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  • Hacker builds $1,500 cell-phone tapping device -
    By JORDAN ROBERTSON 2010-07-31T22:28:14Z
    LAS VEGAS (AP) -- A computer security researcher has built a device for just $1,500 that can intercept some kinds of cell phone calls and record everything that's said....
  • Spirit Airlines' carry-on bag fee starts Sunday -
    By The Associated Press 2010-07-31T22:17:57Z
    Spirit Airlines passengers may want to get to the airport a little earlier than normal Sunday as a new charge for carry-on bags takes effect....
  • Oil spill taints UC Berkeley's BP-funded research -
    By TERENCE CHEA 2010-07-31T19:27:23Z
    BERKELEY, Calif. (AP) -- BP's catastrophic oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico is fueling opposition to the University of California, Berkeley's research partnership with the British company, with activists and professors on the famously liberal campus calling for a severing of ties....
  • 3 squabbling companies must cooperate to plug well -
    By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN and RAY HENRY 2010-07-31T23:18:59Z
    NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- On shore, BP, Halliburton and Transocean are engaging in a billion-dollar blame game over the blown-out oil well in the Gulf of Mexico. At sea, they're depending on each other to finally plug up the environmental disaster....
  • Feds warned company in Mich. spill about pipeline -
    By MIKE HOUSEHOLDER and JOHN FLESHER 2010-08-01T00:08:50Z
    DETROIT (AP) -- U.S. regulators earlier this year demanded improvements to the pipeline network that includes a segment that ruptured in southern Michigan, spilling hundreds of thousands of gallons of oil into the Kalamazoo River, according to a document released Saturday....
  • Japanese user claims Twitter's 20 billionth tweet -
    By TOMOKO A. HOSAKA 2010-07-31T19:44:04Z
    TOKYO (AP) -- Twitter's 20 billionth message didn't make much sense, but it spoke volumes about the rapid global growth of the microblogging service....
  • China setting milestone as economy passes Japan's -
    By JOE McDONALD 2010-07-31T16:39:16Z
    BEIJING (AP) -- China is set to overtake Japan as the world's second-largest economy in a resurgence that is changing everything from the global balance of military and financial power to how cars are designed....
  • Obama blames GOP on small business lending bill -
    By 2010-07-31T15:44:16Z
    WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama is going after Senate Republicans who have stymied his proposal to create a $30 billion fund to help unfreeze lending for credit-starved small businesses....
  • Paperwork nightmare: A struggle to fix new law -
    By STEPHEN OHLEMACHER 2010-07-31T15:45:48Z
    WASHINGTON (AP) -- Tucked into the new health care law is a requirement that could become a paperwork nightmare for nearly 40 million businesses....
  • House approves oil spill bill; stalled in Senate -
    By MATTHEW DALY 2010-07-31T07:42:38Z
    WASHINGTON (AP) -- The House has approved a bill to boost safety standards for offshore drilling and remove a liability cap for oil spills, but a partisan fight in the Senate will likely delay action on a response to the Gulf oil spill until Congress returns from its summer recess....

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