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Self-effacing Obama hails science fair achievers 05/27/2014 08:22pm • JIM KUHNHENN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama confessed to feeling a little bit, well, unaccomplished.There was the catapult-armed mannequin that shot three-point baskets, the 18-year-old cancer researcher and the second-grade Girl Scouts from Tulsa, Oklahoma, with their Le The top iPhone and iPad apps on App Store 05/27/2014 03:48pm • The Associated Press App Store Official Charts for the week ending May 26, 2014:Top Paid iPhone Apps:1. Blek, Denis Mikan2. A Dark Room, Amirali Rajan3. Heads Up!, Warner Bros.4. Minecraft - Pocket Edition, Mojang5. Afterlight, Simon Filip6. Geometry Dash, Robert Topala7. Plague Inc., Ndemic Creati Arlington school board passes $539.4 million budget 05/27/2014 03:30pm • The Arlington School Board adopted its FY 2015 budget last week, increasing its expenditures by 3.13 percent from $523 million last year to $539.4 million this year. Arlington Public Schools will receive a transfer from the county of $432.2 million, with the rest of the money coming from federal, YouTube takes down videos of Santa Barbara murderer 05/27/2014 12:09pm • WASHINGTON -- YouTube has taken down all videos that had been uploaded to the account of Elliot Rodger, the man who authorities say killed six and injured 13 in Isla Vista, California. Mashable reports the videos were taken down Tuesday from the Google-owned video platform. Rodger had poste White House mistakenly reveals CIA official's name 05/27/2014 04:10am • KEN DILANIAN AP Intelligence Writer WASHINGTON (AP) -- In an embarrassing flub, the Obama administration accidentally revealed the name of the CIA's top official in Afghanistan in an email to thousands of journalists during the president's surprise Memorial Day weekend trip to Bagram Air Field.The o In food poisoning probes, officials call for Yelp 05/27/2014 01:26am • MIKE STOBBE AP Medical Writer NEW YORK (AP) -- New York City is using a novel way to uncover cases of food poisoning -- reading Yelp restaurant reviews.Health officials found three unreported outbreaks by sifting through nearly 300,000 reviews on the popular website. The outbreaks were small, togeth Rear-facing camera a step forward toward cycle safety 05/26/2014 10:41am • WASHINGTON -- Keeping eyes on the road is important for all drivers, perhaps even more so for motorcyclists. Until now, being aware of a motorcycle's surroundings has required riders to divert attention from what's in front of them. But a new augmented-reality motorcyle helmet, Skully AR-1, h Review: Apple's CarPlay headed in right direction 05/26/2014 04:56am • MICHAEL LIEDTKE AP Technology Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Apple is getting ready to hitch the iPhone to cars in a mobile marriage of convenience.The ambitious project, called CarPlay, implants some of the iPhone's main applications in automobiles so drivers can control them with voice commands, a t Sequence of posts connected to California attack 05/25/2014 04:20pm • OSKAR GARCIA Associated Press A seven-minute video posted by the suspect in a California rampage was the last of a series of posts on YouTube and elsewhere leading up to the shooting."Tomorrow is the day of retribution," Elliot Rodger, 22, said in a video taken down by YouTube on Saturday. "The day Videos show suspected California shooter's anger 05/25/2014 01:40am • GILLIAN FLACCUS Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Before Elliot Rodger killed six people in a beachside California college community, the 22-year-old repeatedly talked online in videos about being sexually frustrated, alone and miserable.Rodger's family worried about him enough to call police abo Google tops list of companies for benefits and compensation 05/23/2014 01:04pm • WASHINGTON -- Google tops the list of 25 companies offering the best benefits and compensation, as rated anonymously by their employees. Glassdoor, a company that compiles all sorts of statistics about businesses, compiled the list. This is the first year Glassdoor has ranked companies on pay an House passes curbs on NSA phone surveillance 05/23/2014 10:54am • KEN DILANIAN AP Intelligence Writer WASHINGTON (AP) -- In an overwhelming vote, the House moved the U.S. closer to ending the National Security Agency's bulk collection of Americans' phone records Thursday, the most significant demonstration to date of leaker Edward Snowden's impact on the debate ov Small business on-the-go? Smartphones make it easy 05/23/2014 01:20am • JOSEPH PISANI AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) -- Avi Shenkar runs his four hair salons from the palm of his hand.Work for the owner of Blo/Out Blow Dry Bars begins as soon as he grabs his iPhone at 6 a.m. while still in bed. He scrolls through messages on group texting app GroupMe to see if any of House votes to end NSA bulk collection of Americans' phone records _ but restraints limited 05/22/2014 11:19pm • WASHINGTON (AP) -- The House has voted to end the National Security Agency's bulk collection of Americans' phone records.The bill was approved by an overwhelming 303-121 margin.But one supporter complains the final version was "watered down." Other major provisions designed to restrict NSA surveilla Nest recalling 440K smoke alarms for safety risk 05/22/2014 12:18pm • NEW YORK (AP) -- Government regulators on Wednesday said that they have approved Nest Labs' plans to fix a feature in its smoke alarms that could prevent them from sounding immediately.The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission said Wednesday that the company will recall 440,000 of its Nest Protect