SAN FRANCISCO - Blockbuster Inc. will start renting movies and television shows through a new gadget that may give consumers another reason to bypass the struggling video chain's 7,500 stores.

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SAN FRANCISCO - Facebook has won $873 million judgment against a Canadian man who bombarded the popular online hangout with sexually explicit "spam" messages.

LONDON - Paul McCartney said Monday negotiations on a long-awaited deal to make the Beatles' catalog available on the online music service iTunes have stalled.

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