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EPA finalizes boiler rule to reduce air pollution

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 21st

By KEN THOMASAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - The Environmental Protection Agency finalized rules Friday aimed at reducing toxic air pollution from industrial boilers and incinerators while offering industry more flexibility and lower costs to comply with the new standards. Obama administration

Cyprus uses pension money to pay holiday salaries

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 17th

By By MENELAOS HADJICOSTISAssociated Press NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) - Cyprus' cash-strapped government had to get loans from state-owned companies to make sure it could pay its own workers' salaries during the holiday period, officials said Monday. Finance Ministry Permanent Secretary

Spain's house prices keep tumbling

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 14th

By By HAROLD HECKLEAssociated Press MADRID (AP) - Spain's ailing property market showed little sign of recovery Friday, with the latest figures showing house prices were down some 15 percent in the third quarter. The collapse in the country's real estate market in 2008 sparked Spain

EU scores hat-trick with Greek, bank deals, Nobel

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 12th

By By SARAH DiLORENZO and DON MELVINAssociated Press BRUSSELS (AP) - Finally, it has been a good week for Europe. After months of bitter debate, European Union finance ministers finally reached two crucial agreements Thursday: They found a compromise to create a single supervisor for their

EU scores hat-trick with Greek, bank deals, Nobel

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 12th

Energy experts say drilling can be made cleaner

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 10th

By By KEVIN BEGOS and SETH BORENSTEINAssociated Press PITTSBURGH (AP) - In the Colorado mountains, a spike in air pollution has been linked to a boom in oil and gas drilling. A thousand miles away on the plains of north Texas, there's a drilling boom, too, but some air pollution levels have

Energy experts say drilling can be made cleaner

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 10th

By By KEVIN BEGOS and SETH BORENSTEINAssociated Press PITTSBURGH (AP) - In the Colorado mountains, a spike in air pollution has been linked to a boom in oil and gas drilling. About 800 miles away on the plains of north Texas, there's a drilling boom, too, but some air pollution levels have

Pakistan's largest city rocked by wave of violence

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 9th

By By REBECCA SANTANAAssociated Press KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) - Bodies are piling up in Pakistan's largest city as it suffers one of its most violent years in history, and concern is growing that the chaos is giving greater cover for the Taliban to operate and undermining the country's

Peru's capital highly vulnerable to major quake

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 9th

By By FRANK BAJAK and CARLA SALAZARAssociated Press LIMA, Peru (AP) - The earthquake all but flattened colonial Lima, the shaking so violent that people tossed to the ground couldn't get back up. Minutes later, a 50-foot (15-meter) wall of Pacific Ocean crashed into the adjacent port of

As pot goes proper, a history of weed

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 6th

By By GENE JOHNSONAssociated Press SEATTLE (AP) - The grass is no greener. But, finally, it's legal - at least somewhere in America. It's been a long, strange trip for marijuana. Washington state and Colorado voted to legalize and regulate its recreational use last month. But before