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(AP) — Yellowstone National Park officials are installing barriers in front of boat launches in an attempt to prevent invasive mussels recently discovered in Montana from spreading to the park and into the Columbia River Basin. The moveable barriers will be installed at launches at Yellowstone and Lewis lakes to keep uninspected boats from entering the lakes when check stations and entry points aren't staffed in the early mornings and at night, the Jackson Hole News and Guide reported (http://bit.ly/2rCu4bM).... Читать дальше...

This morning the winners of the 2017 Washington Beer Awards were announced at the Washington Brewers Festival (this weekend The post Washington Beer Awards – 2017 winners announced appeared first on Washington Beer Blog.

NEW YORK (AP) — Can Amazon, the company that persuaded people to buy ever more items online, win enough of them over to having their fresh groceries arrive in an Amazon box? Going full throttle into groceries by announcing a $13.7 billion deal for Whole Foods on Friday, Amazon gets the advantage of using the stores as mini-distribution hubs to deliver items to customers. [...] shoppers could start to grow more comfortable buying, and Amazon sees the grocery business as a hot market because shoppers... Читать дальше...

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(AP) — An apologetic Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder was largely silent last year when criminal charges were brought against state officials over Flint's man-made drinking water crisis, except to say some "bureaucrats" had failed residents and that he was focused on the city's recovery. [...] with two of his own cabinet members facing unprecedented manslaughter or other charges related to a deadly Legionnaires' disease outbreak that some experts have linked to the municipal water, a more defiant Snyder... Читать дальше...

LONDON (AP) — Queen Elizabeth II and senior royals have marked her official birthday in the annual Trooping the Color celebration. The day began on a somber note when Elizabeth and Philip observed a minute of silence in honor of the victims of the horrific London apartment tower fire.

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Social media platform Twitter briefly suspended the account of Al-Jazeera Arabic amid a wider diplomatic dispute between Qatar and Arab nations. Saudi Arabia has led other Arab nations in cutting diplomatic ties to Qatar on June 5 over allegations the nation supports extremists.

LE BOURGET, France (AP) — While Airbus and Boeing will again hog the spotlight at the Paris Air Show with their battle for ever-larger slices of the lucrative pie in the sky, a lot of the really interesting stuff will be going on elsewhere at the upcoming biennial aviation and defense industry gathering. More peacefully, there'll be the launch of a distress beacon with an integrated GPS transmitter to help locate planes that go down — an issue of vital importance after the failure to locate Malaysia... Читать дальше...

[...] the more than 460 Whole Foods stores in the U.S., Canada and the U.K. could be turned into distribution hubs — not just for delivering groceries, but also as pickup centers for online orders. Whole Foods has seen its sales slump and recently announced a board shake-up and cost-cutting plan amid pressure from activist investor Jana Partners. Groceries are already a fiercely competitive business, with low-cost rivals like Aldi putting pressure on traditional supermarket chains and another discounter... Читать дальше...

The volatility index that traders use to measure fear in the U.S. stock market hit its lowest, as in calmest, level last week since 1993. Apple, Facebook and other technology giants that had been among the market's biggest stars slumped, seemingly on the simple worry that their runaway success had made them too expensive. By keeping interest rates low and buying trillions of dollars of bonds, the Federal Reserve, European Central Bank and others have helped lift prices for bonds. [...] when bonds get more expensive... Читать дальше...

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The Doctor and Missy's broken relationship is one that obviously extends back into the reaches of Classic Who and is one of the most complicated relationships in all of the Whoniverse. The Doctor wants to believe -- he hopes -- that the Master/Missy has changed or is capable of good, but in the end, he's always disappointed when her psychopathic tendencies resurface and she turns on him. The relationship between the Doctor and Missy is so far beyond the point where we should be yelling at the naive girl to break up with her no-good... Читать дальше...

The second episode of Orphan Black's fifth and final season marked the death of one of our favorite clones --M.K. (Tatiana Maslany). The expert hacker was killed by former Topside cleaner Ferdinand Chevalierin (James Frain) in a disturbing scene that was graphic enough to make even Quentin Tarantino blush. [...] when Sarah shows up in Felix's (Jordan Gavaris) loft to rescue her and Ferdinand is hot on their heels, it's obvious which of the two clones would be staying behind. Ferdinand channeling... Читать дальше...

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NEW YORK (AP) — Amazon's $13.7 billion deal for Whole Foods sent grocery stores, big retailers, and food makers and distributors plunging Friday. Investors wondered if Amazon will do to grocery stores and supermarkets what it's done to sellers of goods like clothing and office supplies: force them to make big changes or be supplanted. Neil Saunders, managing director of the research firm Global Data Retail, said Amazon is likely to push supermarkets and grocery stores to slash prices, which will... Читать дальше...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — John G. Avildsen, who directed "Rocky" and "The Karate Kid" — two dark-horse, underdog favorites that went on to become Hollywood franchises — died Friday at age 81. Anthony Avildsen said his father died Friday in Los Angeles from pancreatic cancer. ' [...] Avildsen said Capra — who also championed underdogs on film — was his favorite director. Sylvester Stallone, then unknown, had written the script and sought Avildsen to direct it, but Avildsen was already working on another film. Читать дальше...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — 'Rocky' and 'Karate Kid' director John G. Avildsen has died at age 81, son says.

People in places like Palm Springs and Phoenix are used to seriously high temperatures, but 120 degrees becomes all the talk around the water cooler. [...] with the health dangers of heat and dehydration, that's where authorities hope they keep coming back. Officials warned of excessive heat across southern portions of Arizona and Nevada, and throughout the 450-mile length of California's Central Valley. With up to 122 on the horizon, Palm Springs will have cooling centers in community centers and libraries... Читать дальше...

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Facebook has acknowledged that a security hole in its software may have exposed the identities of its online monitors to suspected terrorist groups and others whose pages were removed for inappropriate content. A Guardian report says more than 1,000 people, which Facebook calls moderators, were affected.

NEW YORK (AP) — Jada Pinkett Smith is calling the Tupac Shakur biopic All Eyez on Me ''deeply hurtful for its portrayal of her relationship with the rap legend. In a series of tweets Friday, just as the film is opening in theaters, Pinkett Smith contradicted several scenes.

Amazon's acquisition of Whole Foods Market sent the stocks of grocery store operators and other companies that compete with Whole Foods plunging Friday. Investors worry that Amazon, which has already won over hordes of shoppers of clothing, electronics and many other kinds of goods, wreaking havoc on department stores and other brick-and-mortar retailers, will do the same thing with groceries. Here's a look at some of the big moves in the stock market following news of Amazon's acquisition of Whole Foods Market. Читать дальше...

The defense contractor said the Justice Department is investigating its account and billing practices. The fiber optic component supplier had a weak fourth quarter, but investors were optimistic about its outlook. Home builders declined after the government said housing construction fell for the third month in a row.