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Up in the sky, a mystery space plane _ but why? 10/16/2014 04:06pm • JUSTIN PRITCHARD Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) -- What looks like a mini space shuttle, can fly itself for millions of miles and goes by the name X-37B?Must be a secret space weapon.Or something to rocket next-generation spy gear into orbit.Or maybe a decoy to keep China's military guessing.The Some Alexandria Verizon customers lost service 10/16/2014 03:40pm • WASHINGTON -- Some Verizon customers in the southwest part of Alexandria may be without phone and/or Internet service due to two severed underground copper cables. A contractor, not working for Verizon, apparently was taking soil samples and has bored completely through the cables. Verizon crews Rental Report: What is Fair Housing and How Does It Affect Me? 10/16/2014 02:15pm • Editor’s Note: This biweekly sponsored column is written by Rick Gersten, founder and CEO of Urban Igloo, a rental real estate firm that matches up renters with their ideal apartments, condos or houses. Please submit any questions in the comments section or via email. At some point New Jersey will OK real-money skill gambling 10/16/2014 02:00pm • WAYNE PARRY Associated Press ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) -- Sure you love matching little candy pieces with each other, or spelling out words with your pals. But New Jersey gambling regulators want to let you do it for real money.The state Division of Gaming Enforcement says it is seeking game develope Netflix shares sink on subscriber woes 10/16/2014 01:02pm • The Associated Press Netflix Inc. shares sank Thursday on slower subscriber growth and fears of increased competition ahead.The world's largest Internet video service provider said late Wednesday that its subscriber growth for the third quarter lagged well below management forecasts and it pointed HBO Go-ing away from cable, will stand on its own 10/16/2014 08:50am • MICHAEL LIEDTKE AP Technology Writers NEW YORK (AP) -- Next year HBO is cutting the cord and selling its popular streaming video service HBO Go as a stand-alone product, as more Americans choose to watch the Web, not the TV. Viewers longing to see "Game of Thrones", "True Detective" and "Veep" will Xfinity has bold plans in NASCAR coverage 10/16/2014 01:20am • DAN GELSTON AP Sports Writer PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- High above the city in Philadelphia's tallest skyscraper, NASCAR's potential future zooms into focus on a 140-inch screen.It's also just as clear on a mobile device.There could be a channel dedicated to your favorite driver. Want the latest news on J Wild day on Wall Street...Price of oil falls again... Las Vegas Sands profit increases 10/15/2014 06:50pm • NEW YORK (AP) -- Stocks are ending a wild day mostly lower but indexes recovered much of an early plunge. The Dow Jones industrial average plummeted as much as 460 points in afternoon trading, then regained much of the ground it lost. It ended down 173 points, or 1.1 percent, at 16,141. The S&P 500 Immigration-control group starts ads in 10 states 10/15/2014 06:10pm • PHILIP ELLIOTT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- An immigration-control group on Wednesday began running more than $1 million in ads that criticize lawmakers for not doing more to stop the flow of new workers into the United States.NumbersUSA will run the 30-second ad in 10 states where there are Italian tennis players face corruption accusations 10/15/2014 05:36pm • ANDREW DAMPF AP Sports Writer ROME (AP) -- Italian tennis players Daniele Bracciali and Potito Starace are facing corruption accusations after intercepted Internet conversations claiming they sold matches were printed Wednesday in Italian media.The conversations are part of the extensive data that j US man guilty of assisting suicide gets jail time 10/15/2014 04:54pm • AMY FORLITI Associated Press FARIBAULT, Minn. (AP) -- A former nurse in Minnesota who admitted to going online years ago and preying upon suicidal people -- encouraging two to take their lives -- must serve nearly six months in jail as part of a sentence handed down Wednesday.William Melchert-Dinkel Teletovic leads Nets to 129-117 OT win over Kings 10/15/2014 01:07pm • CHRISTOPHER BODEEN Associated Press BEIJING (AP) -- Mirza Teletovic scored 22 points to lead the Nets to a 129-117 overtime preseason victory over the Sacramento Kings on Wednesday, as Brooklyn swept a pair of exhibition games in China between the teams.The Nets were ahead 112-109 with 41 seconds le Can it be real? Augmented reality melds work, play 10/15/2014 12:28pm • BY SALIM ESSAID Associated Press Writer NEW YORK (AP) -- Mark Skwarek is surrounded by infiltrating militants in New York's Central Park. He shoots one, then hearing a noise from behind, spins to take down another. All of a sudden, everything flashes red. He realizes he's been hit. The words "Game O South Korea identity thefts forces ID overhaul 10/15/2014 12:28pm • KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- After an avalanche of data breaches, South Korea's national identity card system has been raided so thoroughly by thieves that the government says it might have to issue new ID numbers to every citizen over 17 at a possible cost of billions Qualcomm buying CSR in $2.5 billion deal 10/15/2014 10:50am • SAN DIEGO (AP) -- Qualcomm is buying British chip maker CSR in a deal worth approximately $2.5 billion as it pushes aggressively into technology that connects devices over the Internet.CSR concentrates on the auto, consumer, and voice and music segments. It has 2,130 employees in 11 countries. The c