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Sonos raised prices on most of its key premium speakers by an average 9% this past week; the Beam soundbar in 2018. Photo: Gabby Jones/Bloomberg News For Sonos , the laws of economics trump the laws of patents, though both have been good to the company of late. The pandemic-fueled phenomenon of people being stuck at home with money to spend has turned out to be great for the maker of premiu...

Manny Machado shouted and cursed at Fernando Tatis Jr during a dugout tirade in the San Diego Padres’ crucial loss to the St Louis Cardinals on Saturday, telling the young star “it’s not about you” and “you go play baseball” after Tatis struck out looking. Tatis reacted angrily to the call by plate umpire Phil Cuzzi, and manager Jayce Tingler was ejected when he came out of the dugout to argu...

Justin Marcum (standing right) was a member of the House of Delegates from 2012-2018. WV Legislative Photography, Photo by Perry Bennett CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The state Supreme Court will decide if a former state lawmaker will lose his law license for six months for representing a man who was his drug dealer. Justin Marcum The Court heard arguments last week in the case of Justin Marcum, the fo...

Lulu Garcia-Navarro talks with science writer Mary Roach about her new book, "Fuzz: When Nature Breaks the Law." LULU GARCIA-NAVARRO, HOST: We all know that nature can be unpredictable, fascinating, sometimes just plain strange. But what happens when wildlife breaks the law? That's what author Mary Roach explores in her new book, "Fuzz." It deals with the often bemusing, sometimes grisly worl...

Johns, Flaherty & Collins law firm marks 140th anniversary  La Crosse Tribune

Credit: Disney Did you know that Walt Disney World is just inches away from breaking a law with its attractions? Here’s how. Credit: Disney While on a backstage tour years ago at Disney’s Hollywood Studios, I was informed by the Disney Cast Member that according to Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), all structures exceeding 200 feet must be marked with tower lights for the safety of plane...

Let me tell you about Mark and Jen. Mark leads a team of 30. He likes to challenge his team to do more than they think they're capable of, and he often inspires them to do so. He thinks and moves fast, always quick to "run the experiment," i.e., try out new ideas and adjust on the fly. Mark gets results. But not everyone loves Mark's management style. Many feel he's more concerned with tickin...

The day was jampacked at a Planned Parenthood clinic in southern Illinois when a woman who had just driven over 12 hours from Louisiana for an abortion procedure erupted into tears during her health intake. Kawanna Shannon, the surgical services director at the Reproductive Health Services of Planned Parenthood of the St. Louis Region, dropped her tasks and led the woman into a private room t...

Farrah Abraham has her heart set on attending law school, possibly in the Ivy League -- on the heels of her Harvard beef -- and she says Harvard's fiercest rival is interested. We got the former "Teen Mom" star at Debbie Durkin's EcoLuxe Lounge event at the Beverly Hills Hilton, and asked about her law school prospects. The headline here is Farrah's not soured on Ivy schools after experiencin...

A covered pump at Sabino, which no longer sells gas, because liquor sales are much more profitable. (Courtesy C.A. Sarath) A one-paragraph amendment to the state Legislature’s new, sweeping alcohol reform law gave owners of gas stations in McKinley County a choice: You can sell hard liquor or you can sell gas. To Benjamin Gonzales, manager of the El Sabino’s grocery and gas station in Vanderw...