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Austrian police detain 14-year-old terror suspect 10/29/2014 03:00pm • VIENNA (AP) -- The Austrian state prosecutor's office says a 14-year-old boy has been arrested on suspicion of planning to place a bomb in a busy Viennese train station and could be charged with belonging to a terrorist organization.A spokeswoman of the state prosecutor's office, Michaela Obenaus, o Why Game 7 is the worst, and also the best 10/29/2014 01:15pm • WASHINGTON -- Game 7 is inherently anti-baseball. Baseball is a sport predicated upon playing the minute advantages in percentages, then watching those advantages play out slowly over six months, separating the good teams from bad ones. It is a slow grind, one that requires monk-like patience, Is your computer a zombie soldier? 10/29/2014 12:13pm • By Ken Colburn, Data Doctors PHOENIX, Ariz. -- Q: What is a denial of service attack and how can I protect myself from them? A: The basic concept behind a denial of service attack is to flood a website with so much traffic that it overloads the host server making it inaccessible. The best an Apple CEO Tim Cook says Apple Pay a success 10/29/2014 11:10am • BRANDON BAILEY AP Technology Writer LAGUNA BEACH, Calif. (AP) -- Apple CEO Tim Cook said Apple's new mobile payment system had over 1 million activations in the first three days after it became available, and is now more widely used than any competing payment system."We're already No. 1. We're more Thousands in Hungary march against Internet tax 10/29/2014 10:28am • PABLO GORONDI Associated Press BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) -- Tens of thousands of protesters marched Tuesday against a plan by the Hungarian government to tax Internet use from 2015.The rally, the second in three days objecting to the scheme, was also a sign of growing discontent among mostly younger ci Official allowed others to believe he had Ph.D. 10/29/2014 09:20am • KEN DILANIAN AP Intelligence Writer WASHINGTON (AP) -- A key figure in a struggling Army intelligence program has for years allowed himself to be portrayed as a Ph.D. in engineering, even though he does not hold a doctoral degree, according to records and interviews.Russell Richardson, who earned a Frederick man gets 15 months in solicitation case 10/29/2014 07:00am • FREDERICK, Md. (AP) -- A Frederick man has been sentenced to 15 months in jail for soliciting a 16-year-old girl.George Robert Staton pleaded guilty in Frederick County Circuit Court on Tuesday to three counts of sexually soliciting a minor. The 45-year-old was arrested in March after the teen's Court filing: FBI impersonated repairmen in ruse 10/29/2014 03:14am • ALICIA A. CALDWELL Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- Federal agents turned off Internet access to three luxury villas at a Las Vegas hotel then impersonated repair technicians to surreptitiously get inside and collect evidence in an investigation of online sports betting, according to defense lawy Court filing: FBI impersonated repairmen in ruse 10/29/2014 03:14am • ALICIA A. CALDWELL Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- Federal agents turned off Internet access to three luxury villas at a Las Vegas hotel then impersonated repair technicians to surreptitiously get inside and collect evidence in an investigation of online sports betting, according to defense lawy 10 Things to Know for Wednesday 10/28/2014 09:16pm • The Associated Press Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about Wednesday:1. IRAQI KURDS HEAD TO FIGHT MILITANTS IN SYRIAThe 150 peshmerga troops will cross Turkey to help their Syrian brethren in their battle with the Islamic State group in the US wants supervised release for ex-police officer 10/28/2014 07:30pm • LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) -- Prosecutors say they want supervised release with strict rules for an ex-policeman acquitted in a conspiracy to kidnap, kill and eat women and they aren't seeking to send him back to prison -- at least not yet.In a pre-sentencing memorandum filed Tu No prison for leader of charity in gambling scheme 10/28/2014 04:58pm • SANFORD, Fla. (AP) -- The former leader of a Florida veterans' charity that prosecutors said was a front for a $300 million gambling operation won't face any prison time.Jerry Bass was sentenced Monday in Seminole County Court to time served. The former head of Allied Veterans of America was given c Softbank ready to splash $10B on India investments 10/28/2014 04:14pm • YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) -- Japanese telecommunications company Softbank Corp. said Tuesday it bought stakes in two Indian technology companies and could splash $10 billion on investments in the country over the next decade.Softbank, which sells the iPhone in Japan, is investing $ Virginia justices hear online anonymity case 10/28/2014 03:39pm • LARRY O'DELL Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. (AP) -- A closely watched Internet free speech case is in the hands of the Virginia Supreme Court.The justices heard arguments Tuesday in a carpet cleaner's attempt to obtain the names of seven people who anonymously criticized the business on Yelp, an onl Finland comic win's world's funniest competition 10/28/2014 02:48pm • LOS ANGELES (AP) -- The winner of the Funniest Person in the World competition is a brown-haired, slightly rotund stand-up comic from Finland who boasts he has hit on the perfect solution to the planet's international monetary woes."Countries don't owe money to each other, countries owe money to ban