Apple Pay aims to replace plastic cards with phone payments
Apple launches Apple Pay a digital wallet enabling retail payments via iPhone and Apple Watch. Backed by major banks and issuers Visa MasterCard AmEx, the system could accelerate mobile payments adoption, with analysts noting potential growth from 1 billion in 2013 to 58.4 billion by 2017.
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Pop-up wetlands aid migratory birds in drought region
In California's Central Valley a flooded rice field becomes a temporary habitat under a new program. Conservationists rent 14,000 acres from rice farmers and flood them briefly to provide rest and food for migrating shorebirds, including dowitchers Caspian Terns and long billed Gulls, during drought.
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Confession Focus at Missing Boy Hearing
New Jersey police over seven hours videotaped Pedro Hernandez after a May 2012 tip led to his door. He confessed to killing a 6-year-old, a case that revived a nationwide push on missing children. The hearing will decide if his statements are admissible, examining rights advisement and mental capacity.
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