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Google vows to take aim at Mexico's drug cartels with cutting edge tech

July 18, 2012 | | Nation

Capital One to pay $210M over marketing tactics

July 18, 2012 | | Nation

Elderly suffer when decisions about their

July 17, 2012 | | Nation

Walnut farm protected from development

July 17, 2012 | | Nation

Business nation briefs

FDA APPROVES HIGHLY ANTICIPATED WEIGHT-LOSS PILL: WASHINGTON (AP) - The Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday approved a new weight loss drug from Vivus Inc. that many doctors consider the most effective therapy in a new generation of anti-obesity pills designed to help patients safely shed pounds.

July 17, 2012 | | Nation

WSJ: New iPhone to have thinner screen

CUPERTINO (AP) - A published report says the new iPhone will have a thinner screen. That could leave more room for a larger battery. The Wall Street Journal is citing unnamed people familiar with the matter in reporting that the new iPhone will have a screen that can sense touches without the need for a separate, touch-sensitive layer. <p style="line-height: 18pt; background: ...

July 17, 2012 | | Nation

Mayer's top 3 challenges as Yahoo CEO

July 17, 2012 | | Nation

Viacom decides not to block 'Daily Show' online

LOS ANGELES (AP) - Viacom has decided to let new episodes of "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart" and "The Colbert Report" be shown on its websites, easing a blockade of online viewings that it imposed last week in a fee dispute with DirecTV. Tuesday's move came a day after both shows resumed new episodes following a two-week hiatus. The blockade had ...

July 17, 2012 | | Nation

Drought now grips more than half of the nation; crop losses feared

July 16, 2012 | | Nation

Bay Area briefs

PG&E MEMO SAYS DOWNGRADING LEAKS COULD CUT COSTS: SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - A Pacific Gas & Electric Co. memo from a few years before the deadly San Bruno pipeline explosion suggested that managers might want to consider downgrading leaks found on natural gas lines, instead of fixing them.

July 16, 2012 | | Nation

Google exec Mayer named Yahoo CEO

SUNNYVALE (AP) - Yahoo is hiring longtime Google executive Marissa Mayer to be its next CEO, the fifth in five years as the company struggles to rebound from financial malaise and internal turmoil. Mayer, who starts at Yahoo Inc. on Tuesday, was one of Google's earliest employees and was most recently responsible for its mapping, local and location services. Mayer, 37, began ...

July 16, 2012 | | Nation