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Police Investigating Serious Beach Drive Wreck 07/12/2014 07:25am • Police are investigating a single-car wreck in Chevy Chase on Friday night that left a man pinned against a tree and seriously injured. Police and rescue personnel responded to Beach Drive and Wyndale Road at about 8:40 p.m. on Friday and found a blue Mini Cooper had struck a tree. According to pol Prostitute in Google exec case linked to 2nd death 07/11/2014 04:42am • KATHLEEN FOODY Associated Press MILTON, Ga. (AP) -- Two months before police say a high-priced prostitute calmly left a Google executive dying from a heroin overdose on his yacht, the woman panicked on the phone with a 911 dispatcher as her boyfriend lay on the floor of their home in the throes of a Washington's Top News - Friday, July 11, 2014 07/11/2014 03:23am • Here's a look at some of the day's top stories from WTOP: Possible compromise emerges on border request As the Homeland Security agency on the border says it will run out of money soon, possible compromise is emerging on Capitol Hill that would more quickly send back minors arriving from Cent Ex-US Rep. Akin defends 'legitimate rape' remarks 07/10/2014 03:08pm • ALAN SCHER ZAGIER Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) -- A former Missouri Republican congressman whose "legitimate rape" comments during the 2012 U.S. Senate campaign were roundly criticized now says he was wrong to apologize.Todd Akin writes in a new political memoir that his remarks on whether aborti Google picks 5 charities to create ideas for Glass 07/10/2014 08:04am • BRETT ZONGKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- Google has chosen five charities to develop ideas using Web-connected Google Glass to enhance their work.After receiving 1,300 proposals, Google is announcing five nonprofits Wednesday that'll get a free pair of the glasses, a $25,000 grant and suppo Authorities: Prostitute gave exec fatal heroin hit 07/10/2014 07:26am • MARTHA MENDOZA AP National Writer SANTA CRUZ, Calif. (AP) -- A Silicon Valley success story turned sordid this week with the arrest of an upscale prostitute who allegedly left a Google executive dying on his yacht after shooting him up with a deadly hit of heroin.Forrest Hayes, 51, was found dead by The top iPhone and iPad apps on App Store 07/08/2014 03:50pm • The Associated Press App Store Official Charts for the week ending July 7, 2014:Top Paid iPhone Apps:1. Heads Up!, Warner Bros.2. Minecraft - Pocket Edition, Mojang3. Afterlight, Afterlight Collective, Inc4. Stickman Soccer 2014, Robert Szeleney5. Geometry Dash, Robert Topala6. Facetune, Lightricks In a connected world, consumers face 'lock-in wars' 07/08/2014 01:35pm • By Gregg Stebben, Men's Health WASHINGTON -- As Apple and Google introduce a new wave of inter-connected gadgets, consumers face a new phenomenon -- "lock-in wars." In the advancing "Internet of Things," the technology giants are developing and releasing devices for your car, your wrist, your f Quick way to stop junk email, subscription overload 07/08/2014 10:07am • WASHINGTON -- Anyone who has spent much time on the Internet in the past 20 years has likely been added to countless email lists and newsletters -- the proof is in the junk that shows up in your inbox. We're not talking about spam, which hopefully will end up in your spam folder -- we're talkin Same-party November battles for Calif. lawmakers 07/08/2014 01:06am • KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- Voters can forget the traditional Republican-Democratic matchups in at least seven California congressional districts come November. Contenders for those seats will have to do battle against challengers from their own parties.Democratic Rep. Mike Hon Can living like a star produce a happy ending? 07/07/2014 04:22pm • BROOKE LEFFERTS Associated Press "Jennifer, Gwyneth & Me: The Pursuit of Happiness, One Celebrity at a Time" (Ballantine Books), by Rachel BertscheAuthor and celebrity-watcher Rachel Bertsche spent nearly a year emulating the lifestyles of several famous female stars, seeking contentment, productivi Backlash stirs in US against foreign worker visas 07/07/2014 11:38am • LAURA WIDES-MUNOZ Associated Press Kelly Parker was thrilled when she landed her dream job in 2012 providing tech support for Harley-Davidson's Tomahawk, Wisconsin, plants. The divorced mother of three hoped it was the beginning of a new career with the motorcycle company.The dream didn't last long. Fraud, sex, post-it art: Google cuts search links 07/06/2014 09:54am • JUERGEN BAETZ Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) -- Google's removal of search results in Europe is drawing accusations of press censorship, as stories from some of the continent's most prominent news outlets begin vanishing. The U.S. internet giant said Thursday it is getting 1,000 requests a day to sc UK opens probe into Facebook's psych experiment 07/06/2014 09:54am • DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) -- British regulators are investigating revelations that Facebook treated hordes of its users like laboratory rats in an experiment probing into their emotions.The Information Commissioner's Office said Wednesday that it wants to learn more about the circums Newtown victim's animal shelter dream turning real 07/06/2014 01:32am • SUSAN HAIGH Associated Press HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) -- Before she was killed in the Newtown school massacre, 6-year-old Catherine Violet Hubbard raised money from returnable bottles and cans to buy bones for dogs at the pound and designed business cards for an imaginary animal shelter, listing herself