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FDA fights Web pharmacies selling unapproved drugs

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 5th

By LINDA A. JOHNSONAP Business Writer TRENTON, N.J. (AP) - The Food and Drug Administration is stepping up its fight against counterfeit and other potentially harmful medicine sold over the Internet. The agency is ordering operators of about 4,100 websites to immediately stop selling unapproved

Can stocks continue to rise as earnings fall?

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 5th

By BERNARD CONDONAP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) - One type of investor buys stocks when everyone is convinced that corporate earnings will fall. He buys because he thinks they're wrong and earnings will rise instead. Call him the contrarian. Another type of investor buys when everyone

Madoff fraud's last days recounted in NYC document

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 5th

By LARRY NEUMEISTERAssociated Press NEW YORK (AP) - In December 2008, two of Bernard Madoff's most loyal employees met on a Manhattan street corner and fretted over a closely held secret that the rest of the world would learn about eight days later: that their boss was a con man for the

North Carolina: A political mix of old and new

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 5th

By BILL BARROW and SUSANNE SCHAFERAssociated Press ASHEVILLE, N.C. (AP) - North Carolina's population has nearly doubled since 1970, fueled by an economic expansion that brought an influx of Midwesterners, Northeasterners and nonwhites and turning the state from a Republican presidential

US consumer credit up $18.1 billion in August

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 5th

By MARTIN CRUTSINGERAP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) - Americans boosted their borrowing in August by the largest amount in three months with strong gains in the category that covers auto and student loans and in credit card debt. Total consumer borrowing increased $18.1 billion in August

Steroid-related meningitis cases rise to 47

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 5th

By MIKE STOBBEAP Medical Writer NEW YORK (AP) - As the tally from a deadly meningitis outbreak rose Friday, health officials identified the medical clinics across the country that received steroid shots for back pain now linked to the illnesses. Authorities took the step to help identify

Review: Apple's maps app lets you follow the voice

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 5th

By ANICK JESDANUNAP Technology Writer FREMONT, Ind. (AP) - Apple's new maps app came out the day I started a 2,243-mile road trip through four states. As complaints about it trickled in and Apple's CEO apologized, I was left wondering whether people were using the same app I was.

Fungi blamed for meningitis rarely cause trouble

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 5th

By MALCOLM RITTERAP Science Writer NEW YORK (AP) - The two kinds of fungus linked to a meningitis outbreak are found in plenty of places and rarely make people sick. People inhale one kind, Aspergillus, all the time without any problem. It's nearly impossible to avoid, found in such places

Angry birds attack French tax on entrepreneurs

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 5th

By SARAH DiLORENZOAP Business Writer PARIS (AP) - France's government is under attack by a flock of furious "pigeons." And the angry birds have won the first battle. A group of entrepreneurs calling themselves "pigeons" - French slang for someone who has been taken advantage of - have

Women pulled from submerged car in RI identified

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 5th

By ERIKA NIEDOWSKI and MICHELLE R. SMITHAssociated Press NEWPORT, R.I. (AP) - The three victims who were pulled from a car hours after it plunged off a pier and landed on its roof in Newport Harbor were identified Saturday as a Rhode Island woman and two women from Europe, police said. Part of