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FILE - In this Jan. 23, 2012, file photo, U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone Jr., D-N.J., speaks at a news conference in Trenton, N.J. Pallone says he’s officially in the race to fill the New Jersey U.S. Senate seat occupied by Frank Lautenberg until his death last week. Pallone spoke exclusively to The Associated Press on Sunday, June 9, 2013, but planned to hold a news conference Monday to announce his intentions. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry, File)

APNewsBreak: Pallone says he's in NJ Senate race

U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone said Sunday that he's officially in the race to fill the U.S. Senate seat occupied by Frank Lautenberg and can win the Democratic primary against better-known Newark Mayor Cory Booker by running on his progressive congressional record. Pallone planned to hold a news conference Monday announcing ...

Newark Mayor Cory Booker announces his plans to run for the U.S. Senate seat that opened with the death of Frank Lautenberg (D-N.J.) during a news conference in Newark, N.J. on Saturday, June 8, 2013. Booker, 44, is currently serving in his second term as mayor. At center is former Sen. Bill Bradley. (AP Photo/Rich Schultz)

Newark Mayor Booker formally joins NJ Senate race

Newark Mayor Cory Booker, who formally declared his candidacy for U.S. Senate on Saturday, now finds himself competing in a primary against like-minded Democratic congressmen that will be decided in mid-summer, when exceptionally low voter turnout threatens his early advantage. Booker made his candidacy official at a news conference in ...

AP News in Brief at 5:58 a.m. EDT

Before disclosures, Bush and Obama administrations long denied widespread NSA data trawling WASHINGTON (AP) — For years, top officials of the Bush and Obama administrations dismissed fears about secret government data-mining by reassuring Congress that there were no secret nets trawling for Americans' phone and Internet records. "We do not ...

A man walks past a Google sign in Mountain View, Calif., Friday, June 7, 2013. Google CEO Larry Page is denying reports linking the Internet search company to a secret government program that has provided the National Security Agency access to email and other personal information transmitted on various online services. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)

Denials in surveillance program require decoding

Google CEO Larry Page and Facebook chief executive Mark Zuckerberg are denying reports that depict two of the Internet's most influential companies as willing participants in a secret government program that gives the National Security Agency unfettered access to email and other personal information transmitted on various online services. The ...

FILE -- In this file photo taken Wednesday, April 21, 2010, shows Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence James Clapper. Clapper called the disclosure of an Internet surveillance program "reprehensible" Thursday June 6, 2013 and said it risks Americans' security.   (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Obama: Gov't records sweep not targeting Americans

President Barack Obama declared Friday that America is "going to have to make some choices" balancing privacy and security, launching a vigorous defense of formerly secret programs that sweep up an estimated 3 billion phone calls a day and amass Internet data from U.S. providers in an attempt to thwart ...

FILE - This  May 19, 2013. file photo, Newark Mayor Cory Booker delivers the main address during Class Day for Yale seniors at Yale University in New Haven, Conn.  A member of Newark Mayor Cory Booker's campaign staff says Booker is planning to enter the special election to fill the U.S. Senate seat previously held by Frank Lautenberg. The staff member says Booker plans to announce his entry into the race Saturday, June 8, 2013. . He spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak publicly on the plans ahead of the official announcement.  (AP Photo/Jessica Hill)

Sources: Booker, Pallone in US Senate race in NJ

Newark Mayor Cory Booker, who has used his social-media and political savvy to gain national prominence, is in the race to finish the U.S. Senate term of the late Frank Lautenberg, along with two Democratic congressmen and a Republican former mayor. In a three-way Democratic primary so far, Booker will ...

This film publicity image released by 20th Century Fox shows Owen Wilson, left, and Vince Vaughn in a scene from "The Internship." (AP Photo/20th Century Fox, Phil Bray)

'Internship' film focuses on Google's good side

This scene isn't in the movie, but it might have been fitting if "The Internship" had ended with stars Vince Vaughn and Owen Wilson wearing ruby red shoes while clicking their heels and dreamily whispering, "There's no place like Google; there's no place like Google." The new comedy depicts Google ...

This film image released by  Summit Entertainment shows Jesse Eisenberg in a scene from "Now You See Me." (AP Photo/ Summit Entertainment, Barry Wetcher)

Review: 'See Me' isn't magical despite great cast

Come to think of it, Hollywood films and magic shows have something in common: You pay your money, and you want to believe. Even if it's exceedingly hard to do. At the start of "Now You See Me," a magic-themed heist movie with a high-powered cast including Morgan Freeman, Michael ...

With great power comes great perks

Here's a look at what companies spent in 2012 on CEOs' country club and business club memberships, private jet travel and home security. Memberships in country clubs and business clubs: —L. Kevin Kelly, Heidrick & Struggles, $126,390 —Thomas Swidarski, Diebold, $72,280 —Douglas Neugold, ATMI Inc., $48,224 —David Storch, AAR Corp., ...

FILE - In this Oct. 1, 2012 file photo, Tumblr founder David Karp participates in the "Bloomberg Leadership Summit" seminar in New York. Karp, 26, who founded Tumblr, the online blogging forum, and sold it to Yahoo for $1.1 billion, doesn't even have a high school diploma. Karp's mother told the AP that she let him leave school because she realized "he needed the time in the day in order to create."  (AP Photo/Charles Sykes/Invision for Advertising Week)

Should we let wunderkinds drop out of high school?

It's one thing to say tech geniuses don't need degrees. After all, Bill Gates, Steve Jobs and Mark Zuckerberg all dropped out of college. But now we've got David Karp, who doesn't even have a high school diploma. Karp, 26, founded Tumblr, the online blogging forum, and sold it to ...

Eminem's publisher sues Facebook over song usage

Eminem's song publisher is suing Facebook and an ad agency, saying they copied music from one of the rapper's songs. Eight Mile Style filed a federal lawsuit in Detroit on Monday alleging that a 30-second Facebook ad broadcast online last month copied music from Eminem's 2000 song "Under the Influence." ...

Facebook to hold press event Jan. 15

So what is Facebook up to? The social media network sent invites to a press event that's to be held at its Menlo Park, California headquarters on Jan. 15. According to The Verge Facebook probably wanted to steal some press coverage from Apple during the Consumer Electronics Show in Las ...

The tool gives users the chance to share their organ donor status and leads people to their local donor registries.

Social media boosts organ donations

Thousands of Facebook users have signed up to be organ donors, thanks to a new feature on the social networking site that makes it easier to register. The new option was announced in early May by Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg as a way to boost the number of potential organ ...

Lost on Facebook? A lifeline for your Timeline

Earlier this month, Facebook announced the billion-dollar acquisition of Instagram, a hip, simple photo-sharing mobile app that has more than 35 million users. It was a sign that as big and powerful as Facebook has become, its founder, Mark Zuckerberg, still recognizes that there are plenty of ways it can ...

Winklevoss twins crack jokes about Facebook lawsuit in new ad

The Winklevoss twins 'crack' a joke at their Facebook lawsuits in a new ad for pistachio nuts. Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss, both 30, poke fun at their real life struggles against Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg in the new commercial for Wonderful Pistachios.  http://bcove.me/62yh6ymf

John Kelso: Hefner’s new fiancee can help him find his meds

Many people will scoff at Playboy magazine founder Hugh Hefner for giving an engagement ring to 24-year-old Playmate Crystal Harris.They’ll say their ages are so far apart that they won’t have anything in common to talk about at the breakfast table.Sure, they will. Harris can talk about Victoria’s Secret. And ...

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