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The top iPhone and iPad apps on App Store 09/02/2014 04:28pm • The Associated Press App Store Official Charts for the week ending September 1, 2014:Top Paid iPhone Apps:1. Heads Up!, Warner Bros.2. Minecraft - Pocket Edition, Mojang3. Castle of Illusion Starring Mi..., Disney4. Afterlight, Afterlight Collective, Inc5. Sleep Cycle alarm clock, Northcube AB6. Sk Survey: Foreign companies in China feel 'targeted' 09/02/2014 10:30am • JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) -- Foreign companies in China feel increasingly targeted for unfair enforcement of anti-monopoly and other laws and might cut investment if conditions fail to improve, a U.S. business group said Tuesday.The American Chamber of Commerce in China's report a Visual search to shop: gimmick or game changing? 09/01/2014 05:42pm • MAE ANDERSON AP Technology Writer NEW YORK (AP) -- Imagine using your phone to snap a photo of the cool pair of sunglasses your friend is wearing and instantly receiving a slew of information about the shades along with a link to order them.It's a great idea -- but it doesn't quite work.Though many Apple to unveil next products at Sept. 9 event 09/01/2014 07:20am • MICHAEL LIEDTKE AP Technology Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Apple's latest product launch will be in a setting that holds a special place in its history, signaling how big this event is for the company.The Sept. 9 launch, which is expected to feature a larger iPhone and possibly a computerized watch, New Samsung smartwatch won't need companion phone 09/01/2014 07:20am • ANICK JESDANUN AP Technology Writer NEW YORK (AP) -- With the holiday shopping season coming, Samsung and LG unveiled small improvements to their computerized wristwatches to try to sway shoppers.Samsung's latest version can do more without a smartphone to go with it. LG's has a round screen. Apple 5 Time-Saving College Application Tricks for High School Seniors 09/01/2014 12:00am • Senior year of high school is a time for students to develop a sense of what they will do next, whether that means attending college or completing a gap year. Seniors must also finish their course work, participate in extracurriculars, research colleges and apply. As with any complex task, your sen Google building fleet of package-delivering drones 08/31/2014 01:08pm • MICHAEL LIEDTKE AP Technology Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Google's secretive research laboratory is trying to build a fleet of drones designed to bypass earthbound traffic so packages can be delivered to people more quickly.The ambitious program announced Thursday escalates Google's technological a White Flint shopping center sold, don't expect major redevelopment 08/29/2014 03:15pm • One of the few properties along Rockville Pike in White Flint that’s not attached to plans for mixed-use redevelopment has been sold, but don’t expect much to change. White Flint Station, the one-story shopping center home to local favorites such as Ize’s Deli & Bakery and othe Arlington Doctor Charged With Running Oxycodone Ring 08/29/2014 01:15pm • Dr. Derron McRae Simon, who ran the WithinMe MD medical clinic at 5275 Lee Hwy in Arlington, has been indicted on charges that he ran an oxycodone distribution ring. Starting in February 2013, federal prosecutors say Simon and five co-conspirators wrote, filled and sold fraudulent prescriptions for Wearables data: Should you worry? 08/29/2014 09:01am • By Gregg Stebben, Men's Health WASHINGTON -- A day after California was hit by its strongest earthquake in 25 years, the Jawbone company, which makes a fitness band called UP, announced they could tell how far from the the epicenter the quake was felt, just by studying sleep data from thous Washington's Top News -- Friday, August 29, 2014 08/29/2014 03:34am • Here's a look at some of the day's top stories from WTOP: Closing arguments set in former Va. governor trial Closing arguments are scheduled in the public corruption trial of former Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell and his wife, Maureen. Prosecutors and defense lawyers will sum up the case for the jur 10 Things to Know for Friday 08/28/2014 09:08pm • The Associated Press Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today:1. ISLAMIC STATE MILITANTS ROUND UP, KILL SYRIAN SOLDIERSThe slayings of scores of captives are the latest massacre attributed to the extremist group.2. HIGH SCHOOL BUDDIES FR A Closer Look: Reading tablets decent, but needed? 08/28/2014 10:10am • ANICK JESDANUN AP Technology Writer NEW YORK (AP) -- E-book readers are great for reading books, but they can't be used get directions or watch videos of people dumping ice over their heads.Tablets can.In partnership with Samsung, Barnes & Noble released a reading-centric tablet last week, the Galax Experts want to see NFL act on domestic violence 08/28/2014 02:58am • TERESA M. WALKER AP Pro Football Writer NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- Ravens running back Ray Rice is sitting out two games for domestic violence. A positive marijuana test triggered a yearlong ban for Browns wide receiver Josh Gordon, costing him the 2014 season.Critics of the NFL's arbitrary policy tow Vaccine Safety: Getting the Message to Parents in Doubt 08/28/2014 12:00am • Measles, mumps and whooping cough have been around a long time -- along with the vaccines to prevent them. But instead of being a distant memory in the United States -- like polio -- outbreaks of these infectious childhood diseases keep cropping up, and parents refusing or delaying vaccinations are