WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama wants nearly all Americans to have access to speedy wireless services. He’s promoting that plan in a small city in Michigan that’s becoming a model for how the Internet can bring prosperity to far-flung places. (more)
NEW YORK (AP) — The reviews are in for “Spider-Man: Turn off the Dark” — and that could be a bit of a problem. (more)
WASHINGTON (AP) — When President Barack Obama asked businesses for advice on creating jobs, he might have anticipated that more than 200 responses would quickly be headed his way courtesy of Rep. Darrell Issa, a Republican who once called him corrupt. (more)
HOUSTON (AP) — The astronaut husband of wounded Rep. Gabrielle Giffords said his wife would be “very comfortable” with his decision to go back into space and he expects her to be at his launch in April. (more)
TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s latest sumo scandal widened Thursday as two wrestlers and a coach admitted fixing bouts, broadcasters pulled their support from telecasts and the nation’s prime minister accused the ancient sport of betraying the public’s trust. (more)
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — An Iranian supercomputer. New space rockets and satellites carrying the flag of the Islamic Republic. Biotech innovations that include artificial tendons. (more)
WASHINGTON (AP) — A program that subsidizes air service to small airports, often in remote communities, is shaping up as an early test in the new Congress of conservatives’ zeal for shrinking the federal government. (more)
NEW YORK (AP) — Verizon Wireless is revealing details of how much it will charge iPhone users for voice, text and data service. (more)
LOS ANGELES (AP) — CBS is scrambling to replace a “Two and a Half Men”-sized hole in its current schedule, a problem that is eclipsed by the threat of losing the lucrative sitcom forever because of troubled star Charlie Sheen. (more)
VIENNA (AP) — The control systems of Iran’s Bushehr nuclear plant have been penetrated by a computer worm unleashed last year, according to a foreign intelligence report that warns of a possible Chernobyl-like disaster once the site becomes fully operational. (more)
NEW YORK (AP) — Martin Luther King Jr.’s oldest son says any discussion of his potential interest in becoming a minority owner of the New York Mets is premature. (more)
WASHINGTON (AP) — It’s a striking statistic. (more)
MOSCOW (AP) — Russia’s upper house of parliament unanimously ratified the New START nuclear arms pact with the United States on Wednesday, the centerpiece of President Barack Obama’s efforts to “reset” ties with Moscow. (more)
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Taco Bell officials on Tuesday rejected claims made in a lawsuit that the meat in their tacos, burritos and other products is not all beef. (more)
WASHINGTON (AP) — Wal-Mart, the nation’s largest grocer, says it will reformulate thousands of products to make them healthier and push its suppliers to do the same, joining first lady Michelle Obama’s effort to combat childhood obesity. (more)
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Tuesday that Tehran is making steady progress in its nuclear program, and warned that not even 100,000 U.N. Security Council resolutions will derail his country’s nuclear ambitions. (more)
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The federal government has spent millions of dollars to help farmers nationwide buy greenhouse-like structures called high tunnels that can add valuable weeks and even months to their growing seasons by protecting produce from chilly temperatures. (more)
WASHINGTON (AP) — Postal clerks will stop holding up the line with all those questions when you mail something. (more)
NEW YORK (AP) — Low-income taxpayers who don’t have bank accounts will be able to get their tax refunds this year on prepaid debit cards supplied by the government, the Treasury Department said Thursday. (more)
WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal safety officials urged Tuesday that aircraft owners be required to retrofit small planes with shoulder-lap seatbelts, but stopped short of calling for the installation of air bags. (more)
