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Embraer will pay $205 million to settle SEC bribery probe

«La Crosse Tribune» (lacrossetribune.com) 

WASHINGTON (AP) — Brazilian airplane manufacturer Embraer SA will pay up to $205 million to end an investigation into bribes paid to foreign officials to help sell planes.

Embraer will pay $205 million to settle SEC bribery probe

«Seattle Post-Intelligencer» (seattlepi.com) 

WASHINGTON (AP) — Brazilian airplane manufacturer Embraer SA will pay up to $205 million to end an investigation into bribes paid to foreign officials to help sell planes. Senior company executives approved the payments despite signs that the money would likely go to foreign officials, the SEC said.

Group offers tours of 'Field of Dreams' house

«Seattle Post-Intelligencer» (seattlepi.com) 

The Dubuque Telegraph Herald reports (http://bit.ly/2ehChJq ) the group Go the Distance Baseball announced Monday it would open the lower level of the house, which was used as a backdrop for much of the 1989 movie starring Kevin Costner. [...] the house has been closed to the public.

Sciacchetrà -- The Liquid Gold of the Cinque Terre

The Huffington Post 

This little clip captures one of the great joys of travel: discovering a new drink, perfectly local, with just the right accompaniment (a biscotto), and capping a fine Riviera day with lots of convivial dunking. I seem particularly happy at this moment. Some will say it's the alcohol. I'd say it's the joy of feeding my group a dinner they'll never forget (each table enjoying a literal amphora filled with freshly harvested fruits of the sea), and all of them experiencing edible and drinkable Italy... Читать дальше...

Arizona environmental officials approve uranium dust rules

TheRepublic.com 

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. — Arizona environmental officials have approved rules setting stricter standards for uranium mine dust, but conservation groups say the measures don’t go far enough. The Arizona Department of Environmental Quality stopped the re-permitting process last year after learning that uranium concentrations in the soil near a mine tested unusually high twice in a

La Crosse County lab ready for arsenic testing

«La Crosse Tribune» (lacrossetribune.com) 

The La Crosse County Health Department’s lab is now certified to test well-water samples for arsenic, which should mean quicker answers for concerned residents as well as cutting the cost of arsenic tests by a third.

After Aleppo cease-fire, Syrian forces gain ground

«SFGate» (sfgate.com) 

BEIRUT — Syrian government forces and their allies captured strategic high ground Monday in embattled Aleppo as Russia — a key ally of Syrian President Bashar Assad — said it was not planning more “humanitarian pauses” in the fighting in the city’s eastern, rebel-held districts. The fighting in Aleppo came as air strikes hit towns in the northwestern province of Idlib, killing at least 13 people, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights and the Local Coordination Committees. Government... Читать дальше...

Bengals look for win over Browns to become turning point

TheRepublic.com 

CINCINNATI — A lopsided victory over a winless team has given the Cincinnati Bengals a sense that their season has finally turned. The defending AFC North champions are back in the race after beating the intrastate rival Cleveland Browns 31-17 on Sunday in their best all-around showing of the season. Up next is the franchise’s

Frequent exams only treatment for pregnant woman with Zika

«Seattle Post-Intelligencer» (seattlepi.com) 

MIAMI (AP) — Yessica Flores is getting ultrasounds more frequently than the average pregnant woman, but there's a cruel downside accompanying the joy of seeing how much her unborn daughter grows every few weeks: fear of possible defects caused by Zika. [...] doctors don't currently know why the virus — which is mainly spread by city-dwelling mosquitoes but also can be sexually transmitted — remains detectable in a pregnant woman's bloodstream far longer than in the bloodstream of a man or a woman who is not pregnant. Читать дальше...

Porn trial delayed for former Las Vegas illusionist Jan Rouven

Las Vegas Sun (lasvegassun.com) 

Trial has been pushed back in Las Vegas for an illusionist performer from Germany who faces the possibility of decades in prison and up to $1 million in fines on federal child pornography charges. Jan Rouven Fuechtener's attorney, Jess Marchese said Monday he's still ...

Arizona environmental officials approve uranium dust rules

«La Crosse Tribune» (lacrossetribune.com) 

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — Arizona environmental officials have approved rules setting stricter standards for uranium mine dust, but conservation groups say the measures don't go far enough.