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Peanut Butter Plant Shuttered By FDA, In First-Ever Use Of New Powers, After Huge Recall

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 27th

WASHINGTON (AP) - The country's largest producer of organic peanut butter will have to prove that its facilities are clean enough to reopen. The Food and Drug Administration suspended the registration of Sunland Inc., Monday, after the New Mexico company's repeated food

US economy gets lift from consumers, businesses

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 27th

By CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABER and MARTIN CRUTSINGERAP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) - American consumers are growing more confident about the job market, companies are ordering more equipment and home prices are rising in most major cities. The latest batch of government data suggests that the

Pot-enjoying Ohio defendant agrees to quit

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 27th

CINCINNATI (AP) - An avid marijuana user has agreed to give up his pastime to avoid a jail sentence from a southwest Ohio judge perplexed by his reluctance. Nineteen-year-old Damaine Mitchell got credit for time served for marijuana possession, ending that case. Hamilton County Common Pleas Judge

NEW REPORT: Home Prices Increase In Most Major US Cities

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 27th

WASHINGTON (AP) - Home prices increased in September in most major U.S. cities, more evidence of a housing recovery that is providing a lift to the fragile economy. The Standard & Poor's/Case Shiller national index measuring prices in 20 cities rose 3 percent in September

Washington State Officials Drafting Same-Sex Marriage Certificates

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 27th

OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) - The Washington state Health Department will be changing marriage and divorce certificates in response to the same-sex marriage law that takes effect Dec. 6. Words such as "bride," ''groom," ''husband" and "wife" will likely be gone. The

Shakespeare's Globe building new indoor theater

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 27th

By JILL LAWLESSAssociated Press LONDON (AP) - Shakespeare's Globe, the open-air London playhouse that helped win modern audiences over to all-weather outdoor theatergoing, is embracing the great indoors. The Globe on Tuesday unveiled details of a new indoor venue that will sit alongside the

Northern CA boy swept to sea still missing

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 27th

By JASON DEARENAssociated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Howard Kuljian and his family were out for a walk on a damp, overcast morning at Big Lagoon state beach on Saturday, playing fetch with their dog Fran as eight-to-10-foot surf churned the water just feet away like a washing machine. Kuljian

Police arrest 3 officials of Bangladesh factory where 112 died; suspected of locking doors

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 27th

DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) - Police arrest 3 officials of Bangladesh factory where 112 died; suspected of locking doors. Copyright 2012 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

China's party paper falls for Onion joke about Kim

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 27th

BEIJING (AP) - The online version of China's Communist Party newspaper has hailed a report by The Onion naming North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un as the "Sexiest Man Alive" - apparently unaware it is satire. The People's Daily ran a 55-page photo spread on its website Tuesday in a tribute to

NY man suing Facebook wants his lawyer to stay

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 27th

By CAROLYN THOMPSONAssociated Press BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) - A New York man claiming part ownership of Facebook indicated Tuesday that his lawyer wants off the case because he's received threats, but he opposed the lawyer's motion to withdraw. "I appreciate the fear for his own safety that