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Obama boosted by upbeat housing reports, new polls

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 19th

By DAVID ESPOAP Special Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) - Fresh signs of a national housing rebound and growing support in public opinion polls boosted President Barack Obama's bid for a new term in the White House on Wednesday as Republican rival Mitt Romney struggled to quell his video

Obama boosted by upbeat housing reports, new polls

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 19th

China cuts rare earths mining permits

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 19th

By JOE McDONALDAP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) - China has cut the number of permits for rare earths mining in a new move to tighten controls over the exotic minerals needed to manufacture mobile phones, electric cars and other high-tech goods. The Ministry of Land and Resources decided to cut

Sesame Street's next chapter: Elmo talks back

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 18th

By BARBARA ORTUTAYAP Technology Writer NEW YORK (AP) - Elmo, Big Bird and the rest of the "Sesame Street" crew have always talked to kids. Now, they'll try to have a two-way conversation with their pint-sized audience using Kinect, the motion and voice-sensing controller created by

With Alaska's higher costs, dividends won't go far

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 18th

By MARK THIESSENAssociated Press ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - This is the day Alaskans crow about to their brethren in the Lower 48, trying to make them jealous that the government gives them money to just live here. Alaskans got word Tuesday that this year's Permanent Fund Dividend will be $

Kremlin halts USAID work in Russia

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 18th

By BRADLEY KLAPPERAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - The United States said Tuesday it is ending the U.S. Agency for International Development's operations in Russia after a Kremlin demand that the aid organization leave the country, dealing a blow to President Barack Obama's policy of

Business making an anti-regulation pitch to voters

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 18th

By LARRY MARGASAKAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - The National Association of Manufacturers, U.S. Chamber of Commerce and National Federation of Independent Business are working to make the anti-regulatory fervor their members share an issue in the last weeks of the campaign. The chamber and

Business making an anti-regulation pitch to voters

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 18th

Romney: 'Great divide' exists over tax philosophy

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 18th

By KEN THOMASAssociated Press SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - Republican Mitt Romney said Tuesday that Democratic President Barack Obama believes government should "take from some to give to the others" as he defended telling wealthy donors that half of Americans believe they are "victims" who are

Romney: 'Great divide' exists over tax philosophy

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 18th