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Oil's slide continues, hits 6-week low below $92

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 19th

By JOSHUA FREEDAP Business Writer Oil prices fell on Wednesday for the third day in a row as traders realized that a recent run-up to $100 may have been overdone. Oil ended at $91.98 on Wednesday, dropping $3.31, or 3.5 percent. That was its lowest close since Aug. 3. Oil has fallen 7 percent

Tot tablets, retro brands are Toys R Us 'hot toys'

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 19th

By MAE ANDERSONAP Retail Writer NEW YORK (AP) - It's still technically summer, but for some it's not too soon to think about what the kiddies will want for the holidays. Toys R Us has come out with its annual "hot toy" list that includes tablets for kids, fashion dolls in the likeness

Cabrera drives in 6, Tigers rout A's 12-2

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 19th

By NOAH TRISTERAP Baseball Writer DETROIT (AP) - Miguel Cabrera is making a late push for the Triple Crown - and if he keeps swinging like this, the Detroit Tigers could still have a shot in the AL Central. Cabrera homered twice, including a grand slam in the eighth inning, and the Tigers

Japan Airlines up slightly in Tokyo trading debut

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 19th

By ELAINE KURTENBACHAP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) - Japan Airlines Co. capped an $8.5 billion initial public offering, the biggest this year after Facebook's, with a modest return to the Tokyo Stock Exchange: Its share price rose only 1 percent in the first day of trading. The shares closed

Feds: NC sheriff and deputies targeted Latinos

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 18th

By MICHAEL BIESECKERAssociated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - A two-year investigation by the U.S. Department of Justice has found that a North Carolina sheriff and his deputies routinely discriminated against Latinos by making unwarranted arrests with the intent of maximizing deportations. In an

Sesame Street's next chapter: Elmo talks back

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 18th

By BARBARA ORTUTAYAP Technology Writer NEW YORK (AP) - Elmo, Big Bird and the rest of the "Sesame Street" crew have always talked to kids. Now, they'll try to have a two-way conversation with their pint-sized audience using Kinect, the motion and voice-sensing controller created by

Mass. scholar: Jesus cites wife in ancient script

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 18th

By RODRIQUE NGOWIAssociated Press BOSTON (AP) - A Harvard University professor on Tuesday unveiled a fourth-century fragment of papyrus she said is the only existing ancient text quoting Jesus explicitly referring to having a wife. Karen King, an expert in the history of Christianity, said the

Southwest needs power lines to become solar hub

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 18th

By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYANAssociated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) - Pick any stretch of road slicing through the American Southwest. The sun beats down on the asphalt like nowhere else and heat waves distort the landscape. It's here, in these open expanses, that experts say is a massive

AP Exclusive: Mass. inmate lauds sex-change ruling

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 18th

By DENISE LAVOIEAP Legal Affairs Writer BOSTON (AP) - A convicted murderer in Massachusetts says a judge's decision to grant her request for sex-reassignment surgery is "the right thing to do." U.S. District Judge Mark Wolf ruled this month that the surgery is the only adequate treatment

AMR expects about 4,400 job cuts, warns 11,000

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 18th

By DAVID KOENIGAP Airlines Writer DALLAS (AP) - American Airlines is sending layoff warning notices to more than 11,000 employees although a spokesman says the company expects job losses to be closer to 4,400. The notices went out to mechanics and ground workers whose jobs will be affected as