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Spending cuts shadow Obama meeting with tribes

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 5th

By By SUZANNE GAMBOAAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Hours after talking tough against Republicans in "fiscal cliff" negotiations, President Barack Obama and members of his Cabinet reassured hundreds of Native American leaders the administration's programs and efforts on their behalf

Asia stocks rise as US employment claims dip

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 5th

By By PAMELA SAMPSONAP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) - Asian stock markets rose Friday after the number of Americans seeking unemployment benefits fell last week, offsetting a somber economic forecast by the European Central Bank for a bleak year ahead in the region. The U.S. Labor Department

UK Treasury chief juggles budget as outlook dims

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 5th

By By ROBERT BARRAssociated Press LONDON (AP) - Britain's Treasury chief George Osborne said Wednesday that the recovery of the U.K. economy is taking longer than he had hoped and warned more spending cuts will be needed to get public finances under control. With official growth forecasts

1 more guilty of hate crime in Miss. rundown case

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 4th

By By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUSAssociated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - A fourth man pleaded guilty to federal hate crime charges Tuesday in the death of a black man who was run over by a pickup truck in Mississippi, and another man admitted he was part of a group of young whites involved in racially

Senate passes $631 billion defense bill

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 4th

By By DONNA CASSATAAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - The Senate overwhelmingly approved a sweeping, $631 billion defense bill Tuesday that sends a clear signal to President Barack Obama to move quickly to get U.S. combat troops out of Afghanistan, tightens sanctions on Iran and limits the

Mars redux: NASA to launch Curiosity-like rover

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 4th

By By ALICIA CHANGAP Science Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) - If you thought NASA's latest Mars landing was a nail-biter, get ready for a sequel. The space agency on Tuesday announced plans to launch another mega-rover to the red planet in 2020 that will be modeled after the wildly popular

Obama uncle in Mass. gets new deportation hearing

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 4th

By By RODRIQUE NGOWIAssociated Press BOSTON (AP) - President Barack Obama's uncle is getting a new deportation hearing after an appeals board ordered the agency running the U.S. immigration court system to review his case. Onyango Obama, the half brother of the president's late father,

Kazakh cowboys tour ND, get cattle-tending tips

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 4th

By By JAMES MacPHERSONAssociated Press MANDAN, N.D. (AP) - Mananbai Sadykov cuffed his stiff blue jeans over intricately stitched cowboy boots and tread mindfully though minefields of cattle manure at the Helbling Hereford Ranch in central North Dakota. Sadykov, 48, is no citified dandy, having

Washington State Officials: It's Going To Take A Year To Devise Pot Rules

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 4th

AP WIRES - It's going to create a lot of jobs for a lot of people," says Paul Lugo, owner of a five-month-old medical marijuana dispensary in Spokane who sees big possibilities in legal pot sales to the public. "This could be the thing that gets the economy rolling again." Possession becomes

Washington State Officials: It's Going To Take A Year To Devise Pot Rules

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 4th