Updated: Fri, May 24, 2013

PENDLETON, Ore. (AP) — Jo Hodgdon and Evelyn Pulse lived next door to each other for more than 70 years, chatting across the fence as they gardened or hung laundry. Their children — 11 in all — played together. Their husbands shoveled each other's walks. The bond stayed strong as their...

Updated: 3 hr ago

NEW YORK (AP) — Acclaimed Irish dramatist Conor McPherson ("The Shining City") showed the power and treachery of storytelling in his 1997 Olivier Award-winning classic, "The Weir." One minute it's all good-natured ribbing and laughter and local ghost stories, and the next, somebody tells a...

Updated: 3 hr ago

Casseroles have never really had much of a place in my culinary repertoire. It's a time thing mostly. I'd rather sear something off in a few minutes than stand around while it slowly bakes. I've also never been much of a fan of dishes in which everything sort of just oozes together. Though I...

Updated: 4 hr ago

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Craft breweries from around the country are toasting the troops with a beer aged with a unique ingredient that symbolizes America's pastime — baseball bats. Nine different brewers collaborated to create Homefront IPA, all using the same recipe, complete with orange peel...

Updated: 8 hr ago

NEW YORK (AP) — One clue to understanding how David Rockwell's mind works is by finding out what he collects. It turns out to be kaleidoscopes. The award-winning architect and theatrical designer has amassed about 50 of the cylinders, some of which rest on a mantel in his comfy Manhattan...

Updated: 9 hr ago

CASPER, Wyo. (AP) — The Wyoming Business Council says those little farmers markets in the state have a big impact on the economy. Data compiled by the council's Agribusiness Division says the markets contributed more than $2.2 million to the state's economy in 2012. There were direct sales...

Updated: 13 hr ago

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey's parliament has passed legislation to ban all advertising of alcohol and tighten restrictions on sales in the mainly Muslim but secular country. The legislation, adopted on Friday, bans the sale of alcoholic drinks between 10 p.m. and 6 a.m. It also prohibits...

Updated: 17 hr ago

TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — At one bar, a mixture that included rubbing alcohol and caramel coloring was sold as scotch. In another, premium liquor bottles were refilled with water — and apparently not even clean water at that. State officials provided those new details Thursday on raids they...

Updated: 19 hr ago

TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — Former NFL and University of Arizona kicker Max Zendejas has been indicted on damage and theft charges in connection with his recently closed Tucson restaurant. Pima County authorities say the indictment claims Zendejas "recklessly defaced or damaged property" belonging...

Updated: 20 hr ago

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Gov. Andrew Cuomo is appointing a lawyer to the ethics and lobbying board who works for the TV network which carries the cooking show hosted by the governor's girlfriend, Sandra Lee. Cuomo appointed lawyer David Arroyo to the state Joint Commission on Public Ethics. JCOPE...