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VeriSign wins .com renewal, but can't hike prices

VeriSign wins .com renewal, but can't hike prices
By By ANICK JESDANUNAP Technology Writer NEW YORK (AP) - The federal government has cleared VeriSign Inc. to manage the databases that house ".com" domain names for another six years, but the company won't be allowed to raise prices without approval. Under the current contract, which

VeriSign wins .com renewal, but can't hike prices

VeriSign wins .com renewal, but can't hike prices
By By ANICK JESDANUNAP Technology Writer NEW YORK (AP) - The federal government has cleared VeriSign Inc. to manage the databases that house ".com" domain names for another six years, but the company won't be allowed to raise prices without approval. Under the current contract, which

Wife turns up heat as US man stuck in Cuba prison

Wife turns up heat as US man stuck in Cuba prison
By By JESSICA GRESKOAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Almost three years after her husband was arrested and jailed in Cuba, Judy Gross still talks to Americans who haven't heard his story. Now she is speaking more openly than in the past, hoping to make her husband's case as well-known

NJ train derailment tips tankers, sickens dozens

NJ train derailment tips tankers, sickens dozens
By By GEOFF MULVIHILLAssociated Press PAULSBORO, N.J. (AP) - A freight train derailed Friday on a railroad bridge that has had problems before, toppling tanker cars partially into a creek and causing a leak of hazardous gas that was blamed for sickening dozens of people, authorities said. After

Report: More than 100 rifles stolen from train car

Report: More than 100 rifles stolen from train car
ATLANTA (AP) - Authorities say they're searching for dozens of rifles stolen from a train car somewhere in metro Atlanta. Atlanta station WSB-TV reports that more than 100 rifles were taken in the heist from a CSX boxcar. CSX Corp. spokesman Gary Sease told the TV station the company is

Lost military jacket found on post-Sandy NJ beach

Lost military jacket found on post-Sandy NJ beach
By By MICHAEL FELBERBAUMAssociated Press RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - Donna Gugger's heart was heavy as she sifted through the scattered debris and devastation left by Superstorm Sandy along the Jersey Shore. Pieces of broken furniture. Shards of metal. Chairs ripped off patios. Blue jeans tossed

Eurozone unemployment hits another record high

Eurozone unemployment hits another record high
By By PAN PYLASAssociated Press LONDON (AP) - Another month, another record unemployment rate for the economy of the 17 European Union countries that use the euro. Figures released Friday by Eurostat, the EU's statistics office, showed that the recession in the eurozone pushed unemployment

Calif oyster farm closure ends long battle

Calif oyster farm closure ends long battle
By By JASON DEARENAssociated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Kevin Lunny's struggle to keep his family's oyster farm running in Point Reyes National Seashore appears to be over, closing out an era of oysterman plying the park's pristine waters and ushering in the nation's newest

Senate votes to tighten sanctions on Iran

Senate votes to tighten sanctions on Iran
By By DONNA CASSATAAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - The Senate endorsed stringent new sanctions on Iran's energy and shipping sectors in a fresh attempt to hobble the Islamic Republic's economy and hamper its nuclear ambitions. Ignoring White House opposition spelled out just hours

Senate votes to tighten sanctions on Iran

Senate votes to tighten sanctions on Iran
By By DONNA CASSATAAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - The Senate endorsed stringent new sanctions on Iran's energy and shipping sectors in a fresh attempt to hobble the Islamic Republic's economy and hamper its nuclear ambitions. Ignoring White House opposition spelled out just hours