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Gov't warns US retailers about hacking software 08/26/2014 01:30pm • ALICIA A. CALDWELL Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- More than 1,000 U.S. retailers could be infected with malicious software lurking in their cash register computers, allowing hackers to steal customer financial data, the Homeland Security Department said Friday.The government urged businesses of Freed US reporter's Dad praises son's noble cause 08/26/2014 12:20pm • ELAINE GANLEY Associated Press JOINVILLE-LE-PONT, France (AP) -- The overjoyed father of the American journalist freed by Islamic militants said Monday that his son and others who venture into dangerous lands like Syria deserve praise for wanting to "bear witness ... tell the truth about what's goin Mimicking the airlines, hotels get fee-happy 08/26/2014 11:20am • SCOTT MAYEROWITZ AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) -- Forget bad weather, traffic jams and kids asking, "Are we there yet?" The real headache for many travelers is a quickly-growing list of hotel surcharges, even for items they never use.Guaranteeing two queen beds or one king bed will cost you, as w Legal questions arise for fantasy day game biz 08/26/2014 09:40am • EDDIE PELLS AP National Writer Some of the newest incarnations of fantasy football look a lot more like gambling than intricate, outsmart-your-opponent strategy games.Since 2011, the billion-dollar fantasy market has been infused with dozens of daily and weekly games. Those games allow players to wi 10 Things to Know for Tuesday 08/25/2014 10:34pm • The Associated Press Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about Tuesday:1. WHAT AP REPORTER SEES ROLLING THROUGH EASTERN UKRAINEAP journalist Mstyslav Chernov witnesses convoys of military weaponry coming from the direction of Russia and passing Prince to release new album in September 08/25/2014 08:02pm • MESFIN FEKADU AP Music Writer NEW YORK (AP) -- Prince is releasing a new album on Sept. 30.The pop icon announced Monday that he would release "Art Official Age" on Warner Bros. Records, the label Prince was signed to from 1978 to the mid-1990s, but later battled for the rights to his music.He reach Prince to release new album in September 08/25/2014 08:02pm • MESFIN FEKADU AP Music Writer NEW YORK (AP) -- Prince is releasing a new album on Sept. 30.The pop icon announced Monday that he would release "Art Official Age" on Warner Bros. Records, the label Prince was signed to from 1978 to the mid-1990s, but later battled for the rights to his music.He reach Islamic authority: Extremists no 'Islamic State' 08/25/2014 07:00am • SARAH EL DEEB Associated Press CAIRO (AP) -- The top Islamic authority in Egypt, revered by many Muslims worldwide, launched an Internet-based campaign Sunday challenging an extremist group in Syria and Iraq by saying it should not be called an "Islamic State."The campaign by the Dar el-Ifta, the to Amazon seeks to reach viewers with 'Hand of God' 08/25/2014 12:18am • DERRIK J. LANG AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Dana Delany had an urge.While playing the take-no-prisoners wife of a law-bending judge in the upcoming Amazon pilot "Hand of God," an indecent inclination by the veteran actress conflicted with the instincts she'd developed as a network TV China shuts down Beijing Independent Film Festival 08/24/2014 06:06pm • DIDI TANG Associated Press BEIJING (AP) -- Chinese authorities blocked an annual independent film festival from opening Saturday, seizing documents and films from organizers and hauling away two event officials in a sign that Beijing is stepping up its already tight ideological controls.Li Xianting, US diplomats barred from ice bucket challenge 08/24/2014 08:12am • MATTHEW LEE AP Diplomatic Writer WASHINGTON (AP) -- The charity stunt has lured athletes, celebrities, politicians and rock stars and gone viral on the Internet, but don't look for U.S. diplomats to get in on the fun.Lawyers at the State Department have banned American ambassadors and other high-pro Obama urges renewal of US Export-Import Bank 08/24/2014 06:06am • DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press EDGARTOWN, Mass. (AP) -- President Barack Obama is trying to rally support for a taxpayer-subsidized bank that he says creates jobs.In his weekly radio and Internet address, Obama urges business owners to lobby Congress to renew the U.S. Export-Import Bank.The ban Charter Communications reports Internet outage 08/24/2014 02:50am • STAMFORD, Conn. (AP) -- Charter Communications Inc. said late Saturday that the company was aware of some customers experiencing Internet outages across its service area.Charter spokeswoman Kim Haas says the company is working to restore service and says the cause is unknown. She said the issues wer Fantasy explosion has some giving up day jobs 08/23/2014 06:00pm • TIM DAHLBERG AP Sports Writer Cory Albertson was cruising at 30,000 feet and, like others on the plane to Detroit, taking care of some business on his laptop.His spreadsheets contained names familiar to anyone who follows baseball. Pitchers, catchers, maybe a center fielder Albertson thought might b Debaters hope to sway undecided in Scotland vote 08/23/2014 05:42pm • PAUL KELBIE Associated Press GLASGOW, Scotland (AP) -- Scotland's long debate over whether the country should become independent has proved a bonanza for printers of bumper stickers, posters, balloons and even umbrellas.Nationwide the words "Yes" and "No" can be found emblazoned on everything from s