SAN FRANCISCO -- The new king of social gaming, King.com, is racing toward a big score in the IPO market.

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - The latest domestic energy boom is sweeping through some of the nation's driest pockets, drawing millions of gallons of water to unlock oil and gas reserves from beneath the Earth's surface.

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Facebook and Microsoft Corp. representatives said that after negotiations with national security officials their companies have been given permission to make new but still very limited revelations about government orders to turn over user data.

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Lauren Grey didn't think much about the gender recorded on her Illinois driver's license until she went to test-drive a new car. Although she had been living as a woman for months and easily obtained a license with her new name...

BLACK FOREST - Ann Spiegel is one of hundreds of residents who thought that when she evacuated her home on Tuesday that would be the last time she would see her house. Friday, she got news that she could go back for a short time.

SAN FRANCISCO - Hashtags are coming to Facebook today.

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Parking spots apparently aren't immune from the recent surge in San Francisco real estate prices.

NEW YORK (AP) - Law enforcement officials nationwide are demanding the creation of a "kill switch" that would render smartphones inoperable after they are stolen, New York's top prosecutor said Thursday in a clear warning to the world's smartphone manufacturers.

Pittsburgh, PA (Sports Network) - Gerrit Cole had a memorable debut as he
pitched into the seventh inning ...

Gerrit Cole had a memorable debut as he
pitched into the seventh inning and hit a two-run single to lead the
Pittsburgh Pirates in an 8-2 win over the San Francisco Giants in the opener
of a three-game set at PNC Park. Cole (1-0) was...

THORNTON - At some point every summer, parents look at their school-supply list for the start of school in the fall. For some parents in the Adams 12 Five Star School District, their list has only one item - a $249 Google Chromebook laptop computer.

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Google has purchased online mapping service Waze for in a deal that keeps a potentially valuable tool away from its rivals while gaining technology that could improve the accuracy and usefulness of its own popular navigation system.

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - The top prosecutors in San Francisco and New York say they are reserving judgment of Apple's new iOS7 security feature designed to make it harder to reactivate a stolen iPhone.

NEW YORK (AP) - Apple says its long-expected music streaming service will be called iTunes Radio and come free with advertisements included.