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AP Exclusive: Calif. exchange granted secrecy

AP Exclusive: Calif. exchange granted secrecy
By MICHAEL R. BLOODAssociated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) - A California law that created an agency to oversee national health care reforms granted it sweeping authority to conceal spending on the contractors that will perform most of its functions, creating a barrier from public disclosure that stands

AP Exclusive: Calif. exchange granted secrecy

AP Exclusive: Calif. exchange granted secrecy
By MICHAEL R. BLOODAssociated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) - A California law that created an agency to oversee national health care reforms granted it sweeping authority to conceal spending on the contractors that will perform most of its functions, creating a barrier from public disclosure that stands

Brands risk image in varying Bangladesh responses

Brands risk image in varying Bangladesh responses
By KAY JOHNSONAssociated Press MUMBAI, India (AP) - Global clothing brands involved in Bangladesh's troubled garment industry responded in starkly different ways to the building collapse that killed more than 600 people. Some quickly acknowledged their links to the tragedy and promised

Malaysian elections expose worrying social schisms

Malaysian elections expose worrying social schisms
By SEAN YOONG and EILEEN NGAssociated Press KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) - It was hardly the look of the victorious. Wearing a bright blue shirt and a grim expression, Prime Minister Najib Razak appeared before the media on Monday to somberly acknowledge that his coalition had won general elections

Mozilla: UK spyware company hijacking our brand

Mozilla: UK spyware company hijacking our brand
By RAPHAEL SATTERAssociated Press LONDON (AP) - The maker of one of the Internet's most popular browsers is taking on one of the world's best-known purveyors of surveillance software, accusing a British company of hijacking the Mozilla brand to camouflage its espionage products. The Mozilla

Boston travel: Trains, buses halted, planes flying

Boston travel: Trains, buses halted, planes flying
By SCOTT MAYEROWITZAP Airlines Writer NEW YORK (AP) - Mass transportation to and from the Boston area was virtually shut down Friday while police engaged in massive manhunt before capturing a suspect in Monday's Boston Marathon bombing. The message from Boston transit authorities - shared early

Boston travel: Trains, buses halted, planes flying

Boston travel: Trains, buses halted, planes flying
By SCOTT MAYEROWITZAP Airlines Writer NEW YORK (AP) - Mass transportation to and from the Boston area was virtually shut down Friday while police engaged in massive manhunt before capturing a suspect in Monday's Boston Marathon bombing. The message from Boston transit authorities - shared early

Park Service chief defends handling of budget cuts

Park Service chief defends handling of budget cuts
By RICHARD LARDNERAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Facing withering criticism from House Republicans, the director of the National Park Service Tuesday rejected suggestions the agency purposely hyped the negative impact of mandatory spending reductions for political gain. Automatic cuts to the

Coding boot camps promise to launch tech careers

Coding boot camps promise to launch tech careers
By TERENCE CHEAAssociated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Looking for a career change, Ken Shimizu decided he wanted to be a software developer, but he didn't want to go back to college to study computer science. Instead, he quit his job and spent his savings to enroll at Dev Bootcamp, a new San

Coding boot camps promise to launch tech careers

Coding boot camps promise to launch tech careers
By TERENCE CHEAAssociated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Looking for a career change, Ken Shimizu decided he wanted to be a software developer, but he didn't want to go back to college to study computer science. Instead, he quit his job and spent his savings to enroll at Dev Bootcamp, a new San