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Microsoft aims to simplify with Windows 8.1

Microsoft aims to simplify with Windows 8.1
By MICHAEL LIEDTKEAP Technology Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Microsoft is trying to fix what it got wrong with its radical makeover of Windows. It's making the operating system easier to navigate and enabling users to set up the software so it starts in a more familiar format designed for

Microsoft aims to simplify with Windows 8.1

Microsoft aims to simplify with Windows 8.1
By MICHAEL LIEDTKEAP Technology Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Microsoft is trying to fix what it got wrong with its radical makeover of Windows. It's making the operating system easier to navigate and enabling users to set up the software so it starts in a more familiar format designed for

SKorea fosters startups as it seeks economic shift

SKorea fosters startups as it seeks economic shift
By YOUKYUNG LEEAP Technology Writer SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - Kwon Sunbeom's future was mapped out. Talented in math and science, he attended a specialized high school and majored in electronic engineering at a prestigious university. Lifetime employment at one of South Korea's towering

SKorea fosters startups as it seeks economic shift

SKorea fosters startups as it seeks economic shift
By YOUKYUNG LEEAP Technology Writer SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - Kwon Sunbeom's future was mapped out. Talented in math and science, he attended a specialized high school and majored in electronic engineering at a prestigious university. Lifetime employment at one of South Korea's towering

Spelling Bee begins with 1st-ever vocabulary test

Spelling Bee begins with 1st-ever vocabulary test
By JOSEPH WHITEAP Sports Writer OXON HILL, Md. (AP) - Jae Canetti said he screamed "No!" when he learned the National Spelling Bee would be introducing a vocabulary test. He started changing the way he prepared, studying definitions of words on the bus ride to school each day. At least the extra

Court to see if Miss. lawsuit OK on global issue

Court to see if Miss. lawsuit OK on global issue
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court will consider whether the state of Mississippi can bring a state-level lawsuit in a global LCD screen price-fixing conspiracy. The justices on Tuesday agreed to hear an appeal from state officials in their lawsuit against AU Optronics Corp. A federal jury last

Huge crowd cheers Argentine leader's 10-year rule

Huge crowd cheers Argentine leader's 10-year rule
By ALMUDENA CALATRAVA and DEBORA REYAssociated Press BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) - Argentine President Cristina Fernandez rallied a huge crowd Saturday night celebrating the 10-year government that she and her late husband Nestor Kirchner began in 2003. Her voice breaking, she called it a

Huge crowd cheers Argentine leader's 10-year rule

Huge crowd cheers Argentine leader's 10-year rule
By ALMUDENA CALATRAVA and DEBORA REYAssociated Press BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) - Argentine President Cristina Fernandez rallied a huge crowd Saturday night celebrating the 10-year government that she and her late husband Nestor Kirchner began in 2003. Her voice breaking, she called it a

Moses Lake Children Receive Rabies Treatment

Moses Lake Children Receive Rabies Treatment
MOSES LAKE, Wash. - Children in a Moses Lake family are receiving rabies treatment as a precaution after they were found playing with several dead bats. The Grant County Health District recommended the rabies treatment. The bats were too damaged to be tested for rabies. Rabies is a rare

HP's 2Q offers hope even as revenue slump deepens

HP's 2Q offers hope even as revenue slump deepens
By MICHAEL LIEDTKEAP Technology Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Hewlett-Packard is still scrambling to meet the growing demand for more versatile and less expensive mobile devices as a slump in its personal computer sales deepens, but the company's cost-cutting measures and focus on more profitable