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Romney: No role in Bain management after 1999

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on July 13th

By JIM KUHNHENN and PHILIP ELLIOTTAssociated Press LACONIA, N.H. (AP) - His credibility under attack, Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney insisted on Friday that he had "no role whatsoever in the management" of a private equity firm after early 1999, and demanded that President Barack

Who will replace Lopez, Tyler on 'American Idol'?

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on July 12th

By LYNN ELBERAP Television Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) - Mariah Carey, Celine Dion and Mary J. Blige are among the heady names being tossed around as potential judges for "American Idol" after Steven Tyler and Jennifer Lopez skipped out on next season. Star power, after all, is what judges add to TV

Documents conflict on when Romney left Bain

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on July 12th

By JACK GILLUM and JULIE PACEAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Documents filed by Mitt Romney's former company conflict with the Republican presidential candidate's statements about when he gave up control of the private equity firm Bain Capital. President Barack Obama's campaign

Mich. woman: I tended corpse, watched NASCAR

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on July 11th

JACKSON, Mich. (AP) - A woman said she kept the dead body of her companion in a chair in their southern Michigan house for months because she didn't want to be alone. Linda Chase, 72, said she kept the remains of Charles Zigler clean and dressed and talked to the body while watching NASCAR on

Home cooking expert Marion Cunningham dies at 90

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on July 11th

By MICHELLE LOCKEFor The Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Marion Cunningham, the home-cooking champion whose legacy can be found in the food-spattered pages of "Fannie Farmer" cookbooks in kitchens across America, has died at age 90. Cunningham, who had been ill for some years, died

Judge set to rule on Tribune bankruptcy plan

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on July 11th

By RANDALL CHASEAP Business Writer WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) - A Delaware judge says he will rule this week on whether Tribune Co. can emerge from Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. U.S. bankruptcy judge Kevin Carey said Wednesday that he has drafted a 50-page opinion and will issue a formal ruling by

As Olympics near, P&G ramps up marketing effort

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on July 11th

By MAE ANDERSONAP Retail Writer NEW YORK (AP) - If a gold medal could be awarded for Olympic marketing, Procter & Gamble would surely be striving for it. With the opening ceremony of the Olympics two weeks away, the world's largest consumer products maker on Wednesday is unveiling an ad

W.Va. sheriff says woman tortured; husband charged

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on July 11th

By JOHN RABY and VICKI SMITHAssociated Press LEROY, W.Va. (AP) - While her husband returned a rototiller to a West Virginia rental shop, a limping woman sneaked into another part of the building seeking help. Soon, court papers say, she was at a shelter with a horrifying tale: She had been held

MediaNews co-founder Richard Scudder dead at 99

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on July 11th

By COLLEEN SLEVINAssociated Press DENVER (AP) - Richard B. Scudder, co-founder and former chairman of MediaNews Group Inc., the nation's second-largest newspaper company, who also helped invent a process allowing newsprint to be recycled, died Wednesday at his home in New Jersey. He was 99.

Both parties block quick votes on Obama tax plan

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on July 11th

By ALAN FRAMAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - In a day of political maneuvering, Democrats and then Republicans took turns blocking a quick Senate vote on President Barack Obama's proposal to extend expiring tax cuts for a year on everyone but the highest-earning Americans. With each side