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Berlin taxi drivers hail city's Uber ban 08/14/2014 10:04am • FRANK JORDANS Associated Press BERLIN (AP) -- Berlin taxi drivers were celebrating Thursday after authorities banned the ridesharing service Uber from operating in the city because of safety concerns.In a decree Wednesday, Berlin authorities said they wouldn't tolerate Uber putting customers at risk Berlin taxi drivers hail city's Uber ban 08/14/2014 10:04am • FRANK JORDANS Associated Press BERLIN (AP) -- Berlin taxi drivers were celebrating Thursday after authorities banned the ridesharing service Uber from operating in the city because of safety concerns.In a decree Wednesday, Berlin authorities said they wouldn't tolerate Uber putting customers at risk Berlin taxi drivers hail city's Uber ban 08/14/2014 10:04am • FRANK JORDANS Associated Press BERLIN (AP) -- Berlin taxi drivers were celebrating Thursday after authorities banned the ridesharing service Uber from operating in the city because of safety concerns.In a decree Wednesday, Berlin authorities said they wouldn't tolerate Uber putting customers at risk Berlin taxi drivers hail city's Uber ban 08/14/2014 10:04am • FRANK JORDANS Associated Press BERLIN (AP) -- Berlin taxi drivers were celebrating Thursday after authorities banned the ridesharing service Uber from operating in the city because of safety concerns.In a decree Wednesday, Berlin authorities said they wouldn't tolerate Uber putting customers at risk Apple's tech jobs held mostly by white, Asian men 08/13/2014 11:44pm • MICHAEL LIEDTKE AP Technology Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Apple primarily relies on white and Asian men for its top-paying technology jobs, feeding the perception that Silicon Valley's economic boom is largely excluding women, blacks and Hispanics.A breakdown released Tuesday by Apple Inc. showed 5 Lawsuit over SFO runway death after Asiana crash 08/13/2014 10:20pm • SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- The parents of a teenage girl who was run over and killed by emergency vehicles after an Asiana Airlines crash landing at the San Francisco airport filed a wrongful-death lawsuit Wednesday against the city, saying rescuers were reckless and poorly trained.The San Francisco Chro 'Street view' goes undersea to map reefs, wonders 08/13/2014 09:46pm • JENNIFER KAY Associated Press ISLAMORADA, Fla. (AP) -- It's easy to go online and get a 360-degree, ground-level view of almost any street in the United States and throughout the world. Soon, scientists hope people will be able to do the same with coral reefs and other underwater wonders.U.S. govern Obama takes step to improve government technology 08/13/2014 04:30pm • JULIE PACE Associated Press CHILMARK, Mass. (AP) -- The White House on Monday announced the creation of a team of digital experts tasked with upgrading the government's technology infrastructure and making its websites more consumer friendly.The move is aimed at avoiding a repeat of the website deba Cosart, Marlins beat Wainwright and Cardinals, 3-0 08/13/2014 12:42am • STEVEN WINE AP Sports Writer MIAMI (AP) -- By beating Adam Wainwright, Jarred Cosart said he was just doing what the Miami Marlins acquired him to do.Cosart went seven innings Tuesday to win a pitching duel and earn his first victory for the Marlins, who beat the St. Louis Cardinals 3-0. The win cam Marlins beat Wainwright and Cardinals, 3-0 08/12/2014 11:35pm • STEVEN WINE AP Sports Writer MIAMI (AP) -- The drive down the left-field line took a surprising path, clanging off the foul pole for a homer by a batter who rarely hits them against a pitcher who rarely gives them up.That narrow margin loomed large because of the way Jarred Cosart pitched against Ad The top iPhone and iPad apps on App Store 08/12/2014 05:20pm • The Associated Press App Store Official Charts for the week ending August 11, 2014:Top Paid iPhone Apps:1. Micromon, Pocket Trend2. Heads Up!, Warner Bros.3. Minecraft - Pocket Edition, Mojang4. Afterlight, Afterlight Collective, Inc5. Plague Inc., Ndemic Creations6. Sleep Cycle alarm clock, Northc Judge rejects $324.5M settlement of tech wage case 08/12/2014 04:40pm • MICHAEL LIEDTKE AP Technology Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- A federal judge has decided a $324.5 million settlement isn't enough to cover the damages done to more than 60,000 high-tech workers in a class-action lawsuit alleging Google and Apple conspired with other technology companies to block their Pfizer, 23andMe team up to study bowel disease 08/12/2014 12:30pm • MATTHEW PERRONE AP Health Writer WASHINGTON (AP) -- Pfizer Inc. is teaming up with DNA testing company 23andMe to study the possible genetic underpinnings of inflammatory bowel disease, a hard-to-treat ailment that affects an estimated 1.4 million Americans.Under the agreement, Silicon Valley-based Stocks higher...Kinder Morgan on the rise...Buyout offer for Chiquita 08/11/2014 03:30pm • NEW YORK (AP) -- Stocks are giving up some of their morning gains. An easing of tensions in Ukraine combined with subdued Chinese inflation and positive corporate news helped stock markets around the world get off to a strong start to the week. The main U.S. indexes are still higher in afternoon tra Outdoor Movie Night On Hampden Lane 08/11/2014 02:30pm • A Bethesda real estate agency will fill up an office courtyard on Thursday with its own version of summer outdoor movie night. Beasley Real Estate, based in the office complex at 4800 Hampden Lane, will host a screening of “Transformers” at 8 p.m. on Thursday. The event will happen in t