The number of apps that collect detailed personal data might surprise you. That includes some …
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BAGHDAD – A quiet middle-class Shiite neighborhood in western Baghdad was transformed recently into a …
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Things got chippy both on and off the field at Thursday night’s San Francisco 49ers …
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AUSTIN, Texas – Willie Nelson’s (search) name is off the road again. A state legislator had proposed naming a 49-mile stretch of Texas Highway 130 being built around Austin (search) in honor of the Texas country music singer. But two Republican senators, Steve Odgen of Bryan and Jeff Wentworth (search) …
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SEATTLE – After being criticized for quietly dropping support for a state gay rights bill, Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) chief executive Steve Ballmer (search) told employees Friday that management would publicly back such legislation in the future. Ballmer’s e-mail, posted on “Scobleizer: Microsoft Geek Blogger,” came two weeks after activists accused …
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ALBANY, N.Y. – A state Democratic leader blasted Gov. George Pataki (search) and New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg for “a total lack of leadership” in planning the Freedom Tower in Lower Manhattan. Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver (search) said the Republican leaders have not coordinated the project well, citing recent …
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