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Air Force targets fuel, flight to find savings

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 10th

By LOLITA C. BALDORAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - The Air Force is taking aim at its big costs of fuel and flight this week, temporarily halting training operations for 12 active duty fighter and bomber squadrons across the United States in order to save nearly $300 million. Details emerging

Federal budget cuts ground Air Force aircraft

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 10th

By BROCK VERGAKISAssociated Press NORFOLK, Va. (AP) - A top general says federal budget cuts that will ground one-third of the U.S. Air Force's active-duty force of combat planes including fighters and bombers means "accepting the risk that combat airpower may not be ready to respond

EU warns of imbalances in Spain, Slovenia

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BRUSSELS (AP) - The European Commission is warning that Spain and Slovenia face "excessive" problems balancing their economies. In a health-check of the economies of 13 European Union countries, the Commission said Wednesday that "high domestic and external debt levels continue to pose serious

Midwest hit with snow, ice, other severe weather

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WORTHINGTON, Minn. (AP) - Storms packing snow, ice and dangerous winds knocked out power in communities throughout the Midwest and prompted Minnesota's governor to call out the state National Guard on Wednesday to help residents. Icy weather left thousands of people in Minnesota in the dark,

No panic in NKorea despite talk of missile test

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By JEAN H. LEE and HYUNG-JIN KIMAssociated Press PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) - The prospect of a North Korean missile test is "considerably high," South Korea's foreign minister told lawmakers Wednesday as Pyongyang calmly prepared to mark the April 15 birthday of its founder, historically a

North Korea hints it will soon launch a missile

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By JEAN H. LEEAssociated Press PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) - Hinting at a missile launch, North Korea delivered a fresh round of war rhetoric with claims it has "powerful striking means" on standby. Seoul and Washington speculated that it is preparing to test-fire a missile designed to be capable

Federal budget cuts ground Air Force aircraft

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 9th

By BROCK VERGAKISAssociated Press NORFOLK, Va. (AP) - A third of the U.S. Air Force's active-duty force of combat planes including fighters and bombers will be grounded due to federal budget cuts, and only the units preparing to deploy to major operations, such as the war in Afghanistan, will

Liberals balk at Obama's 2nd-term overtures to GOP

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By JOSH LEDERMANAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Liberal lawmakers from Congress and a coalition of like-minded groups rallied outside the White House on Tuesday, voicing frustration at the Democratic president they say has let them down by proposing cuts to Medicare and Social Security. One day

Student charged in Texas college stabbing attack

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By RAMIT PLUSHNICK-MASTI and JUAN A. LOZANOAssociated Press CYPRESS, Texas (AP) - A student who told police he'd fantasized for years about stabbing people to death was charged Tuesday with carrying out a building-to-building attack at a Texas community college that wounded at least 14 people,

Factories that ran on Korean cooperation go silent

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By YOUKYUNG LEE and KIM YONG-HOAssociated Press PAJU, South Korea (AP) - A few hundred South Korean managers, some wandering among quiet assembly lines, were all that remained Tuesday at the massive industrial park run by the rival Koreas after North Korea pulled its more than 50,000 workers from