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Tech giants seek to halt overseas snooping by US 06/16/2014 04:50pm • LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) -- Microsoft Corp. and four other large American technology companies are using a Manhattan court case to draw a line in the cloud, saying the U.S. government has no right to seize computer data stored outside the country.U.S. companies that host servi Stocks waver...Russia halts gas supplies to Ukraine...Starbucks offering tuition help for employees 06/16/2014 03:20pm • NEW YORK (AP) -- The main stock indexes are having trouble finding direction today. The crisis in Iraq and its impact on global oil prices have been weighing on the market, while a batch of corporate merger news has provided a boost. Traders also have been bidding up homebuilder shares following a r FCC examining reasons for Internet traffic jams 06/16/2014 02:44pm • MICHAEL LIEDTKE AP Technology Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- The Federal Communications Commission is setting out to unravel the mystery behind the Internet traffic jams bogging down the delivery of Netflix videos and other online content.The inquiry announced Friday by FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler will d Column: Bosnia writes new story at World Cup 06/16/2014 11:12am • JOHN LEICESTER AP Sports Columnist RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) -- It truly is a horrific thought that not even the giant Maracana Stadium, filled to the brim with 74,000 people high on life and football, could fit all the dead from the Bosnia war. But their presence -- in hearts, in memories -- was felt as Kicking heat: Chinese artist prompts leg-gun meme 06/16/2014 04:06am • BEIJING (AP) -- Days after sparking a new Internet meme with photos of people brandishing their legs as guns, Chinese dissident artist Ai Weiwei said Monday that his original posting on Instagram was a statement about the overuse of power in fighting terrorism.China is in the midst of an anti-terror Supreme Court has 17 cases to decide by June's end 06/16/2014 03:46am • MARK SHERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- It's crunch time at the Supreme Court, where the justices are racing to issue opinions in 17 cases over the next two weeks.The religious rights of corporations, the speech rights of abortion protesters and the privacy rights of people under arrest are Militants post photos of mass killing in Iraq 06/16/2014 03:20am • QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA Associated Press BAGHDAD (AP) -- The Islamic militants who overran cities and towns in Iraq last week posted graphic photos that appeared to show their gunmen massacring scores of captured Iraqi soldiers, while the prime minister vowed Sunday to "liberate every inch" of captured t Egypt police confiscate rights group's publication 06/16/2014 02:24am • SARAH EL DEEB Associated Press CAIRO (AP) -- Egyptian security forces confiscated copies of a human rights group's newsletter and arrested a print shop worker, saying the publication threatened the government, the head of the group said Sunday.Gamal Eid, of the Arab Network for Human Rights Informat 3 GOP presidential hopefuls talk of unifying party 06/15/2014 04:32pm • DAVID PITT Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) -- Three possible Republican candidates for the 2016 presidential race were in Iowa on Saturday to offer their prescriptions for uniting the GOP and rally party faithful in the early primary state.Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal, U.S. Sen. Rand Paul and Comic Kathy Griffin to host Daytime Emmys online 06/15/2014 12:50pm • LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Kathy Griffin is taking her comedy online as host of the Daytime Emmy awards as the event heads to a new home on the Internet.The 41st annual awards will be presented June 22 from the Beverly Hilton hotel in Beverly Hills.Griffin joked that her only regret is that the epic evenin Israeli premier: Terror group took 3 missing teens 06/15/2014 01:40am • IAN DEITCH Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) -- A terror group abducted three teens, including an American, who disappeared in the West Bank, Israel's prime minister said Saturday, as soldiers searched the territory to find them.Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu again blamed the Palestinian Authority Christie tries to move past scandal with comedy 06/14/2014 11:41am • JILL COLVIN Associated Press NEWARK, N.J. (AP) -- Gov. Chris Christie's latest appearance on "The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon" not only proved the man can bust a move and take a joke. It also provided an opportunity for the potential Republican presidential contender to put the traffic scanda Amaya buying PokerStars, Full Tilt owner for $4.9B 06/14/2014 11:18am • NEW YORK (AP) -- The owner and operator of the PokerStars and Full Tilt Poker brands is selling itself to Amaya Gaming Group Inc. in a $4.9 billion deal that is part of its plan to hopefully return to the U.S. market after a dustup with federal authorities three years ago.PokerStars and Full Tilt ra Obama on Father's Day: Being a dad takes courage 06/14/2014 10:46am • WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama is urging fathers to get more involved in their kids' lives and to serve as mentors for children who don't have fathers around.Obama is reflecting on Father's Day in his weekly radio and Internet address. He says he knows how important dads are because his o Shiite cleric urges Iraqis to defend country 06/14/2014 03:10am • SAMEER N. YACOUB Associated Press BAGHDAD (AP) -- Iraq's Shiite clerical leadership Friday called on all Iraqis to defend their country from Sunni militants who have seized large swaths of territory, and a U.N. official expressed "extreme alarm" at reprisal killings in the offensive, citing reports