater, which regularly surges past a hastily-erected breakwater of truck tires and bundles of driftwood intended to hold

Encroaching sea already a threat in Caribbean

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 7th

KC-135 Stratotanker That Crashed Has Been Used By U.S. Air Force For Over 50 Years

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 3rd

KHQ.COM - The Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker's principal mission is air refueling. This unique asset greatly enhances the USAF's capability to accomplish its primary missions of Global Reach and Global Power. It also provides aerial refueling support to Air Force, Navy and Marine Corps

Syrian troops advance in central city of Homs

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 2nd

By BARBARA SURKAssociated Press BEIRUT (AP) - Backed by warplanes, Syrian government troops pushed Thursday into the central districts of the city of Homs in an effort to oust rebels from the country's third largest urban center, activists said. The regime pounded rebel-held districts with

Women's groups decry appeal on morning-after pill

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 2nd

By LAURAN NEERGAARD and JOSH LEDERMANAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - The Obama administration's decision to appeal a court order lifting age limits on purchasers of the morning-after pill set off a storm of criticism from reproductive rights groups, who denounced it as politically motivated

Obama OK with morning-after pill sales at age 15

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 2nd

By JULIE PACEAP White House Correspondent MEXICO CITY (AP) - President Barack Obama said Thursday he was comfortable with his administration's decision to allow over-the-counter purchases of a morning-after pill for anyone 15 and older. The Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday had lowered

Tom Hanks and Cyndi Lauper among Tony Awards nominees

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 30th

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Syrian TV: Bombing in Damascus kills 13 people

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 30th

By ALBERT AJIAssociated Press DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) - A powerful bomb rocked central Damascus on Tuesday, killing 13 people according to Syrian TV, and sowing fear and chaos in a busy commercial district of the capital for the second consecutive day. The Syrian prime minister narrowly escaped an

Monster hurricane watch at Saturn's North Pole

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 29th

By MARCIA DUNNAP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - NASA's Cassini spacecraft has captured stunning views of a monster hurricane at Saturn's North Pole. The eye of the cyclone is an enormous 1,250 miles across. That's 20 times larger than the typical eye of a hurricane here on