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Syria opens presidential campaign as war rages on 05/11/2014 09:40pm • ALBERT AJI Associated Press DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) -- On billboards and in posters taped to car windows, new portraits of President Bashar Assad filled the streets of Damascus on Sunday as Syria officially opened its presidential campaign despite a crippling civil war that has devastated the country a 2 Ukraine regions prepare to vote on sovereignty 05/11/2014 01:12am • PETER LEONARD Associated Press MARIUPOL, Ukraine (AP) -- As two of the most tense regions in eastern Ukraine prepare to vote on declaring sovereignty, the country's acting president is warning them against self-destruction.Sunday's ballots seek approval for declaring so-called sovereign people's rep Mobile Internet shakes up stodgy China industries 05/10/2014 11:28pm • JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) -- Alibaba, the e-commerce giant planning a blockbuster share sale in the U.S., shook up China's vast but sleepy retailing industry by popularizing online shopping. Now it and China's other Internet companies are mounting challenges in areas from banking British, US experts join Nigeria search for girls 05/10/2014 06:52am • MICHELLE FAUL Associated Press LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) -- The international effort to rescue the 276 schoolgirls being held captive by Islamic extremists in northeastern Nigeria was boosted Friday when British security experts joined the Nigerian and American forces trying to rescue the missing students Incumbent favorite in Lithuania presidential vote 05/10/2014 05:32am • LIUDAS DAPKUS Associated Press VILNIUS, Lithuania (AP) -- Hard-nosed incumbent Dalia Grybauskaite is widely expected to win a second term in Lithuania's presidential election amid security concerns linked to the conflict between Russia and Ukraine.Polls give the 58-year-old former European Union com New Benghazi probe inspires partisan animosity 05/10/2014 05:18am • BRADLEY KLAPPER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- Despite Democratic complaints, Republicans jumped into a new election-season investigation of the deadly Benghazi assault on Friday, naming majority members of a special House committee. Democrats mulled a boycott of the panel, which is inspiring b Tops in tags: Noah, Sophia are favorite baby names 05/10/2014 04:02am • STEPHEN OHLEMACHER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- When it comes to baby names, blending in is out, and standing out is in.Noah and Sophia top the Social Security Administration's list of most popular American baby names for 2013, but they don't begin to approach the popularity of past generatio NATO, facing assertive Russia, ponders what to do 05/10/2014 03:02am • JOHN-THOR DAHLBURG Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) -- Russia's ongoing confrontation with the West has ignited debate inside and outside the U.S.-led NATO alliance about what its responsibilities are, and how much of its time and effort should be spent to prepare for and if necessary counter Russian Correction: Schools-Immigration Status story 05/09/2014 05:50pm • WASHINGTON (AP) -- In a story May 8, The Associated Press, relying on information from the Education Department, incorrectly reported that 14 school districts were being investigated for possible violations under a Supreme Court ruling that children brought into the U.S. illegally are guaranteed the Top baby names for 2013 05/09/2014 04:49pm • The Associated Press The top names for American babies born in 2013.___Girls:1. Sophia: 21,0752. Emma: 20,7883. Olivia: 18,2564. Isabella: 17,4905. Ava: 15,1296. Mia: 13,0667. Emily: 13,0448. Abigail: 12,3139. Madison: 10,52910. Elizabeth: 9,34511. Charlotte: 9,23212. Avery: 9,12113. Sofia: 9,10814 Figuring out how your mutual fund manager votes 05/09/2014 04:10pm • STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) -- Do you think a particular CEO makes too much money? Would you like to replace the directors who signed off on that salary? Or to vote on a company's environmental policy?If you own stock in a company, you get such opportunities. Every year, companies ope Indiana asks judge to stay gay marriage ruling 05/09/2014 03:53pm • CHARLES D. WILSON Associated Press INDIANAPOLIS (AP) -- Indiana has asked a federal judge to stay his order requiring it to recognize the out-of-state marriage of a lesbian couple in which one woman is terminally ill, saying that the ruling could raise false hopes for other same-sex couples.State at Software finds Facebook gaffes before potential boss does 05/09/2014 01:35pm • WASHINGTON -- Out of sight, out of mind works in some cases, but that may not be sufficient to keep you from being disqualified for a new job. Companies searching for new hires scour potential employees' social media accounts as part of the interview process. "Ninety percent or more of recruite As Alibaba prepares for IPO, tech stocks retreat 05/09/2014 10:36am • KEN SWEET AP Markets Writer NEW YORK (AP) -- It's a tough time for a tech debut.As e-commerce giant Alibaba gets ready for a blockbuster stock sale in the next few months, technology shares are retreating. For two years, investors bid up biotechnology and internet companies, enticed by their strong Windfall means 'moment of reckoning' for Yahoo CEO 05/09/2014 08:36am • MICHAEL LIEDTKE AP Technology Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer faces a $10 billion decision in a few months.The pivotal moment will come when the Chinese e-commerce leader Alibaba Group completes its initial public offering of stock -- an enormous deal that triggers a provision r