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Originally published: Jan 20, 2012 - 2:21 pm

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Taiwan cuts growth forecast on muted export demand

Friday, May 24, 2:46 am
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) - 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. In February, the... Read more...
Pandora posts in-line 1Q loss, upbeat sales

Thursday, May 23, 2:43 pm
LOS ANGELES (AP) - 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... Read more...
NASA head views progress on asteroid lasso mission

Thursday, May 23, 2:38 pm
PASADENA, Calif. (AP) - Surrounded by engineers, NASA chief Charles Bolden inspected a prototype spacecraft engine that could power an audacious mission to lasso an asteroid and tow it closer to... Read more...
Hurricane outlook: Another busy Atlantic season

Thursday, May 23, 2:36 pm
COLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP) - Get ready for another busy hurricane season, maybe an unusually wild one, federal forecasters say. Their prediction Thursday calls for 13 to 20 named Atlantic storms,... Read more...
Prosecutor: IPad theft defendants ambushed victim

Thursday, May 23, 2:07 pm
LAS VEGAS (AP) - Two men accused of killing a high school freshman who refused to let go of his iPad were like wild animals ambushing a weak victim, a prosecutor said Thursday. Michael Samual... Read more...
2013 hurricane names: From Andrea to Wendy

Thursday, May 23, 1:34 pm
(AP) - Weather forecasters are predicting another busy Atlantic hurricane season. The storms will get their names from an alphabetical list of 21 names: WHAT NAMES ARE ON THE LIST? Andrea,... Read more...
Study: Amphibians disappearing at alarming rate

Thursday, May 23, 12:44 pm
GRANTS PASS, Ore. (AP) - A new study has determined for the first time just how quickly frogs and other amphibians are disappearing around the United States, and the news is not good. The... Read more...
Cockroaches quickly lose sweet tooth to survive

Thursday, May 23, 11:06 am
NEW YORK (AP) - For decades, people have been getting rid of cockroaches by setting out bait mixed with poison. But in the late 1980s, in an apartment test kitchen in Florida, something went very... Read more...
Google to add Galapagos Islands to Street View

Thursday, May 23, 10:23 am
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Few have explored the remote volcanic islands of the Galapagos archipelago, an otherworldly landscape inhabited by the world's largest tortoises and other fantastical creatures... Read more...
Review: Google music plan solid, serendipitous

Thursday, May 23, 9:40 am
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Google's new music service offers a lot of eye candy to go with the tunes. The song selection of around 18 million tracks is comparable to popular services such as Spotify and... Read more...
Solar plane completes 2nd leg of trip in Texas

Thursday, May 23, 4:35 am
DALLAS (AP) - A solar-powered plane has landed in Texas, completing the second leg of a trip across the United States. The Solar Impulse is making the first attempt by a solar airplane capable... Read more...
Lenovo says quarterly profit up 90 percent

Wednesday, May 22, 11:52 pm
BEIJING (AP) - Computer maker Lenovo Group said Thursday its latest quarterly profit rose 90 percent as sales of smartphones and mobile computing technology expanded. Lenovo said it earned... Read more...
HP's 2Q offers hope even as revenue slump deepens

Wednesday, May 22, 4:08 pm
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Hewlett-Packard is still scrambling to meet the growing demand for more versatile and less expensive mobile devices as a slump in its personal computer sales deepens, but the... Read more...
Jennifer Lopez to open cellphone stores

Wednesday, May 22, 2:42 pm
NEW YORK (AP) - "Jenny from the Block" wants the block to buy Verizon phones from her. Singer and actress Jennifer Lopez on Wednesday announced she's opening a chain of 15 cellphone... Read more...
Twitter adds security measure to logins

Wednesday, May 22, 1:49 pm
NEW YORK (AP) - Twitter is adding an extra security measure to users' accounts in an effort to prevent unauthorized logins. Twitter said in a blog post Wednesday that users will be able to enroll... Read more...