Updated: Mon, May 20, 2013

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) — Do your kids love chocolate milk? It may have more calories on average than you thought. Same goes for soda. Until now, the only way to find out what people in the United States eat and how many calories they consume has been government data, which can lag behind the...

Updated: Sun, May 19, 2013

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — In the spring of 1963, a prominent civil rights leader led dozens of protesters on a four-mile march from a predominantly African-American college campus to the center of Charlotte's downtown. Dr. Reginald Hawkins warned city leaders that if something wasn't done to end...

Updated: Sun, May 19, 2013

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Supporters of a plan to permit some grocery stores in Oklahoma's most populous counties sell wine plan to launch a new petition drive to put the proposal to a statewide vote. The plan, promoted by the advocacy group Oklahomans for Modern Laws, will be resubmitted to...

Updated: Sun, May 19, 2013

KINGMAN, Ariz. (AP) — When local chef Tyson Brown made and tasted his first fish tacos, he immediately realized people would eat them up if he sold them. Enter S'Go! Tacos, a large purple kitchen on wheels that Brown and his partner, Beau Mills, purchased, outfitted and are parking at an area...

Updated: Sun, May 19, 2013

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Is the tea party getting its groove back? Shouts of vindication from around the country suggest the movement's leaders certainly think so. They say the IRS acknowledgement that it had targeted their groups for extra scrutiny — a claim that tea party activists had...

Updated: Fri, May 17, 2013

WASHINGTON (AP) — The organic food industry is gaining influence on Capitol Hill, prompted by its entry into traditional farm states and by increasing consumer demand. That's not going over well with everyone in Congress. Tensions between conventional and organic agriculture boiled over this...

Updated: Fri, May 17, 2013

The art of the summer cocktail is something I take most seriously. Because several years ago I realized what surely is obvious to most people... But I can be a bit slow. Summer is better with a signature cocktail. Not a fancy dinner cocktail. Not a party cocktail. And certainly nothing that...

Updated: Fri, May 17, 2013

BERLIN (AP) — Germany's swanky resort island of Sylt has been shaken by the death of a Japanese chef following a fight with two customers who had complained about his food. Miki Nozawa died Monday from a brain hemorrhage after a brawl with the two men at a nightclub near his restaurant in the...

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Updated: Thu, May 16, 2013

By placing labels with calorie counts on District government vending machines, Mayor Vincent Gray hopes city workers will pick healthier drinks. "There are a lot of calories in a lot of these beverages, and they're not necessarily the most healthful calories, either," Gray said Thursday on...

Updated: Thu, May 16, 2013

SPARTA TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — Michigan fruit tree growers who suffered devastating freeze losses one year ago seem to have sustained less serious damage from this week's late frost. Growers took extraordinary steps ahead of Monday's frost and freeze warnings, using helicopters, wind machines,...