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A “very large, very determined elephant seal” brought traffic to a halt in Sonoma County, California, on Monday when it attempted to cross Highway 37 near Sears Point. At one point, the 500 pound mammal was in the median with cars stopped around it.

About 190 workers, a lot of them immigrants from Somalia, have been fired from a Colorado meat packing plant after walking off the job during a dispute over workplace prayer.

NuStar Energy and ConocoPhillips (COP) are loading what they believe is the nation’s first exported cargo of domestically-produced light oil since the export ban was lifted on December 18, a press release said December 30.

Talk about awkward: Miss Colombia Ariadna Gutierrez had to hand over her crown after Steve Harvey erroneously announced she was the victor of the 2015 Miss Universe pageant.

The 500-pound seal was blocking traffic for a mile in both directions along Highway 37 as she repeatedly tried to cross it on Monday, reported KTRK.

The flooding is set to get much worse as the river is expected to rise another foot-and-a-half (45cm) before cresting this weekend. The Missouri Department of Transportation reopened the east-west interstate late Friday morning.

U.S. inventories are now some 125 million barrels higher than the five-year average and could hit a new record high during the first quarter when inventories tendo rise.

Crude prices dropped a whopping 35 percent previous year and are hovering around $37 a barrel.

It was a busy day at the 2016 World Junior Championship today with four games being played. Despite a strong showing against Denmark, Canada has failed to dominate games the way many have come to expect and has been caught underestimating opponents.

Jaitley’s office said he filed civil and criminal defamation cases against Kejriwal and five members of his Aam Aadmi Party (AAP).

– An unusual traffic hazard along Highway 37 in Sonoma County on Monday had officers from the California Highway Patrol and researchers from the Marine Mammal Center playing a game of chicken with a 500 pound wayward elephant seal.

Chipotle co-CEO Steve Ells has told The Associated Press he doesn’t think the company will ever know for sure the exact ingredient that sickened customers in the larger outbreak, but that he believes it was bacteria in fresh food like tomatoes or cilantro.

However, Gen. Sharif said that the rumors about testing rocket close to the United States warships are psychological warfare.

The Nasdaq composite lost 28 points, or 0.6 percent, to 5,037.

Pep Boys sales are lower now than they were in 2006, and profitability has declined in recent years. The Japanese tire manufacturer chose to let a Tuesday deadline for an upgraded offer pass.