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Report: Good service keeps customers coming back 07/08/2014 11:31am • WASHINGTON -- Businesses' low prices won't keep customers coming back, according to a new Gallup report. While Americans value a good deal, low prices can't be the only thing that distinguishes the business, according to the Gallup report, State of the American Consumer, which examined what con Mobile apps offer last-minute deals 07/08/2014 11:03am • STACY A. ANDERSON Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) -- While new technology and mobile applications have made old- fashion road trips easier, the thrill of spontaneity and surprise still remains. If travelers are flexible, apps can offer ease with last-minute deals, especially good for day trips and A look at legal pot as Washington stores prepare 07/08/2014 02:22am • GENE JOHNSON Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) -- Washington state's first recreational marijuana stores open for business this week, more than a year and a half after voters decided to legalize, tax and regulate pot. Some questions and answers about the industry:Q: When can I buy legal weed?A: The stat Not too late: Summer travel deals and destinations 07/07/2014 03:38pm • WASHINGTON -- If you're without vacation plans this summer but hope to get away during the season's last two months, there are still plenty of deals to be had and plenty of destinations from which to choose. Laura Powell, a veteran travel journalist and blogger for The Daily Suitcase, has ideas How Kraft is reinventing itself to appeal to millenials 07/07/2014 12:32pm • As a push to reach more millennial consumers, Kraft is in the process of reinventing its brand. It is focusing more on digital and social media and offering products that provide an exciting flavor adventure at an affordable price. One bold new flavor offering is its Jalapeno-flavored Philadelphia c Woman, 21, killed by drunk driver in College Park 07/06/2014 03:20pm • COLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP) -- Police say a driver had a blood-alcohol level twice the legal limit when he struck and killed a 21-year-old woman near the University of Maryland campus.Prince George's County police say 33-year-old Jacky Luangraj of Manassas, Virginia, faces 13 charges related to the fatal Sri Lanka accused of turning blind eye to violence 07/05/2014 03:30pm • KRISHAN FRANCIS Associated Press ALUTHGAMA, Sri Lanka (AP) -- The attackers stormed in close to midnight, tearing through town with gasoline bombs and clubs before carting away piles of cash and jewelry they stole from Muslim families in this tiny corner of Sri Lanka.The onslaught incited by the Bod James Patterson and others debate Amazon.com 07/03/2014 11:26am • BY HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) -- For a discussion titled "Amazon: Business as Usual?" panelists at the New York Public Library cited Winston Churchill, Thomas Jefferson and the Stamp Act of 1765. Questions were raised about the future of democracy, the manners of Silicon Valley a Israeli's chemical scanner could change shopping 07/03/2014 07:58am • JON GERBERG Associated Press TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) -- An Israeli inventor has created a scanner that he says could change the way we shop and take care of ourselves -- by reading the chemical makeup of foods, drugs and other items we use.The tiny gadget is still limited to a few key applications. Bu Small business owners learn recession lessons 07/03/2014 05:24am • JOYCE M. ROSENBERG AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) -- For some small business owners, the Great Recession turned out to be a lesson in how to run their companies better.Many owners whose businesses failed during the recession have taken the plunge again, restarting or opening new businesses. But th Christmas in July: TV week of holiday programming 07/02/2014 05:16pm • DAVID BAUDER AP Television Writer NEW YORK (AP) -- The Hallmark TV channels are beginning a week's worth of holiday programming on the Fourth of July -- but think ornaments and egg nog instead of fireworks and hot dogs.The stunt on the Hallmark and Hallmark Movie channels begins Friday afternoon and Study: Plastic debris widespread on ocean surface 07/02/2014 11:00am • MALCOLM RITTER AP Science Writer NEW YORK (AP) -- Plastic junk is floating widely on the world's oceans, but there's less of it than expected, a study says.Such ocean pollution has drawn attention in recent years because of its potential harm to fish and other wildlife.The new work drew on results f 5 things to know about Washington legal pot sales 06/30/2014 10:00pm • GENE JOHNSON Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) -- The nation's second legal recreational marijuana market is opening in Washington state next week, but it might not be what voters expected when they legalized the sale of heavily taxed pot a year and a half ago. Here are five things to know about challen Warrant: Man did Web search on kids dying in cars 06/29/2014 02:58am • KATHLEEN FOODY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) -- A Georgia man charged with murder after his 22-month-old son died in a hot SUV searched online for information about kids dying in cars and told police he feared it could happen, according to documents released Saturday as the boy's family held his fun Web sites can take some hassle out of car-buying 06/28/2014 03:44pm • DEE-ANN DURBIN AP Auto Writer DETROIT (AP) -- Want to take some of the stress and mystery out of the car-buying process? Get on the Internet.Auto Web sites -- once filled mostly with reviews and advice -- are getting more sophisticated, connecting potential buyers with dealers and offering instant p