By Linda Wang The Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO — A former StarKist tuna company executive has pleaded guilty in federal court to price-fixing packaged seafood sold in the United States. Stephen Hodge, a former senior vice-president for sales at StarKist Co., entered his plea Wednesday in federal court in San […]
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By Melissa D’Arabian The Associated Press Growing up in the Southwest, a tortilla was a thin flatbread used to wrap around grilled meat and make tacos. I was in my 30s before I visited Barcelona, Spain, and was served a Spanish tortilla a completely different dish and I fell in […]
By Katie Workman The Associated Press One of the great, great, great (three times, that’s how great it is) pleasures of summer is figuring out what to do with all that fruit that floods the markets. Stone fruits like plums, peaches, nectarines, cherries; melons of all stripes; and berries. Oh, […]
By John Flesher The Associated Press TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. — Michigan’s attorney general on Thursday called for shutting down twin oil pipelines beneath the waterway where Lakes Huron and Michigan meet, as the state released a consultant’s report outlining alternative scenarios for the future of oil transport in the ecologically […]
The Canadian Press TORONTO — InnVest Hotels LP is acquiring the luxury hotel formerly known as Toronto’s Trump International Hotel and Tower from JCF Capital for an undisclosed amount. As part of the deal, the 65-storey facility will get a significant renovation and be renamed the St. Regis Toronto once […]
By Duane Hicks Local singers who want to participate in next month’s “Quest for the Best” had better act fact as only eight openings were left as of this morning. Jennifer Soderholm, executive director of the Fort Frances Chamber of Commerce, said registration opened Friday and 12 contestants already have […]
By Raphael SatterFrank Bajak And Jan M. Olsen The Associated Press PARIS — A cyberattack that caused indiscriminate economic damage around the world was apparently designed to create maximum havoc in Russia’s neighbour and adversary Ukraine, security researchers said. While the rogue software used in the attack was configured as […]
By By Seth Borenstein The Associated Press WASHINGTON — A common and much-criticized pesticide dramatically weakens already vulnerable honeybee hives, according to a new massive field study in three European countries. For more than a decade, the populations of honeybees and other key pollinators have been on the decline, and […]
The Associated Press LINCOLN, Neb. — A Lincoln mail carrier faced a difficult task earlier this month when he found a letter sent more than 100 years ago in his pile. The letter with a 2-cent stamp showed up in the pile of mail Larry Schultz was sorting for his […]
