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Opaque Instagram ad policy change riles users

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Published on 12/18/2012 - 10:07 am
Written by Gabriel Dillard

A change to Instagram's terms of services has some users up in arms.(AP) — Instagram, the popular photo-sharing service that Facebook bought this year, is the target of a storm of outrage on Twitter and other sites after a change in its user agreement hinted that it might use shared photos in ads.

Mass. fines Morgan Stanley $5M over Facebook IPO

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Published on 12/17/2012 - 2:00 pm
Written by Associated Press

Facebook stock is down 29 percent from its $38 initial public offering in May(AP) — Massachusetts officials say they are fining investment bank Morgan Stanley $5 million for disclosing a revenue shortfall with analysts and institutional investors but not the general public ahead of Facebook's troubled IPO in May.

Conservationists team up with ranchers, loggers

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Published on 12/17/2012 - 1:47 pm
Written by Gosia Wozniacka, AP Writer

California conservationists are seeing benefit in allowing protected preserves to be used for grazing cattle and other production purposes(AP) — Two cowboys on horses pushed cattle across an expanse of golden hills overgrown with tall grasses and oak trees, up an unpaved road toward another pasture.

Massive Napa do-over prompts grape plant shortage

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Published on 12/17/2012 - 1:38 pm
Written by Tracie Cone, AP Writer

A trifecta of developments are leading Napa Valley grape growers to replant their vineyards(AP) — Napa Valley, one of the world's premier wine growing regions, has an uncommon problem these days: not enough new grapevine root stock is available to supply the massive replanting that's under way there.

Woman's sex romp exposes workers' comp fraud

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Published on 12/14/2012 - 2:34 pm
Written by Gabriel Dillard

(AP) — A sex romp at a public park helped prosecutors convict a California woman of faking an ankle injury to collect workers' compensation payments, authorities said.

McAfee in Miami after deportation from Guatemala

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Published on 12/14/2012 - 2:19 pm
Written by Kelli Kennedy, AP Writer

(AP) — Anti-virus software founder John McAfee said Thursday that U.S. authorities have made no efforts to question him since he arrived in Miami after weeks of evading Belizean authorities who want to ask him about the death of his neighbor.

Stocks edge lower; Apple sinks 4 percent

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Published on 12/14/2012 - 1:39 pm
Written by Matthew Craft, AP Writer

Apple headquarters in Cupertino, Calif.(AP) — Apple, the most valuable company in the U.S., slumped Friday, helping to drag down the stock market. A lack of progress in federal budget talks also discouraged investors.

California judge orders Walgreens to pay $16M

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Published on 12/14/2012 - 11:16 am
Written by Associated Press

Walgreens stores accused of improperly handling hazardous waste(AP) — A California judge has ordered drugstore chain Walgreens to pay $16.57 million to settle a lawsuit claiming more than 600 of its stores in the state illegally dumped hazardous waste.

Google Maps return to iPhone with new mobile app

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Published on 12/13/2012 - 12:47 pm
Written by Michael Liedtke, AP Writer

Google Maps(AP) — Google Maps has found its way back to the iPhone.

Apple, e-book publishers, EU find competition deal

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Published on 12/13/2012 - 12:44 pm
Written by Associated Press

Apple e-book(AP) — The European Union's competition watchdog has accepted proposals by four publishers and Apple to end agreements that set retail prices for e-books — a practice the EU feared violated competition rules.