AT&T said Monday it plans to fill at least 400 positions, including creating 250 jobs, in North Carolina this year as part of expanding wired and wireless service.

The company is seeking wire installation technicians, network testers and managers.

AT&T spokesman Josh Gelinas said there are 50 job openings in Greensboro, 10 in Winston-Salem and 120 in Charlotte.

“These jobs are in addition to the (125) call center jobs announced in March” in Greensboro, Gelinas said. “The majority of jobs are in our network operation and will be posted The positions will be posted at http://connect.att.jobs.

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The Associated Press is protesting what it calls a massive and unprecedented intrusion into its gathering of news. The target of that wrath is the U.S. Justice Department, which secretly collected phone records for several AP reporters last year. The AP says it's caught in the middle of a Justice Department leak investigation.

The scope of the Justice Department subpoenas is what gives David Schultz, a lawyer for AP, pause.

"It was a very large number of records that were obtained, including phone records from Hartford, New York, Washington, from the U.S. House of Representatives and elsewhere where AP has bureaus. It included home and cellphone numbers from a number of AP reporters," Schulz says.

It's not clear what the U.S. Attorney in Washington, D.C., is investigating. But the AP thinks it might be related to its story from May 2012 that described the CIA stopping a terrorist plot to plant a bomb on an airplane with a sophisticated new kind of device.

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Winning Lottery Method

Seven-time (that’s right, seven-time) Lottery Game Grand Prize winner Richard Lustig, is selling his newly published book “Learn How To Increase Your chances Of Winning The Lottery”. Learn the ins and outs and dos and don'ts of buying lottery tickets to increase your chances of winning.

My name is Richard Lustig and I live in Florida. What I am offering is not a joke. I have created a method that I and members of my family use that has enabled us to WIN several lottery game GRAND prizes. But just don't take my word for it.

My method is very easy to use and my book is very easy to understand. I PURPOSELY MADE THE BOOK SHORT AND TO THE POINT. IT IS 40 PAGES OF INFORMATION – NOT SOME 200 TO 300 PAGE BOOK FILLED WITH A LOT OF USELESS WORDS. You don’t need a dictionary or a calculator to understand my method. And my method will work with any type lottery games (scratch tickets or number games) in any state or country. Several people have already bought my method, but some people are probably thinking, "I'm not going to spend $40.00". Well, how much do you currently spend on playing lottery games? How much have you currently won?" Think about it. Even with a small win you would get your $40.00 back.

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It still looks like that, mostly—same background, same font, same Justin Timberlake song on the music player—but over the weekend Claire's subject matter took a sharp turn. In place of candid shots of Harry Styles and Zayn Malik, there are now photos of accused Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev; instead of inspirational image macros, there are annotated crime scene photos. The precocious, self-concious tone remains, and when you visit your browser still reads "One Direction Infection," but the blog has a new URL: http://free-jahar.tumblr.com.

"Jahar" is what Dzhokhar Tsarnaev's friends and Twitter followers call him, and #FreeJahar is the hashtag banner around which thousands of people have rallied on Twitter, Tumblr and Facebook to closely follow Tsarnaev's case and share what they believe to be evidence of his innocence. I tracked Claire down (through her One Direction fan fiction page) and, over Twitter direct messages, asked her about her Tumblr. "I do believe he is very cute, but that’s not the reason I am personally involved in this movement," she emailed me back. "I am in this because I don’t believe its right to put a totally innocent person in jail for the rest of his/her life or even death penalty. I don’t care who it is, it just isn’t fair."

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If there’s ever a day to spoil your dog, it’s on your dog's birthday. Throwing your dog a birthday party is a fun way to celebrate your four-legged friend and to say “thank you” for being a beloved companion. It’s an excuse to rally your dog’s furry friends, to decorate your home in paw prints, and to purchase some special treats for your dog and its pals. From the theme to the guests and decorations, we show you how to plan the perfect birthday party for your pup. Follow the steps below to make your dog’s big day a special and memorable one.