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Mattel 4Q results miss Wall Street's expectations

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Published on 02/01/2013 - 12:04 pm
Written by Mae Anderson, AP Writer

Mattel's revenue rose 5 percent from $2.15 to $2.26 billion in the fourth quarter(AP) — It was a blue Christmas in toyland.

Google to set up $82M fund for French publishers

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Published on 02/01/2013 - 11:54 am
Written by Associated Press

Google headquarters in Mountain View, Calif.(AP) — Google will help French news organizations increase their online advertising revenue and also set up a €60 million ($82 million) fund to finance digital publishing innovation, settling a dispute over whether the Internet giant should pay to display news content in its search results.

Judge rules against San Diego in pollution suit

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Published on 02/01/2013 - 11:44 am
Written by Associated Press

Qualcomm Stadium in San Diego(AP) — A federal judge has rejected San Diego's $250 million lawsuit over pollution cleanup at Qualcomm Stadium.

Calif. stem cell agency to change grant system

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Published on 01/31/2013 - 11:51 am
Written by Associated Press

The California Institute for Regenerative Medicine overhauled how it distributes scientific grants(AP) — The governing board of California's stem cell funding agency has voted to overhaul how it distributes scientific grants after critics raised concerns that too many board members represented schools that have won funding.

Apple blocks Java on Macs due to vulnerabilities

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Published on 01/31/2013 - 11:44 am
Written by Associated Press

Apple blocked the Java programming language on its Mac computers because of security problems(AP) — Mac computers have stopped running programs written using the Java programming language in their browsers, as Apple blocked it because of security problems.

Hispanics will soon overtake whites in California

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Published on 01/31/2013 - 11:09 am
Written by Associated Press

The Department of Finance reports that Hispanics will make up 41 percent of California's population by 2020 (AP) — State demographers say California's Hispanic population will equal that of whites within six months and exceed it early next year — a milestone in the country's racial and ethnic shifts.

Sales of million-dollar homes soar in California

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Published on 01/31/2013 - 8:36 am
Written by Associated Press

Data Quick reported that there were 26,993 houses and condominiums sold for at least $1 million in California last year(AP) -- Sales of million-dollar homes in California hit a five-year high in 2012, with sales of multimillion-dollar homes showing even bigger gains, a research firm said Wednesday.

Bell city clerk says she followed order to conceal

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Published on 01/30/2013 - 11:45 am
Written by Associated Press

(AP) — The Bell city clerk says the former city manager ordered her to conceal officials' full salaries from the public and to obtain signatures for doctored salary contracts.

Ticketmaster makes online 'CAPTCHA' puzzles easier

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Published on 01/30/2013 - 11:40 am
Written by Ryan Nakashima, AP Writer

Ticketmaster, based in West Hollywood, Calif., is the nation's largest ticket sales and distribution company(AP) — Ticketmaster, often the target of fan anger when tickets to popular concerts get sold out in seconds, is removing an annoyance that can slow down the buying process: the jumble of letters that people need to decipher known as "CAPTCHA."

Judge rejects Apple's patent award demands

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Published on 01/30/2013 - 11:24 am
Written by Paul Elias, AP Writer

A jury in August found that Samsung "infringed" six Apple patents to create and market 26 smartphones like the Galaxy Nexus(AP) — A federal judge late Tuesday rejected Apple Inc.'s demand to increase the $1.05 billion in damages a jury ordered Samsung Electronics Inc. to pay its fiercest rival in the smartphone market.