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Netflix backtracks on plan to split DVD, streaming services
LOS ANGELES — Netflix Inc. is dropping a plan to...
How To Claw Back Privacy Under Google’s New Policy
Google has a new universal privacy policy...
Auction house sells purported diary of infamous Nazi doctor
STAMFORD, Conn. — An auctioneer of historic documents said Tuesday that he sold a journal written by Dr. Josef Mengele, the Nazi Holocaust's "Angel of Death," to the grandson of an Auschwitz survivor...
Rover Spirit likely done roaming Martian terrain, NASA says
LOS ANGELES — After six highly successful years of exploring the red sands of Mars, NASA's rover Spirit will rove no more...
Babies arrive with limited H1N1 protection
CHICAGO — Part of a baby's protection against the H1N1 flu...
Family allowed to sue California Highway Patrol over release of crash...
SANTA ANA, Calif. — An appeals court has given an Orange County family the go-ahead to sue the California Highway Patrol over graphic accident-scene photos its officers leaked to the public...
Obama proposes two-year pay freeze for federal workers
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama's proposal on Monday to freeze federal workers' pay represented the first in a series of White House moves to seize the initiative from Republicans on the economy...
‘Hacktivists’ rally around WikiLeaks, attack corporate sites
With the political pressure mounting, WikiLeaks is becoming too hot for some business to handle. Companies such as MasterCard, Visa and PayPal, which processed donations to the site, and Swiss bank PostFinance, which held the foundation’s account, have all cut ties ...
Medicinal-marijuana growers troubled at lack of organic oversight
WATSONVILLE, Calif. — Want to buy organic carrots? No...
GE Food Labeling Initiatives Gaining Momentum
Earlier this week, 55 Members of Congress signed on to a letter...
Major hotel chain investigating data breach
Security news agency KrebsonSecurity is reporting that White Lodging, a management company for hotels in the Hilton, Marriott, Sheratin and Westin chains, may have had its credit card information for most of 2013 stolen...
US to arm Syrian rebels after chemical weapons claim
The United States will begin providing arms to the Syrian rebellion after the U.S. says the current regime used chemical weapons...
