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    In this Dec. 21, 2017 photo, Florida State Rep. Emily Slosberg poses for a photo at her office in Deerfield Beach, Fla. Slosberg is the lead sponsor of a bill that would strengthen the state's ban on texting while driving. Florida is one of the last states to not fully ban texting while driving. (AP Photo/Terry Spencer)
    December 30, 2017 - 3:43 pm

    Texting ban may soon be enforced on Florida's deadly roads

    FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Florida Highway Patrol Sgt. Mark Wysocky says it is hard to separate texting drivers from drunken drivers as he cruises down a suburban interstate highway. Both weave. They speed up and slow down for no obvious reason and get too close to other cars. They endanger their...
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    December 26, 2017 - 2:21 pm

    The top iPhone and iPad apps on App Store

    App Store Official Charts for the week ending December 24, 2017: Top Paid iPhone Apps: 1. Heads Up!, Warner Bros. 2. Minecraft, Mojang 3. NBA 2K18, 2K 4. Bloons TD 5,Ninja Kiwi 5. Plague Inc.,Ndemic Creations 6. Bridge Constructor Portal, Headup Games GmbH & Co KG 7. Sonic Runners Adventure,...
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    December 12, 2017 - 4:11 pm

    The top iPhone and iPad apps on App Store

    App Store Official Charts for the week ending December 10, 2017: Top Paid iPhone Apps: 1. Heads Up!, Warner Bros. 2. Minecraft, Mojang 3. kirakira+, Kentaro Yama 4. Plague Inc.,Ndemic Creations 5. Bloons TD 5,Ninja Kiwi 6. Toca Life: Pets,Toca Boca AB 7. Reigns: Her Majesty,Devolver Digital 8...
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    FILE - This Thursday, Sept. 19, 2013, file photo shows the Apple logo above a store location entrance in Dallas. Apple has bought Shazam, the maker of a song-recognition app that Apple's digital assistant Siri has already been using to help people identify the music playing on their iPhones. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez, File)
    December 11, 2017 - 3:00 pm

    Apple orchestrates deal for song-recognition app Shazam

    SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Apple has bought Shazam, the maker of a song-recognition app that Apple's digital assistant Siri has already been using to help people identify the music playing on their iPhones. The companies didn't disclose the price of the acquisition announced Monday. Technology news site...
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    December 07, 2017 - 5:38 pm

    Ohio awards $10M to boost opioid, addiction breakthroughs

    COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio awarded $10 million in grants Thursday to six companies and a university that have come up with innovative scientific ideas to address the national opioid epidemic. The Ohio Third Frontier Commission awarded the grants for ideas that include development of pain management...
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    FILE - In this Oct. 13, 2017, file photo, Education Secretary Betsy DeVos speaks during a dinner hosted by the Washington Policy Center in Bellevue, Wash. DeVos says college students will soon be able to file their applications for federal student aid through a mobile app. DeVos is pledging to modernize the financial aid applications and make it more accessible and simpler. She spoke Tuesday at a conference of student aid professionals in Orlando, Florida. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File)
    November 28, 2017 - 3:12 pm

    DeVos: Mobile app coming for federal student aid application

    WASHINGTON (AP) — College students will soon be able to file their applications for federal student aid through a mobile app, Education Secretary Betsy DeVos said Tuesday. Speaking at a conference of student aid professionals in Orlando, Florida, DeVos said the Free Application for Federal Student...
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    November 28, 2017 - 2:08 pm

    The top 10 books on Apple's iBooks-US

    iBook charts for week ending November 26, 2017 (Rank, Book Title by Author Name, ISBN, Publisher ): iBooks US Bestseller List - Paid Books 1. Darker by E L James - 9780385543989 - (Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group) 2. End Game by David Baldacci - 9781455586639 - (Grand Central Publishing) 3. The...
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    November 28, 2017 - 2:06 pm

    The top iPhone and iPad apps on App Store

    App Store Official Charts for the week ending November 26, 2017: Top Paid iPhone Apps: 1. Heads Up!, Warner Bros. 2. Minecraft, Mojang 3. Plague Inc., Ndemic Creations 4. kirakira+, Kentaro Yama 5. Bloons TD 5, Ninja Kiwi 6. Monument Valley 2, ustwo Games Ltd 7. Trivia Crack (No Ads), Etermax 8...
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    November 24, 2017 - 6:24 pm

    The top iPhone and iPad apps on App Store

    App Store Official Charts for the week ending November 19, 2017: Top Paid iPhone Apps: 1. Heads Up!, Warner Bros. 2. Minecraft, Mojang 3. kirakira+, Kentaro Yama 4. Plague Inc., Ndemic Creations 5. Bloons TD 5, Ninja Kiwi 6. NBA 2K18, 2K 7. iSchedule, HotSchedules 8. Facetune, Lightricks Ltd. 9...
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    CORRECTS North Korea flag with stars on the left of the cellphones; AP illustration by Peter Hamlin shows flag of North Korea. SOURCE: AP Illustration. Editor’s Note: It is mandatory to include all sources that accompany this graphic when repurposing or editing it for publication
    November 09, 2017 - 6:15 pm

    Only if it serves the state: North Korea's online experience

    PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) — Ever so cautiously, North Korea is going online. Doctors can consult via live, online video conferencing, and lectures at prestigious Kim Il Sung University are streamed to faraway factories and agricultural communes. People use online dictionaries and text each other...
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