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Inslee signs Facebook job password bill
Published: Tue, May 21, 2013
SEATTLE (AP) — Washington became the fifth state this year to sign into law protections of social media passwords at the workplace and job interviews. Gov. Jay Inslee signed the bill Tuesday,...
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News Summary: Apple CEO grilled over company taxes
Published: Tue, May 21, 2013
DRAGGED INTO DEBATE: A Senate panel dragged Apple Inc., the world's most valuable company, into the debate over the U.S. tax code. Senators grilled CEO Tim Cook over allegations that Apple's Irish...
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Bill requires labels for genetically modified food
Published: Tue, May 21, 2013
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Connecticut lawmakers are pushing ahead with bipartisan legislation requiring the labeling of food containing genetically modified ingredients. The Senate on Tuesday...
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Ohio lawmakers advance Internet cafe crackdown
Updated: 23 min ago
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio state lawmakers moved boldly Tuesday against storefront sweepstakes parlors they have come to view as illegal gambling operations, advancing separate bills effectively...
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Last defendant pleads guilty in wind farm fraud
Updated: 23 min ago
CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — The last of five defendants charged with defrauding investors of more than $4 million by promoting non-existent wind farm projects in Wyoming and South Dakota pleaded...
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BC-US--Games-Xbox,10th Ld-Writethru, US
Updated: 36 min ago
REDMOND, Wash. (AP) — Microsoft thinks it has the one. The company unveiled the Xbox One, an entertainment console that wants to be the one system households will need for games, television,...
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Microsoft touts Xbox One as all-in-1 entertainment
Updated: 36 min ago
REDMOND, Wash. (AP) — Microsoft thinks it has the one. The company unveiled the Xbox One, an entertainment console that wants to be the one system households will need for games, television,...
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BC-US--Games-Xbox,9th Ld-Writethru, US
Updated: 2 hr ago
REDMOND, Wash. (AP) — Microsoft thinks it has the one. The company unveiled the Xbox One, an entertainment console that wants to be the one system households will need for games, television,...
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W.Va. student talks to solar-powered plane pilots
Updated: 2 hr ago
WHEELING, W.Va. (AP) — A West Virginia fifth grader got to talk with the pilots of the world's most advanced solar-powered plane after winning a national competition. Eleven-year-old Nick...
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Business Highlights
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___ JPMorgan's Dimon survives shareholder referendum TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Jamie Dimon, the CEO and chairman of JPMorgan Chase, easily survived a vote Tuesday that would have called on him to...
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Business Highlights
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___ JPMorgan's Dimon survives shareholder referendum TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Jamie Dimon, the CEO and chairman of JPMorgan Chase, easily survived a vote Tuesday that would have called on him to...
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BC-US--Games-Xbox,8th Ld-Writethru, US
Updated: 2 hr ago
REDMOND, Wash. (AP) — Microsoft thinks it has the one. The company unveiled the Xbox One, an entertainment console that wants to be the one system households will need for games, television,...
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