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How to Find the Best Savings Account for You 09/04/2014 12:00am • Opening a savings account so your money can generate some interest sounds easy enough. Indeed, the process is pretty simple -- and probably far easier than finding money to regularly funnel into savings. But choosing the savings account that best fits your needs can be a challenge. Here are some que Verlander struggles as Tigers lose 7-0 09/03/2014 11:42pm • CLEVELAND (AP) -- The Detroit Tigers are in the thick of a pennant race, but Justin Verlander is still stuck searching for his past dominant self.Verlander (12-12) gave up seven runs (six earned) in 6 2-3 innings as Danny Salazar (6-6) pitched his first career shutout and the Cleveland Indians beat Salazar pitches first shutout in Indians' 7-0 win 09/03/2014 11:12pm • CLEVELAND (AP) -- Danny Salazar pumped his fist, broke into a big smile and hugged his teammates.A pitcher's first career shutout is certainly reason to celebrate.Salazar (6-6) struck out nine and didn't walk a batter, and the Cleveland Indians beat the Detroit Tigers 7-0 on Wednesday night."I reall Foreclosure scam leads to 35-year prison sentence 09/03/2014 08:20pm • DON THOMPSON Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) -- One of two brothers convicted of leading a nationwide foreclosure scam was sentenced Wednesday to 35 years in federal prison for stealing titles to more than 300 homes.Federal prosecutors in Sacramento said 40-year-old Charles Head of Pittsbur Chicago terrorism trial on track for November 09/03/2014 05:30pm • CHICAGO (AP) -- A Chicago terrorism trial is on track to begin this fall despite repeated delays due to legal issues tied to Edward Snowden's revelations regarding expanded phone and Internet spying.Adel Daoud's lawyers and federal prosecutors said at a hearing Wednesday they're set to go to trial a Comcast to sponsor NASCAR's Nationwide Series 09/03/2014 05:10pm • JENNA FRYER AP Auto Racing Writer CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) -- Comcast Corp. on Wednesday signed a 10-year agreement to replace Nationwide Insurance as the title sponsor of NASCAR's second-tier racing series.The series will be known as the NASCAR Xfinity Series through 2024. The deal matches the longest In light of celebrity hacks, how to protect data 09/03/2014 02:14pm • MAE ANDERSON AP Technology Writer NEW YORK (AP) -- The theft of nude photographs from celebrities' online accounts has thrown a spotlight on the security of cloud computing, a system used by a growing number of Americans to store personal information over the Internet.On Tuesday, Apple acknowledged Netflix unveils new way to share recommendations 09/03/2014 12:54pm • MICHAEL LIEDTKE AP Technology Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Netflix is giving its Internet video subscribers a more discreet way to recommend movies and TV shows to their Facebook friends after realizing most people don't want to share their viewing habits with large audiences.Until now, Netflix subs Michael Cera: 'You get used to having an audience' 09/03/2014 12:40pm • MARK KENNEDY AP Drama Writer NEW YORK (AP) -- Brooklyn currently has a love affair with facial hair, is awash with hipsters, tons of kale -- and now 100 percent more Michael Cera.The 26-year-old star of "Juno" and "Superbad" has relocated to the cool New York borough after several years in which he Alibaba IPO comes with unusual structure 09/03/2014 12:30pm • JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) -- Foreigners who want to buy Alibaba Group shares in the Chinese e-commerce giant's U.S. public offering will need to get comfortable with an unusual business structure.Alibaba's online and mobile commerce businesses will be controlled by a "variable int Correction: Server Farms-Cleveland story 09/03/2014 11:10am • CLEVELAND (AP) -- In a story Aug. 31 about computer data centers, The Associated Press, relying on information from the company BYTEGRID, erroneously described electricity costs. Power can cost 13 to 16 cents per kilowatt-hour in the northeastern U.S., not 13 to 16 cents per kilowatt in the northwes Google's corporate products division changes name 09/03/2014 10:40am • SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Google is hoping a new brand will help sell more of its services to other companies.The decade-old division responsible for corporate sales is now known as "Google for Work." It had been called Google Enterprise since the Internet company began to redesign email and other consu Student gains rep as squirrel whisperer (Video) 09/03/2014 10:20am • STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) -- A Penn State student is gaining an Internet reputation as a "squirrel whisperer" for befriending, feeding and dressing up a furry little friend she has named "Sneezy." Junior Mary Krupa tells WJAC-TV (http://bit.ly/1B9IvPf ) that she's able to dress up the squirrel in Where the wireless isn't: Western Loudoun's coverage gaps detailed, and what to do about them 09/03/2014 09:32am • Loudoun County has declared itself a data center hub for the Eastern Seaboard. But that doesn't mean its residents and businesses have access to quality data. Quite the opposite. Especially in western Loudoun, where finding a single bar on a cell phone or getting any wireless data connectivity whats WHITE HOUSE NOTEBOOK: Obama hails Estonia success 09/03/2014 09:22am • JULIE PACE AP White House Correspondent TALLINN, Estonia (AP) -- President Barack Obama says he should have called on Estonia before last year's botched rollout of his administration's health care website.At a news conference with President Toomas Hendrik Ilves, Obama hailed Estonia as one of the gr