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Supreme Court tosses 'abstract' software patent 06/20/2014 10:18am • SAM HANANEL Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Supreme Court on Thursday tossed out an Australian company's patent for business software in a decision that clarifies standards for awarding patents, but not as much as some firms had hoped.In a case closely watched by technology companies, justic BRAZIL BEAT: Even Cesar's son impressed by Ochoa 06/20/2014 03:36am • TERESOPOLIS, Brazil (AP) -- Mexico goalkeeper Guillermo Ochoa's performance was so impressive Tuesday that even Julio Cesar's young son was talking about it.Ochoa made four outstanding saves and was picked as man of the match as Mexico drew Cesar's Brazil squad 0-0."He came to me after the match and Business Highlights 06/19/2014 06:50pm • The Associated Press ___Turmoil in Iraq is pushing up US gasoline pricesViolence in Iraq is helping to make gasoline in the U.S. more expensive, depriving drivers of the usual price break between Memorial Day and July Fourth.Global oil prices have risen 5 percent since an insurgency took over two I Stocks retreat...Report: iPhone 'kill switch' cuts thefts...Group sues over eagle rule change 06/19/2014 03:40pm • NEW YORK (AP) -- Stocks are drifting lower in afternoon trading on Wall Street. Investors are looking at a mix of reports suggesting that the U.S. economy is gaining strength along with a batch of disappointing quarterly earnings and forecasts from companies including Rite Aid, Pier 1 Imports and Co A closer look at Amazon's new Fire smartphone 06/19/2014 11:14am • SEATTLE (AP) -- Amazon has introduced a new smartphone that will be closely tied to the products and services it sells, while adding such touches as the ability to render images in 3-D. It was announced Wednesday and will start shipping next month.Here are some details on the new Fire phone:-- AUDIO Fed interest news spurs investors...Weekly jobless claims report due 06/19/2014 07:50am • UNDATED (AP) -- The Federal Reserve says short-term interest rates will remain low. After the Fed's update yesterday, the S&P 500 reached another record-high. The index rose 15 points, or 0.8 percent, to close at 1,956. The Dow Jones industrial average added 98 points, or 0.6 percent, to 16,906. The Google's fight against faulty mobile redirects 06/19/2014 07:50am • Data Doctors YouTube to launch music service amid indie dispute 06/19/2014 04:36am • RYAN NAKASHIMA AP Business Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) -- YouTube will launch a new subscription music service, the company acknowledged Tuesday after being dragged into a public dispute over royalties that will result in the blockade of some independent artists' music videos.The Google Inc.-owned video Teen stowaway can't believe he survived flight 06/19/2014 03:28am • MARTHA MENDOZA AP National Writer SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) -- A Somali immigrant who survived an arduous flight to Hawaii stowed away in a jet's wheel well says he was trying to reach his mom, a refugee in Ethiopia who says her teenage son broke down in tears this week during their first call since his Amazon ties new 4.7-inch phone to its services 06/19/2014 02:37am • RYAN NAKASHIMA Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) -- Amazon unveiled its first smartphone ever on Wednesday, a device that assists shoppers by using six cameras that can make sense of its user's face and the world around it.The phone's most significant feature, called "Firefly," employs audio and object UK says cyber-spies monitor Facebook, Google use 06/18/2014 10:10pm • JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) -- The U.K.'s electronic spy agency is legally allowed to track the online activities of millions of Britons who use U.S.-based platforms such as Facebook, Twitter and Google, Britain's top counterterrorism official has said.In a witness statement made publi Sales of Nest smoke detector resume at lower price 06/18/2014 06:40pm • SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Google's Nest Labs is resuming sales and lowering the price of a high-tech smoke detector that was pulled from the market after malfunctioning.The new price for the detector, called "Nest Protect," will be $99 when sales resume late Monday following a two-month moratorium. That Roku CEO discusses state of Internet video, TV 06/16/2014 05:48pm • MICHAEL LIEDTKE AP Technology Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- If Netflix CEO Reed Hastings is the star of the Internet video-streaming phenomenon, then Roku CEO Anthony Wood is the best supporting actor.Both men play pivotal roles in popularizing technologies that are shaking up the entertainment and b Egypt asks YouTube to remove video of sex assault 06/16/2014 10:30am • CAIRO (AP) -- Egypt has asked YouTube to remove a video of a woman being sexually assaulted in Tahrir Square during a rally supporting the country's newly elected president.Presidential spokesman Ehab Badawy said in a statement that the Egyptian Embassy in Washington had made the request to YouTube, Comic Kathy Griffin to host Daytime Emmys online 06/15/2014 12:50pm • LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Kathy Griffin is taking her comedy online as host of the Daytime Emmy awards as the event heads to a new home on the Internet.The 41st annual awards will be presented June 22 from the Beverly Hilton hotel in Beverly Hills.Griffin joked that her only regret is that the epic evenin