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LA mayor's F-bomb blows up worries about bad words 06/18/2014 07:22am • JOHN ROGERS Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) -- The F-bomb that Mayor Eric Garcetti dropped on Los Angeles this week has quickly mushroomed into a conundrum over just what a politician can get away with saying in public these days.Presiding over a rally honoring the Los Angeles Kings for winning ho Social Security closes offices as demand soars 06/18/2014 02:58am • STEPHEN OHLEMACHER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Social Security Administration has been closing a record number of field offices because of budget constraints even as the demand for services soars, according to a congressional report being released on Wednesday.As a result, seniors seekin Rodgers as competitive as ever a decade with GB 06/17/2014 07:26pm • GENARO C. ARMAS AP Sports Writer GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) -- Aaron Rodgers dropped back and threw a high-arcing pass, the ball just skipping off the edge of a net stationed in the corner of the end zone about 20 yards away.As the crowd swooned at Green Bay Packers minicamp Tuesday, the quarterback slapp How the world watches the World Cup on TV, online 06/17/2014 06:20pm • The Associated Press Television and online rights for sporting events are typically sold by territory. For the World Cup, that means U.S. viewers are limited to what's available through U.S. television networks ABC, ESPN and Univision.ABC and ESPN, both owned by The Walt Disney Co., are splitting t Arizona prosecutor: Disband polygamous sect police 06/17/2014 06:11pm • BRADY McCOMBS Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -- The Arizona attorney general wants a federal judge to disband the police department in Warren Jeffs' polygamous sect on the Utah-Arizona border, citing what he says is new proof that the agency is the splinter religious group's de facto law enfor News Guide: What Benghazi means in US politics 06/17/2014 05:06pm • CONNIE CASS Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- To congressional Republicans, "Benghazi" is shorthand for incompetence and cover-up. Democrats hear it as the hollow sound of pointless investigations.It is, in fact, a Mediterranean port city in Libya that was the site of an attack on an American dipl Major retailers agree to list unit prices online 06/17/2014 03:21pm • NEW YORK (AP) -- Shoppers can skip the math. It's about to get easier to compare prices on products from breakfast cereals to toothpaste at some of the nation's major online retailers.New York's attorney general said Tuesday that Costco, CVS, FreshDirect, Wal-Mart and Walgreen have agreed to list un CEO: iHeartRadio revenue 'hundreds of millions' 06/17/2014 02:53pm • RYAN NAKASHIMA AP Business Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Clear Channel CEO Bob Pittman says online streaming service iHeartRadio makes "hundreds of millions" of dollars in annual revenue, putting it in the range of Internet radio leader Pandora.Pittman revealed the figure in an interview about the serv High court will hear appeal over illegal threats 06/17/2014 12:48pm • SAM HANANEL Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Supreme Court will consider the free speech rights of people who use violent or threatening language on Facebook and other electronic media where the speaker's intent is not always clear.The court on Monday agreed to take up the case of an eastern DreamWorks mixing faves, newbies in YouTube debut 06/17/2014 11:42am • RYAN NAKASHIMA AP Business Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) -- When AwesomenessTV launched as a YouTube channel two years ago, it was a bet by veteran TV and movie producer Brian Robbins on the ability of teen and tween audiences to find videos they love to watch online.On Monday, Robbins kicks off DreamWork CEO: iHeart Radio revenue 'hundreds of millions' 06/17/2014 10:10am • RYAN NAKASHIMA AP Business Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Clear Channel CEO Bob Pittman says online streaming service iHeart Radio makes "hundreds of millions" of dollars in annual revenue, putting it in the range of the $638 million in revenue that Internet radio leader Pandora received last year.Pittm US stocks manage meager gains on mostly quiet day 06/17/2014 05:24am • ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writer Investors nudged U.S. stocks into positive territory Monday, thanks in part to another round of corporate couplings.Three proposed acquisitions, including medical device maker Medtronic's $42.9 billion bid for rival Covidien, helped the market eke out a slight gain for Level 3 to buy TW Telecom for about $5.6 billion 06/16/2014 11:16pm • NEW YORK (AP) -- Level 3 Communications Inc. said Monday that it has agreed to buy TW Telecom in a deal worth about $5.6 billion.The Internet and telecommunications company says the acquisition will increase its local operations. Level 3, which is based in Broomfield, Colorado, owns network and data Court reverses key ruling on secret-court records 06/16/2014 08:16pm • MICHAEL TARM Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) -- Attorneys for a 20-year-old accused of trying to ignite a bomb in downtown Chicago won't be granted what would have been unprecedented access to secret intelligence-court records, the U.S. 7th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Monday, reversing a trial cour Roku CEO discusses state of Internet video, TV 06/16/2014 05:48pm • MICHAEL LIEDTKE AP Technology Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- If Netflix CEO Reed Hastings is the star of the Internet video-streaming phenomenon, then Roku CEO Anthony Wood is the best supporting actor.Both men play pivotal roles in popularizing technologies that are shaking up the entertainment and b