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Sheep are sold in small lots like this one at the Centennial Livestock Auction in Fort Collins, Colo.

Sheep Ranchers Count On American Muslims To Keep Lamb On Menu

3:23pm May 12, 2015

by Luke Runyon

Today, the average American eats about a half pound of lamb per year. Now lamb producers are setting their sights on Muslim consumers. But first they'll have to learn how to market to them.

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A farm in Iowa plans to slaughter more than five million chickens in response to an outbreak of bird flu.

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Iowa Farm To Kill 5 Million Chickens In Effort To Contain Avian Flu

3:04pm May 12, 2015

by Miles Parks

This is the worst outbreak since the H5N2 influenza was first detected in December. The disease has been found in seven other states over the past five months.

The world's oldest operating cinema, the Eden, in La Ciotat, southern France, screened some of the first films of the Lumiere brothers in 1895.

Still Playing: The Theater That Saw The Birth Of Cinema

1:22pm May 12, 2015

by Eleanor Beardsley

Not far from the film festival in Cannes is a town with even deeper ties to cinema. La Ciotat is home to the oldest working movie house in the world and was used by the inventors of moving pictures.

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Sen. Elizabeth Warren has been a leading voice on the left against the Trans-Pacific Partnership, the president's signature trade initiative.

Sen. Warren On The 'Tilted Process' Of Asia Trade Bill

1:06pm May 12, 2015

The Trans-Pacific Partnership has become the president's signature trade initiative, but it is also very unpopular with Democrats, including Elizabeth Warren.

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Chef, cookbook author and owner of Washington, D.C.'s Restaurant Nora, Nora Pouillon, in the restaurant's garden.

In 'Organic Life,' The Making Of America's First Certified Organic Restaurant

12:56pm May 12, 2015

by Lynn Neary

Nora Pouillon writes about her lifelong devotion to food in a new memoir, My Organic Life. Her restaurant has been a fixture in the Washington, D.C., food scene since 1979.

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Verizon Acquires AOL For $4.4 Billion

10:11am May 12, 2015

by Jim Zarroli

Verizon Communications says it will buy the online pioneer AOL for about $4.4 billion. The transaction will be completed this summer, and AOL will become a wholly owned subsidiary of Verizon.

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Verizon Inks $4.4 Billion Agreement To Buy AOL

10:02am May 12, 2015

by Eyder Peralta

Verizon said the acquisition will help build its digital and video platforms. Verizon had previously announced plans to launch a video service that focused on mobile devices.

Coca-Cola cans on a production line at a bottling plant near New Delhi in 2013. The company decided in April 2015 not to build an $81 million bottling plant in southern India because local farmers said it might exhaust groundwater supplies.

Why Food Companies Should Be More Afraid Of Water Scarcity

9:50am May 12, 2015

by Abby Wendle

An environmental sustainability group assessed how 37 U.S. food companies are responding to escalating water risks. It found most have a long way to go to improve water efficiency and other practices.

IKEA Offers Breakfast In Bed

8:12am May 12, 2015

For a couple of days in a trendy London neighborhood, customers can book a bed and order a traditional Swedish morning meal at a pop-up IKEA.

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Hawaiian Legacy Hardwoods has created an Internet interface so customers can zoom in and view information about specific koa trees from their computers.

Using Investments And Technology To Rebuild Hawaii's Koa Forests

9:00pm May 11, 2015

by Jeff Tyler

One company is attempting reforestation with an innovative business model. Investors can track the coveted trees using digital IDs. Their money goes to plant new trees that won't be harvested.

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