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  • Amazon's first quarter sales reached $51 billion, a 43 percent increase over last year. Its net income was $1.6 billion. Amazon also increased its annual Prime membership fee to $119 a year from $99.
  • Wells Fargo staff secretly opened millions of unauthorized accounts to meet lofty sales targets. A class-action suit has been filed on behalf of employees who obeyed the law and failed to meet quotas.
  • Unlike most of its neighbors in the top 10, Lenae's slow-burning hit actually sounds like summer, says NPR Music's Stephen Thompson. It's a buoyant R&B throwback with a sugar rush vibe that fits in at pool parties, barbecues and beach hangs.
  • The pop star caught the top spot while her other single, “Espresso,” is still holding strong at No. 4 on the Billboard Hot 100. Meanwhile: yes, Taylor Swift’s The Tortured Poets Department is still No. 1 over on the Billboard 200 albums chart — we’re at week nine and counting.
  • Notre Dame cathedral in Paris was undergoing extensive renovation when Monday's fire broke out. Steve Inskeep talks to Bertrand Badre with the Friends of Notre Dame, which helped fund the renovations.
  • The Labor Day weekend will feature an eclectic array of shows around the region, including Hall and Oates, Sting, and the smorgasbord of bands at the Great New York State Fair in Syracuse! Plus, dozens of bands are playing in the area in the coming week!
  • Writer Steve Erickson assembled a list of the top 100 songs recorded in Los Angeles. He chats with Scott Simon on Weekend Edition Saturday.
  • Tell us your top five albums released in 2017. We'll share the results in an upcoming episode of All Songs Considered.
  • Malian guitar legend Vieux Farka Touré returns to Central New York, Louisiana’s Lynn Drury debuts at Deep Dive, Rena Guinn kicks off the Mill Park Music Series in Newfield, and former Ithaca favorite Mectapus reunites at South Hill Cider! Plus, catch many other bands around the area as we wind down June in the coming days.
  • The calendar has turned to December, and jingle bells have arrived at the top of the charts, led, as usual, by Mariah, Wham and Brenda Lee.
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