‘Liberator of ladies' hair Vidal Sassoon dies at 84

Cisco's sobering forecast about tech spending overshadows 3Q earnings

US employers posted 3.74 M jobs in March

BofA initiates home loan modification offers

Yahoo director on hot seat to leave board

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - A Yahoo director embroiled in an investigation into an inaccuracy about CEO Scott Thompson's academic credentials is surrendering her seat on the troubled Internet company's board. Patti Hart says she decided to not to seek re-election to Yahoo's board to focus on her job as CEO at gambling machine maker International Game Technology. She confirmed her departure in ...

AT&T barges into home security and automation

Electric Toyota RAV4 to start near $50,000

Self-driving cars set for test drive in Nevada

Feds: Natural gas, oil pipeline firms must keep up-to-date safety records

Jury deadlocks on key issue in Google-Oracle trial

Highway deaths per mile fall to record low

Bureaucracy inaction

TransCanada reapplies for oil pipeline

Yahoo CEO faces calls for ouster

Free comics? Zoiks! Promotion aims for new readers

Long-awaited keyboard BlackBerrys hit stores

Cheerios stands by TV ad showing mixed-race family

Cloud computing rains billion-dollar deals

ITC rules for Samsung, bans iPhone 4 imports

Frozen berry mix linked to hepatitis A recalled

Home prices jumped in April by most in 7 years

Chrysler refuses US request to recall vehicles

Merck, Bristol jump on cancer drug news

US blames Apple for 2010 run-up in e-book prices

US proposes labeling some nonbanks threats

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NEW NYC ADS WARN ABOUT SWEET TEA, ENERGY DRINKS:NEW YORK (AP) - New York City's campaign to cut consumption of sugary drinks now features ads warning people about sweet teas, sports and energy drinks and fruit-flavored beverages.

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Auto sales pickup in May

Shameful lack of progress on Social Security reform

Cancer Society: Sweet smokes aimed at kids