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STOCKHOLM, Sweden — A British man was sentenced Friday to 14 years in prison for infecting two young women with HIV and putting 13 more at risk of infection, reports said.Christer Merrill Aggett, 32, also convicted of six counts of having sex with minors, was ordered [...]

WAHPETON, N.D. — A sunflower seed company in the middle of the frozen prairie is trying to help fans save “The 4400,” a science fiction show axed last month by USA Network.Fans of the show are protesting the cancellation by sending network executives sunflower seeds, the [...]

PELLSTON, Mich. — Officials in this small, job-starved community hope disaster pays.They’re welcoming plans by a startup company to build a $79 million center that would help people across the nation prepare for catastrophic events such as terrorist attacks and killer storms.Sovereign Deed LLC says it [...]

SAN FRANCISCO — Google Inc.’s top executives say all is well at the Internet search leader despite a rare earnings disappointment, but investors are worried something is amiss.Concerns about how the feeble U.S. economy might affect Google contributed to a nearly 20 percent decline in the [...]

UPDATED AT 6:37 A.M.REDMOND — Microsoft Corp. has pounced on slumping Internet icon Yahoo Inc. with an unsolicited takeover offer of $44.6 billion in its boldest bid yet to challenge Google Inc.’s dominance of the lucrative online search and advertising markets.The surprise offer of $31 per [...]

NEW DELHI — Bandwidth providers said they expected India’s Internet service to be back to about 80 percent of its usual speed by the end of Friday, a day after Internet service across a swath of Asia and the Middle East was disrupted.In Egypt, meanwhile, Minister [...]

The AP-Yahoo News Poll is a unique study that will track the moods and opinions of a group of people throughout the presidential election campaign. The third wave of this study included reinterviews between Jan. 18-28 of 2,016 people who originally were interviewed in November or [...]

MURFREESBORO, Tenn. — Adam “Pacman” Jones is busy clearing away the legal problems that led to his suspension from the NFL.His biggest challenge, however, may be proving he can control himself.Suspended for the 2007 season, the NFL will review Jones’ status after the Pro Bowl. Commissioner [...]

THIS ISN’T A POPULARITY CONTEST, WE’RE PICKING A PRESIDENTBut it still helps for presidential candidates to be likable. Forty percent found Hillary Rodham Clinton likable, compared with 54 percent for Barack Obama, 45 percent for John McCain and 31 percent for Mitt Romney. Clinton’s rating has [...]

The top business news from The Associated Press for the morning of Friday, Feb. 1, 2008:Motorola Mulls Breakup, Phone Unit SaleCHICAGO (AP) - Less than two years past the most successful stretch in its 80-year history, Motorola Inc. is considering a sale or spinoff its now [...]