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NYC to round out skyline with tallest Ferris wheel

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 27th

By JENNIFER PELTZAssociated Press NEW YORK (AP) - The Big Apple is getting another "biggest": the world's tallest Ferris wheel, part of an ambitious plan to draw New Yorkers and tourists alike to the city's so-called "forgotten borough." The 625-foot-tall, $230 million New York Wheel is to

Goodell apologizes to fans for replacement games

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 27th

By RACHEL COHENAP Sports Writer NEW YORK (AP) - NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell apologized to the fans who fretted through three weeks of replacement officials calling their favorite teams' games. "Obviously when you go through something like this it is painful for everybody," he said on a

Fairway faces mice problem in Manhattan store

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 27th

By ANNE D'INNOCENZIOAP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) - Just as Fairway looks to go public, the grocery chain faces an unwanted visitor at one of its New York stores: Mice. Video footage at a Fairway store on Manhattan's Upper West Side shows a mouse in one of the store's open olive

Former Boston U. president John Silber dies

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 27th

By MARK PRATTAssociated Press BOSTON (AP) - John Silber, the sharp-tongued, pugnacious public intellectual who transformed Boston University during a quarter-century as president and mounted an unsuccessful run for governor of Massachusetts, died Thursday. He was 86. Silber died of kidney

Data suggest US economy growing only modestly

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 27th

By CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABERAP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) - A spate of data Thursday painted a mixed picture of the U.S. economy: Demand for long-lasting manufactured goods fell and slightly fewer people signed contracts to buy homes. At the same time, the job market looked a little better.

Fiat CEO: Europe car problem needs Europe solution

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 27th

By SARAH DiLORENZOAP Business Writer PARIS (AP) - The chief executive of Fiat and Chrysler thinks Europe's carmakers can only survive if they reduce their enormous overcapacity together, rather than retreating behind national borders to find piecemeal solutions. Sergio Marchionne wants the

Killer who escaped NC prison farm recaptured

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 27th

By MICHAEL BIESECKERAssociated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - A convicted killer who walked away from a North Carolina prison farm was captured Thursday after more than four days on the run. James J. Ladd, 51, was taken into custody by state authorities at about 11 a.m., according to North Carolina

2 dozen join NY JetBlue lawsuit over pilot scare

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 27th

By FRANK ELTMANAssociated Press MINEOLA, N.Y. (AP) - Two dozen passengers joined a lawsuit in New York on Thursday against JetBlue Airways Corp. stemming from a pilot's rant during a cross-country flight. They are now among 34 passengers who claim they feared for their lives when a pilot

5 major rental car companies agree on recall plan

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 27th

By MICHAEL GORMLEYAssociated Press ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - When Cally Houck lost her two daughters in the wreck of what turned out to be a defective rental car, she thought there must be a rule keeping those vehicles off the road. "There had to be some sort of law that prohibits this practice," the

UK meets with Ecuador over WikiLeaks' Assange

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 27th

By DAVID STRINGERAssociated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) - Ecuador has asked Britain whether fugitive WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange might be allowed to leave his London hideout for medical treatment, as the two countries met Thursday to seek to end a deadlock over the activist's fate.