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Trying to shake off big decline...GDP, durable goods reports due 06/25/2014 07:41am • NEW YORK (AP) -- Investors are still shaking off yesterday's biggest decline in two weeks, led by a sell-off in blue-chip bank and energy stocks. The Dow Jones industrial average fell 119.13 points, or 0.7 percent, to 16,818.13. The S&P 500 lost 12.63 points, or 0.6 percent, to 1,949.98 and the Nasd Walgreen and Vertex are big market movers 06/24/2014 05:30pm • NEW YORK (AP) -- Stocks that moved substantially or traded heavily Tuesday on the New York Stock Exchange and the Nasdaq Stock Market:NYSEWalgreen Co., down $1.25 to $72.48The drugstore chain's third-quarter profit jumped 16 percent on a revenue boost, but the results fell short of expectations.Navi Facebook, Twitter, Google score during World Cup 06/24/2014 03:38pm • BARBARA ORTUTAY AP Technology Writer NEW YORK (AP) -- Twitter and Facebook lit up in a World Cup frenzy this week as millions of people around the world took to social media to share in the ups and downs of the matches.Defending champion Spain's stunning elimination Wednesday after a 2-0 defeat to C The top iPhone and iPad apps on App Store 06/24/2014 02:48pm • The Associated Press App Store Official Charts for the week ending June 23, 2014:Top Paid iPhone Apps:1.Heads Up!, Warner Bros.2.Afterlight, Simon Filip3.Minecraft - Pocket Edition, Mojang4.Sleep Cycle alarm clock, Northcube AB5.Geometry Dash, Robert Topala6.Sleep Talk Recorder, MadInSweden7.A Dark How Google is about to change your life 06/24/2014 11:18am • WASHINGTON -- Google's big annual developer event begins Wednesday and will lay the groundwork for future inventions. The focus is expected to be on wearable devices, connected vehicles and homes, as well as a new version of the Android operating system. While the information shared at this tw Correction: Same-Day Grocery Delivery story 06/23/2014 06:40pm • NEW YORK (AP) -- In a story June 19 about same-day grocery delivery companies, The Associated Press reported erroneously that prices charged by the Instacart delivery service are influenced by the company's relationship with retailers. Instacart says that it independently determines its prices.A cor Diane Von Furstenberg collaborates with Google Glass 06/23/2014 02:54pm • Jasmine Song, special to wtop.com WASHINGTON -- Google Glass has taken a more stylish turn with its new collection of designer frames by Diane Von Furstenberg. Now, users of this cutting-edge device can be just as tech savvy without sacrificing high-fashion. The DVF collection of Google Glass Review: 'Ways of the Dead' is fast-paced narrative 06/23/2014 01:29pm • MICHELLE SCHERAGA Associated Press "The Ways of the Dead" (Viking), by Neely TuckerNeely Tucker's debut novel is an utterly thrilling mystery set in Washington, D.C., in the late 1990s, just before the Internet and the rise of smartphones changed the landscape of print journalism.Sarah Reese, the te Is your Internet connection feeling slow? U.S. ranks low for download speeds 06/23/2014 03:55am • WASHINGTON -- Ever get the feeling your home Internet speed isn't as fast as what you've been paying for? You could be right. In its latest Mea suring Broadband America report, the Federal Communications Commission says that most American Internet providers hit their advertised speeds on averag Crime data show iPhone 'kill switch' cuts thefts 06/20/2014 09:50pm • MICHAEL VIRTANEN Associated Press ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) -- New crime data show Apple's addition of a "kill switch" to its iPhones last September has sharply reduced robberies and thefts, authorities said Thursday.The report by state attorneys general, prosecutors, police and other officials from a year- GOP-led House backs limits on Obama's authority 06/20/2014 09:00pm • DONNA CASSATA Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- In an election-year challenge to President Barack Obama, the Republican-led House on Friday overwhelmingly approved a $570 billion defense bill that halts any Guantanamo transfers for a year amid the furor over the American-for-Taliban swap and pulls Tech Tips: Facebook ads, tracking and you 06/20/2014 08:44pm • BARBARA ORTUTAY AP Technology Writer NEW YORK (AP) -- If you use Facebook, the specific ads you see have been based mostly on what you do on Facebook -- your profile information, status updates, likes and interests.That's changing. The company says it will soon give advertisers more options to tailo Bezos: Fire phone offers 'something different' 06/20/2014 08:44pm • RYAN NAKASHIMA Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) -- There are two ways to view the smartphone Amazon introduced to the world on Wednesday: It's either the latest in a long line of phones with fancy features many people will never use or a magic wand for shopaholics.The phone's most significant feature, Li, 11, misses cut, makes impression at Open 06/20/2014 08:25pm • JOEDY McCREARY AP Sports Writer PINEHURST, N.C. (AP) -- Lucy Li's friends back in California have been filling her inbox with emails.That's the only way they can reach her at the U.S. Women's Open.The 11-year-old is too young for a cellphone."They're like, 'Oh, you're famous now,'" she said, laughin New push to get girls into computer sciences 06/20/2014 03:42pm • MARTHA MENDOZA AP National Writer MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. (AP) -- Diana Navarro loves to code, and she's not afraid to admit it. But the 18-year-old Rutgers University computer science major knows she's an anomaly: Writing software to run computer programs in 2014 is -- more than ever -- a man's world