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Synthetic drug seller gets 17½ years in prison 08/15/2014 12:17am • STEVE KARNOWSKI Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -- The owner of a now-closed Minnesota head shop was sentenced to 17½ years in prison Thursday for selling synthetic drugs in a case that prosecutors said should remove any doubts that substances sold under such names as "incense," ''spice" and "bat 'Vape', 'binge-watch' added to Oxford Dictionaries 08/14/2014 01:43pm • SYLVIA HUI Associated Press LONDON (AP) -- Don't know what "vaping" is? How about "listicle"?Perhaps it's time to get to know them. Britain's Oxford University Press said Thursday it is adding the words -- along with other new entries, from "time-poor" to "Paleo diet" -- to its online Oxford Diction Games, WeChat boost Tencent profit to $949 million 08/14/2014 01:41pm • BEIJING (AP) -- China's Tencent Holdings Ltd., which operates online games and the popular WeChat messaging service, said Wednesday its quarterly profit rose 59 percent due to strong growth in its mobile business.The company based in the southern city of Shenzhen earned 5.8 billion yuan ($949 millio Report: NSA eyed preset strikes in cyberattacks 08/14/2014 03:20am • JACK GILLUM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- The National Security Agency secretly planned a cyberwarfare program that could automatically fire back at cyberattacks from foreign countries without any human involvement, creating the risk of accidentally starting a war, according to a new report ba Despite hackers, chief won't ID cop in shooting 08/13/2014 10:59pm • ST. LOUIS (AP) -- The police chief in the St. Louis suburb where an officer fatally shot an unarmed teenager said Wednesday that cyber-attacks on his city's website won't sway him into releasing the officer's name.Ferguson Police Chief Thomas Jackson said someone burrowed into the website and shut i Correction: Postal Service-Losses story 08/13/2014 06:30pm • WASHINGTON (AP) -- In a story Aug. 11 about U.S. Postal Service Revenues, The Associated Press reported erroneously that the agency blamed its $2 billion loss for the quarter ending June 30 on increases in compensation and benefit costs. Although those costs did increase slightly, the overall loss r Revel casino still talking with potential bidders 08/13/2014 05:18pm • WAYNE PARRY Associated Press ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) -- A day after announcing it will shut down next month, Revel Casino Hotel told a bankruptcy court judge it is still negotiating with potential buyers.In a notice adjourning an auction of Revel that had been set for Thursday, its lawyers say they Duran Duran coming to theaters (and your earbuds) 08/13/2014 03:40pm • CHRIS TALBOTT AP Music Writer NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- Nick Rhodes is on the phone to talk about Duran Duran's concert film collaboration with director David Lynch that's slated for a one-night-only theatrical engagement next month. As he talks of being inspired by Lynch's "The Elephant Man" as a te Column: What is 2-step verification, and how do I use it? 08/13/2014 12:28pm • By Ken Colburn, Data Doctors PHOENIX -- Question: What exactly is 2-factor authorization and how do I use it? In my previous post, I outlined the steps everyone should take to protect themselves from password thieves, and that included using 2-factor authentication. It should be fairly ev Robin Williams, boisterous comedy star, dead at 63 08/13/2014 02:50am • BREAKING: Marin County Sheriff officials release more information on the death of Robin Williams. Read more details here. HAVEN DALEY Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- He was the funniest guy in the room, something that made it all the harder for friends and fans to accept that beneath tha Police: Mom helped son partake in 'fire challenge' 08/12/2014 04:39pm • JEFFREY COLLINS Associated Press A Charlotte woman is facing charges after police say she helped her son set himself on fire in a videotaped stunt known as the "fire challenge" that's gaining popularity on social media and has left at least two other children with severe burns.The video taken in lat NY law protects big cats, bans 'tiger selfies' 08/12/2014 04:20pm • DAVID KLEPPER Associated Press ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) -- New York's Internet Romeos will have to find new ways to attract mates now that it's illegal to pose for photos with a tiger, lion or other big cat -- a practice popular on online dating sites but denounced by wildlife advocates as potentially dang HIV infections rise, thwart Brazil's AIDS efforts 08/12/2014 02:10pm • ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON Associated Press SAO PAULO (AP) -- The devastating news didn't make sense to Brazilian Pierre Freitaz. How was it possible that, at age 17, he was infected with HIV if his only boyfriend seemed fit and healthy?Freitaz confesses he knew little about the virus when he was diagnosed Rental Report: You Found A Great Place, Now What? 08/12/2014 01:00pm • 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. Now that DOD rocket launch from Wallops Island postponed 08/12/2014 03:40am • WALLOPS ISLAND, Va. (AP) -- The launch of a Defense Department rocket from Wallops Island has been postponed due to inclement weather.The launch window for the Terrier-Lynx suborbital rocket was originally set to open on Tuesday. NASA says the rocket will now launch no earlier than Saturday night