Americans step up credit card use sharply in May to highest point since Nov. 2007

Surveillance requests to cellphone carriers surge

USDA reports corn in 18 states hurt by ongoing drought

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - Corn and soybean prices surged Monday after the latest government report showed a widespread drought in the middle of the country is hurting this year's crop. The U.S. Department of Agriculture report said 30 percent of the corn in the 18 states that produce most of the nation's crop is now considered in poor or very poor ...

Obama campaign wins partial victory in "O" lawsuit

Allegiant Air predicts big capacity growth; starting Stockton-Hawaii flights later this year

LAS VEGAS (AP) - Allegiant Air predicts its capacity will grow by double digits in the next two quarters, much of it thanks to new flights to Hawaii from several cities on the mainland. Las Vegas-based Allegiant Travel Co. is projecting the airline will see 15 to 19 percent more scheduled seat miles in the third quarter and 22 to 26 ...

Bailed-out AIG now wants $30.2 million in tax interest

NEW YORK (AP) - American International Group, the insurance giant saved by a massive federal bailout, wants some tax money back - from 1991.

Oil falls 3% on signs of more worldwide economic trouble

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Obama signs student loan, road-building legislation

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Google phasing out 'iGoogle' in latest purge

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Google is phasing out a service that allows millions of people to personalize its home page with applications such as weather updates and stock quotes. The customization service, known as iGoogle, will be turned off in November 2013. The mobile version of iGoogle will be discontinued at the end of this month. Google Inc. ...

Netflix's monthly video streaming tops 1B hours

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Microsoft hypes next-gen Xbox One games at E3

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S&P BOOSTS OUTLOOK FOR US GOV'T'S LONG-TERM DEBT: WASHINGTON (AP) - Standard & Poor's Ratings Services upgraded its outlook Monday for the U.S. government's long-term debt. S&P cited the government's strengthened finances, a recovering U.S. economy and some easing of Washington's political gridlock.

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Economy adds 175K jobs, jobless climbs to 7.6 %

Microsoft says used games will work on Xbox One

NEW YORK (AP) - Microsoft's upcoming Xbox One gaming console will be able to play used games, clearing up a worry among gamers and video game retailers such as GameStop, which trade in used games. That means video games discs users buy will not be limited to one Xbox One device, and players can share or trade in the games they have bought for other used games, just as they have been able to do ...

J.C. Penney launches new home department

Consumer borrow $11.1B in April

Bill to legalize web poker introduced

PG&E to pay $50.5 million because of wildfires

SACRAMENTO (AP) - PG&E and its contractors have agreed to pay $50.5 million to settle Department of Justice allegations that the utility was responsible for two wildfires that scorched 18,000 acres of national forest land in Northern California. The U.S. Attorney's office in Sacramento announced the settlement Thursday. DOJ alleged in a lawsuit that a dropped cigarette lit by a work crew hired by a PG&E contractor ignited a 2004 fire that burned 13,000 acres ...

Did Whole Foods fire workers for speaking Spanish at work?

FDA favors easing safety limits on Avandia

Nestle Purina to purchase Petfinder

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Microsoft to add Outlook to Windows system on RT tablets

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Microsoft will add its popular Outlook email program to more tablets running on a lightweight version of its Windows operating system as part of a free software update this year. The Outlook 2013 app will be given to owners of Microsoft's Surface tablet and similar devices running Windows RT. That's a slimmed down version of Windows 8, a radical overhaul of the ubiquitous operating system used on most personal computers. Microsoft ...

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Long-awaited keyboard BlackBerrys hit stores