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10 Things to Know for Today

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 6th

By By The Associated Press Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and stories that will be talked about today: 1. TURMOIL BUILDS IN EGYPT The street fighting between supporters and opponents of Islamist leader Mohammed Morsi were the first clashes between rivals since last year

New Yorkers wrestle with survival on subway tracks

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 6th

By By VERENA DOBNIKAssociated Press NEW YORK (AP) - The horrific case of a man pushed to his death on the subway tracks has set New Yorkers abuzz about what they would do - and how they would save themselves - if caught in the same situation. Safety experts say lying down in the trough between

25 top-rated Facebook games from 2012

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 5th

By By The Associated Press Games can be both a welcome and an annoying diversion on Facebook, the world's most popular online social network. This year, Facebook crossed a big milestone - reaching 1 billion active users. Game companies such as "FarmVille" creator Zynga Inc. and Rovio

NY subway victim's daughter: 'What's done is done'

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 5th

By By COLLEEN LONG and DEEPTI HAJELAAssociated Press NEW YORK (AP) - The daughter of a man pushed in front of a subway train and photographed a split-second before his death said Wednesday after a suspect was arrested that it "would have been great" if someone had helped her father up but "what

Quotations of the day

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 5th

By By The Associated Press "I'm prepared to make some tough decisions on some of these issues, but I can't ask folks who are, you know, middle class seniors who are on Medicare, young people who are trying to get student loans to go to college, I can't ask them to sacrifice and not

Suspect in deadly NYC subway push implicates self

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 4th

By By VERENA DOBNIKAssociated Press NEW YORK (AP) - Authorities said a suspect implicated himself Tuesday in the death of a New Yorker who was pushed onto the tracks and photographed just before a train hit him - an image that drew virulent criticism after it appeared on the front page of the

The reward for surviving Sandy may be higher taxes

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 29th

By By WAYNE PARRYAssociated Press TOMS RIVER, N.J. (AP) - Superstorm Sandy may have one more nasty surprise still to come: higher taxes. The math is simple and cruel. The storm left fewer properties standing, often wrecking waterfront communities that paid the highest taxes because of the

APNewsBreak: $9B for storm prep would rethink NYC

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 28th

By MICHAEL GORMLEYAssociated Press ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - Gov. Andrew Cuomo wants huge electrical transformers in commercial buildings hauled to upper floors and wants the ability to shutter key tunnels, airports and subways from floodwaters as part of a $9 billion plan to safeguard New York City

Hoboken PATH station 'weeks' from reopening

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 27th

By DAVID PORTERAssociated Press HOBOKEN, N.J. (AP) - The rail terminal here is a relic from a different era, old enough to have seen the Jazz Age and the Great Depression, survive two World Wars and withstand the encroachment of the automobile. It almost met its match in Hurricane Sandy. More

Armed Robbery At Subway In North Spokane

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 26th

UPDATE: Late Monday morning authorities confirmed with KHQ that an armed robbery happened at a Subway in N. Spokane as a female employee was leaving to take a deposit to the bank. She rolled down her window when the suspect approached her vehicle and tapped on the window. The suspect demanded