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Ogwumike sisters raise funds for Nigeria education 06/11/2014 04:36pm • DOUG FEINBERG AP Basketball Writer NEW YORK (AP) -- Nneka and Chiney Ogwumike have always valued education.So it's no surprise the Stanford graduates wanted to do something to help educate girls in their parents' homeland of Nigeria. The WNBA stars launched a fundraising competition Wednesday that's

EU investigates Apple, Starbucks, Fiat tax deals 06/11/2014 12:44pm • TOBY STERLING Associated Press AMSTERDAM (AP) -- The European Union's antitrust regulator has launched an investigation into tax deals that Apple, Starbucks and Fiat struck with some European countries, the start of a wider push to keep multinationals from taking advantage of loopholes.EU antitrust

Court: Searchable books database is 'fair use' 06/11/2014 10:10am • LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) -- The creation of a full-text searchable database of millions of books is a fair use of copyrighted works, a federal appeals court ruled Tuesday, saying it also is permissible to distribute the books in alternative forms to people with reading disabil

Google Field Trip: Tour guide of great finds 06/11/2014 07:42am • Data Doctors

Conjoined twins celebrate 18th birthday in Houston 06/11/2014 03:52am • RAMIT PLUSHNICK-MASTI Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) -- For a set of Texas twins, being joined at the hip is not just a cliche -- that was basically the first 10 months of their life.On Tuesday, Emily and Caitlin Copeland, who were born conjoined at the liver, are celebrating their 18th birthday by e

How to know when to invest in new technology 06/10/2014 07:29pm • When it comes to personal technology, I’m a gadget geek. I do the exact opposite of what I tell my clients to do — I buy it, and I buy it fast. However, when it comes to vetting business technology, I watch and I wait. Part of my evaluation process involves a graphical tool developed and

String of record performances over on Wall Street ... Google acquisition ... Occupy Wall Street settlement 06/10/2014 06:20pm • NEW YORK (AP) -- It was great while it lasted. But the streak of record highs in the stock market ended today on Wall Street as the Standard & Poor's 500 index lost ground for just the second time this month. The slight loss for the index broke a four-day string of all-time highs. The S&P slipped 0.

Vodafone report sparks global surveillance debate 06/10/2014 03:24pm • PETER SVENSSON AP Technology Writer NEW YORK (AP) -- Telecommunications company Vodafone's report on government surveillance of its customers in 29 countries reveals more than first meets the eye -- and is raising questions from Dublin to Delhi about how much spying on email and telephone chats happ

Stocks edge lower...Employers post more job openings...IRS to publicize taxpayer rights 06/10/2014 03:10pm • NEW YORK (AP) -- Stocks are slightly lower in afternoon trading on Wall Street, a day after the Standard & Poor's 500 index closed at its latest record high. Today's losses are broad but small. All 10 industry groups in the S&P 500 are down, led by industrials with a 0.5 percent drop.WASHINGTON (AP)

The top iPhone and iPad apps on App Store 06/10/2014 01:40pm • The Associated Press App Store Official Charts for the week ending June 9, 2014:Top Paid iPhone Apps:1. Blek, Denis Mikan2. Heads Up!, Warner Bros.3. Minecraft - Pocket Edition, Mojang4. Afterlight, Simon Filip5. Geometry Dash, Robert Topala6. Facetune, Lightricks Ltd.7. Plague Inc., Ndemic Creatio

Silicon Valley's interns enjoy perk-filled summer 06/09/2014 06:48pm • MARTHA MENDOZA AP National Writer MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. (AP) -- Sitting in a kitchen stocked with free food, a handful of 20-something Google summer interns weigh their favorite perks, but where to begin? With bikes, buses, massages, swimming pools, dance classes, nap pods, parties and access to the

Reports: Apple's iWatch to be released this fall 06/09/2014 04:41pm • Jasmine Song, special to wtop.com WASHINGTON -- The long-anticipated iWatch may be hitting Apple stores as early as October. While rumors have surrounded the official release of the new Apple device, the Japanese newspaper Nikkei says that the iWatch is expected to hit the market this fall.

Net neutrality: What is it? How does it affect me? 06/09/2014 09:56am • By Ken Colburn, Data Doctors PHOENIX, Arizona -- It's a question we hear often -- "What is net neutrality, and how does it affect me or my business? The concept of net neutrality is that all information that travels across the Internet, whether it's streaming video, email messages or a brochur