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For Facebook 'Hacker Way' is way of life
NEW YORK (AP) -- Facebook's billionaire CEO Mark Zuckerberg calls himself a hacker....
Hackers apparently hit Swedish government site
STOCKHOLM (AP) -- A group linked to the hacker network Anonymous says it has attacked the Swedish government's website and shut it down by overloading it....
Hackers intercept FBI, Scotland Yard call
LONDON (AP) -- Trading jokes and swapping leads, investigators from the FBI and Scotland Yard spent the conference call strategizing about how to bring down the hacking collective known as Anonymous, responsible for a string of embarrassing attacks across the Internet....
EU probes new Google privacy policy
BRUSSELS (AP) -- The European Union's data protection authorities have asked Google to delay the rollout of its new privacy policy until they have verified that it doesn't break the bloc's data protection laws....
HP awards new CEO Whitman with $16.5M pay package
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Hewlett-Packard Co. ushered in Meg Whitman as its CEO with a $16.5 million compensation package that hinges on the one-time politician's ability to lift the stumbling technology company's stock price during the next two years....
Pew study: Facebook users get more than they give
NEW YORK (AP) -- The goody-two-shoes among us say it's better to give than to receive. That's not true for the average Facebook user, though....
Apple, Motorola in patent struggle in Germany
FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) -- Apple Inc. has temporarily blocked Motorola Mobility's attempt to have it withdraw several iPhone and iPad models from its Internet store in Germany, the latest twist in an extended legal duel over patents between the companies....
Motorola: Some refurbished tablets weren't wiped
NEW YORK (AP) -- Motorola Mobility says about 100 Xoom tablet computers that it refurbished for sale on Woot.com may not have been properly wiped of the previous owners' data....
Facebook filing lifts Zynga, other recent IPOs
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Facebook's long-awaited IPO filing lifted the stocks of many Internet companies, including recent laggards Zynga and Groupon. But analysts said the halo effect may fade, because some companies basking in Facebook's glow just aren't as financially sound as the world's largest social network....
Facebook surrenders its privacy in IPO documents
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Facebook is baring its business soul....
Romney latest pol to join wait-let-me-explain club
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Mitt Romney's remark that he's not worried about the very poor, the latest gaffe in a campaign rich with blunders, joins a long list of wait-let-me-explain episodes in presidential election history....
Mon, 06 Feb 2012 10:37:42 GMT
GOP ends NV vote count; Romney on top with 50%
LAS VEGAS (AP) -- Nevada Republicans have finally finished counting the votes in their Saturday presidential caucuses....
Mon, 06 Feb 2012 10:15:44 GMT
Obama: US in 'lockstep' with Israel on Iran nukes
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama says the United States is working in "lockstep" with Israel to solve the brewing crisis over Iran's disputed nuclear program....
Mon, 06 Feb 2012 08:25:33 GMT
FACT CHECK: Obama, GOP spin recent energy stats
WASHINGTON (AP) -- You wouldn't know it from the Republicans, but these are boom times for American energy....
Mon, 06 Feb 2012 08:34:22 GMT
GOP race turns to Colorado, Minnesota
LAS VEGAS (AP) -- Now it's on to Colorado, Minnesota and Maine....
Mon, 06 Feb 2012 02:32:29 GMT
Obama says he deserves re-election, job's not done
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama says he deserves re-election, despite the nation's economic troubles....
Sun, 05 Feb 2012 22:02:21 GMT
In Minn., rightward drift challenges Romney
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) -- Minnesota once took pride in progressive reform and political consensus....
Sun, 05 Feb 2012 18:21:49 GMT
Colorado rocky for Republicans in 2012
DENVER (AP) -- Note to Republican presidential contenders: Colorado's political terrain is as rocky as its mountains....
Sun, 05 Feb 2012 21:24:22 GMT
Analysis: Romney win leaves rivals few options
LAS VEGAS (AP) -- Mitt Romney's big win in Nevada four days after his breakthrough victory in Florida spells big trouble for his remaining rivals. Simply put: Is there any way to stop Romney now?...
Mon, 06 Feb 2012 02:20:55 GMT
Santorum refuses to bow despite another loss
BEMIDJI, Minn. (AP) -- Rick Santorum has lost four straight contests....
Sun, 05 Feb 2012 23:57:16 GMT
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Associated Press Headlines
Giants top Pats for 2nd Super Bowl in 4 years
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) -- Tom Brady let his final pass fly toward the scrum of players in the end zone, hoping for an incredible finish....Mon, 06 Feb 2012 08:46:38 GMT
Fire kills husband of missing Utah woman, 2 boys
GRAHAM, Wash. (AP) -- Josh Powell's note was simple and short, a farewell to the world after two years of being scrutinized in the media, hammered by police and questioned by judges, prosecutors and social workers, living his life under a microscope since the day his wife vanished....Mon, 06 Feb 2012 08:41:09 GMT
Defense cuts test lawmakers' resolve on deficits
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Lawmakers who came to Washington demanding budget cuts face a tough test now that President Barack Obama and military leaders want to shrink the force, shut down bases and cancel weapons to achieve them....Mon, 06 Feb 2012 09:01:06 GMT
Romney latest pol to join wait-let-me-explain club
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Mitt Romney's remark that he's not worried about the very poor, the latest gaffe in a campaign rich with blunders, joins a long list of wait-let-me-explain episodes in presidential election history....Mon, 06 Feb 2012 10:37:42 GMT
Activists: Syrian forces bombard restive city
BEIRUT (AP) -- Government forces shelled the central Syrian city of Homs on Monday, striking a makeshift medical clinic and residential areas and killing at least 17 people in the third day of a new assault on the epicenter of the country's uprising, activists said....Mon, 06 Feb 2012 10:40:06 GMT
Too many kids breathe others' smoke in cars: CDC
CHICAGO (AP) -- Texting while driving, speeding and back-seat hanky-panky aren't all that parents need to worry about when their kids are in cars: Add secondhand smoke to the list....Mon, 06 Feb 2012 06:49:19 GMT
Mushroom pickers lost hope, considered eating dog
GOLD BEACH, Ore. (AP) -- Dan Conne says he and his wife and son thought they were going to die after getting lost while picking mushrooms and spending nearly a week in the rugged forest of southwest Oregon....Mon, 06 Feb 2012 09:04:21 GMT
Abbas to head Palestinian unity government
RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) -- The main Palestinian political rivals on Monday took a major step toward healing their bitter rift, agreeing that Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas would head an interim unity government to prepare for general elections in the West Bank and Gaza Strip....Mon, 06 Feb 2012 11:49:44 GMT
Indonesia to hit train roof riders with nasty goop
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) -- Indonesia has come up with another bizarre plan to keep commuters from riding on the roofs of trains: Swat them with brooms drenched in putrid goop....Mon, 06 Feb 2012 10:34:13 GMT
Sports court strips Contador of 2010 Tour title
MADRID (AP) -- Alberto Contador has been stripped of his 2010 Tour de France title and banned for two years after sport's highest court found him guilty of doping....Mon, 06 Feb 2012 11:59:31 GMT
