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Idaho spud giant bets on biotech potatoes

By JOHN MILLERAssociated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) - A dozen years after a customer revolt forced Monsanto to ditch its genetically engineered potato, an Idaho company aims to resurrect high-tech spuds. This month, tuber processing giant J.R. Simplot Co. asked the U.S. government to approve five

GM says supercomputers to keep recalls in check

By TOM KRISHERAP Auto Writer WARREN, Mich. (AP) - General Motors Co. says a new supercomputing data center and a fledgling shift to bring software development in-house should help it limit the size of future safety recalls. The Detroit automaker, which formally opened the giant data storage center

LinkedIn looks to build on its impressive resume

By MICHAEL LIEDTKEAP Technology Writer MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. (AP) - LinkedIn and Facebook will celebrate the anniversaries of their IPOs just a few days apart this week. But their experiences as publicly traded companies couldn't be more different. LinkedIn Corp. promotes its service as a

Philly abortion doctor guilty in 3 babies' deaths

By MARYCLAIRE DALEAssociated Press PHILADELPHIA (AP) - An abortion doctor was convicted Monday of first-degree murder and could face execution in the deaths of three babies who were delivered alive and then killed with scissors at his grimy, "house of horrors" clinic. In a case that became a grisly