Obama takes on college costs, eyes young voters

Wooing young voters, President Barack Obama is on a blitz to keep the cost of college loans from soaring for millions of students, taking his message to three states strategically important to his re-election bid. By taking on student debt, Obama is speaking to middle-class America and targeting an enormous burden that threatens the economic recovery.

Microsoft slates Windows 8 'release preview' for early June

Microsoft's top Windows executive today said that the company will ship an almost-complete version of Windows 8 the first week of June.

Stephen Sinofsky, president of the Windows and Windows Live division, announced the timing Tuesday at a developers event in Tokyo, according to a Twitter message by the company.

AT&T and Verizon iPhone sales disappoint

If AT&T and Verizon are any indication, it could be a rough quarter for Apple.

IPhone activations at the two biggest U.S. wireless carriers came in well below expectations. AT&T (T, Fortune 500) said Tuesday morning that it activated 4.3 million of the devices and Verizon (VZ, Fortune 500) reported last week that it activated just 3.2 million in the first three months of 2012.

Christian Science Monitor Tough Arizona immigration law rattles state's Latinos

It's late morning in the Phoenix suburb of Chandler, and the Rev. José González sits behind his church with a handful of day laborers eager for any job offers. Monitor staff writer Sara Miller Llana and staff photographer Melanie Stetson Freeman talk with a group of Mexican farmers about why they've decided to stay home.

Before Arizona adopted its tough immigration law in April 2010, the day labor center attracted a lot more workers, the pastor says. Fewer come now, and although he says lack of work is a factor, he cites as a major reason the chilling effect the law has had on many local Latinos.