A year after IPO, Facebook aims to be ad colossus

NEW YORK | It was supposed to be our IPO, the people's public offering.

A year after IPO, Facebook aims to be ad colossus

In this May 18, 2012, photo, provided by Facebook, Facebook founder, Chairman and CEO Mark Zuckerberg, center, rings the opening bell of the Nasdaq stock market, from Facebook headquarters in Menlo Park, Calif. Amid the hype and excitement surrounding Facebook's initial public offering, ther…

Review: Pinterest update cleaner, easier to manage

NEW YORK (AP) — Don't worry, Pinterest fans: Your sprawling virtual pegboards of wedding dresses, handmade jewelry, craft projects and food porn haven't changed dramatically. They're just easier to manage.

IndyCar season about to begin, sans rivalries

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. | If only the rest of the world could have seen how Bobby Rahal looked at a picture of Michael Andretti during his daily workouts and realized how emotionally charged their rivalry used to be.

Keselowski takes Chase opener, points lead

JOLIET, Ill. | Brad Keselowski began the season with a bit of goofiness, posting on Twitter during a red-flag stoppage at the Daytona 500.

50 years on, Marilyn's star power shines bright

In this March 25, 1991, file photo, Madonna performs 'Sooner or Later (I Always Get My Man)' from the film 'Dick Tracy' during the 63rd Annual Academy Awards show at the Shrine Auditorium, in Los Angeles. The song won an Oscar for best song. Madonna has famously appropriated Marilyn Monroe's…

50 years on, Marilyn's star power shines bright

In this 1953 publicity photo provided by Running Press, Marilyn Monroe is shown on set in the film, 'Gentlemen Prefer Blondes.' Monroe is probably best remembered for her comic turns in this film, as the gold-digging Lorelei Lee who sang 'Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend.' Monroe passed awa…

50 years on, Marilyn's star power shines bright

In this September 15, 1954, publicity photo courtesy Running Press, Marilyn Monroe is shown during the 'subway' scene of 'The Seven Year Itch,' filmed late in the evening on Lexington Avenue in New York.

50 years on, Marilyn's star power shines bright

In this file film publicity image released by The Weinstein Company, Michelle Williams portrays Marilyn Monroe in a scene from 'My Week with Marilyn.' Williams was nominated for an Academy Award for best actress for her role in the film.

50 years on, Marilyn's star power shines bright

In this July 15, 2011, file photo, the curious gather around Seward Johnson's 26-foot-tall sculpture of Marilyn Monroe, in her most famous wind-blown pose, on Michigan Avenue, in Chicago. After causing some controversy in Chicago, the statue now resides in Palm Springs, Calif.

50 years on, Marilyn's star power shines bright

Marilyn Monroe is shown wearing a knife-pleated gold lamé gown made from 'one complete circle of fabric.' She wore this dress in 'Gentlemen Prefer Blondes.' Monroe passed away a half-century ago today, a murky death that remains one of Hollywood's most tantalizing mysteries. But look around:…

50 years on, Marilyn Monroe's star power shines bright

Only 11 years after her death, Elton John sang his ode to Marilyn Monroe. "And I would have liked to have known you, but I was just a kid," went the lyrics. "Your candle burned out long before your legend ever did."

Teens putting their own spin on personalization

As the thousands of Sophias and Isabellas and Jacobs and Masons born this past year will learn when they go to pick up their backpacks off the soccer field or sort their duffels in college dorms, their names aren't as unique as they are.

Teens putting their own spin on personalization

CafePress offers a baseball jersey T-Shirt for men or women.

Teens putting their own spin on personalization

CafePress offers an unFriend Messenger Bag.

ACLU: 3 Griffith girls expelled over Facebook jokes

HAMMOND | The American Civil Liberties Union is suing Griffith Public Schools after it expelled three eighth-graders for posting on Facebook about whom they would kill — a conversation the ACLU and parents say was sarcastic humor.

Viewer-friendly vittles: Popular blogger Ree Drummond brings her home cooking to Food Network

Ree Drummond is packing up her chuck wagon and heading off to a new frontier — television.

Letterman to Twitter exec: I don't understand

MUNCIE | "Late Show" host David Letterman proudly displayed his aversion for technology during an on-stage talk with Twitter co-founder Biz Stone at Ball State University.

What binds Ill. couple? It could be The Force

PAWNEE, Ill. | The last time Marjorie Carvalho checked her iPhone, she was mayor of the Springfield Toys R Us — despite the fact that she and her husband, Arnie, do not have children and no plans to change that.

Young, fat, fabulous and moving the fashion market

In a midtown Manhattan showroom, fashion blogger Amelia Pontes picked up a pair of "jeggings" (jeans tight enough to be leggings) from a table filled with trendy jeans in boot cut, boyfriend and skinny styles.