IDC: iPad accounted for 87 pct. of 3Q tablet sales

NEW YORK — The market for tablet computers is exploding - and almost entirely because of the iPad - research group IDC says. During the third quarter of 2010 - the first complete one with Apple Inc.'s iPad on sale the entire time - manufacturers shipped 4.8 million tablets worldwide, up 45...

Rookie Patrick Patterson taken to hospital

ATLANTA — Houston rookie Patrick Patterson returned home on the Rockets' charter flight Saturday night, a few hours after chest pains and congestion forced him to leave Philips Arena in an ambulance. Team spokesman Bob Schranz said preliminary tests on Patterson, the NBA's No. 14 overall d...

Mariners face more competition for Cactus League fans

Baseball's spring training, by its very nature, is a time of optimism and enthusiasm. But this year, Arizona's Cactus League has even more bounce in its step than usual. When pitchers and catchers begin reporting next month — including the Mariners in Peoria on Feb. 13 — the league wi...

Ex-CIA operative pleads not guilty to leaking info

ALEXANDRIA, Va. — A former CIA agent has pleaded not guilty to illegally leaking classified information to a newspaper reporter. Jeffrey Sterling, who has been at odds with the CIA for the better part of a decade after accusing the agency of racial discrimination, pleaded not guilty at an ...

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Shipwreck cuts two ways for Italian island's tourism

GIGLIO, Italy — As the first tourists of the season cross the channel between the Tuscan mainland and the island of Giglio, the breathtaking view they are seeking is not of Giglio's crystal-clear...

Netherlands poised to curb marijuana tourism

AMSTERDAM — Dutch coffee shop owners went to court Wednesday in a last ditch bid to block a government plan to stop foreigners from buying marijuana in the Netherlands. Lawyers representing...

Where's a Yellowstone bear? Look on your phone

CHEYENNE, Wyo. — For wildlife enthusiasts hoping to catch a glimpse of wolves, grizzly bears and bison at Yellowstone National Park, the best place to be on the lookout may soon be a cellphone....

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Republicans back Homeland Security powers in national parks

LOS ANGELES — House Republicans are backing legislation in Congress to give the Department of Homeland Security control of more than 50 national parks and forests within 100 miles of the...

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Apple needs to respond faster because malware will return

The Flashback malware has likely infected more than 500,000 Macintoshes, or at least 1 percent of current Macs, representing one of the broadest penetrations of a computer platform by a malicious...

Electronic weeds of email

I have nothing against sheep, but I don't really want to read about them every week. Someone thought I did, because each Friday the American Sheep Industry newsletter would turn up in my...

Transferring MP3s to another computer

Q: I am wondering how or if I can transfer MP3 files from Windows Media Player, where I have all my playlists, onto a flash drive to export them to another computer. My MP3 player stopped being...

City offers PC classes for seniors

Q: I have been getting an annoying pop-up every day for the last two weeks or so: "Windows need your permission to continue. Run a legacy CPL elevated. Microsoft Windows." I hit Cancel, and...

Hundreds of thousands may lose Internet in July

WASHINGTON — For computer users, a few mouse clicks could mean the difference between staying online and losing Internet connections this summer. Unknown to most of them, their problem began...

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Spacecraft through the decades

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Boeing delivers first production P-8A to U.S. Navy

Boeing delivered the first production version of its new maritime patrol jet for the U.S. Navy Tuesday. The P-8A Poseidon, based on a Boeing 737-800 airliner, is set to replace the Navy's...

Boeing breaks ground on new delivery center

Boeing broke ground Monday on a new Everett Delivery Center that will be three times the size of its original center when it opens next year. "We're going to be building a delivery center...

Boeing finishes tests for GE-engine 787

Boeing finished flight tests required for certification of its 787 Dreamliner outfitted with General Electric GEnx engines late last month, the plane maker announced Wednesday. "The last...

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Apple Whenever a major new tech product gets released, I hear from a lot of folks who want to know whether they should make the leap. And as you’d expect, that question...

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Ex-aide to John Edwards testifies about cash, affair

GREENSBORO, N.C. — A former aide to John Edwards testified Tuesday about the lengths the former presidential candidate went to to hide his affair with a campaign videographer, including raising...

Brazil congress delays vote on divisive forest law

SAO PAULO — Deputies in Brazil's lower house of Congress decided late Tuesday to delay a vote on a bill that would revamp the nation's tough environmental law, which activists warn would...

Venezuela: 5 arrested on money laundering charges

CARACAS, Venezuela — Venezuela's top security official announced the arrests of five people on charges of money laundering and said Tuesday that there are suspicions some opposition politicians...

Obama's college pitch has November in mind

BOULDER, Colo. — President Obama reached out to crucial young voters here and in Chapel Hill, N.C., on Tuesday with a promise to keep college affordable, in the first two of three campus...

Annan alarmed at Syria military action

UNITED NATIONS — International envoy Kofi Annan told the U.N. Security Council Tuesday that the situation in Syria is "bleak" and expressed alarm at reports that government troops are still...

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My height? Keep that question to yourself

This goes out to you, the man who knocked down the bread display on your dash to ask me The Question; the nurse who, while inserting my IV, exclaimed he'd never seen a woman "so long" she hung...

London's West End optimistic about Olympics

LONDON (AP) — London's theater community is feeling increasingly confident that the city's vibrant culture won't suffer during a summer devoted to celebrating sport. West End producers had...

Kids, teens and the fashion industry: Most talked-about controversies

The latest Urban Outfitters catalog features an image of two young women kissing and conservative groups are upset. One Million Moms, the same group that attacked J.C. Penney in February...

NM hopes to shed negative image with new ads

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico this year is celebrating 100 years of statehood, but many people still confuse the Land of Enchantment with its south of the border neighbor. And some who do...

Solo Chicago show for artist Rashid Johnson

CHICAGO (AP) — For more than a decade, contemporary artist Rashid Johnson has worked almost under the radar, turning out work presented at museums and coveted by collectors around the world....

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Daniel Sedin might play for Vancouver Canucks in Game 4 | NHL

LOS ANGELES — Daniel Sedin, who led Vancouver in goals this season with 30, practiced with the Canucks on Tuesday and indicated if he still feels good he will play Wednesday in Game 4 as...

Canucks avoid elimination, beat Kings in Game 4

LOS ANGELES — Cory Schneider made 43 saves and stopped Dustin Brown's penalty shot in his first career playoff victory, Daniel Sedin sparked Vancouver's power play in his return from injury,...

Boedker goal gives Coyotes OT win

CHICAGO — Marian Hossa had passed the puck and turned just slightly when Phoenix's Raffi Torres delivered a crushing blow with his shoulder that left the Chicago Blackhawks star crumpled...

Bruins coach denies claim Backstrom was targeted

ARLINGTON, Va. — Alex Ovechkin shrugged his shoulders while offering his take on the suspension that will keep center Nicklas Backstrom out of Washington's lineup Thursday for Game 4 of its...

Coyotes' Raffi Torres suspended indefinitely

CHICAGO — Phoenix Coyotes forward Raffi Torres was suspended indefinitely Wednesday for a hit that knocked Chicago's Marian Hossa out of Game 3 in the teams' opening-round playoff series....

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