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Sheriff: Ex-Marine inquired about body disposal 08/19/2014 07:57pm • AMY TAXIN Associated Press SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) -- A former Marine charged Tuesday with murder after the body of his alleged lover was found in an abandoned California mine shaft had been looking into how to dispose of a human body, a sheriff's investigator said.Christopher Lee, 24, admitted condu Premier FBI cybersquad in Pittsburgh to add agents 08/19/2014 06:10pm • JOE MANDAK Associated Press PITTSBURGH (AP) -- The FBI's premier cybersquad has focused attention on computer-based crime in recent months by helping prosecutors charge five Chinese army intelligence officials with stealing trade secrets from major companies and by snaring a Russian-led hacking ring Niche, mainstream sellers carry kale into beauty 08/19/2014 01:48pm • LEANNE ITALIE Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) -- Kale has crept out of salads and juicers into beauty products from niche and mainstream sellers.The leafy superfood that many love and others love to hate can now be had in face masks, skin-brightening serums, creams and nail polish, pushed along by th Ex-NFL lineman tops bill for Pyongyang fight night 08/19/2014 09:10am • ERIC TALMADGE Associated Press TOKYO (AP) -- Former NFL player Bob "The Beast" Sapp isn't exactly a household name back home in the United States. But he's big in Japan. Very big. And soon he hopes to be living large -- for a week, anyway -- in North Korea.Shades of Dennis Rodman, anyone?Sapp, a 6-f Russian hacking suspect ordered held until trial 08/18/2014 04:22pm • GENE JOHNSON Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) -- A federal judge on Friday ordered the son of a prominent Russian lawmaker to remain in custody until his trial on computer hacking charges, after a prosecutor said evidence recovered from his laptop after his arrest in the Maldives gave new insight into Review: An insightful look at digital-age clutter 08/18/2014 02:08pm • MATT SEDENSKY Associated Press "The End of Absence: Reclaiming What We've Lost in a World of Constant Connection" (Current), by Michael HarrisI fall asleep to the glow of Netflix and, when I awake, begin the digital litany of my day: the relentless email and news, the Facebook and Twitter feeds, the Website knows where your cat lives, highlights privacy concerns 08/18/2014 01:52pm • WASHINGTON -- Pet lovers have a habit of sharing pictures of their furry friends online. But those pictures may give people with bad intentions information about where the animal lovers live and what's inside their home. And that's what sparked Owen Mundy, an Art Professor at Florida State Univ Alibaba film unit finds possible accounting issues 08/18/2014 01:40pm • KELVIN CHAN AP Business Writer HONG KONG (AP) -- The recently acquired film unit of Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba said Friday that a review has uncovered possible accounting irregularities.The disclosure by Alibaba Pictures Group comes as its parent company readies for what's expected to be a mam Police: teen made school-shooting threats as prank 08/18/2014 08:17am • SANTA CLARITA, Calif. (AP) -- A 15-year-old boy arrested Sunday on suspicion of posting online threats to shoot students at Southern California schools apparently did so as a prank, Los Angeles County sheriff's officials said.The teen, who was arrested after investigators served a search warrant at Online sites shake up hidebound retailing in India 08/18/2014 08:13am • KAY JOHNSON AP Business Writer MUMBAI, India (AP) -- Finding a way into India's vast but vexing market has long frustrated foreign retailers. Now, overseas investors are pouring billions of dollars into e-commerce ventures that are circumventing the barriers holding back retail powers such as Wal-Ma Report: Loudoun County's income growth drives D.C.-area's economy 08/18/2014 04:20am • WASHINGTON -- A Northern Virginia county is driving the area's economy, according to a new report -- a week after it was named one of the best counties in the United States. The Mount Vernon Gazette reports that per capita income in Loudoun County rose from $52,000 in 2008 to $60,000 in 2012, Tech Tips: Considerations when phone contracts end 08/17/2014 01:30pm • ANICK JESDANUN AP Technology Writer MALVERN, Iowa (AP) -- As my two-year contract with Verizon came to an end last month, I had to resist the company's various promotions and discounts.In accepting the offers, I'd have to give up Verizon's unlimited data plan, which lets me use the phone's cellular Rocket launch from Wallops rescheduled for Aug. 23 08/17/2014 11:59am • WALLOPS ISAND, Va. (AP) -- The launch of a Department of Defense rocket from NASA's Wallops Flight Facility has been rescheduled.The Terrier-Lynx suborbital rocket was scheduled to be launched Saturday. NASA says in a news release that the new launch date is Aug. 23.NASA didn't say why the launch wa Obama trumpets proposals to lower college costs 08/16/2014 07:10am • EDGARTOWN, Mass. (AP) -- President Barack Obama is calling on Congress and colleges to help make the cost of higher education more manageable.In his weekly radio and Internet address, Obama says higher education is "the surest ticket to the middle class." But he says paying for that education is a c Money laundering charge added to FedEx drug case 08/15/2014 09:40pm • PAUL ELIAS Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Federal prosecutors say several addicts died soon after receiving shipments of illegal prescription drugs via FedEx.The deaths were included in a new indictment filed late Thursday against FedEx that adds money laundering to a list of charges the com