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Chelsea Manning released from jail on contempt charge

FALLS CHURCH, Va. - Former Army intelligence analyst Chelsea Manning has been released from a northern Virginia jail after a two-month stay for refusing to testify to a grand jury. Manning was release...

May 09, 2019

Occidental seals deal with Anadarko after Chevron drops out

DALLAS - Occidental Petroleum wrapped up a $38 billion deal to acquire Anadarko on Thursday after Chevron declined to sweeten its offer, ending a rare bidding war in the oil patch. The deal gives Occi...

May 09, 2019

Oxygen greenlights Kim Kardashian prison reform documentary

NEW YORK - Oxygen Media has greenlighted a two-hour documentary that will capture Kim Kardashian West's efforts to free prisoners she believes were wrongly accused. It's a move by the network to expan...

May 09, 2019

Orchestra finds child who charmed crowd with 'wow!'

BOSTON - A performing arts group has found the child who was literally wowed by a recent classical music concert. The Handel & Haydn Society finished a rendition of Mozart's "Masonic Funeral" at B...

May 09, 2019

Still most visited place, Orlando had 75 million visitors

ORLANDO, Fla. - Orlando had 75 million visitors last year as the theme park mecca continued to be the most visited destination in the United States, tourism officials said Thursday. Orlando in 2018 ha...

May 09, 2019

Amazon's Bezos says he'll send a spaceship to the moon

WASHINGTON - Amazon tycoon Jeff Bezos said Thursday he's going to send a spaceship to the moon, joining a resurgence of lunar interest half a century after people first set foot there. Bezos said his ...

May 09, 2019

Trump backs Fla. plan to import lower-cost meds from abroad

WASHINGTON - In a move sure to get attention in a 2020 battleground state, President Donald Trump indicated Thursday that his administration may approve a Florida plan to import lower-cost prescriptio...

May 09, 2019

Facebook co-founder Chris Hughes: Time to break up company

Facebook co-founder Chris Hughes says it's time to break up the social media behemoth. In a New York Times opinion piece published Thursday, Hughes said CEO Mark Zuckerberg has turned Facebook into an...

May 09, 2019

'Big Bang Theory' tops 'Game of Thrones' in weekly ratings

LOS ANGELES - In the ratings battle between titans "The Big Bang Theory" and "Game of Thrones," laughs won out. CBS' "The Big Bang Theory" was last week's top-rated program, with 12.5 million viewers ...

May 09, 2019

Uber shifts into lower gear, prices IPO at $45

SAN FRANCISCO - Uber about to embark on a wild ride on Wall Street with the biggest and most hotly debated IPO in years. The world's leading ride-hailing service set the stage for its long-awaited arr...

May 09, 2019