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Jul 04, 2008	European shares fall, Asia markets mixedAP Business Writer Jeremiah Marquez contributed to this report from Hong Kong.
Jul 04, 2008	Gas prices hit another high for holiday weekend
Jul 04, 2008	Oil prices fall more than $1 a barrelAssociated Press Writer Alex Kennedy in Bangkok, Thailand, contributed to this story.
Jul 04, 2008	Canadian telecom BCE, suitor agree on terms
Jul 04, 2008	9 convicted in Austria fraud case
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Autos

Jul 03, 2008	Tesla Motors to stay in Calif. after tax break
Jul 02, 2008	Honda grows while US auto industry faltersAssociated Press Writer Margaret Harding contributed to this report.
Jul 02, 2008	GM shares fall below $10 for first time since 1954
Jul 02, 2008	June car sales plummet; more declines expected
Jun 30, 2008	Chrysler to close 1 plant, cut production at 2ndAP Business Writer Jeff Karoub contributed to this report.
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Jobs

Jul 03, 2008	Treasury prices mixed as rate hike seems uncertain
Jul 03, 2008	American workers brace for thousands of job cuts
Jul 02, 2008	Actors' union, theater producers reach agreement
Jul 02, 2008	UnitedHealth cuts 4,000 jobs and 2008 outlookAssociated Press writer Steve Karnowski contributed to this report.
Jun 27, 2008	BofA to cut 7,500 jobs after Countrywide deal
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Real Estate

Jul 02, 2008	Bush concedes tough month in Afghanistan
Jul 01, 2008	Gov. pushing plan to help struggling NC homeowners
Jul 01, 2008	BofA completes deal for Countrywide Financial
Jul 01, 2008	CIT Group exits home lending businessesAP Business Writer Jennifer Malloy in New York
Jun 30, 2008	Wachovia quits offering risky mortgage loan
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Science & Nature

Jul 01, 2008	Planets, Regulus unite to parade high above holiday fireworks
Jul 01, 2008	Sea-rocket survives by sharing the wealth
Jun 24, 2008	Tunguska Event in 1908 still a mystery
Jun 24, 2008	Wildlife stay near human homes for predator protection
Jun 17, 2008	Friday's solstice earliest in 112 years
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Minn. teen charged with offering his vote on eBay

Published: Jul 04, 2008

A college student claimed it was all a joke when he put his vote in this fall's presidential election up for sale on the Web auction site eBay. But prosecutors didn't see the humor.

University of Minnesota student Max P. Sanders, 19, was charged with a felony Thursday in Hennepin County District Court after allegedly asking for a minimum of $10 in exchange for voting for the bidder's preferred candidate.

"Good luck!" Sanders wrote under the eBay handle zepdrummer612. "You're (sic) country depends on You!"

Sanders was charged with one count of bribery, treating and soliciting under an 1893 state law that makes it a crime to offer to buy or sell a vote. More

Jul 04, 2008

• Canadian telecom BCE, suitor agree on terms

BCE Inc, Canada's largest telecommunications company, said Friday it has agreed on terms of a $35 billion sale to a group led by the Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan in the biggest leveraged buyout ever. The deal is expected to be completed by mid-December.

Jul 04, 2008

• Court orders YouTube to give Viacom video logs

Dismissing privacy concerns, a federal judge overseeing a $1 billion copyright-infringement lawsuit against YouTube has ordered the popular online video-sharing service to disclose who watches which video clips and when.

Jul 03, 2008

• EU musicians oppose Europe-wide online licensing

The Bee Gees' Robin Gibb and other European music composers warned Thursday that standardizing music royalties across Europe could hurt musicians and the songs they write.

Jul 03, 2008

• Internet addressing agency loses its own addresses

This doesn't sound good: The nonprofit agency in charge of the Internet's addresses recently lost track of its own.

Jul 03, 2008

• Adobe to make searching easier on Flash sites

Internet users will now have an easier time finding sites that rely heavily on the popular Flash video format.

Jul 03, 2008

• Ex-tech exec gets new judge in extradition case

A Namibian prosecutor says a new judge will be appointed to hear the extradition case of businessman Jacob "Kobi" Alexander.

Jul 03, 2008

• Case dropped against parents who put baby on eBay

A baby boy removed from his parents' custody after they offered to sell him on eBay for just a euro - $1.59 - as a joke is back at home, a prosecutor said Thursday.

Jul 03, 2008

• Study says many dial-up users don't want broadband

A new study suggests that attitude rather than availability may be the key reason why more Americans don't have high-speed Internet access.

Jul 03, 2008

• Report: Microsoft seeks help for another Yahoo bid

Unable to strike a deal on its own, Microsoft Corp. reportedly is hoping to snap up Yahoo's online search operations with the help of News Corp. and Time Warner Inc.

Jul 02, 2008

• Michael Dell buys $100 million in stock

In recent days, Chief Executive Michael Dell has bought about $100 million worth of stock in Dell Inc., the shares of which rallied this spring but are still near a five-year low.

Jul 02, 2008

• Microsoft to sell Office, OneCare for $70 a year

Microsoft Corp. will begin selling its Office programs to consumers on a subscription basis starting mid-July, in a bid to reach thrifty PC buyers who would otherwise pass on productivity software.

Jul 02, 2008

• Correction: Earns-Research in Motion

In a June 25 story about quarterly earnings at Research In Motion Ltd., The Associated Press incorrectly reported that the BlackBerry Bold will be a touch-screen phone. Current plans do not call for the device to have a touch screen.

Jul 02, 2008

• Tesla Motors to stay in Calif. after tax break

The company that built the first mass-produced, all-electric car will keep its manufacturing plant in California, thanks to a new state tax break.

Jul 02, 2008

• Correction: Earns-Research in Motion

Jul 02, 2008

• Police wnt u to fight crime w/txt msgs

Police in the 1970s urged citizens to "drop a dime" in a pay phone to report crimes anonymously. Now in an increasing number of cities, tipsters are being invited to use their thumbs - to identify criminals using text messages.

Jul 02, 2008

• Report: Fiber Internet growth overtakes cable

For the first time, more people around the world are signing up for fiber-optic broadband service than for cable Internet service, according to a British research firm.

Jul 02, 2008

• EU, US near deal on pact on protecting privacy

Privacy rights vs. terror fights: The EU and the United States are close to agreeing on how to protect personal and private data while still letting law enforcement officials share information to combat organized crime and terrorism.

Jul 02, 2008

• Correction: AT&T-iPhone

In a July 1 story about the new version of the iPhone, The Associated Press, relying on information from an AT&T spokesman, erroneously reported that the carrier is working on creating a prepaid plan for the phone. Spokesman Michael Coe later said he miscommunicated, and that there will be no prepaid plan for the iPhone 3G.

Jul 02, 2008

• Review: Banking site MoneyAisle shows promise

MoneyAisle is a free new Web service that makes a bold claim: It says it will maximize the interest rates consumers can get on savings accounts, by running online auctions in which banks bid for consumers' business.

Jul 02, 2008

• EU clears Nokia to buy mapmaker Navteq

European regulators cleared Nokia's takeover of U.S. digital mapmaker Navteq on Wednesday, saying the deal would be unlikely to shut off rivals' access to digital maps.

Jul 01, 2008

• Drug, fraud trials set for Broadcom co-founder

A federal judge has set two trial dates for Broadcom co-founder Henry T. Nicholas III, one on drug charges and one on corporate fraud charges.

Jul 01, 2008

• Citibank ATM breach reveals PIN security problems

Hackers broke into Citibank's network of ATMs inside 7-Eleven stores and stole customers' PIN codes, according to recent court filings that revealed a disturbing security hole in the most sensitive part of a banking record.

Jul 01, 2008

• Bayreuth's Wagner festival will offer opera online

Germany's annual Bayreuth opera festival is going digital, streaming video and audio of its opening performance of "Die Meistersinger von Nuernberg" live via the Internet. The catch is the price - $77.

Jul 01, 2008

• Keeping a landline number on your cell phone

Q: I want to get rid of my landline phone service and go all wireless, but I don't want to lose my home phone number. Can I transfer it to my cell phone?

Jul 01, 2008

• Monster founder sets sights on online obituaries

Fourteen years ago, Jeff Taylor helped set off a tectonic shift in recruitment advertising by founding Monster.com, one of the first online companies to challenge a big profit source of newspapers.

Jul 01, 2008

• Buffett is amazed his lunch drew a $2.1M bid

A Chinese investment fund manager's bid for the chance to have lunch with billionaire Warren Buffett was the largest ever in a charity auction on eBay and surprised even Buffett.

Jul 01, 2008

• AT&T offers new option of iPhone without contract

AT&T Inc. will sell the new version of the iPhone without a service contract for $400 more than the price with a two-year plan, a break from the rules set when Apple Inc.'s popular touch-screen gadget debuted last year.

Jul 01, 2008

• Browser pioneer Andreessen joins Facebook board

Marc Andreessen, an entrepreneur and software engineer behind the Web's earliest browsers, has joined the board of the online hangout Facebook.

Jun 30, 2008

• Missouri governor signs Internet harassment bill

Missouri Gov. Matt Blunt signed a bill Monday outlawing cyberbullying, just miles from where a 13-year-old girl committed suicide nearly two years ago after being harassed on the Internet.

Jun 30, 2008

• Yahoo takes its defense against Icahn to investors

Yahoo Inc. began pressing a case to major shareholders Monday that its board and management deserve a chance to prove they made the right move when they rejected a $47.5 billion takeover offer from Microsoft Corp.

Jun 30, 2008

• eBay told to pay $61M to fashion brand for fakes

A French court ordered eBay Inc. to pay more than $61 million to a high-end fashion company Monday because counterfeit goods were sold on the auction site.

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