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Kim Kardashian aims to break the Internet with photos 11/12/2014 10:47am • Editor's Note: This article contains photos that some may find offensive. WASHINGTON -- If you thought Kim Kardashian's wedding to Kanye West, or the news of her daughter's birth, sparked a social-media frenzy, you haven't seen anything. The celebrity who became famous for -- wait, why is she f FBI says it impersonated AP reporter in 2007 case 11/08/2014 03:30am • CHRIS GRYGIEL Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) -- The FBI's creation of a fake news story and impersonation of an Associated Press reporter during a criminal investigation undermine media credibility, blur the lines between law enforcement and the press and raise questions about whether the agency foll AT&T says it will buy Mexico's Iusacell for $1.8B 11/08/2014 02:54am • NEW YORK (AP) -- AT&T is buying Mexican wireless company Iusacell for $1.8 billion and plans to grow in Mexico.The Dallas company said Friday that Iusacell has 8.6 million subscribers under the Iusacell and Unefón brand names. AT&T had 116.6 million subscribers as of June 30.AT&T values the deal at GOP celebrates success of election ground game 11/08/2014 02:16am • NICHOLAS RICCARDI Associated Press ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) -- In the suburbs south of Denver, a tight-knit group of Republicans hatched plans this spring to counter the "Bannock Street Project."Named for the successful push at the polls that saved Colorado Sen. Michael Bennet in 2010, the "Bannock Str 'Dark Web' drug site challenge law enforcement 11/08/2014 01:12am • PAUL ELIAS Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- No sooner had authorities announced the shuttering of an alleged illegal online drug bazaar than another popped up claiming to take its place.Welcome to the "dark Web," an increasingly popular corner of the Internet where thousands of computer users Q&A: What is 4chan and where did it come from? 11/07/2014 11:28pm • BARBARA ORTUTAY AP Technology Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- So, what exactly is 4Chan?4chan's roots date back to a pre-Facebook age of the Internet, where anonymity ruled and rules were few to come by. Hackers deposited nude celebrity photos on the site over the summer. It's also the birthplace of th AP Analysis: NFL HGH blood-testing setup has flaws 11/07/2014 01:16pm • EDDIE PELLS AP Sports Writers The piece of paper taped to Tennessee Titans center Brian Schwenke's locker carried a message that 40 of the more than 1,600 players in the NFL also were supposed to get that week:"You have randomly been selected by the NFL drug-testing program's Medical Advisor to comp Europol: 17 arrests in worldwide drug website bust 11/07/2014 12:50pm • TOBY STERLING Associated Press AMSTERDAM (AP) -- Seventeen people have been arrested so far in an international crackdown on underground websites selling illegal drugs, a top Europol official said Friday, with Dutch prosecutors saying the arrests came in the U.S., Ireland and Germany.Troels Oerting, Feds call new Silk Road defendant a flight risk 11/07/2014 09:58am • LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) -- A California man confessed to operating a spinoff version of the shuttered Silk Road website, which enabled more than 100,000 people to buy and sell illegal drugs over the Internet, a prosecutor said Thursday.Blake Benthall, 26 years old and wearing Mom who left kids in car did not put cash in fund 11/07/2014 09:50am • TERRY TANG Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) -- For a time, Shanesha Taylor was an Internet sensation. She was the mother who -- despite leaving her children in a sweltering car during a job interview -- attracted sympathy from around the nation with a tear-stained mug shot.She received $114,000 in dona Patrick Reed apologizes for language, gay slur 11/07/2014 09:27am • DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer SHANGHAI (AP) -- Patrick Reed hasn't received this much attention since he pressed his finger to his lips in Scotland to quiet the Ryder Cup crowd. This time it was his own mouth that got the 24-year-old American into trouble when he berated himself with swearing and a g Where You Can Save Money in Retirement 11/07/2014 12:00am • Everyone who makes it to retirement knows the importance of saving. We need to build a nest egg sufficient to carry us through 20 or more years of retired living. You probably won't get there without picking up a few money-saving habits along the way. And the need to be frugal does not end at retir Driver convicted in speedy lap around NYC 11/06/2014 07:00pm • JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) -- A driver who whizzed across 26 miles of New York City in 24 minutes was convicted Thursday of reckless endangerment for a stunt trumpeted in dashboard-camera video posted online.But Adam Tang wasn't in court to hear the verdict, and it wasn't clear wh Business Highlights 11/06/2014 06:40pm • The Associated Press ___Analysts: How GOP Congress could boost US economyWASHINGTON (AP) -- Voters made clear Tuesday that they're worried about the economy, despite steady job gains, a robust stock market and faster economic growth this year.So what can -- and should -- the now-dominant Republican Bringing Mom & Dad to work bridges generation gap 11/06/2014 06:35pm • MICHAEL LIEDTKE AP Technology Writer MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. (AP) -- Seta Whitford-Stark was dumbfounded last year when she found out her daughter Amy quit her job at an employee-recruiting agency to work for LinkedIn, an Internet company that Seta had never heard of. Amy tried to explain what the onl