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Search ongoing for missing medical flight from Bermuda to Boston as crews plan to scour ocean floor
FDA eases into regulating e-cigarettes
WASHINGTON - The federal government's move to regulate e-cigarettes is a leap into the unknown.
More than a password needed?
NEW YORK - If the Heartbleed security threat teaches us anything, it's that passwords don't offer total protection.
Facebook results soar; CFO to step down
NEW YORK - Facebook's earnings nearly tripled and revenue grew sharply in the first quarter, surpassing Wall Street's expectations thanks to an 82 percent increase in advertising revenue.
Making a big splash
NEW YORK - Forget schlepping to Jones Beach or down the Jersey Shore. A Brooklyn design team said Tuesday that New York's East River could be the next great pl…
Study: Fuels from corn waste not better than gas
Biofuels made from the leftovers of harvested corn plants are worse than gasoline for global warming in the short term, a study shows, challenging the Obama ad…
At mudslide site, Obama mourns with survivors
OSO, Wash. - Swooping over a landscape of unspeakable sadness and death, President Barack Obama took an aerial tour Tuesday of the place where more than three …
Government broadening criteria for clemency
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Justice Department is broadening the criteria it will use in evaluating clemency petitions from certain federal prisoners and expects the changes to result in thousands of new applications, At…
Teen shows gaps in security
SAN JOSE, Calif. - A 15-year-old boy found his way onto an airport's tarmac and climbed into a jetliner's wheel well, then flew for five freezing hours to Hawa…
Thawing out
WASHINGTON - Spring's thaw is reviving the economy, too.
Boston Marathon makes room for those affected by bombings
Idaho, Nevada and Utah among the highest in payday loan rates
Fracking, pipelines and people
Senate to debate rideshare regulations
PHOENIX - Among the major issues left to cover at the Arizona Legislature before the session ends is how to regulate the increasingly popular ridesharing programs like Uber and Lyft.
Oil in limbo
WASHINGTON - The Obama administration is putting off its decision on the Keystone XL oil pipeline, likely until after the November elections, by extending its …
Obama: 8 million sign up through new exchanges
WASHINGTON (AP) - Eight million people have signed up for health care through new insurance exchanges and the proportion of younger applicants has increased, President Barack Obama said Thursday. The enrollments ex…