Now that Malcolm Butler signed his contract tender, the New England Patriots can trade the Super Bowl XLIX hero. Bill Belichick would need the right offer to come his way if he's to give up a Pro Bowl-caliber corner playing for dirt cheap.

It sounds like that offer might not come ahead of Thursday's draft in Philadelphia. At least it might not come from the New Orleans Saints.

The Saints were hot after Butler early in the restricted free-agent process, even holding a visit with the corner.

The price tag to bring Butler to New Orleans, however, could be more that Sean Payton and Co. are willing to pay.

The MMQB's Peter King reported Monday that the Saints are leaning towards keeping their first three picks (11, 32, 42), per a source familiar with the team's thinking. Per King, the Saints believe the depth of the draft could land them several Day 1 contributors between picks 25 and 75. The Saints seem to have soured on the thought of dealing one or more high picks for Butler, and paying the corner a long-term, big-money contract.

While flipping draft picks for an established playmaker seems like a prudent move for a franchise that has repeatedly swung and missed on defensive additions, the Saints appear to value those selections more highly at this stage.

New Orleans owns two first-round picks (11, 32), a high second-rounder (42) and two third-round picks (76, 103). In a draft deep at defensive back, and the Saints needing playmakers at every level to improve a limp defense, sinking multiple assets to acquire Butler doesn't seem as sexy as a few months ago.

There is still a chance before the draft that the Saints or another club swoops in and offers Belichick a bounty for a player who seems to have an expiration date in New England. If no offer comes, the Patriots will simply head into 2017 with two Pro Bowl-caliber corners as they seek a sixth Super Bowl trophy. Throne of Ease, indeed.

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Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX)fell shortof its first-quarter subscriber targets, but it's off to a good start for the second quarter. CEO Reed Hastings announced on Friday afternoon that Netflix had hit 100 million members.

Hastings chose an unusual way to reveal that his company's user base had cracked nine figures. He posted a photo of himself, enjoying a steak dinner at Denny's (NASDAQ: DENN) on Facebook (NASDAQ: FB). Hastings has a history of celebrating milestones this way.

Image source: Reed Hastings on Facebook.

Hastings put out the celebratory post after the market closed on Friday, so investors will have to wait until Monday to gauge the market's reaction. It's still encouraging, even if it's odd to see the man behind the biggest S&P 500 gainer through the past four years eating alone at Denny's. The photo's caption suggests that it's the way he celebrated cracking a million members several years earlier:

Celebrating 100m members the same way I did 1m: a steak alone at Denny's.#superstitious

The milestone is a pretty big deal, especially since earlier in the week Netflix revealed that it closed out the first quarter with 98.75 million streaming accounts. Its earlier guidance was calling for 99 million, making this a rare miss for Netflix.

Netflix on Monday initiated a forecast of 3.2 million net additions for the second quarter. It was 1.25 million net additions away from 100 million, and with the fifth season of House of Cards not rolling until May 30, it was easy to assume the company would crack that ceiling at some point in May.

"Netflix's subscriber tally should cross into nine figures by early May, and you can be sure that bears will let the market know if it's mid-May and Netflix hasn't issued a press release," I wrote on Tuesday. We didn't have to wait long for this welcome surprise.

Nabbing 1.25 million net additions in the first three weeks of the quarter is huge. Having another cult fave original on its hands -- 13 Reasons Why -- is helping, but with House of Cards on tap for next month, it's easy to wonder if Netflix is once again being conservative in its forecast for 3.2 million additions. It landed more than a million more net additions than it was forecasting in the third and fourth quarters of last year.

Hastings has more than earned that steak dinner at Denny's. As a member of Facebook's board of directors, he's chosen the social-networking giant before as his way to break news of a major milestone. It probably won't be the last time we see him posting on Facebook from Denny's, though the path to 200 million or even 150 million will take a long time.

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Another big score for USA Hockey on Friday.

Calgary forward Johnny Gaudreau whose season ended earlier Wednesday with a playoff sweep at the hands of Anaheim told reporters today hed be joining Team USA for the upcoming World Championships in Germany and France.

Gaudreaus announcement comes just days after another big name Buffalos Jack Eichel also agreed to join the squad.

All this makes for a pretty intriguing roster.

USA Hockey has adopted a youth movement, selecting collegiate players like Notre Dame goalie Cal Petersen (a Buffalo draftee), Boston University forward Jordan Greenway (a Minnesota draftee), Notre Dame forward Anders Bjork (a Boston draftee) and Daniel Brickley, an undrafted free agent out of Minnesota State-Mankato.

In addition to those, some quality NHL youngsters are also in the mix: Noah Hanifin, J.T. Compher, Andrew Copp and a pair of prized Arizona prospects Christian Dvorak and Clayton Keller. Detroit sophomore Dylan Larkin will also suit up for the Americans.

The 2017 Worlds get underway on May 5.

For several years now the Montreal Canadiens have been a very good, but very flawed hockey team.

Before this season their biggest issue was an overreliance on starting goaltender Carey Price, where they would be content to allow him to make as many saves as he had to make for the team to squeeze out a bunch of 2-1 or 2-0 wins. When he was healthy and on top of his game, his performance masked a lot of the flaws and the team won a lot of games (and he won a lot of awards). When he wasnt there a year ago, the entire thing collapsed on itself and the Michel Therrien-led Canadiens were exposed for the house of cards they always were. If they were ever going to make the leap to serious Stanley Cup contender they were going to have to find a way to offer their All-Everything goalie some additional support and give him some help.

Their apparent strategy in doing that for this season only seemed to create more flaws. They were on display in their six-game first-round exit at the hands of the New York Rangers.

From the very start of the offseason the Canadiens plan for this season seemed to revolve around getting bigger, tougher, stronger, grittier and more difficult to play against. Before the start of the 2015-17 season they traded Lars Eller for draft picks. They traded different draft picks for Andrew Shaw and his playoff experience and hate to lose mentality. They traded P.K. Subban for Shea Weber in a deal that will be dissected, analyzed and second-guessed for decades.

To be fair, they also added Alexander Radulov during the offseason, and he not only proved to be the best free agent signing by any team this summer, he was almost certainly the most impactful move the Canadiens made. But even with that addition, the direction general manager Marc Bergevin and then-coach Michel Therrien wanted to take the team in was clear.

It became even clearer at the trade deadline when almost every move the Canadiens made was centered around adding size and grit to the bottom six as opposed to some much-needed offensive punch. Along with adding Jordie Benn and Brandon Davidson to their defense, they made the following changes to their forwards before the deadline.

After the deadline Bergevin talked about not being able to add offense because the price was too high, and that a lot of their goal scoring issues could be fixed by improved confidence from within and that because playoff hockey gets tougher there would not be as many goals scored anyway.

From the Montreal Gazette:

For us, we felt we had a good start (and) we had four lines producing, said Bergevin. Of late, that hasnt been the case but I feel comfortable that, as guys get more confidence as we move forward, theyll be able to chip in. And down the road, there wont be as many goals and there will be those one-goal hockey games 2-1, 3-2, 1-0. Its a tight league.

I always say you can play with a bad shoulder or a bad foot but if you have no confidence, you cant play, said Bergevin. Also down the stretch, its hard to score. You look at Columbus last night, one of the highest scoring teams in the league. You have to grind it out to score goals down the stretch.

In other words: We might as well just try to embrace continuing to win every game 2-1.

As for the players they did add, those three forwards (Ott, King, Martinsen) combined to score 15 goals this season. These were their big trade deadline acquisitions.

The Canadiens played two games in this series where all three of them played in the same game. They lost one 2-0. They were 18 seconds away from losing the other one if not for some late-game (and overtime) heroics from Radulov to set up the tying goal in the closing seconds then score the winner early in overtime.

When it came to the decisive Game 6, when Martinsen and Shaw were out of the lineup (and Torrey Mitchell, who had played well in his limited action in this series was, also scratched) Brian Flynn and Michael McCarron (seven combined goals between the two this season) were inserted in.

The Canadiens were basically playing as a (at best) three-line team when it came to creating offense, and that is simply not good enough, especially when the whole mindset of the team seemed to be focussed on getting bigger and tougher. It runs counter to most everything the NHLs most successful teams have done in recent years. The Pittsburgh Penguins are 20-9 the past two seasons with one of the NHLs smallest, least physical rosters. When the Chicago Blackhawks had their mini-dynasty they were consistently one of the smallest, least physical teams in the league. Even the Tampa Bay Lightning, a team that reached the NHLs final four in two of the past three seasons, did it with a collection of forwards that can be described as undersized.

It is a speed, skill league, and you cant beat teams anymore by simply grinding them down with bigger, stronger players (you could argue there was never a time that was possible, but thats a different argument for a different day). The Canadiens seemed to lose the plot on that one from the start, and then doubled down on it later in the season just before the playoffs began.

The Canadiens added their size and grit. But the end result was the same as we have seen from them in recent years: A flawed team that couldnt produce anywhere near enough offense to make a deep playoff run with arguably the NHLs best goalie playing at a high level.

Only two series remain in the first-round of the 2017 Stanley Cup Playoffs, and both of them continue on Sunday.

First, the Boston Bruins look to push their first-round series to a seventh game after their double overtime win on Friday when they host the Ottawa Senators on Sunday afternoon. That game will be followed by Washington Capitals trying to, as Barry Trotz wants to see, push the Toronto Maple Leafs off the cliff.

Here is everything you for Sundays games, both of which will be shown on the NBC networks and streamed online.

Boston Bruins vs. Ottawa Senators

Time: 3:00 p.m. ET

Network: NBC (Stream Online Here)

Toronto Maple Leafs vs. Washington Capitals

Time: 7:00 p.m. ET

Network: NBCSN (Stream Online Here)

As the Art Ross winner and Hart Trophy frontrunner, theres no doubt that Connor McDavid is the catalyst for the Edmonton Oilers.

Still, the scary thing for opponents is that, while he created chances against the San Jose Sharks, McDavid wasnt exactly lighting them up for points.

Nope, as Mike Rupp and Jeremy Roenick discuss in the video above, the Oilers advanced thanks as much to depth scorers and deft goaltending from Cam Talbot as they did because of McDavids blistering combination of skill and speed.

Now, the Anaheim Ducks rank as an interesting opponent. While the Sharks could slow McDavid with one of the few blueliners who could really give him trouble relatively speaking in Marc-Edouard Vlasic, it remains to be seen if Anaheim can accomplish the same.

(A fully healthy Hampus Lindholm would increase their odds, mind you.)

Either way, the Oilers other guys deserve some credit, and they get it in the video above.

Saturday was a great day for fans of brevity and revenge.

Three of a possible three series ended on this day, with the Rangers dispatching the Canadiens, the Blues eliminating the better Wild, and the Oilers knocking off the Sharks in six.

The Rangers await either the Bruins or Senators and the Penguins face the winner of the Leafs Capitals series out East, but we now know how the West shakes out.

St. Louis Blues vs. Nashville Predators

Both teams provided some of the upsets of this young postseason. Each features a red-hot goalie in Jake Allen and Pekka Rinne. Interesting.

Anaheim Ducks vs. Edmonton Oilers

There will be a lot of orange. We may also see a ton of goals with Ryan Getzlaf on fire, Oscar Klefbom headlining the list of unhealthy playersand Connor McDavid possibly able to really take off against a Ducks defense that is beat up in its own right.

Its already been a strange season out West, with the Kings missing the playoffs and first-round exits for the Sharks and Blackhawks. Get ready and giddy for things to get even weirder as the postseason goes along.

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The Cavaliers might be on to something.

They certainly have struggled in the last part of the regular season and early portion of the playoffs with maintaining leads in the fourth quarter. The epic game was in the regular season when they led by 26 points in the fourth quarter on April 9 against the Atlanta Hawks and eventually lost in overtime. They gave up a lead and lost to the Hawks in the previous game, as well.

In Game 1 of the playoffs, the Cavs lost a double-digit lead and then nearly lost the game in the fourth quarter quarter to the Pacers as C.J. Miles missed a 17-foot jump shot at the buzzer to allow the Cavs to escape with a one-point win.

Whether it is lack of focus, disinterest, being "too cool" as Tyronn Lue said, here's where the Cavs could learn something.

In Game 3, they tried something different. Instead of building a big lead, they built a big deficit--as they trailed by as much as 26 points in the second quarter. They trailed by 25 points, 74-49 at halftime and then staged the biggest halftime come-from-behind win in NBA playoff history.

The big deficit seemed to wake them up.

Whether they were embarrassed or the Pacers thought they had the game won, the Cavs looked like a different team when they came out playing defense to start the third quarter. After giving up 74 points in the first half, they held Indiana to just 40 points in the second half.

A disclaimer here: Now, I would much rather have the Cavs build a lead throughout the game and close it out, but they have to stay focused on the task at hand.

There is no question the Cavs have a better team player per player this season than they did in their championship season a year ago. Just the additions of Kyle Korver and Deron Williams alone should be enough to allow the Cavs to breathe easier.

However, they have to play. They cannot just show up and think their opponent is just going to lie down and let them win. It would be best if the Cavs would come out and play with focus and determination for all four quarters, but if spotting their opponent a lead causes them to re-calibrate, I'm all for it.

The Cavs have a chance to sweep the Pacers on Sunday and then sit back and rest up for the next series with the winner of the Raptors and Bucks. The Pacers are a discouraged team and the Cavs could come out and put them away early--that is if they decide to play for the entire game.

Let's see how they approach Game 4.

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NEW YORK -- New York Mets manager Terry Collins believes he has a team that can contend with the Washington Nationals for the National League East title. But with 145 games to play, the Mets might already be running short on time -- and bodies -- to keep pace with the Nationals.

The Nationals will look to lengthen their early season lead over the Mets on Saturday afternoon, when the two teams play the middle game of a three-game series at Citi Field. Washington (11-5) won the opener 4-3 on Friday in 11 innings to move 3 1/2 games ahead of New York (8-9).

The Mets fielded a lineup missing four Opening Day starters.

First baseman Lucas Duda (left elbow) was placed on the 10-day disabled list. Left fielder Yoenis Cespedes (left hamstring) is expected to miss the series with an injury suffered Thursday. Shortstop Asdrubal Cabrera (left hamstring) and catcher Travis d'Arnaud (right wrist) are each day to day, though both players were able to pinch-hit on Friday.

"I've got a good team," Collins said of the Mets, who have lost six of seven since a 7-3 start. "They're only good when they're playing. We've been through it before."

Eight of the Mets' 10 Opening Day starters last season (they opened the campaign at the Kansas City Royals in a rematch of the 2015 World Series) spent time on the disabled list.

"It's frustrating, the fact that I know we're better than what's going on right now," Collins said.

The Nationals, meanwhile, are getting healthier. Second baseman Daniel Murphy returned to the lineup after missing Thursday's game with a right leg injury. Shortstop Trea Turner was activated from the 10-day disabled list. Turner, who missed 11 days with a right hamstring injury, didn't start but drew a bases-loaded walk to force him the go-ahead run in the 11th inning. He is expected to start Saturday.

Left fielder Jayson Werth (left groin) missed his second straight game, but Nationals manager Dusty Baker said Werth was feeling better and could return for Sunday's series finale.

The additions of Turner and Werth should provide a boost to the Nationals, who are in the midst of a stretch of 26 games in 27 days.

"We had low energy," Baker said after Friday's win. "But the guys kept pushing and pushing. And that's what these guys are all telling each other -- just keep pushing and good things can happen. And (they) did for us tonight."

The Mets' injury bug may dictate who they send to the mound on Saturday. Right-hander Jacob deGrom, who was scheduled to start Friday before he was scratched due to a stiff neck, is the listed starter.

Collins said left-hander Sean Gilmartin would start if deGrom, who said Friday he still had trouble turning his neck to the left, is unable to go.

DeGrom is 2-2 with a 3.12 ERA in seven career starts against the Nationals.

Gonzalez is 11-5 with a 3.04 ERA in 20 career starts against the Mets but 8-1 with a 1.64 ERA and one complete game -- a one-hit shutout on Sept. 9, 2013 -- in 13 starts at Citi Field.

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ST. PAUL, Minn. After a month out with an injury, Blues center Paul Stastny will be back on the ice for Game 5 against the Minnesota Wild.

As he did in Friday's practice, Stastny will skate on the Blues' top line with Jaden Schwartz and Vladimir Tarasenko.

The Blues are making one other change to the lineup, too, inserting Jori Lehtera. He has been a healthy scratch the past three games.

So, Stastny and Lehtera will be in uniform for Game 5, making rookies Ivan Barbashev and Zach Sanford healthy scratches.

The additions come with the Blues holding a 3-1 lead in the best-of-seven Western Conference quarterfinals series.

There is some anxiety within the fanbase getting to this point with a 2-0 loss to the Wild in Game 4. But hypothetically, the Blues could have lost Game 1 to Minnesota and then reeled off three straight victories. The way it's played out in reality, they won the first three and lost the last one. But either way, they're still ahead 3-1.

Blues coach Mike Yeo understands the angst, but says his club remains in an enviable position regardless of the pattern of the win-loss record: W-W-W-L or L-W-W-W.

"It is part of the process," Yeo said. "Those are the shifts in momentum. That's what you have to deal with. You win a game and you have to guard against feeling too good about yourself and what's going on and when you lose a game you have to make sure you're guarded against not having the negative thoughts and going in worrying about the future outcomes.

"We have a job to do and we put ourselves in a good spot. We have a real good opportunity, one we should be real excited about. I'm excited about the game (Saturday). What a great situation and opportunity to go into a real tough building against a really tough team and lay it on the line against for a great cause. That's something we should be excited about."

The is some debate as to which team the Blues or Minnesota is facing the most pressure heading into Game 5 Saturday. Certainly it's a must-win game for the Wild, or else their season is over, but for the Blues, trying a second time to close out the series and on the road this time will be no easy chore.

"Weve got the loudest fans in the league, and theyre behind us, and theyre encouraging us," Minnesota coach Bruce Boudreau said. "I dont know if a guy doesnt want to play in front of their home crowd rather than the road crowd. So were happy to be here. (But) were down three games yet. So no matter how you look at it, the pressures all on us."

But if the Wild can come up with a victory, there's no question which locker room you'll be able to find the biggest burden.

"We get that win, and all of a sudden theyre second guessing," Minnesota forward Charlie Coyle said. "Theyre still in the drivers seat, but theyre second guessing. The pressures on, and now theyre thinking, Were going back home, Game 6, if we lose this one, its Game 7 back in their barn, and they're starting to doubt themselves. Its such a mental thing here. Thats what you learn as it goes along. We just focus on (Saturday)."

The Blues are too.

"We want to give them our best shot yet," Blues forward Kyle Brodziak said. "We're not looking at it as home or away, we're just focused on how we're supposed to play. There's a reason why that team's won so many games in the year they're a good team. The way they're built, they're deep all the way through their lineup ... they make it difficult the way they play. We've talked about it. We feel that there's certain areas that we can get better at to maybe exploit some things. We're going to have to bring it to the table (Saturday)."

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Shares of Netflix (NFLX) were lower on Tuesday, the day after the streaming company reported lighter-than-expected net subscriber additions for the 2017 first quarter and downbeat guidance for second quarter earnings.

On Tuesday afternoon, shares were down 3.3% to $142.37.

After Monday's close, Netflix reportedfirst quarter earnings of 40 cents per share on revenue of $2.64 billion, vs. analysts' expectations of earnings of 37 cents per share, on revenue of $2.64 billion. For the second quarter, Netflix forecast earnings of 15 cents per share, considerably lower than consensus expectations for 24 cents per share.

In addition, the company reported it had added 4.95 million new subscribers, lower than its own expectations for 5.2 million subscriber additions and consensus expectations of 5.3 million net added subscribers. However, Netflix did provide upbeat guidance for second quarter subscriber additions at 3.2 million, well above the 2.54 million subscribers analysts were expecting.

Netflix explained that subscriber additions came in below expectations in the firstquarter because the timing of new original content. Notably, Netflix moved the release of season 5 of "House of Cards" to the second quarter, instead of the usualfirst quarter release. New seasons of popular shows have traditionally helped Netflix add more subscribers than new licensed content, Cantor Fitzgerald pointed out in a note on Tuesday morning.

The positive outlook for second quarter subscriber additions was enough to warrant at least three price target increases on Wall Street on Tuesday morning. Keep reading to find out what analysts are saying about the company's latest financial report.

Jefferies, John Janedis (Hold, price target raised to $141 from $135)

"Though net sub adds in 1Q were ~250K lighter than expected (+4.95M vs. guide of +5.2M), the focus is on the strong outlook for 2Q, which will benefit from new / returning originals (i.e. 13 Reasons Why, HOC, OITNB). All in, our 1H17 net add ests are largely unchanged (8.35M vs. prior +8.18M). Net adds QTD suggest the outlook for 2Q could be conservative, though it's also possible net adds were pulled forward."

Canaccord, Michael Graham (Buy, price target raised to $165 from $160)

"Netflix reported solid Q1 results, with revenue in line with consensus as higher ASPs offset slightly light paid subscriber adds. Key show releases being pushed into Q2 is the likely cause of the subscriber miss, as new seasons of top shows historically have had larger impacts on net adds than new shows. With the valuation becoming fuller (NFLX is up ~19% vs. S&P up ~5% YTD), the trend in rising long-term profitability is important given the upfront cash spend on content. We realize it will likely take a substantial sub beat to move the stock in the short-term, but the release slate in Q2 and Netflix'ssuccess with originals give us reason enough to remain buyers of the stock."

Cantor Fitzgerald (Overweight, price target raised to $165 from $160)

"We're maintaining our Overweight rating on Netflix and raising our PT to $165 from $160, reflecting a stronger-than-expected 2Q subscriber outlook (+750K), partially offset by a slight miss in 1Q net adds (-230K) and virtually in-line financial results. Although quarterly net adds can be quite volatile, record 4Q net adds and the strong 2Q guide show healthy subscriber trends over longer periods, and a heavy slate of recurring originals should sustain growth for the rest of the year. We maintain our positive stance on the stock given 1) substantial long-term growth potential, particularly in international markets; 2) a strong secular tailwind as linear TV shifts to internet TV viewing; 3) the company's leadership position with $6B+ of P&L content spend; and 4) the recent inflection/path to gradually higher operating/EBITDA margins."

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Permits issued in East Baton Rouge Parish from April 7-13:

Airline Highway 8640: $243,000, Owner: Steve St. Cyr. Total square footage: 1,473. Addition for offices in an existing fully sprinkled 32,300-square-foot mixed occupancy Group B, F-1, S-2 production and design services facility for media graphics. New building area, 33,773 square feet. Issued April 13.

Airline Highway 8640: $347,000, Owner: Steve St. Cyr. Total square footage: 5,125. New construction of a detached storage facility of paper and plastic products with vehicle vinyl media wrap (no painting). Includes new metal canopy to connect with adjacent 33,773-square-foot media graphics production and design services facility (F-1); same lot. Issued April 13.

Highlandia Drive 737: $354,000, Owner: Kenny Dodson. Total square footage: 7,500. New construction of RV storage building with 10 storage bays of 750 square feet each, to be added to site with existing 5,000-square-foot building and parking. Issued April 11.

Winbourne Avenue 5511: Owner not listed. Total square footage: 560. New construction of two restrooms (each 300 square feet) and three open-air pavilions to total 1,944 square feet. This permit is for pavilion Building A of 528 square feet near jogging track/fishing pond. Issued April 12.

Winbourne Avenue 5511: Owner not listed. Total square footage: 560. New construction of two restrooms (each 300 square feet) and three open air pavilions to total 1,944 square feet. This permit is for pavilion Building C of 528 square feet near first tee golf area. Issued April 12.

Winbourne Avenue 5511: Owner not listed. Total square footage: 560. New construction of two restrooms (each 300 square feet) and three open air pavilions to total 1,944 square feet. This permit is for pavilion Building B of 288 square feet near basketball courts. Issued April 12.

Winbourne Avenue 5511: Owner not listed. Total square footage: 300. New construction of two restrooms (each 300 square feet) and three open air pavilions to total 1,944 square feet. This permit is for modular restroom Building B of 300 square feet near basketball courts. Issued April 12.

Winbourne Avenue 5511: $1,600,000, Owner not listed. Total square footage: 300. New construction of two restrooms (each 300 square feet) and three open air pavilions to total 1,444 square feet or 2,283 square feet. This permit is for modular restroom Building A of 300 square feet near jogging track/fishing pond. Issued April 12.

Airline Highway 6180: $103,000, Owner: Michael Kimble. Total square footage: 3,666. Renovation of existing Suite B space of 10,770 square feet (formerly Family Dollar B-200219022) to create new/never occupied Suite B-2 of 3,666 square feet for retail sales of wireless and data devices, service plans, equipment and accessories. (Suite B-3 was created for Hibbett Sports: 56988 leaving this space for B-2 and likely a B-1 also.) Issued April 12.

Concord Avenue 4550: $14,000, Owner not listed. Total square footage: 128. Addition of two new toilets of 128 square feet to existing restaurant and 1,760-square-foot expansion of patio area with fountain. Issued April 12.

Drusilla Lane 3432: $7,500, Owner: Jung Park. Total square footage: 2,300. Minor remodel to add three walls with electrical receptacles and a door creating a storage area for a previous sprinkled Radio Shack mercantile space in an existing strip shopping center for new retail cellphones sales and service tenant. Issued April 10.

Florida Boulevard 10045: $45,000, Owner not listed. Total square footage: 3,800. Renovations to existing shopping center facade, extending front facade over sidewalk and new storefront windows. Issued April 12.

Highland Road 5151: $335,000, Owner not listed. Total square footage: 9,094. Interior renovation of existing 9,094-square-foot building(eliminating second floor) thus a 6,215-square-foot building now to serve as apartment community clubhouse with laundry room, fitness area, multi-function room, mail room, kitchen, business/office area, restrooms and leasing area. Remodel includes two electric meters, one for fitness center, one for laundry area which is to be sprinkled during renovation. Issued April 13.

Highland Road 7355: $2,500,000, Owner: Sidhu Manpreet. Total square footage: 29,655. Interior renovation to existing 25,237-square-foot mercantile grocery store with mezzanine for new tenant, same use. Scope of work includes 4,418-square-foot expansion into two adjacent business suites (7353 Highland Road, Suite C of 3,055 square feet and 7361 Highland Road of 1,370 square feet). New floor area, 29,655 square feet. Issued April 13.

Perkins Road 12520: $34,000, Owner not listed. Total square footage: 2,400. Interior renovation to combine suites 103 and 104 of 2,400 square feet for use as a noncritical physical therapy office. Issued April 13.

Perkins Rowe 10000: $80,000, Owner not listed. Total square footage: 870. Interior renovation to existing 37,373-square-foot sprinkled theater to add new bar closet and seating area to lobby/arcade with new equipment and cabinets. Issued April 7.

Citiplace Court 2562: Owner not listed. Total square footage not listed. Demolish commercial building. Issued April 10.

Columbus Dunn Drive 982: Owner: Florence Marie Bonton. Total square footage not listed. Demolish single family residence. Issued April 13.

Lazy Oaks Drive 12127, BAKER: Owner: Samuel Roy Simmons, et al. Total square footage not listed. Demolish single family residence. Issued April 11.

Beekman Drive 7534: $500, Owner: Deanna Lemoine. Total square footage not listed. 6-foot wood fence. Issued April 10.

Highland Bluff Court 16016: $120,000, Owner: Sean Wendell. Total square footage: 2,254. Detached accessory apartment with full kitchen on the second floor. Issued April 13.

Bengal Court 19415: $175,000, Owner not listed. Total square footage not listed. New bedroom additions 1,070 square feet and carport addition. Issued April 13.

East Shamrock Avenue 13538: $23,348, Owner: Shyrone and Jacinta Titus. Total square footage: 898. Addition of bathroom, sitting area and rear porch to existing residence. Issued April 12.

Philemon Thomas Court 15630: $500,000, Owner: Brad Parks. Total square footage: 4,469. Three-story addition adjoining existing construction with drilled shafts to support the existing structure, a basement below the base floor elevation, a grade-level outdoor kitchen and additional living space on the second floor. Issued April 7.

Centurion Avenue 16426: $2,500, Owner: Jack Bell. Total square footage: 480. Driveway extension. Issued April 13.

Bentley Drive 5529, BAKER: $166,218, Owner: Leroy Waguespack. Total square footage: 2,131. New single family residence. Issued April 13.

Bienville Street 555: $208,572, Owner: Jeannie Smith. Total square footage: 2,674. New single family residence. Issued April 12.

Doc Bar Avenue 17686: $196,014, Owner not listed. Total square footage: 2,513. New construction residential. Issued April 13.

Hazard Drive 22842, Zachary: $215,046, Owner not listed. Total square footage: 2,757. New construction residential. Issued April 13.

Hazard Drive 22865, Zachary: $205,920, Owner not listed. Total square footage: 2,640. New construction residential. Issued April 13.

Mill Grove Lane 16737: $280,026, Owner not listed. Total square footage: 2,574. New single family residence with a front brick ledge revision. Issued April 10.

Park Terrace Drive 14007: $184,314, Owner not listed. Total square footage: 2,363. New single family residence, zero lot line. Issued April 11.

Pebble Beach Drive 19413: $546,468, Owner not listed. Total square footage: 7,006. New two-story single family residence located in the 100-109 mph windzone. Issued April 10.

Sugar Cane Lane 1842: $340,000, Owner not listed. Total square footage: 3,493. New single family residence. Issued April 7.

Baird Drive 443: $500, Owner: Jennifer Richardson. Total square footage not listed. Remodeling of kitchen/living area; removing a wall. Issued April 11.

Blackwell Drive 3031: $5,457.56, Owner: Fred Caston. Total square footage not listed. Flood damage. Issued April 12.

Board Drive 7546: $43,000, Owner: Anne Duvall. Total square footage not listed. Flood damage repair. 38 percent FEMA. Removing two non-bearing walls and replacing one bearing wall with a laminated beam. Issued April 13.

Chapelwood Drive 3318: $45,000, Owner: Brandon Vey. Total square footage not listed. Remodeling to remove walls, add new walls, renovate bathroom, bedroom, laundry, kitchen and living areas in existing residence. Issued April 11.

East Belvin Drive 8156: $50,000, Owner: Earl White. Total square footage not listed. Flood damage. Issued April 7.

East Dayton Court 4724: $15,300, Owner: Robert Collins. Total square footage not listed. Flood damage. Issued April 10.

East Glen Court 6161: $41,800, Owner: Charley Williams. Total square footage not listed. Flood damage. Replacing inside H/VAC unit. Issued April 7.

Elm Drive 3484: $18,990.57, Owner: Earl Scott. Total square footage not listed. Flood damage. Issued April 12.

Firethorn Street 14277: $50,000, Owner: Arrica Scott. Total square footage: 682. Remodeling and addition of bedroom, laundry room, living room and extending existing bedroom, remodeling bathroom of flood-damaged residence. Issued April 11.

Green Ridge Drive 5215: $60,000, Owner not listed. Total square footage not listed. Flood damage. Issued April 13.

Kennesaw Drive 5328: $100,000, Owner: Barry Wood. Total square footage not listed. Remodeling flood-damaged residence. Moving walls, adding shower and moving electrical. Issued April 11.

Montreal Drive 3003: $75,000, Owner: Karen Honora. Total square footage not listed. Remodeling to repair flood-damaged residence. Issued April 10.

Parkwood Avenue 12533: $100,000, Owner: Monica Johnson. Total square footage not listed. Fire damage. Issued April 10.

Patton Avenue 16702: $29,000, Owner: Peggy Quiet. Total square footage not listed. Flood damage. Issued April 7.

Ponderosa Drive 382: $60,000, Owner: Sunny Lee. Total square footage not listed. Flood damage. Issued April 12.

Prescott Road 7724: $33,653, Owner: Dillard Hughes. Total square footage not listed. Flood damage. Issued April 12.

Woodlong Drive 1326: $78,246, Owner: John Pecaut. Total square footage not listed. Remodeling to repair flood-damaged residence. Issued April 12.

Wyandotte Street 4734: $18,987, Owner: Hung Nguyen. Total square footage not listed. Remodeling to repair flood-damaged residence. Issued April 12.

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A Good Start:Well, thats putting it mildly. Those three words, A good start, was how Netflix described its expectations that it will reach 100 million subscribers this weekend.

But before it gets there, Netflix had to deal with Wall Streets reaction to the companys first-quarter results, which included growth in new subscribers that fell shy of Netflixs own forecasts.

By the time the stock markets closed Tuesday, Netflix shares had fallen by 2.6 percent, to $143.36. The main factor in the shares decline was Netflix saying late Monday that it added 4.95 million new subscribers around the world during the first three months of the year, as the company had earlier said it expected to add 5.2 million new paying members during the quarter.

I mean, imagine Netflix not being able to pay for another Adam Sandler movie. You might as well not watch anything at all.

Netflix said its subscriber additions were hampered, in part, by politics. Especially how the new season of its popular political drama House of Cards was pushed into the second quarter of the year. A dark-humored joke going around in the last few months was that Netflix didnt want Cards mendacious protagonist of a president, played by Kevin Spacey, to compete against the headlines and drama coming from the early days of President Donald Trumps administration.

And the quarter on the whole was one that could probably best be called mixed. Netflix earned 40 cents a share on revenue of $2.64 billion, while analysts forecast the company to earn 37 cents a share, on revenue of $2.64 billion. For its current second quarter, Netflix expects to earn 15 cents ashare, which is well short of analysts estimates for a profit of 24 cents a share. But the company also forecast the addition of 3.2 million new subscribers during its second quarter, which blew past the consensus outlook of 2.5 million additions.

With an outlook like that, many analysts say Netflix has plenty of room to grow

There will likely be increasing competition and unforeseen hurdles along the way, said Piper Jaffray analyst Michael Olson. But, we think Netflix has reached escape velocity. Others may join Netflix on this path, but as the consumer content dollar spend shifts from traditional broadcast to internet delivery, the market should be large enough to support multiple large players.

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More Office Space: Another day, another Uber executive departs. This time, it was Sherif Marakby, who was the ride-sharing companys vice president of global vehicle programs. Marakby had joined Uber just a year ago, coming over to the company from Ford.Marakbys departure came only a week after Rachel Whetstone quit her job as Ubers head of communications and policy, and is the latest in a seemingly never-ending line of departures of Uber executives who have bolted from the company this year.

Last Call: Yahoo on Tuesday reported what will be its last quarterly results as an independent company, as Chief Executive Marissa Mayer said Yahoos $4.48 billion sale to Verizon will be completed in June. You could call it a bittersweet end for the company that was once synonymous with the internet. Yahoo reported earnings of 10 cents a share on $1.3 billion in revenue, which topped analysts estimates for a profit of 5 cents a share on sales of $1.23 billion. Mayer is also expected to leave the Yahoo shortly after the Verizon acquisition is finalized.

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Heres a look at how some leading Silicon Valley stocks did Tuesday

Movin on Up:Gains came from YuMe, Lending Club, InvenSense, Gigamon and Cadence Design Systems.

In the Red:Decliners included Barracuda Networks, ShoreTel, Super Micro Computer, 88 and Finisar.

The tech-focusedNasdaq Composite Index slippedby 0.1 percent to 5,849.47.

The blue chipDow Jones Industrial Averagegave up 0.6 percent to finish the day at 20,523.28.

And the broad-basedStandard & Poors 500 Indexended the day down by 0.3 percent at 2,341.19.

Quote of the Day:Were going to make the camera the first augmented reality platform. Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, speaking at the companys annual F8 developer conference in San Jose on Tuesday.

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