NEW YORK, N.Y. - Facebook's rocky initial public offering hasn't stopped life at the world's biggest online social network. On Thursday, the company unveiled a camera app for the iPhone. More »Life goes on after IPO: Facebook launches camera app for iPhone
Digital media provider RealNetworks will pay a $2.4 million settlement because of free trial subscriptions that resulted in unwanted monthly charges to customers, Washington state Attorney General Rob McKenna announced. More »RealNetworks settles Wash. suit for $2.4 million
Not all that long ago E L James was Snowqueens Icedragon, cranking out her sexed-up "Twilight" fan fiction online. More »'Fifty Shades' books now have fanfic of their own
NEW YORK, N.Y. - A law enforcement official said Thursday that a man has told police that he suffocated Etan Patz, the 6-year-old boy whose disappearance on his way to school in 1979 helped give rise to the missing-children's movement that put youngsters' faces on milk cartons. More »Source: Man says he suffocated Etan Patz, 6-year-old boy who vanished in NYC in 1979
but dangerous hot spots remain. More »Fire near Kirkland Lake, Ont., appears out except for hot spots, mayor says
THE PRIZE: Architecture's top award is the $100,000 Pritzker Prize from the Hyatt Foundation. It's named for the hotel company's founding family. More »News Summary: Pritzker prize also highlights Hyatt
The Dow Jones industrial average and other stock indexes drifted lower Thursday after a meeting of European leaders failed to deliver any new steps to ease the region's debt crisis. More »Stock indexes drift lower as Europe fears loom
Tough negotiations between Iran and world powers over Tehran's nuclear program ended Thursday with a plan to meet next month for another round of talks but agreement on little else. More »Next round of Iran nuclear talks set for Moscow
Struggling but deserving designers got a chance to show work inspired by the creativity and history of South Africa's most famous township as Soweto's first fashion week opened Thursday. More »South Africa's Soweto gets its fashion week
VANCOUVER - A retired RCMP sergeant says police met to discuss their criminal suspicions about Robert Pickton two years before evidence of dozens of murders was uncovered on his Port Coquitlam, B.C., farm. More »Inquiry hears police knew Robert Pickton was 'hunting' women while in disguise
Mitt Romney struggled to find support for his education proposals while campaigning at an inner-city school Thursday, one day after declaring education the "civil rights issue of our era." More »Romney faces tough questions from black leaders
Officials hoped to begin venting smoke and noxious fumes from a nuclear-powered submarine on Thursday so they could get inside to assess damage from an intense blaze that swept through the forward compartments. More »Fire damage assessment awaits for nuclear sub
A law enforcement official said Thursday that a man has told police that he suffocated Etan Patz, the 6-year-old boy whose disappearance on his way to school in 1979 helped give rise to the missing-children's movement that put youngsters' faces on milk cartons. More »AP source: Man says he suffocated boy in 1979
After a prolonged chill, security ties between Israel and China are warming up. More »Israel steps up security ties with China
THE NEWS: Britain's economy contracted in the first quarter more than first estimated, shrinking by 0.3 percent from the previous three-month period. More »News Summary: UK economy contracted 0.3 percent
A British minister in the hot seat for his alleged close ties to Rupert Murdoch's media empire did lobby Prime Minister David Cameron to back the tycoon's bid for satellite broadcaster BSkyB, according to a memo made public Thursday. More »Memo: UK minister lobbied for Murdoch takeover
A tropical storm warning has been issued for the coast of Mexico as Hurricane Bud gains strength in the Pacific. More »Hurricane Bud now a Category 2 storm in Pacific
CVR Energy Inc., now controlled by billionaire investor Carl Icahn, has started the process to try and sell the nitrogen fertilizer company. More »CVR hires Jefferies to look for buyers
A federal judge in Los Angeles has ruled that the German mother of a serial arson suspect should be extradited from the United States to face numerous fraud charges. More »German mom of LA arson suspect faces extradition
Car manufacturers must prove consumers intentionally thwarted refund offers to escape liability under Wisconsin's lemon law, the state Supreme Court ruled Thursday in upholding a $482,000 judgment against Mercedes-Benz USA LLC. More »Wis. Supreme Court upholds lemon law verdict
THE NEWS: German business confidence dropped sharply in May, a closely-watched survey showed Thursday, as anxiety grows in Europe's largest economy over the increasing financial turmoil in the 17-country eurozone. More »News Summary: German business confidence drops
Patterson Companies Inc. reported Thursday that its fiscal fourth-quarter net income was dragged down by the cost of an employee benefit program. But the dental, veterinary and medical equipment maker's adjusted results topped analyst expectations with a profit gain on stronger sales. More »Patterson's 4Q profit flat on benefits cost
HALIFAX - Canadian weather forecasters say the early emergence of a tropical storm this year does not mean Eastern Canada should brace for a particularly active hurricane season. More »Despite early storm, Canadian forecasters expect average hurricane season
Attorneys were set to deliver their closing arguments Thursday in the trial of a Muslim soldier accused of planning to bomb a Texas restaurant filled with Fort Hood troops. More »Closing arguments set in Fort Hood suspect's trial
Standard & Poor's Rating Services on Thursday lowered its non-investment grade corporate credit and senior unsecured debt ratings for MEMC Electronic Materials Inc. to "B+" from "BB," citing the uncertainty surrounding the company's turnaround. More »S&P cuts ratings for MEMC Electronic to "B+"
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