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Grains mostly lower, livestock mixed 03/25/2026 09:45am • CHICAGO (AP) _ Grain futures were mostly lower in early trading Wednesday on the Chicago Board of Trade. May. corn was down 1.25 cents at $4.61 a bushel. May. wheat fell by 1 cents at $5.89 a bushel. May. oats rose by 1.5 cents at $3.35 a bushel. May. soybeans lost 1.5 cents at $11.54 a bushel. Beef Merck buying Terns in $6.7B deal to bolster its cancer portfolio before key Keytruda patent expires 03/25/2026 09:39am • Merck is buying oncology company Terns Pharmaceuticals in a deal valued at approximately $6.7 billion as the pharmaceutical giant works on beefing up its cancer portfolio before a key patent on its cancer drug Keytruda expires in two years. Merck received accelerated approval for Keytruda from the F The BBC says former Google executive Matt Brittin will be the UK broadcaster���s next director-general 03/25/2026 09:39am • LONDON (AP) ��� The BBC says former Google executive Matt Brittin will be the UK broadcaster���s next director-general. ���Stand by Me��� stars reflect on the movie, Rob Reiner and its return to theaters 40 years later 03/25/2026 09:34am • Jerry O���Connell, Corey Feldman and Wil Wheaton were already thinking about ���Stand by Me��� when Rob Reiner died in December. Just a week prior, the trio spent a weekend together attending some screenings of Reiner���s beloved coming-of-age film, which was about to turn 40. The memories from tha Stephen Colbert and son will co-write a 'Lord of the Rings' movie 03/25/2026 09:19am • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Stephen Colbert, famous devotee to J.R.R. Tolkien's Middle Earth, is co-writing a ���Lord of the Rings��� movie with his son. Warner Bros. announced early Wednesday that Colbert will script ���The Lord of the Rings: Shadow of the Past��� along with series veteran Philippa Boyens a Music Review: Red Hot Chili Peppers' Flea realizes lifelong dream with solo jazz album, 'Honora' 03/25/2026 09:01am • LOS ANGELES (AP) ��� On his first ever solo album, Red Hot Chili Peppers' eccentric bassist Flea is full of surprises. He opens with a track that serves as an abbreviated segue between what most fans know him for and what they will get on the rest of his jazz record ���Honora.��� Although ���Golden March Madness: Here's one thing you need to know about each of the 16 teams remaining in men's field 03/25/2026 08:59am • Florida isn���t around to defend its title anymore, but all the other top seeds in this year's NCAA Tournament are still around. And many of them are winning convincingly. In the first week of the NCAA Tournament, games were decided by an average of 15.3 points. According to Sportradar, that r Cintas: Fiscal Q3 Earnings Snapshot 03/25/2026 08:38am • CINCINNATI (AP) ��� CINCINNATI (AP) ��� Cintas Corp. (CTAS) on Wednesday reported fiscal third-quarter earnings of $502.5 million. On a per-share basis, the Cincinnati-based company said it had net income of $1.24. The results surpassed Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of 10 analysts s Paychex: Fiscal Q3 Earnings Snapshot 03/25/2026 08:35am • ROCHESTER, N.Y. (AP) ��� ROCHESTER, N.Y. (AP) ��� Paychex Inc. (PAYX) on Wednesday reported fiscal third-quarter earnings of $560.3 million. On a per-share basis, the Rochester, New York-based company said it had net income of $1.56. Earnings, adjusted for one-time gains and costs, came to $1.71 per The seafood industry bets Americans will finally eat more fish if it looks more like meat 03/25/2026 08:34am • BOSTON (AP) ��� The future of fish is looking a lot like��� salami? And meatballs. And fried chicken. And breakfast sausage. And, of course, spareribs and burgers. This is America, after all. Welcome to the era of surreptitious seafood, an industry gamble that overcoming Americans��� relative disint Pope Leo XIV taps an Australian church lawyer as Vatican's chief legal expert 03/25/2026 08:07am • VATICAN CITY (AP) ��� Pope Leo XIV filled one of the most important Vatican vacancies on Wednesday by tapping an Australian church lawyer to serve as the Holy See���s chief legal expert. Bishop Anthony Randazzo, bishop of Broken Bay, was named prefect of the Dicastery for Legislative Texts. The offi Mohamed Salah to leave Liverpool at end of the season after 9 years with club 03/25/2026 08:03am • Liverpool star Mohamed Salah announced Tuesday he will leave the English club at the end of the season, marking an earlier-than-planned departure for one of the club's greatest-ever scorers and soccer's biggest names. The 33-year-old Egypt forward, who has scored 255 goals in 435 appearances for Liv The NFL proposes contingencies for replacement refs in hopes of avoiding another 'Fail Mary' 03/25/2026 08:02am • The NFL is preparing for the possibility of replacement officials in the 2026 season, proposing a rule change for one season that would allow the replay center in New York to correct any ���clear and obvious��� mistakes by on-field officials in case of a work stoppage. The competition committee rele Netflix swings into MLB with Yankees-Giants opening night, betting on 3 marquee events 03/25/2026 08:01am • Netflix���s forays into live sports have already been successful with the NFL and WWE. The streamer is hoping for another home run as its partnership with Major League Baseball begins Wednesday night with the opening night game between the New York Yankees and San Francisco Giants. The opener is Democrat flips seat in special election for Florida district that includes Trump���s Mar-a-Lago resort 03/25/2026 07:51am • Democrat Emily Gregory won a Florida special election on Tuesday, flipping a state legislative district that is home to Mar-a-Lago, the Palm Beach estate that President Donald Trump counts as his residence. The president had endorsed Gregory���s rival, Jon Maples. In a social media post Monday, he