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Stocks drop on mixed earnings; Twitter plunges 05/07/2014 04:34am • BERNARD CONDON AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) -- U.S. stocks fell broadly on Tuesday as investors found little to cheer in corporate earnings reports. A plunge in Twitter led Internet companies sharply lower.Twitter dropped 18 percent after company insiders were allowed to sell stock for the first Monica Lewinsky speaks out on affair with Clinton 05/07/2014 01:08am • CALVIN WOODWARD Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- Monica Lewinsky says there's no question her boss -- Bill Clinton -- "took advantage" of her when he was president.But she says their affair was consensual and if there was any abuse involved, it came afterward, when Clinton's inner circle tried to Glance: Alibaba's tentacles into Chinese retail 05/06/2014 10:00pm • The Associated Press Alibaba Group, the Chinese e-commerce powerhouse that filed to offer its shares to U.S. investors Tuesday, has stretched its tentacles deep into China's other major Internet companies.Its mainstay retail businesses, accounting for 83 percent of its $6.51 billion in revenue in t A look at the biggest US, global IPOs 05/06/2014 09:29pm • The Associated Press Alibaba Group, China's leading e-commerce company, filed papers Tuesday for an initial public offering of stock. Depending on investor demand, Alibaba's could turn into one of the biggest IPOs in U.S. history. Here are the top five U.S. and the top five global IPOs, according t Police: UK teen not likely bullied online 05/06/2014 06:30pm • LONDON (AP) -- A police investigation into the suicide of a 14-year-old British schoolgirl found Tuesday it likely that she -- not online bullies -- had posted abuse about her on social media.The death of Hannah Smith, who was found hanged in her bedroom in August, drew widespread attention in Brita Before the NFL calls, agents vie for rookies 05/06/2014 05:10pm • GENARO C. ARMAS AP Sports Writer MILWAUKEE (AP) -- Long before their names are called at the NFL draft, prospective rookies become prized commodities in another professional arena: Agents begin vying to represent players. Here are five things to know about how the agent game works:SIGNING ON: Signin Q&A with Etsy's Chad Dickerson 05/06/2014 04:24pm • BARBARA ORTUTAY AP Technology Writer NEW YORK (AP) -- There's a lot to browse on Etsy. Check out the $2.50 earrings made from the feathers of a "quail raised with love" on a Colorado farm. Or take a look at the $30,000 pub-style bar made to order from pine and cherry.Unique products such as these ar Stephen Fuller on regional incomes: 'The area is not getting wealthier' 05/06/2014 01:29pm • That big Washington region paycheck helps keep up with the cost of living here. Or does it? Per capita personal income reached $61,743 in 2012, a 5.4 percent increase from 2008, according to an analysis by George Mason University's Center for Regional Analysis. But the cost of goods and services cli My Job Chart organizes chores, teaches kids about money 05/06/2014 11:21am • WASHINGTON -- Getting children to do household chores, and teaching them the value of money, can be a challenge for parents. But an online chore chart and reward system called My Job Chart can help parents teach these life lessons. Gregg Murset, founder and CEO of My Job Chart, says he invent Clip suspected in circus accident; 8 hospitalized 05/06/2014 08:42am • ERIKA NIEDOWSKI Associated Press PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) -- Investigators suspect that a snapped clip sent eight aerial acrobats plummeting 20 feet or more during a daring act in which performers dangle from their hair. One injured performer told her father she didn't notice anything amiss before her Vietnam arrests 2 bloggers in new crackdown 05/06/2014 07:31am • CHRIS BRUMMITT Associated Press HANOI, Vietnam (AP) -- Vietnam has arrested two democracy activists for posting articles critical of the government on the Internet, signaling a continued crackdown on dissent despite the early release of three dissidents last month.Authorities said the pair were arre Dems undecided on taking part in Benghazi panel 05/05/2014 05:35pm • BRADLEY KLAPPER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Obama administration and House Democrats said Monday they were undecided about whether to take part in or boycott an election-year investigation by Republicans into the Benghazi attack that killed four Americans.House Speaker John Boehner annou WordPress Web Developer 05/05/2014 10:19am • Title of Position: WordPress Web Developer Station & Location: WTOP - Washington, D.C. Schedule:M-F Posted Date: September 30, 2014 FLSA Status: Full Time, Exempt QUALIFICATIONS: 3+ years Experience building and maintaining WordPress themes and plugins, and working with custom taxonom Prince George's police to live tweet prostitution sting 05/01/2014 11:28am • WASHINGTON -- The Prince George's County Police Department says it will take to Twitter as the Vice Unit conducts a prostitution sting next week. "We're using this progressive, and what we believe unprecedented, social media tactic to warn any potential participants that this type of criminal beh Beware: Read this before hitting copy-paste 05/01/2014 08:51am • By Ken Colburn, Data Doctors PHOENIX, Ariz. -- Anonymous asks: I got a notice of copyright infringement via Fedex from a company called Masterfile for an image that I have posted on my website. They want $2,500 as compensation; is this a scam, or should I take this seriously? The Internet mak