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Chicago looks to Twitter for answer to gun problem

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 29th

CHICAGO (AP) - The city of Chicago is asking residents with ideas on how to get illegal guns off the streets to share their thoughts - in 140 characters or fewer on Twitter. The initiative is part of Chicago Ideas Week, an annual forum for innovators, artists, scientists and others to share ideas

Ex-NY Times publisher Arthur Ochs Sulzberger dies

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 29th

NEW YORK (AP) - Former New York Times publisher Arthur Ochs Sulzberger, who led the newspaper to new levels of influence and profit amid some of the most significant moments in 20th-century journalism, died Saturday. He was 86. Sulzberger, who went by the nickname "Punch" and served with the Marine

Sony ties up with Olympus, takes 11 percent stake

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 29th

By YURI KAGEYAMAAP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) - Sony is expanding its sprawling electronics to movies business empire with a new venture - looking inside the human body. The company on Friday said it will spend 50 billion yen ($640 million) for an 11 percent stake in Olympus Corp., an embattled

Ex-NY Times publisher Arthur Ochs Sulzberger dies

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 29th

By DAVID B. CARUSO and KAREN MATTHEWSAssociated Press NEW YORK (AP) - Few moments in American journalism loom larger than the one that came in 1971, when New York Times publisher Arthur Ochs Sulzberger had to decide whether to defy a president, and risk a potential criminal charge, by

US banks hit by more than a week of cyberattacks

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 28th

By RAPHAEL SATTERAssociated Press U.S. banks have been buffeted by more than a week of powerful cyberattacks, but the mystery surrounding their perpetrators lingers. One expert said Friday that he was suspicious of claims of responsibility purportedly made by Islamists angry at an anti-Muslim

Clearwire shares fall on Time Warner stake sale

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 28th

NEW YORK (AP) - Clearwire Corp. shares fell Friday, after it said that Time Warner Inc. had begun selling its stake in the wireless infrastructure company. THE SPARK: Time Warner Cable, the nation's fourth largest provider of TV signals, on Friday began an underwritten public offering of all 46

'Friends' creator finds WIGS channel a good fit

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 28th

By LYNN ELBERAP Television Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) - Writer-producer Marta Kauffman could rest on her "Friends" laurels. Instead, she's delving into the online series world to explore offbeat material and a new role. Kauffman turned official first-time director for "Georgia," a short Web

Apple CEO apologizes for error-ridden new map app

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 28th

By BARBARA ORTUTAYAP Technology Writer NEW YORK (AP) - Apple CEO Tim Cook apologized Friday for the company's error-ridden new mobile mapping service and pledged to improve the application installed on tens of millions of smartphones. In an unusual mea culpa, he invited frustrated consumers

Who's watching? 3-D TV is no hit with viewers

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 28th

By RYAN NAKASHIMAAP Business Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) - Phil Orlins knows everything about producing TV in three dimensions. The ESPN producer has captured the undulating greens of Augusta National and the flying motor bikes of the X-Games for ESPN's 3-D channel. But he can only guess how

Crown Castle buys rights to T-Mobile towers

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 28th

HOUSTON (AP) - Crown Castle International has agreed to buy the rights to about 7,200 T-Mobile towers for $2.4 billion in cash. Under the agreement, Crown Castle will have the right to lease and operate the T-Mobile towers for an average of about 28 years. The company also will have the option to