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• JOHNSTOWN, Colo. (AP) -- Surging waters in Colorado swept away barns, silos and fences and left houses covered in mud in this northern agricultural town. The flood waters were so powerful they uprooted irrigation pipes and spread them around the fields here, leaving lakes next to which cattle now graze.
• They also brought instant relief to drought-hardened areas, with the promise of moisture restored in deep soils and the possibility of reservoirs refilling to help farmers well into next year.
• "There is a silver lining if we look down the road," said Ron Carleton, the deputy commissioner of agriculture for the state. "We just have to get past these near-term impacts."
• The damage to Colorado's multibillion agriculture industry -- the state's third-largest at $8.5 billion last year -- is vast: Aerial footage shows broad swaths of inundated farmland. Rows of crops up and down the South Platte River were submerged, everything from corn, lettuce, onions and soybeans.
• "We've seen these rivers come up before. We've never seen it like this," said Ron Kline Jr., whose family runs Kline Farms in the region.
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• NEW YORK (AP) -- Starbucks says guns are no longer welcome in its cafes, though it is stopping short of an outright ban on firearms.
• The fine line that the retailer is walking to address the concerns of both gun rights and gun control advocates reflects how heated the issue has become, particularly in light of recent mass shootings.
• Most states allow people to openly carry licensed guns in some way and many companies do not have laws banning firearms in their stores. But Starbucks has become a target for gun control advocates, in part because of its liberal-leaning corporate image. In turn, gun rights advocates have been galvanized by the company's decision to defer to local laws.
• In an interview, CEO Howard Schultz said the decision to ask customers to stop bringing guns into stores came as a result of the growing frequency of "Starbucks

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