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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Apple says that it will start showing paid ads when people search for apps in its popular mobile store. The company also said it will improve the search tool that helps users find new apps, while promising that wealthy advertisers won't be able to dominate the results. Apple's new emphasis on app subscriptions could provide the company and app-developers with a more reliable and longer-lasting stream of income, although it could lead to consumers paying more for some services over time.

“The gene drive approach could offer a safer, less expensive and more lasting solution” to a number of public health and environmental problems, said National Academies’ committee member Jason Delborne, an associate professor of science, policy and society at North Carolina State University. [...] once in the environment, gene drives would spread in the environment with no regard for national borders, the panel warned.

Julie Laundrie, an aide to state Sen. Jon Erpenbach, a Middleton Democrat who sits on the Legislature's powerful Joint Finance Committee, said Wednesday that their office learned through a conversation with UW System State Relations Director Jeff Buhrandt that the budget will include a provision to raise student fees by an average of $45 per student. System officials have proposed raising UW-Madison's undergraduate application fee from $50 to $60 and other UW schools' application fees from $44 to $50. Читать дальше...

WASHINGTON (AP) — In interview with AP, Hillary Clinton says of Donald Trump's attacks, 'It's classic behavior by a demagogue'

“It always made perfect sense,” said British writer-director Andrew Haigh, who directed the movie and many of the half-hour episodes. The series has chronicled the romantic struggles of gay men in their 30s in a city that seems to be changing as fast as the rules for hookups and dating. The final 85-minute installment, to be unveiled June 26, promises to be one of the splashiest red-carpet events of the festival. “’Looking’ is such a quintessential San Francisco movie — what better way to close out Frameline40?” said Frances Wallace... Читать дальше...

The Chronicle’s best bets for Frameline 40 Based on a preview of more than 40 films, here’s our highly subjective list of the best bets for this year’s Frameline festival: With excellent acting and impressive special effects, this original Swedish gem involves three outcast girls who magically transform into boys with the help of a mysterious plant. What follows is an intoxicating blend of sexual confusion, gender nonconformity and the supernatural. To view a trailer, go to www.youtube.com/watch?v=3-eU4B-fnc4... Читать дальше...

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Former Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell says U.S. Rep. Chaka Fattah (SHAW'-kah fa-TAH') should be convicted and jailed if the charges aired in a weekslong corruption trial are proved. Vederman is accused of bribing Fattah in exchange for help seeking an ambassadorship.

Hillary Clinton is set to make history as the first woman to be a presidential nominee for a major U.S. political party and potentially becoming the country’s first female commander in chief. “The fact that these countries have democracies that are less established may make it easier for someone outside of the conventional political norms to get elected,” said Dan Schnur, director of the Jesse M. Unruh Institute of Politics at the University of Southern California. In Europe, the Nordic countries... Читать дальше...

(AP) — The artist-wife of Vermont Gov. Peter Shumlin says a piece she did that satirizes her deer-hunting husband as a peacock standing over a disemboweled deer was a way to inject a sense of humor into their lives. Another papier-mache piece of hers depicts her as a cow in high heels overseeing three members of the media, also depicted as cows. Hunt, who married the Democratic governor in December, did the sculptures as part of her senior thesis at Mount Holyoke College where it was displayed... Читать дальше...

Collected Recordings 1983-1989, a six-disc box set of his pre-solo work with the pop band whose irresistible and bittersweet hits included “Perfect Skin,” “Brand New Friend” and “Jennifer She Said.” [...] Cole is paying tribute to his past in a series of live solo shows, including a stop at San Francisco’s Great American Music Hall on Thursday, June 9. Cole plans to perform “Downtown,” from his 1990 self-titled solo album, and “Mr. Malcontent,” from the Commotions’ 1986 album “Mainstream,” for the first time in at least 10 years. Читать дальше...

The fossils, the scientists concluded, belonged to individuals who stood just 3 feet tall — an unknown species, related to modern humans, that they called Homo floresiensis or, more casually, the hobbits. [...] without other parts of a skeleton, such as the skull, hands or feet, they can’t be sure whether the newly discovered fossils also belong to Homo floresiensis or instead to some other ancient relative of humans (known generally as hominins). “We have to be careful,” said Gert van den Bergh... Читать дальше...

The musical score for “Warcraft” is introduced with bass drums, the occasional horn and lots of growling. A portal to another dimension opens, a woman gives birth on the battlefield, and hundreds of imprisoned women and children are sacrificed in the name of dark magic. “Warcraft” is an all-you-can-eat buffet of a movie; at times the film seems singularly designed to enhance the cosplay scene at future comic book conventions. The acting is so primal, that you’ll swear a porn sequence is about to break out. Читать дальше...

Former substitute teacher pleads guilty in student sex case PATERSON, N.J. (AP) — A former substitute teacher has admitted engaging in sexual activity with underage students and texting them sexually explicit photos.

The state Department of Elementary and Secondary Education gave the district specific performance targets in January that, if fully met, would have put the school district closer to regaining provisional or full accreditation, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch (http://bit.ly/1UESTJ2 ) reports. According to Neale, the decision to not recommend a change in Riverview Gardens' accreditation status is not a reflection on of the district doing poorly. Since Riverview Gardens will remain unaccredited, students... Читать дальше...