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  • News of Tumblr's sale to Yahoo Inc. scrolls on a Times Square ticker in New York City on Monday. Yahoo announced it will purchase Tumblr for about $1.1 billion and pledged to take a hands-off approach to the popular social media startup. (Associated Press)

    Yahoo pledges 'not to screw up' Tumblr

    Yahoo Inc. promised Monday "not to screw up" Tumblr's reputation for "cool" when it takes over — even as many of the trendy social network's 300 million users took to the site to complain about just that possibility.

  • (Associated Press)

    Yahoo offers to buy Tumblr for $1.1B cash

    Yahoo's board of directors approved an offer to buy the ailing Tumblr company for $1.1 billion in cash.

  • A mother holds her newborn baby at Christus Spohn Hospital South in Corpus Christi, Texas, on Friday, Nov. 11, 2011. (AP Photo/Corpus Christi Caller-Times, Michael Zamora)

    FIELDS: Discovering a mother's mystique

    Mother's Day approaches, and children are decorating cards with ribbons and lace and wrapping boxes of chocolates. Just how we celebrate depends on the length of our memories.

  • ** FILE ** South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley addresses the Republican National Convention in Tampa, Fla., on Aug. 28, 2012. (Associated Press)

    Top S.C. Dem wants to send Gov. Haley 'back to wherever the hell she came from'

    A spokesman for South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley fired back Friday after it was reported the state's Democratic Party chairman made a snide comment regarding her heritage.

  • Report: Baseball pays for clinic documents

    Major League Baseball paid a former employee of a Florida anti-aging clinic linked to performance-enhancing drugs for documents, The New York Times reported Thursday on its website.

  • As Jay-Z sells, Nets losing minor owner, big name

    The Brooklyn Nets are losing one of their biggest names as they prepare for the playoffs.

  • Illustration by Alexander Hunter for The Washington Times

    FIELDS: When not tying the knot is not good

    We pay outsized attention to women at the top, about whether they lean in or lean back, act like men or even like women. After decades of feminism telling women they can control their own destiny, scoring a seat on the fast-moving monorail to success is finally possible.

  • Justice: Email snooping law no longer makes sense

    The Justice Department on Tuesday dropped its support for a controversial provision in a federal law that allows police to review some private emails without a warrant, but it asked Congress to expand its surveillance powers in other ways.

  • Lots of tech but few breakout hits at SXSW confab

    For all the talk of space travel, the wearable gadgets, marketing stunts and lavish parties, something was missing at this year's South By Southwest Interactive Festival: the next "hot app."

  • Report: Iran blocks VPN access to Gmail, Yahoo

    Iranian authorities have blocked many foreign-based virtual private networks, or VPNs, severely restricting access to many websites.

  • Telecommuting: Was Yahoo doing it right?

    Yahoo's leaked edict under CEO Marissa Mayer that calls remote workers back to the office lit the Twitterverse on fire, angering advocates of telecommuting and other programs intended to balance work and home life.

  • UTEP: Tim Floyd meets with USC about old job

    Tim Floyd has talked to USC about his old job as the Trojans' coach. He is not necessarily headed back to Southern California.

  • Yahoo announced on Wednesday, April 4, 2012, that it is laying off 2,000 employees as new CEO Scott Thompson sweeps out jobs that don't fit into his plans for turning around the beleaguered Internet company. (AP Photo)

    TRINKO: How telecommuting could rejuvenate family life in America

    If we live to work, Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer’s recent decision to require all employees to work from Yahoo headquarters every day, not telecommute from their homes, makes perfect sense.

  • Illustration: Immigration by Greg Groesch for The Washington Times

    SHAPIRO: Smart immigration could save the U.S. economy

    For the last several years the immigration debate in Washington has been much like America’s immigration system itself – disorganized, vague and without clear borders. Fortunately, it seems like we’re starting to make progress. Thanks in part to President Obama’s State of the Union address and the Senate Judiciary Committee’s hearings on Feb. 13, more Americans and lawmakers are becoming aware of our broken immigration system and are evaluating ways to enact change.

  • Braun stands by statement, focuses on baseball

    Ryan Braun had already let it be known he was not taking any questions about his reported link to a Florida anti-aging clinic when he faced reporters outside the Milwaukee Brewers' spring training clubhouse on Friday.

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