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CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — A judge in Nevada is trying to decide whether the state's first sales of recreational marijuana should begin as scheduled July 1 despite complaints from alcohol distributors.
Lawyers for the liquor distributors and the Nevada Department of Taxation are expected to …

**The U.S. seems to have the upper hand in the sugar dispute with Mexico because, according to industry officials, its refiners would be happy to get their needed imports from elsewhere.
The U.S. is demanding Mexico agree to a new suspension agreement that limits the amount of Mexican sugar exports i…

NEW YORK (AP) — Is the world getting over its love affair with smartphones? Maybe. Gartner Incorporated says worldwide sales of smartphones in the second quarter grew at their slowest pace since 2013. The research firm says part of the reason is that smartphone sales in China declined for the …

PITTSBURGH (AP) — A sporting goods chain says it's suspending sales of modern rifles nationwide because of the school shooting in Connecticut.
Dick's Sporting Goods also says it's removing all guns from display at its store closest to Newtown, where the massacre took place...