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US government investigating poultry price-fixing claims

The U.S. government is investigating price-fixing charges against the country’s biggest poultry companies. The Department of Justice tipped its hand last week when it requested a temporary halt to discovery proceedings in a 2016 class-action lawsuit filed by food service distributor Maplevale Farms. Falconer, New York-based Maplevale Farms accuses Tyson Foods Inc., Perdue Farms Inc., […]

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Boeing Has So Many Grounded Jets, It’s Parking Them In The Employee Lot

Business / En Sound Media

Imagine rolling into work on a Monday morning only to find your usual parking spot occupied by a commercial airliner. Such is the life of employees at Boeing manufacturing facilities in the Seattle area, where undelivered 737 Max jets sit awaiting a software fix ― and the Federal Aviation Administration’s approval ― before they can retake

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Blues sign coach Craig Berube to 3-year contract extension

Sports / En Sound Media

The Blues signed coach Craig Berube to a three-year contract extension Tuesday after he led St. Louis to its first Stanley Cup championship in his first season in charge. The Blues were in last place at the start of the year, but Berube led them on an 11-game win streak in January and February to

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Trump Names Stephanie Grisham, Aide to First Lady, as White House Press Secretary

Politics / En Sound Media

WASHINGTON — Stephanie Grisham, Melania Trump’s loyal and sometimes combative communications director, will replace Sarah Huckabee Sanders as White House press secretary, the first lady announced on Tuesday. She will also take on the added role of communications director, a job that has been vacant since the departure of Bill Shine in March, and will

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Johnny Kingdom: TV wildlife presenter’s death accidental

Entertainment / En Sound Media

Image caption Johnny Kingdom’s first series on BBC2, A Year On Exmoor, was watched by more than three million people Wildlife television presenter Johnny Kingdom was killed when a digger he was driving toppled over, an inquest heard. The 79-year-old died on his land near South Molton, Devon, on 6 September 2018. An inquest at

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Sandwichgate: How to stop the office thieves

Business / En Sound Media

Image copyright Getty Images Some people go to extraordinary lengths to stop colleagues stealing their food and milk from the office fridge. Doncaster Council recently tweeted a picture – now since deleted – of a padlocked milk bottle found during a fridge clear-out. We asked readers if they had had similar experiences and many said

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Mirazur, in France, Tops World’s 50 Best Restaurants List

Travel / En Sound Media

But Noma, which held the top spot in 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2014, ended up this year in the No. 2 spot. That’s because having moved, been redesigned, reconceived and reopened last year, Noma 2.0 was considered to be a “new” restaurant, the organization said. (Eleven Madison Park, in New York, is not on this

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Scientists on Madeira see new ‘plasticrust’ sea pollution

Technology / En Sound Media

Researchers say they may have identified a new kind of plastic pollution in the sea and they’re calling it “plasticrust.” Scientists working in Madeira, a volcanic Portuguese island off northwest Africa, have found small patches of what looks like melted plastic encrusted on rocks along the shoreline. They first spotted the mostly blue and gray

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Breakdancing takes step closer to Olympic debut in Paris

Sports / En Sound Media

Breakdancing moved a step closer to the 2024 Olympics on Tuesday, and now organizers can look to book a street venue in Paris. Called breaking in Olympic circles, its medal debut was last October at the Buenos Aires Youth Summer Games. The street dance competitions will have 16 athletes in each of the men’s and

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Fed Chair Emphasizes Independence as Trump Attacks Persist

Politics / En Sound Media

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell emphasized the central bank’s independence in a speech on Tuesday, sending a reminder that he and his colleagues answer to Congress as President Trump carries on his campaign of criticizing Fed policy. “The Fed is insulated from short-term political pressures — what is often referred to as our ‘independence,’’’

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