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Plans languish for overhaul of NYC’s Penn Station

This May 9, 2013 photo shows evening rush hour commuters inspecting the train information board inside Penn Station in New York. The busiest passenger train station in the United States, gateway to the biggest city in the nation, is a 1960s-era, utilitarian labyrinth built in what is essentially the basement of Madison Square Garden. Two decades after ambitious plans were unveiled to improve Penn Station while expanding it into the massive Beaux Arts post office building across the street, there are few visible signs of change.  (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

NEW YORK (AP) — The busiest passenger train station in the United States is a 1960s-era, utilitarian labyrinth in the basement of a basketball arena.

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How loyalty programs influence the way you shop

NEW YORK (AP) — Loyalty programs at supermarkets used to be as simple as getting access to the cheaper advertised prices on store shelves.

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INFLUENCE GAME: Tech, labor spar on immigration

In this Jan. 15, 2013 file photo, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg speaks at Facebook headquarters in Menlo Park, Calif. The expansion of H-1b visas is considered the first major victory for Zuckerberg’s new non-profit lobbying organization, FWD.us, which receives financial backing from such big tech names as Bill Gates of Microsoft, Reid Hoffman of LinkedIn and Napster pioneer Sean Parker. In announcing the group, pronounced “forward us,” Zuckerberg in April called for changes so that U.S. businesses could attract “the most talented and hardest-working people, no matter where they were born.” (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)

WASHINGTON (AP) — To the U.S. technology industry, there’s a dramatic shortfall in the number of Americans skilled in computer programming and engineering that is hampering business. To unions and some Democrats, it’s more sinister: The push by Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg to expand the number of visas for high-tech foreign workers is an attempt to dilute a lucrative job market with cheap, indentured labor.

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Review: ‘Metro: Last Light’ digs deep under Moscow

What are you doing after the apocalypse?

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Franklin gets ready to walk down high school aisle

FILE- In this Friday, May 10, 2013, file photo, Britain's Prince Harry talks with Olympic gold medalist Missy Franklin at a reception at the Sanctuary Golf Course in Sedalia, Colo., south of Denver. What a senior year for Franklin! Went to the prom, two proms actually. Won a state title. Now, she'll walk down the aisle, She'll graduate from high school on Monday and start getting ready for college. (AP Photo/Ed Andrieski, File)

Missy Franklin is starting to feel like a grown-up.

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