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LA stoplights synchronized but road war endures

Sat, 25 May 2013 10:08:51 -0400

LOS ANGELES - It seems the impossible has occurred: The nation's most congested city has become a model for traffic control.

Key senators tightly control immigration debate

Sat, 25 May 2013 09:53:32 -0400

WASHINGTON - For all the soothing words she heard from fellow Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee, Sen. Mazie Hirono of Hawaii never had a chance to win a relatively modest change to far-reaching immigration legislation.

Girl's suicide after alleged attack troubles town

Sat, 25 May 2013 09:43:13 -0400

SARATOGA, California - One evening last Labor Day weekend, 15-year-old Audrie Pott headed to a friend's house. Unbeknownst to their parents, the girls planned to party.

News Corp. OKs poison pill, buyback before split

Fri, 24 May 2013 19:55:14 -0400

LOS ANGELES - News Corp. said its board of directors has approved plans to split its entertainment and publishing businesses into two separate companies. The company also adopted a shareholder-rights plan designed to prevent a hostile takeover in the volatile trading period after the split is complete.

Report: Yahoo, pay-TV operators among Hulu bidders

Fri, 24 May 2013 19:36:49 -0400

LOS ANGELES - Online video site Hulu is again up for sale, with Yahoo and pay TV operators DirecTV and Time Warner Cable among the seven bidders, according to a person with direct knowledge of the matter.

WA lawmakers' official portraits touched up

Fri, 24 May 2013 19:27:28 -0400

TACOMA, Washington - State Sen. Don Benton, R-Vancouver, had some gripes about his official legislative portrait after it was shot in 2011.

Ala. governor signs bond issues, campaign bill

Fri, 24 May 2013 18:10:25 -0400

MONTGOMERY, Alabama - Gov. Robert Bentley has signed two bond issues into law, along with a bill changing Alabama's campaign finance law.

UMaine unveils offshore wind data buoy

Fri, 24 May 2013 17:55:06 -0400

ORONO, Maine - A data-collection buoy that can be plopped in the ocean and used to determine the suitability of remote locations for offshore wind farms is ready for real-world testing, the University of Maine announced Friday.

LA sanitation ends plans for dump near Joshua Tree

Fri, 24 May 2013 17:34:33 -0400

LOS ANGELES - A regional garbage collection agency has tossed out plans to build a mega-landfill for Los Angeles' trash less than two miles from Joshua Tree National Park in the remote Southern California desert.

Schumer urges look at security in Sprint deal

Fri, 24 May 2013 17:33:27 -0400

NEW YORK - Sen. Charles Schumer urged regulators to "use extreme caution" when reviewing the proposed acquisition of No. 3 cell carrier Sprint Nextel by Japan's Softbank, saying the Japanese company's use of Chinese networking equipment could open up U.S. networks to snooping and hacking.

La. senators urged to fund education, health care

Fri, 24 May 2013 16:57:10 -0400

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana - People who rely on the state for health care and education pleaded Friday with senators to keep those programs off the chopping block in next year's $25 billion budget, in what has become an annual struggle to stave off cuts to services amid the state's financial problems.

Investors shift focus to growth stocks

Fri, 24 May 2013 16:17:18 -0400

NEW YORK - Growth stocks, neglected at the start of the year, are starting to get a bit of love from investors again.

Conn. House passes food labeling bill

Fri, 24 May 2013 14:49:46 -0400

HARTFORD, Connecticut - Connecticut lawmakers are advancing a bill that mandates special labels on food that contains genetically modified ingredients.

Kitsap jury clears robot maker in botched surgery

Fri, 24 May 2013 13:59:25 -0400

PORT ORCHARD, Washington - A Kitsap County jury decided the maker of a surgical robot was not to blame for a botched prostate operation on a Bremerton man.

UW-Madison seeks exemption from open-records law

Fri, 24 May 2013 11:19:29 -0400

MADISON, Wisconsin - The University of Wisconsin-Madison is asking state lawmakers for an exemption from the state's open-records law that would allow it to keep research data private until the information is published or patented.

Maine Senate OKs cellphone privacy bill

Fri, 24 May 2013 10:16:16 -0400

AUGUSTA, Maine - A bill aimed at protecting the privacy of cellphone users has won an initial vote of approval in the Maine Senate.

Dish and Ntelos reach broadband partnership pact

Fri, 24 May 2013 10:03:08 -0400

ENGLEWOOD, Colorado - Satellite TV provider Dish Network and regional cellphone company Ntelos said Friday that they have agreed to develop a fixed-mobile broadband service within Ntelos' coverage area.

SPOTLIGHT: Paralyzed man can ride motorcycle

Fri, 24 May 2013 09:58:24 -0400

SULLIVAN, Illinois - Travis Mundy hops aboard a Gold Wing to talk to God or shout at him, depending on Mundy's mood.

Taiwan cuts growth forecast on muted export demand

Fri, 24 May 2013 05:49:21 -0400

TAIPEI, Taiwan - Taiwan has lowered its economic growth forecast for 2013 to a muted 2.4 percent as global demand for the island's electronics exports remained subdued.

Wis. budget committee approves DNA upon arrest

Fri, 24 May 2013 00:26:31 -0400

MADISON, Wisconsin - The Legislature's finance committee Thursday approved a plan in Republican Gov. Scott Walker's executive budget that would dramatically expand the state's powers to seize DNA from crime suspects.

Fla. using federal grant money to settle lawsuit

Thu, 23 May 2013 20:32:52 -0400

TALLAHASSEE, Florida - Florida is dipping into federal grant money that was supposed to help improve the state's schools in order to settle a bitter contract dispute.

Calif. bill would prohibit ticket-buying software

Thu, 23 May 2013 18:15:19 -0400

SACRAMENTO, California - Music and sports fans would have one less obstacle in buying tickets to popular events under a bill advancing through the California Legislature.

Senate votes to cut crop insurance aid for wealthy

Thu, 23 May 2013 18:09:12 -0400

WASHINGTON - The Senate on Thursday voted to limit the amount of government subsidies the wealthiest farmers receive when purchasing crop insurance.

Pandora posts in-line 1Q loss, upbeat sales

Thu, 23 May 2013 17:48:34 -0400

LOS ANGELES - Internet radio company Pandora Media Inc. reported higher-than-expected revenue in the latest quarter, with losses in line with analysts' forecasts, as the number of subscribers who pay for ad-free listening more than doubled to exceed 2.5 million.

Arizona students accused of hacking their grades

Thu, 23 May 2013 17:47:15 -0400

PHOENIX - Three Arizona high school students who were on the verge of flunking their classes have been arrested after officials said they hacked into their teachers' computers and improved their grades.