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 ...

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

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.

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 ...

Consumer bureau to police credit reporting bureaus

Needles found in sandwiches on 4 Delta flights

War on pensions moves to new target in Stockton

Macy's wins temporary block against Martha Stewart

Prosecutor: Iowa-based CEO carried out $200M fraud

Suspending your benefits before they even start

Developers pull plans for New Mexico ghost town to study new technology

US rowing team outfitted with Philly-made gear

Visa, MasterCard in $6B settlement over card fees

NM on verge of repossessing state's supercomputer

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) - Gov. Susana Martinez's administration is on the verge of taking back New Mexico's $11 million supercomputer known as "Encanto" from the nonprofit group set up to operate it. The administration has told the New Mexico Computing Applications Center it plans to repossess the machine because the group can't pay its bills or perform necessary upkeep, the Albuquerque Journal ...

Yahoo confirms theft of 450,000 users' passwords

Amazon reports lower 1Q earnings, higher revenue

Starbucks' profit shows Americans need coffee fix

Man says insurance won't cover bullet damage

Senate advances bill to tax Internet sales

Pot smokers can be fired, even in Colo.

Exxon 1Q earnings rise, production slips again