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NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that moved substantially or traded heavily Thursday on the New York Stock Exchange and the Nasdaq stock market: Oil prices fell for the second consecutive day, pressuring energy companies. Investors grew more optimistic that a court will allow the office supply company to combine with rival Staples even though regulators oppose the deal.

The deal closed late Wednesday after the company received approval from its final regulator, almost two years after Exelon first made its offer for Pepco. The combined company becomes the largest electric utility company in the U.S., based on number of customers, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration.

Dawn of Justice kicks off a string of DC Comics adaptations from Warner Bros. slated to swarm theaters in the next five years and give Marvel a run for its money. — JUSTICE LEAGUE PART ONE (Nov. 17, 2017): Zack Snyder returns to direct the DC Comics answer to "The Avengers" in a team-up film that will bring together Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman and others. — CYBORG (April 3, 2020): The relatively unknown actor Ray Fisher, who doesn't have a feature yet under his belt, has been tapped to star as this robotic Justice League hero... Читать дальше...

(AP) — Kentucky guard Makayla Epps is not letting a little shoulder pain stop her from trying to give the Wildcats the happiest of homecomings. Epps, a first-team all-Southeastern Conference performer, briefly left Kentucky's second-round victory Monday over Oklahoma with a sprained right shoulder. Epps, who averages a team-high 16.6 points per game, said she's at "about 80" percent as she tries to lead Kentucky to its first Final Four appearance. The Wildcats could earn that elusive Final Four bid without ever leaving Lexington. Читать дальше...

NEW YORK (AP) — Artificial-intelligence software designed by Microsoft to tweet like a teenage girl has been suspended after it began spouting offensive remarks. Microsoft says it's making adjustments to the Twitter chatbot after users found a way to manipulate it to tweet racist and sexist remarks and make a reference to Hitler.

Seattle police made a cold case arrest Wednesday in a 1980 Belltown slaying after DNA evidence led detectives to a man who was 14 years old at the time of the crime.

The researchers coupled cutting-edge genetic sequencing of the virus with an analysis of human travel patterns. The sequence information may also help in future understanding of how the virus causes disease, Lipkin said. [...] it remains a mystery why the virus is increasingly linked to serious birth defects and other health problems, he added. A good bet is the virus landed in June 2013 in the city of Recife, around the time of the 2013 Confederations Cup soccer tournament in Brazil, said one of the study's lead authors, Dr. Читать дальше...

HOUSTON (AP) — The number of rigs exploring for oil and natural gas in the U.S. dropped 12 this week to 464, a record low amid continuing price woes in the energy industry. Houston-based oilfield services company Baker Hughes Inc. said Thursday 372 rigs sought oil and 92 explored for natural gas.

Tuberculosis is caused by bacteria that usually attack the lungs, and is spread through the air when an infectious person coughs or sneezes. [...] the development of antibiotics and public health efforts succeeded in treating infections and tracking down those they infected. Most new TB illnesses occur when the immune system is weakened in a person with latent TB — by another illness, by medications, or some other cause. Health officials say they've had success stopping spread of TB from sick people to others in the United States... Читать дальше...

A slide in banks and other financial services companies led a decline for U.S. stocks in afternoon trading Thursday, pointing the market toward its first weekly loss in five weeks. Investors were poring over the latest batch of company earnings and economic news, including government data indicating that orders for long-lasting manufactured goods fell more than expected last month. Sportsman's Warehouse sank 11 percent after the company released a disappointing forecast. Shares in Office Depot... Читать дальше...

Story by Kendall Jones, via Washington Beer Blog. Story by Kendall Jones, via Washington Beer Blog. On Saturday, March 26th, Belgian and Sour Beer Week kicks off at The Beer Junction. For the course of the week, they’ll dedicate over 20 taps to Trappist, Belgian, and Belgian-style beers. The opening day lineup is below. Also, Saturday the 26th is Orval Day. At The... The post Belgian and Sour Beer Week kicks off Saturday at The Beer Junction appeared first on Beer News.

New Census Bureau figures offer a look at how Seattle's recent population boom compares with growth around the nation.

The spending includes funding of programs for a wide variety of groups, including the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, the National Park Foundation, a health fair for the National Organization for Mexican American Rights, the American Council for Fitness and the American Diabetes Association. The university announced that it was returning the money after releasing emails between Coke and one of its professors, who headed the group, to The Associated Press as part of a public records request. Читать дальше...

NEW YORK (AP) — The CEO of a firm with the largest stake in troubled Valeant Pharmaceuticals is retiring after punishing losses due to that investment. While Bill Ackman's Pershing Square Capital Management has been the public face of Valeant investor pain, Ruane, Cunniff & Goldfarb holds a 10.4 percent stake in the drug company, compared with Pershing's 9 percent. According to the company, over 45 years through 2015, it has had a return of 14 percent per year.

ATLANTA (AP) — Hollywood actors and producers say they will take projects elsewhere if Georgia's governor fails to veto a bill protecting same-sex marriage opponents. The bill prevents government burden of religious belief or penalty against faith-based organizations, including refusal to serve or hire someone.

LE VERNET, France (AP) — In a solemn day of remembrance, grieving families gathered in a French Alpine village to pay homage to loved ones a year after the co-pilot of a Germanwings plane flew the passenger jet into a mountainside, killing all 150 people aboard. The Airbus A320 was en route from Barcelona to Duesseldorf when co-pilot Andreas Lubitz, 27, locked the pilot out of the cockpit and thrust the aircraft into an accelerated dive. A spokesman for Duesseldorf prosecutors confirmed Thursday... Читать дальше...

NEW YORK (AP) — Unless you take a lot of selfies or need a bigger phone, Apple's new 4-inch iPhone SE is a good choice at a good price. [...] that Apple has started taking orders, with shipments due in a week, keep these differences in mind: [...] with software improvements, selfies taken with the SE came out better compared with the iPhone 5S it replaced. — Though you get the same rear camera as the 6S, you don't get an image-stabilizing feature found in the jumbo iPhone 6S Plus. — The SE lacks a barometer... Читать дальше...

The Global Energy Balance Network said on its website that Atlanta-based Coke had no input into its activities, but emails subsequently obtained by The Associated Press showed the world's largest beverage company helped pick the group's leaders, edited its mission statement and suggested articles and videos for its website. After the contents of the emails were published, the group announced it was disbanding. Since 2010, Coke has said it gave $550,000 to Hill that was unrelated to the Global Energy Balance Network.

The BBC has started rolling out the BBC micro:bit, its programmable computer for kids. Reminiscent of the Raspberry Pi, the tiny computer will be given to every Year 7 student and above in the UK, affording them the opportunity to learn coding basics, some before they even hit their teens. the device essentially looks like

WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal officials are encouraging generic drugmakers to reformulate their painkillers to make them harder to abuse, the latest in a string of steps designed to combat abuse of highly-addictive pain drugs like codeine and oxycodone. The FDA draft guidelines released Thursday outline studies needed to show that generic opioids have the same anti-abuse properties as their brand-name counterparts. Generic drugs receive a streamlined review process at the FDA, which helps speed their... Читать дальше...

(AP) — A 24-hour video game marathon at Eastern Michigan University raised more than $170,000 to benefit hospitalized children. Money raised during the event goes toward building game carts, called "GO Karts," that are designed to be taken to the room of a hospitalized child so they can play, chat online or watch a movie.

Mortgage buyer Freddie Mac said Thursday the average rate on a 30-year, fixed-rate mortgage slipped to 3.71 percent from 3.73 percent last week. The average rate on 15-year fixed-rate mortgages eased to 2.96 percent from 2.99 percent last week. After the Federal Reserve's decision last week to keep a key interest rate unchanged in light of global economic pressures, prices of U.S. government bonds have risen sharply.