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Review: High-res music player ups the audio ante

Review: High-res music player ups the audio ante
By RON HARRISAssociated Press ATLANTA (AP) - It's hard to make headlines with a portable music player these days. It's old hat by now to carry around thousands of songs in your hip pocket, whether on an iPod or a smartphone. But there's been a price for portability. You are listening to

Dr Pepper maker fills out 10-calorie lineup

Dr Pepper maker fills out 10-calorie lineup
By CANDICE CHOIAP Food Industry Writer NEW YORK (AP) - When it comes to the calories in diet soda, Dr Pepper thinks 10 is the new zero. Starting next month, the country's No. 3 soft drink company plans to roll out 10-calorie versions of five of its biggest soda brands: 7-Up, Sunkist, Canada Dry

Nintendo's TVii a replacement for the remote

Nintendo's TVii a replacement for the remote
By RYAN NAKASHIMAAP Business Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) - Nintendo is switching on a television service that transforms the tablet-like controller for its new Wii U game console into a remote that changes the channel on your TV and puts programs from the Internet just a few finger taps away. The TVii

Nintendo's TVii a replacement for the remote

Nintendo's TVii a replacement for the remote
By RYAN NAKASHIMAAP Business Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) - Nintendo is switching on a television service that transforms the tablet-like controller for its new Wii U game console into a remote that changes the channel on your TV and puts programs from the Internet just a few finger taps away. The TVii

Report blames chaos, not cover-up, for BBC scandal

Report blames chaos, not cover-up, for BBC scandal
By RAPHAEL SATTERAssociated Press LONDON (AP) - A BBC review has absolved senior executives of trying to bury an explosive story about one of its best-known children's television stars, saying management errors were to blame for the fact that a planned expose on pedophilia allegations against

Hearing on voting rights turns partisan

Hearing on voting rights turns partisan
By LARRY MARGASAKAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Senate Democrats and Republicans sparred Wednesday over whether voter ID laws, attempts to purge voter rolls and restricted early voting were legitimate efforts to stop fraud or mainly Republican strategies to hold down Democratic votes. Sen. Bill

Hearing on voting rights turns partisan

Hearing on voting rights turns partisan
By LARRY MARGASAKAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Senate Democrats and Republicans sparred Wednesday over whether voter ID laws, attempts to purge voter rolls and restricted early voting were legitimate efforts to stop fraud or mainly Republican strategies to hold down Democratic votes. Sen. Bill

Heavy price: Medicare overpaying for back braces

Heavy price: Medicare overpaying for back braces
By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVARAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Internet sale price for a standard back brace: $99.99. What Medicare pays for the item: $900-plus. A federal report released Wednesday offers a look at how wasteful spending drives up health care costs as investigators found that Medicare

Heavy price: Medicare overpaying for back braces

Heavy price: Medicare overpaying for back braces
By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVARAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Internet sale price for a standard back brace: $99.99. What Medicare pays for the item: $900-plus. A federal report released Wednesday offers a look at how wasteful spending drives up health care costs as investigators found that Medicare

Obama Social Security offer at odds with top Dems

Obama Social Security offer at odds with top Dems
By STEPHEN OHLEMACHERAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama's offer to limit the growth of Social Security benefits would cost the average retiree less than $50 in the first year. But the cuts would grow over time, and that has advocates for seniors worried that Democrats in