AFP - Apple Computer's popular iTunes online entertainment shop has added CNN, Adult Swim and Cartoon Network programs to its virtual shelves, the iPod maker said.

AP - The only opportunity this year to increase the minimum wage and renew popular tax breaks will be linked to a reduction in the estate tax, Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, R-Tenn., said Tuesday.

According to newly released research statistics, YouTube has established itself at the top of the league of the new generation of community websites by becoming even more popular than MySpace. Internet analysis company Alexa reveals the video sharing site has taken a 3.9 percent share of global...

TechWeb - Verizon Wireless unveils a device that takes mobile phones a step closer in form and function to Apple Computer Inc.'s popular iPod media player.

Beatles legend Paul McCartney's first guitar, which he used to learn how to play his first tunes, sold for $613,800 at an auction. The instrument was the featured item in the collection of rock memorabilia at London's popular Abbey Road studios....

A new U.S. law could ban children from accessing social networking sites in schools and libraries. It aims to restrict a pedophile's access to minors. The Deleting Online Predators Act (DOPA) has already gained popular support in the House of Representatives, and supporters say a similar version...

AFP - A combination mobile telephone and MP3 digital music player made by South Korean LG Electronics has been introduced to the US market by Verizon Wireless to challenge Apple's popular iPods.

Microsoft is now charging users to download its latest version of Office 2007. While not even close to full price, Microsoft has put a $1.50 price tag for the latest Beta version of the popular business software. The software giant cites growing bandwidth costs for the implementation of a fee....

Verizon Wireless has announced that it will soon release the "Chocolate" phone - a handset with design features similar to those of Apple Computer's popular iPod. According to a report published in a newspaper on Monday, the sleek cell phone will be available to Verizon's customers from August 7...

Eight people were shot at the popular downtown Pittsburgh Touch nightclub early Monday, three of whom are in critical condition, police said. Police said about 400 people were inside the nightclub, located in city's Strip District, when the shooting occurred around 1:15 a.m. Seven of those were...

AFP - China has shut down a popular blog by a Tibetan author after she wrote birthday wishes for the Dalai Lama and touched on other sensitive topics, the writer and a website operator told AFP.

Japanese scientists have developed a robotic wine taster, which they claim can correctly identify the unique organic components of 30 popular wines within 30 seconds.

Popular "Harry Potter" wizard Daniel Radcliffe will star as a psychologically disturbed stable boy in London's stage play "Equus." Another "Harry Potter" mainstay, Richard Griffiths, will be featured in the play. Griffiths plays Radcliffe's uncle in the wizard sagas....

AP - Agreement on major pension overhaul legislation was put on hold late Thursday when House Republicans boycotted a meeting of negotiators, protesting the inclusion of popular tax credits in the bill.

Reuters - Mocked by comedian and host of "The Daily Show" Jon Stewart for calling the Internet a bunch of tubes, U.S. Senate Commerce Committee Chairman Ted Stevens said on Thursday he is open to appearing on the popular cable television program for a rebuttal.

AP - President Bush is using all the trappings of his office to showcase popular legislation this election season.

Reuters - Mocked by comedian Jon Stewart for calling the Internet a bunch of tubes, U.S. Senate Commerce Committee Chairman Ted Stevens said on Thursday he is open to going on Stewart's popular "Daily Show" for a rebuttal.

In one of a series of high-profile ceremonies the president is holding to sign popular bills into law, President Bush signed legislation extending the Voting Rights Act for another 25 years, the historic 1965 law which opened polls to millions of black Americans by outlawing racist voting...

D'Brickashaw Ferguson disproved a popular myth about NFL rookies. In what seems to be a rarity in the NFL these days, Ferguson agreed to a contract with the Jets and will report to camp on time with the rest of the Jets as scheduled....

AP - A top Iranian envoy was in Syria on Thursday for talks on the Israeli-Hezbollah conflict, in a gathering of the Lebanese guerrilla's two key sponsors, according to Iranian news reports.