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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 Google using its clout to widen use of encryption 08/09/2014 06:30am • MICHAEL LIEDTKE AP Technology Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Google is wielding the power of its dominant Internet search engine to push more websites into protecting the people using their services.The move, announced late Wednesday, involves a change in Google's closely guarded formula for determini Stocks close up ...Oil up in NY, down in London... More GM recalls 08/08/2014 06:50pm • NEW YORK (AP) -- Stocks are closing higher. It appears investors are relieved by reports of easing tensions between Ukraine and Russia. The Dow Jones industrials climbed 186 points, or 1.1 percent, to close at 16,553 today. The S&P 500 rose 22 points, or 1.2 percent, to 1,931. The Nasdaq rose 36 poi Yelp CEO reviews his own business after 10 years 08/08/2014 03:16pm • MICHAEL LIEDTKE AP Technology Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- After Yelp posted the first quarterly profit in its history last week, the online business review site got panned on Wall Street. The company's stock plummeted 11 percent the day after the results came out, wiping out its gains for the year. Stocks edge lower...Oil boom, housing bust alter US spending trends...More flights are late 08/07/2014 03:29pm • NEW YORK (AP) -- Stocks are edging lower in afternoon trading on Wall Street. Investors are still troubled by the potential for escalating tensions between Russia and the West over Ukraine. The yield on the 10-year Treasury note fell to its lowest level of the year.WASHINGTON (AP) -- Consumer spendi Bill Clinton rallies Kentucky Senate race voters 08/07/2014 01:00am • ADAM BEAM Associated Press HAZARD, Ky. (AP) -- U.S. Senate candidate Alison Lundergan Grimes turned to Bill Clinton on Wednesday to help insulate her from an unpopular Democratic president who is dragging down her support in the traditional Democratic stronghold of eastern Kentucky."I love Kentucky, HK court: Tycoon can sue Google over autocomplete 08/06/2014 05:20pm • KELVIN CHAN AP Business Writer HONG KONG (AP) -- A court has ruled that a Hong Kong tycoon can sue Google over its autocomplete results suggesting he has links to organized crime.In a judgment released Wednesday, the court dismissed the Internet search giant's objections to tycoon Albert Yeung's def Google Maps tips: Explore nearby places 08/06/2014 08:42am • Data Doctors Microsoft hires Qualcomm exec to make more deals 08/05/2014 08:40pm • REDMOND, Wash. (AP) -- Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella has lured away an executive from smartphone chip maker Qualcomm to hammer out more deals that will expand the software maker's presence in the mobile device market.Margaret "Peggy" Johnson will serve as Microsoft Corp.'s executive vice president of A Closer Look: Secure your phone without passcodes 08/05/2014 06:50pm • ANICK JESDANUN AP Technology Writer NEW YORK (AP) -- Passcodes are outdated.They're a pain to use, and they aren't secure when they are based on easy-to-guess digits, such as a birth date or street address. Many people don't bother using them on phones, even though that means any thief can get insta Texas man faces child porn charges after Google cyber-tip 08/05/2014 04:02pm • WASHINGTON -- A Texas man is facing child pornography charges after Google detected suspicious content in his email and turned it over to authorities. KHOU Texas reports that Denny's employee John Henry Skillern, 41, was arrested last week after Google found explicit images of a girl in his Emergency Lane Closure In Chevy Chase 08/05/2014 02:35pm • Emergency repairs on an underground cable mean one lane of a short stretch of Wisconsin Avenue will be closed this week. Verizon needs to repair a cable along northbound Wisconsin Avenue between Dorset Avenue and Grafton Street. The State Highway Administration has granted Verizon permission to work Jet-plane tech keeps car driver's eyes on road 08/05/2014 01:38pm • WASHINGTON -- Using a smartphone or tablet while driving isn't smart, and in many states is illegal. Fiddling with buttons and knobs while behind the wheel can cause deadly distractions. But a soon-to-be-released heads-up display, called Navdy, projects easier-to-digest information from a driver Introducing Rockville Sport&Health, In North Bethesda’s Pike & Rose 08/05/2014 01:05pm • Introducing Rockville Sport&Health from Sport&Health Clubs on Vimeo. Area fitness company Sport&Health is getting closer to opening its 32,000-square-foot facility in Federal Realty’s much anticipated Pike & Rose project. A promotional video the released last week shows images of the fac