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Stocks mostly lower...Oil and gasoline prices down ... CBS reports earnings 05/08/2014 06:30pm • NEW YORK (AP) -- Stocks are ending mostly lower after some companies disappointed investors with their quarterly results. Indexes gave up early gains and ended the day lower. The S&P 500 index fell 2 1/2 points, or 0.1 percent, to 1,875. The Dow Jones industrial average edged up 32 points, or 0.2 pe TuneIn adds way to hear 'recently started' songs 05/08/2014 05:44pm • RYAN NAKASHIMA AP Business Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Tired of flipping through the radio dial? Internet radio service TuneIn is offering a way to see which songs have just started on 100,000 radio stations around the world, allowing you to listen in soon after the tune starts.That's one of the new Poll: US split on legal pot, against online bets 05/08/2014 05:38pm • WAYNE PARRY Associated Press ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) -- Americans are split over whether marijuana should be legalized for recreational use, according to a poll released Thursday. But the same poll finds them solidly opposed to online gambling.The Fairleigh Dickinson University PublicMind poll find Hibbert leads Pacers past Wizards, 86-82 in Game 2 05/08/2014 04:14pm • MICHAEL MAROT AP Sports Writer INDIANAPOLIS (AP) -- Big Roy came up with a big answer for his critics and his teammates Wednesday night.He played like an All-Star when the Pacers really needed it.After 48 hours of questions and criticism, Roy Hibbert scored a season-high 28 points, grabbed nine rebo Stocks giving back gains...Snapchat settles with FTC...Lawmakers question safety of e-cigs 05/08/2014 03:18pm • NEW YORK (AP) -- The major stock indexes are mostly in positive territory in afternoon trading on Wall Street, though they're retreating from their highs of the day. Traders are considering a fresh batch of corporate earnings reports and a decrease in unemployment claims. Some of the big losers in a Researcher: technology not to blame for teen woes 05/08/2014 03:18pm • LEANNE ITALIE Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) -- Danah Boyd has made a name for herself at the research division of Microsoft for painstaking work examining social media, Big Data and the tension between public and private lives, but it's her teens'-eye view of the digital world that sets her apart.N NBC extends Olympic deal through 2032 for $7.75B 05/08/2014 10:56am • STEPHEN WILSON AP Sports Writer The Olympics are staying on NBC in the United States through 2032 in a record $7.75 billion deal that cut out rival networks and seals the long-term financial security of the IOC.In a stunning, pre-emptive deal negotiated secretly over six months, the International Ol Game console for dogs keeps pet busy, happy 05/08/2014 10:53am • WASHINGTON -- It could be Game Over for bored dogs. The developers of CleverPet, a new gaming console for dogs, are currently raising money on Kickstarter. Dan Knudsen, chief science officer of CleverPet, says dogs often feel uncomfortable while their humans are at work. "They're sad, and the Stock market climbs even as Internet names skid 05/08/2014 03:18am • MATTHEW CRAFT AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) -- Soothing words from Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen helped pull the stock market out of a morning slump Wednesday. But Internet companies and Whole Foods Market plunged, taking the Nasdaq down.Traders dropped NetApp, salesforce.com and other tech NFL Draft 2014: Prospects ready to end long wait 05/08/2014 03:10am • RALPH D. RUSSO AP College Football Writer NEW YORK (AP) -- Jadeveon Clowney just wants it to be over already.The NFL's first May draft gave everyone a little more time to critique the prospects and try to figure out who is going where and when.No player has been more scrutinized than Clowney, the de Mexican official charged with organized crime 05/07/2014 06:31pm • MEXICO CITY (AP) -- Mexican federal prosecutors say they have charged the former interior secretary in Michoacan state with participating in organized crime.Federal prosecutor Rodrigo Archundia said Wednesday there is evidence that Jose Jesus Reyna met several times with leaders of the Knights Templ China's Alibaba seeks blockbuster IPO in US 05/07/2014 06:20pm • MICHAEL LIEDTKE AP Technology Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Alibaba Group, the king of e-commerce in China, is dangling a deal that could turn into one of the biggest IPOs in history.In a long-awaited move Tuesday, Alibaba filed for an initial public offering of stock in the U.S. that could surpass t Stocks mixed...House expected to hold Lerner in contempt...NBC gets record Olympic deal 05/07/2014 03:20pm • NEW YORK (AP) -- Stocks are mixed in afternoon trading on Wall Street, with the Dow rising, the Nasdaq falling and the S&P 500 about flat. Internet companies are falling for the second straight day. AOL dropped 22 percent after its earnings fell far short of expectations.WASHINGTON (AP) -- The House Stocks mixed...House expected to hold Lerner in contempt...NBC gets record Olympic deal 05/07/2014 03:20pm • NEW YORK (AP) -- Stocks are mixed in afternoon trading on Wall Street, with the Dow rising, the Nasdaq falling and the S&P 500 about flat. Internet companies are falling for the second straight day. AOL dropped 22 percent after its earnings fell far short of expectations.WASHINGTON (AP) -- The House Intel, PC makers broaden support for Chromebooks 05/07/2014 11:58am • MICHAEL LIEDTKE AP Technology Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Another wave of laptop computers running on Google's Chrome operating system will be hitting stores this summer in the latest challenge to Microsoft's dominant Windows franchise.The latest line of Chromebooks unveiled Tuesday run on a new ge