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UK retailers Carphone Warehouse, Dixons to merge 05/15/2014 08:32am • LONDON (AP) -- British cellphone seller Carphone Warehouse and consumer electronics retailer Dixons Retail Group announced plans to merge Thursday in a deal that values the combined business at 3.8 billion pounds ($6.4 billion).The deal is aimed at creating a major player in the "Internet of Things" 274 dead in Turkey's worst-ever mine disaster 05/15/2014 04:14am • SUZAN FRASER Associated Press SOMA, Turkey (AP) -- Amid wails of grief and anger, rescue workers coated in grime trudged repeatedly out of a coal mine Wednesday with stretchers of bodies that swelled the death toll to 274 -- the worst such disaster in Turkish history.Hopes faded for 150 others still Microsoft unbundles Kinect from Xbox One 05/15/2014 02:40am • LOS ANGELES (AP) -- In a move to spur sales of the Xbox One and catch up with rival Sony's PlayStation 4, Microsoft Corp. said Tuesday it will start selling the console without the Kinect sensor, which cuts $100 from the price.The new price of $399 begins June 9.Microsoft says it is also allowing en Brother: 'Sugar Man' director killed himself 05/14/2014 07:23pm • MALIN RISING Associated Press STOCKHOLM (AP) -- Malik Bendjelloul, the Swedish director of the acclaimed "Searching for Sugar Man" documentary, was widely known for his enthusiasm, kindness and high spirits -- so the news Wednesday that he had taken his own life shocked colleagues around the world.B Neb's Banderas: Plan was to sell bikes on Internet 05/14/2014 06:10pm • LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) -- Nebraska linebacker Josh Banderas told campus police he and a member of the men's track team planned to sell the bicycles they stole from racks near university housing units, according to a document released Wednesday.Banderas and Keifer were arrested Monday after a man called FCC revising Internet rules after public backlash 05/14/2014 05:38pm • WASHINGTON (AP) -- Federal Communications Commission Chairman Tom Wheeler is broadening the scope of his proposed open Internet rules and suggesting tougher standards for Internet providers who wish to create paid priority fast lanes on their networks.According to an FCC official, Wheeler made revis Indonesia bans video sharing site for nudity 05/14/2014 03:20pm • JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) -- Indonesia banned the popular video sharing site Vimeo, saying it contains nudity, which officials in the world's most populous Muslim country consider to be pornographic material.Information and Communication Minister Tiffatul Sembiring said in a statement Monday that he m Editorial Roundup: Excerpts from recent editorials 05/14/2014 02:40pm • The Associated Press Excerpts from recent editorials in newspapers in the United States and abroad:___May 9The Post-Intelligencer, Paris, Tennessee, on solar panels:President Barack Obama is announcing a bundle of plans for boosting solar power and promoting energy efficiency.That may be about all Bill to renew tax breaks clears hurdle in Senate 05/14/2014 11:40am • WASHINGTON (AP) -- A bill to renew more than 50 expired tax breaks for businesses and individuals cleared a key hurdle in the Senate Tuesday, giving hope to millions of taxpayers who would otherwise be hit with unwelcome tax increases next spring.Other hurdles remain, however.The Senate voted 96-3 t European court ruling redefines 'Googling' people 05/14/2014 11:10am • TOBY STERLING Associated Press AMSTERDAM (AP) -- A European court decision will require Google to sanitize its Internet search results to protect people who can demonstrate the information unfairly tarnishes their reputation.The landmark ruling empowers the roughly 500 million people living in 28 Eu Afraid to camp? Nothing to fear but fear itself 05/14/2014 09:55am • SOLVEJ SCHOU Associated Press PINNACLES NATIONAL PARK, Calif. (AP) -- Growing up in Los Angeles, I loved camping.My family and I regularly escaped the city's concrete sprawl for California's wilder edges, driving deep into the desert or high up into the mountains. We'd set up a tent and plunk down s NY schools official resigns after 'chubby' remark 05/14/2014 09:40am • MAHOPAC, N.Y. (AP) -- A New York school board president who described a PTA parent as "chubby wubby" during a public meeting has resigned.The Journal News (http://lohud.us/1oqSlsf ) says Ray Cote's resignation was announced at a Mahopac Board of Education meeting Tuesday night.The school district's A look at the European Court ruling on Google 05/14/2014 08:20am • TOBY STERLING Associated Press AMSTERDAM (AP) -- A European court ruled Tuesday that Google must respond when users complain that searches on their names are turning up personal information they don't want to see available to anyone and everyone.Here are a few questions and answers about the decisio Malaysia PM calls for real-time tracking of planes 05/14/2014 08:00am • KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) -- Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak has called for real-time tracking of planes and improving their communication system to prevent a repeat of the mysterious disappearance of Flight 370.In an opinion piece Wednesday in the Wall Street Journal, Najib called for change Apple CEO dares to be different from Steve Jobs 05/14/2014 06:32am • MICHAEL LIEDTKE AP Technology Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- "Think different" became Apple's creed during the late Steve Jobs' reign as CEO. Now, chief executive Tim Cook is embracing the idea while making decisions that would have seemed crazy to his fabled predecessor.Apple's pending purchase of he